Bill Gross has founded a lot of start-ups, and incubated many others — and he got curious about why some succeeded and others failed. So he gathered data from hundreds of companies, his own and other people’s, and ranked each company on five key factors. He found one factor that stands out from the others… Read More »
Najčešće o matematici razmišljamo kao o nečemu što se dobija rođenjem — kao da postoji matematički gen koji naslijedimo ili ne. Predavati matematiku ili programiranje može biti istovremeno i najlakši posao na svijetu i najizazovniji zadatak koji predavač može imati. Da li je moguće usavršiti naše metode tako da svi učenici dostignu veći nivo matematičkog… Read More »
It may seem that we’re living in a borderless world where ideas, goods and people flow freely from nation to nation. We’re not even close, says Pankaj Ghemawat. With great data (and an eye-opening survey), he argues that there’s a delta between perception and reality in a world that’s maybe not so hyperconnected after all.… Read More »
Suspicious emails: unclaimed insurance bonds, diamond-encrusted safe deposit boxes, close friends marooned in a foreign country. They pop up in our inboxes, and standard procedure is to delete on sight. But what happens when you reply? Follow along as writer and comedian James Veitch narrates a hilarious, months-long exchange with a spammer who offered to… Read More »