Tag: Actions

Henoscene: Where Actions Speak Louder than Likes

Le Mondeur is seeking designs that capture the spirit of the iconic Big Five animals, where each animal can only be visualized in their designated media format, i.e. the lion (generative AI), rhinoceros (illustration), elephant (graffiti or typography), buffalo (painting), and leopard (photography.)...

Why Black Americans Still Get the Blame After Affirmative Action

Imagine being blamed for something you had no control over like the rain falling out of the sky. That's what it feels like when Black Americans catch the blame for other groups' misfortunes despite having the least social capital to make systemic changes. For instance, Jon Wang, an 18-y...

Building Business Practices and Programs to Support Racial Equity After Affirmative Action???s Repeal

Certified B Corporations and their partner organizations are pursuing economic inclusion and opportunity for all people. They are doing so by adjusting hiring and recruitment initiatives and reshaping workplace policies. Racial equity, one pillar in B Lab U.S. & Canada’s Theory o...

Why Black Americans Still Get the Blame After Affirmative Action

Imagine being blamed for something you had no control over like the rain falling out of the sky. That's what it feels like when Black Americans catch the blame for other groups' misfortunes despite having the least social capital to make systemic changes. For instance, Jon Wang, an 18-y...

Level Up Your Praise, and Other Actions for Allies

Earlier this month, I joined the “Managing Software Teams in Seattle” meetup to discuss how allies can give effective and equitable feedback. One of the topics we explored was whether there’s a role for allies to play in the 360-degree feedback process. (If you’re not familia...

This Is Not a Game

Doyou ever get the feeling that people see war as some kind of game? Do you ever hear right wingers discuss military actions or foreign policy in terms of a first-person shooter game? It’s like it isn’t even real with real world consequences affecting millions of lives across the glob...

Pivoting Careers in the Age of Climate Crisis.

I still remember the water. As heavy rains flooded Chennai city, entire neighbourhoods were submerged in brown, murky water. People were stranded on their rooftops, waiting days for rescue boats. Climate change was no longer an abstract concept — it was literally at my doorstep in Poes Garden,...

INTEGRATING CLIMATE, FOOD AND NATURE ACTIONS

As we come to the end of another year that has broken many temperature records and seen devastating floods, fires and other extreme weather events across the world, climate action is more urgent than ever before. With the UN climate conference COP28 starting this week in Dubai, and more than 550 eve...

Implementing CI/CD for Jetbrains Compose Multiplatform Android and iOS Apps using GitHub Actions

In today’s rapidly evolving mobile app development landscape, implementing a robust CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment) process has become essential. In this article, we will explore how to leverage the power of GitHub Actions to implement CI/CD for cross-platform Android ...