We all want our projects to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. We work hard on the work we produce and we want to make sure that our product is usable, appealing, and inclusive, but frequently an unintended bias or underlying assumption may turn an innocuous oversight into an inconvenience or even a barrier for the people we’re trying to reach. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel to increase your product’s appeal.
Raleigh CEO explains how to address difficult conversations about race inequality within the professional landscape
The entire world is participating in a global rallying civil rights cry for months, so my main question for the professional world is: why aren’t we talking about it? Walk West CEO Donald Thompson offers some guidelines for people who feel uneasy discussing the topic of race inequity in the professional landscape.
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Google Loon! Skywatchers of central North Carolina were treated to an unusual sight this week when balloon HBAL227 flew through the region.
One of DesignHammer's core values is to encourage our team members to embrace different wellness activities. Recently several members of our team joined "The Conquerer" fitness challenge and added daily walking to our regular fitness routines. Follow along with our journey here.
Amidst all of the economic downturns and culture clashes currently ravaging America, there is a silver lining that has appeared as a result of the coronavirus pandemic; which is seeing small businesses with inefficient workflows thrust into the 21st century and forced to adapt their outdated business practices.
As our culture becomes more and more dependent on technology to drive our everyday interactions, and that technology is increasingly offered by a few massive tech companies, people are beginning to feel the pains of ‘messing with the big boys’.
Does tech industry jargon contain racist undertones, or are software developers taking political correctness too far?
In the light of increased racial sensitivity, leading software companies such as Red Hat are reconsidering the inclusion of controversial jargon, such as “master/slave” and “whitelist/blacklist” in software systems, while others have already done so for years.