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CIOs Have To Treat Social Media With Care

The Accidental Successful CIO

Hackers can learn a lot from a CIO’s social media Image Credit: Blogtrepreneur Every person with the CIO job knows what social media is. In fact, we all probably have Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media accounts. However, it turns out that there is a downside to social media that we may not be aware of.

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Can ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ and other tabletop games help youth build social skills?

GeekWire

(Game to Grow Image) A new whitepaper from two Seattle organizations exhibits research into how tabletop roleplaying games, such as Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons , can be used to help children and teenagers develop their social skills. ” The use of role-playing exercises for therapy goes back over a century.

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How social justice slideshows took over Instagram

Vox

It no longer felt appropriate — even for celebrities and influencers, who tend to exist unfazed by current events — to skip over politics and resume regular programming. The way Hu describes it, in spite of the massive interest toward social justice slideshows, Instagram’s algorithm “actively fights against it.”

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How Healthcare Can Keep Up with Accelerating Tech Cycles

CTOvision

This is nothing new in the general technology industry (Salesforce has been doing this for ages), but we are certainly seeing a trend in healthcare (with AllScripts Developer program as a good example of ecosystem enablement). ” Consumer Level Adaptations Fuel Industry Evolution.

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Amazon partners with UCLA on science hub focusing on AI and its social impact

GeekWire

Amazon and UCLA are launching a research hub that will draw upon industry and academic research to address the social issues raised by the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. The collaboration will support doctoral fellowships and research projects as well as community outreach programs. UCLA Photo).

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Washington state drivers snap up EV rebates so fast that half of funds are gone 60 days into program

GeekWire

With support from the Washington EV Instant Rebate Program, Krista Cortese of Seattle was able to replace her 2003 Mazda hatchback that cost $230 on average per month for gas and maintenance with a new Nissan Leaf SV Plus that uses about $10 worth of electricity per month to stay charged. Photo courtesy of the Cortese family).

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An interactive Doja Cat music video can introduce you to programming

The Verge

On the next page, you’ll see three stars, each of which represents a different programming language — yellow for CSS; blue for Javascript; and pink for Python. The timeline on the bottom of the screen contains four color-coded stars, showing when the video will pause and which programming language will be showcased.