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Cheat Sheet: Design Targets

In B2B, design often refers to silicon and semiconductors. But just as often, it means the art and science of building elegant, successful consumer-facing products and services. This makes it challenging to build a cheat sheet…

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Cheat Sheet: Design Podcasts

Here are seven podcasts produced by legit experts in the design field. The podcasts are updated frequently, so there appears to be a good amount of “inventory” for you to pitch to.

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Business Insider Lays Off 20% of Staff

The BI culture over the years has been aloof to vendors and definitely PR. Now that many of those affected could use a friend or two, here’s hoping they get the lift they need. Here is the message from BI CEO Barbara Peng.

Politico’s Union

Says Wired: “Politico has rules about AI in the newsroom. Staffers say those rules have been violated—and they’re gearing up for a fight.” It’s about those AI news summaries, the ones the readers love and reporters hate because they compete for reader attention.

Sports Gambling + Social Media Can Prove Ugly

Shameful.

From a May 23 article on the MLB site:

“With the rise of sports gambling, [the threats have] gotten a lot worse,” said [Red Sox reliever] Liam Hendriks. “…whether it be Venmo requests, whether it be people telling you in their comments, ‘Hey, you blew my parlay. Go [expletive] yourself,’ kind of stuff. And then it’s, ‘Go hang yourself. You should kill yourself. I wish you died from cancer.’ That one kind of hit a little too close to home for me with everything I’ve gone through.”

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