Showing all articles in the M-Theory category
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M-Theory: Get ready to rethink location-based salaries
11 June 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
Remote work has proven to be a viable option for many organizations during this pandemic, moving forward how will location based salaries have to change as working remotely becomes more common? Read more
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M-Theory: Our bodies, ourselves and COVID-19
28 May 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
What kinds of discoveries will research on human bodies during the COVID-19 pandemic yield? How will the death care industry change as a result of this pandemic? Read more
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M-Theory: The future of modern conveniences, Part I
14 May 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
Melanie Baker explores what a pandemic similar to the one we are currently experiencing could look like in the future as technology advances. Read more
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M-Theory: Building and maintaining online communities, Part 2
30 April 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
Melanie Baker discusses other aspects about online communities in the 2nd part of this series, more specifically about rules, etiquette, and moderation. Read more
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M-Theory: On the care and feeding of online communities
16 April 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
"Caremongering" has risen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wide nets can protect community members, but as groups get bigger, administration becomes more reactive. Read more
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M-Theory: In 100 years, what will our descendants know of COVID-19?
02 April 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: COVID19, M-Theory, Opinion
What stories will we leave for future generations? How will we remember it compared to the information we save? What lessons will we impart to the future compared to what lessons we think we’re imparting? Read more
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M-Theory: What I've learned from six years of remote work
19 March 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: COVID19, M-Theory, Opinion
Melanie Baker shares their tips and tricks of working remote, as somebody who has for six years. Special attention also placed upon the different circumstances of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Read more
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M-Theory: The unintended outcomes of DNA testing
05 March 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
Through DNA testing, we now have technologies to analyze entire human beings. While revolutionary, there is a focus on the technology rather than on implications on lives. Commercial DNA testing has some… Read more
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M-Theory: Death and the reality of social isolation
20 February 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
Melanie Baker shares their thoughts on the usage and practicality of grieving with VR technology, especially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic where social isolation is on the rise. Read more
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M-Theory: What tech might learn from the art of nunchi
06 February 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
Melanie Baker explores how nunchi, the Korean art of snap judgements, may be useful for tech. They explore continuously recalibrating assumptions to help create for people who make not be similar to the… Read more