Year: 2023

Ear­ly in his col­lect­ing odyssey, ani­ma­tion his­to­ri­an, archivist, and edu­ca­tor Tom­my José Stathes earned the hon­orif­ic Car­toon Cryp­to­zo­ol­o­gist from Cinebeasts, a “New York-based col­lec­tive of film nerds, vid­iots, and pro­gram­mers inves­ti­gat­ing the fur­thest reach­es of the mov­ing image uni­verse.” More recent­ly, George Wille­man, a nitrate film expert on the Library of Con­gress’ film preser­va­tion team dubbed…

Mastering The Leadership Role In Measurable Steps I had many opportunities to be in a leadership position in the last period. Happily, the feedback received from my teams was good, and I am proud to say that I had the opportunity to receive it not only face-to-face but also anonymously. The official definition of leadership…

What Is Attrition And How Does It Affect Organizations? Attrition describes the gradual decrease of workforce size as organizations fail to refill positions after employees leave, and it is a direct effect of high turnover rates. Attrition is detrimental not only to an organization’s financial state but also to its long-term success. When employees leave,…

From 1967 to 1969, Tom and Dick Smoth­ers host­ed The Smoth­ers Broth­ers Com­e­dy Hour, a polite­ly edgy com­e­dy show that test­ed the bound­aries of main­stream tele­vi­sion and the patience of CBS exec­u­tives. Play­ing to a younger demo­graph­ic, the show took posi­tions against the Viet­nam War and for the Civ­il Rights Move­ment, while fea­tur­ing musi­cal acts…

Knowing how to use recursion to solve a problem can be very useful when you’re writing code. Questions or coding challenges that involve recursive thinking can come up in technical interviews, because hiring managers want to see that you understand how to break down a problem into smaller sub-problems. And if you’re into competitive programming,…