“We’re all puppets. I’m just a puppet who can see the strings.” – Dr. Manhattan, Watchmen Alan Moore is a legend. I’ve always been a big fan of his work adapted to movies: Watchmen (even bought the illustrated hard-cover comic series book after watching the movie) and V for Vendetta, being the most prominent. When I found out about this course on BBC Maestro, I didn’t hesitate to start watching it. Through this course, Moore helps us see the ‘strings’ of storytelling – the underlying mechanism

Class Central, yet again, came across a 2U employee’s layoff post on LinkedIn. This is its sixth layoff (that we know of) since 2U acquired edX in 2021. The first one happened in 2022 for profitability’s sake. Since then, the company filed for bankruptcy (mostly due to the debt it took to acquire edX for $800M), took down its bootcamps, exited many university partnerships, and even got delisted from the stock market. The previous layoffs were framed as strategy shifts, realigning operations, o

OpenAI Academy is OpenAI’s newest attempt at organizing its growing library of tutorials, guides, and beginner-focused training resources. This platform offers a minimalist, ad-free learning experience where learners can watch short videos or read practical articles on how to use ChatGPT across different sectors. In this review, I take a closer look at the platform through the lens of one of its beginner courses: ChatGPT 101: Introduction to ChatGPT for Small Businesses. This 30-minute crash c

Online education company 2U implements fifth round of layoffs since its disastrous $800 million acquisition of edX in 2021.