by dankeelan | Jun 16, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Pay, Safety
Instacart, the on-demand, grocery-delivery company, was a big beneficiary of the Covid-19 pandemic. A combination of being ordered to stay at home, coupled with peoples’ fear of catching the virus by venturing outside to shop for food, served as a big score for...
by dankeelan | Jun 16, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Pay, Seattle
City Councilmembers voted unanimously Monday for legislation to provide premium pay for gig workers at food delivery companies in the city during the COVID-19 crisis. Council Bill 119799 directs food delivery network companies like Postmates and Grubhub to provide gig...
by dankeelan | Jun 9, 2020 | Jobs, Unions
Former workers at a luxury apartment building protested Monday after their employer fired them and seemed to blame their vote to unionize. Around a dozen union workers at Jersey City luxury apartment building The Beacon protested in front of the building, holding a...
by dankeelan | Jun 9, 2020 | Small Business, Technology, Tips
For 13 years, Verizon has released its annual Verizon Business Data Breach Investigation Report, or DBIR, a comprehensive look at more than 150,000 incidents that gives business owners insight into trends in cyber attacks. As expected, the 2020...
by dankeelan | Jun 9, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Future of Work, Publishing
One major stumbling block that must be overcome before a machine can claim to possess AGI is the issue of creativity. Humans find it easy to reach beyond the limits of their own knowledge and create something new – it might not be any good (however ‘good’ may be...
by dankeelan | Jun 9, 2020 | Featured, Future of Work, Remote Work, Tips
In May, Twitter announced that it would make remote work a permanent option for its 5,100 employees in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement came as many find themselves working from home full time, no longer tethered to a...
by dankeelan | Jun 9, 2020 | Entrepreneurs, Tips
All of the founders I’ve talked to in the past have, if not startup experience, a fair amount of life experience upon which to draw. So it was uniquely interesting, and a bit surprising, to talk to a serial entrepreneur with multiple ventures to his name before he...
by dankeelan | Jun 9, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Future of Work, Publishing
When times are tough, the tough cut expenses. That includes tech giant Microsoft who is cutting dozens of journalists and editorial staff and replacing them with artificial intelligence software, reports The Guardian. Starting in July, Microsoft News, MSN and...
by dankeelan | Jun 9, 2020 | Gig Workers, Publishing
I’m a freelance illustrator and I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in book cover illustrations and illustrated children’s books since 2015. So far I’ve illustrated roughly 35 different book covers, and three children’s books. The covers for the...
by dankeelan | Jun 9, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Technology, U.S. Economy
Chris O’Reilly, 28, turned to the freelancing website Upwork when he lost his job in March after the country went into lockdown to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. After applying for a handful of job postings, he was invited to a Skype interview for a...
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