Linked List: August 14, 2014

Thursday, 14 August 2014

Diversity of Various Tech Companies by the Numbers ★

Nick Heer:

With Apple’s report today (finally), major tech companies have all published information about racial and gender diversity. I thought it might be useful to run the numbers and compare them against the demographics of the United States as a whole, for reference. All data is as-reported from each company.

How to Be Polite ★

Paul Ford:

Politeness buys you time. It leaves doors open. I’ve met so many people whom, if I had trusted my first impressions, I would never have wanted to meet again. And yet — many of them are now great friends. I have only very rarely touched their hair.

Such a lovely piece.