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3 ways to go beyond Web 2.0 design Story bySjors Timmer Sjors is a User Experience Designer, currently doing his MA in Digital Media in London and actively blogging about t-shirts. In the past he(show all)Sjors is aUser Experience Designer, currently doing his MA in Digital Media in London and actively blogging aboutt-shirts. In the past he has worked as lead designer for social and e-commerce sites. Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week....

3 ways to go beyond Web 2.0 design Story bySjors Timmer Sjors is a User Experience Designer, currently doing his MA in Digital Media in London and actively blogging about t-shirts. In the past he(show all)Sjors is aUser Experience Designer, currently doing his MA in Digital Media in London and actively blogging aboutt-shirts. In the past he has worked as lead designer for social and e-commerce sites. Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week....

3 ways ‘algorithmic management’ makes work more stressful and less satisfying Algorithms have become more sophisticated, taking over tasks once the province of human bosses 1. Reduced task variety and skill use A great example of the way algorithmic management can reduce task variety and skill use is demonstrated by a2017 studyon the use of electronic monitoring to pay British nurses providing home care to elderly and disabled people. The system under which the nurses worked was meant to improve their efficiency....

3 ways ‘algorithmic management’ makes work more stressful and less satisfying Algorithms have become more sophisticated, taking over tasks once the province of human bosses 1. Reduced task variety and skill use A great example of the way algorithmic management can reduce task variety and skill use is demonstrated by a2017 studyon the use of electronic monitoring to pay British nurses providing home care to elderly and disabled people. The system under which the nurses worked was meant to improve their efficiency....

33 “hot” Web 2.0 companies from Holland Story byErnst-Jan Pfauth Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He a(show all)Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He also served as The Next Web’s blog’s first blogger and Editor in Chief, back in 2008....