This week in science and technology

May 25, 2018 / Tags: twistech - science - technology - gadgets - collaboration - performance management - blockchain

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Microsoft’s Surface Hub 2 is designed for an office of the future. This follow-up to the original Surface Hub does not just look really great, but from the promo video, could also be very functional to greatly enhance the quality of team collaboration experience that may include remote participants. I can see myself using a few of these screens in a collaborative space with my global development team members that are currently spread across a few continents. The new Surface Hub rolling screen, if it works as advertised and is priced competitively, could make obsolete those rolling whiteboards we’ve been using in our agile workspaces. (The Verge)

Why trying to measure performance at work backfires. It may seem obvious in hindsight, but this piece by Professor of History Jerry Z Muller of the Catholic University of America describes so well why what he termed metric fixation — the conviction that professional judgment can and should be replaced by numerical indicators of comparative performance based on standard metrics — more often results in the propensity to incentivize gaming. Tying rewards and penalties to this measured performance encourages professionals to maximize the metrics in ways that are at odds with the larger purpose of the organization. (Fast Company)

What is a blockchain? In short: a public, permanent, append-only distributed ledger. But there is a lot more to understand beyond that short description that would explain the excitement around this technology. This piece is a great introduction to the technology, as it includes a little bit of the history of blockchain, the basic concept, and how it works. For a more in-depth, visual demo and explanation, however, nothing beats this YouTube video from Anders Brownworth. (MIT Technology Review, YouTube)

Six hot projects in blockchain for identity. In this piece, Jeremy Kirk summarized six blockchain projects holding great promise for building the foundation for a common, open, and distributed identity and access management framework that enables self-sovereign identity, lowers the risk of identify theft, inspires confidence in its governance, and is based on non-proprietary, open-source code. The short list of projects includes Hyperledger Indy, Civic, Sovrin, Evernym, Alastria, and uPort. (Bank Info Security, Bits on Blocks)

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