A sociologist walks into clothing store—and encounters the low-tech anguish of fast fashion’s high-tech scheduling

The Felt CTO and Margins coauthor talks about building company culture, democratizing mapmaking, and writing about it all

"After a few weeks of emailing, I did it. I got a stupid job."

Google Cloud’s distinguished engineer talks knowledge sharing, mentorship, career paths, and priorities

How Twitter under Elon Musk makes plain the limits of luck

How a pair of Shrek ears shaped Linden Lab culture by making failure funny—and safe

Meme makers capture the laugh-cry flavor of hospitality work at a time when the industry is experiencing great precarity—and more visibility than ever

The work of writer and programmer Ellen Ullman shows that to understand technology you must also understand the people who make it