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Finding moments of “Star Power” in your day I never used to understand how new parents would tell me that having a baby made them more focused, more productive because they use the time available in smarter ways. While I’m yet to personally achieve that higher level of being, one thing that being a mom has taught me i...
['Motivation', 'Lifehacks', 'Psycology', 'People']
The Popular 1% formula First of all, kudos to everyone who has successfully managed to cope with the crucial time of pandemic and a sudden change of lifestyle. COVID-19 pandemic not only spread chaos everywhere but also gave us an opportunity to take a pause, introspect and accept the change where required. We have f...
['Self Improvement', 'Kaizen', 'Lifestyle', 'Self Love', 'Lifehacks']
Pandemic-Induced Decision-Making Fatigue is Robbing Us of Life’s Simple Joys. Do you feel like you can’t make even the simplest of decisions these days? Are you feeling exhausted and overwhelmed when facing what used to feel like routine and benign choices? Is that good feeling that used to come from making certain de...
['Productivity', 'Lifehacks']
Sustainable Business Series By Adrienne B. Haynes, Esq. Lead Consultant, SEED Collective Running a business or nonprofit is not for the faint of heart. At SEED Collective, we have provided in-depth business coaching services since 2013 for early and second stage businesses. We work with owners and leadership teams t...
['Ceo Skills', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Leadership Skills', 'Coaching', 'Chief Executive Officer']
I recently attended a virtual meeting with over 50 participants. Although the topic was timely, several things went wrong: the host joined late; we were entertained by many ‘home’ noises in the background; people interrupted each other; the video quality was faulty; the chat feature was not used and, when the meeting e...
['Teleconferencing', 'Leadership Skills', 'Business Consulting', 'Leadership', 'Business Efficiency']
Difference between a boss and a leader Boss and Leader, are two different personalities because they think differently, they visualize the things according to their own perspectives. When we talk about the boss, then we can say that, the dominant force in the office, who manages their business affairs and employees b...
['Bossy Nature', 'Teamwork', 'Leadership Skills', 'Be A Leader', 'Be Creative']
Thank you for your response, which has made me reflect on my own thinking about gender. I don’t think the author was arguing that women are better, but that character qualities and life experience of women equips them to handle humanitarian crises with the care, compassion and selflessness lacking in male leaders with ...
['Leadership Skills', 'Gender Roles', 'Gender Equality', 'Gender']
One of the strongest qualities of a project manager is the fact that they know how to get things done, while one of the best qualities of a good leader is the fact that they know how to get people to do things. When it comes to project management and leadership it all comes down to the performance of the team: how one ...
['Leadership Skills', 'Leadership']
Habits of Highly Effective Leaders When I started my career, one of my colleagues gifted me a book: “The 7 habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R Covey” I was still a novice in industry and at that time little did I know that one day that book will become my Bible. Today, if I look back, that was one of the pr...
['Leadership Development', 'Leadership Skills', 'Inspiration', 'Leadership', 'Motivation']
Do I really want to write a book? Deep down there in my heart, do I want to? Do I see myself selling books and stuff? Sigh, yes, I do. But then, writing this 100 words everyday is being difficult for me. I haven’t written for the past two weeks or maybe it was just one week — nevertheless, it felt really long since I ...
['Writer', 'Leadership Skills', 'Introspection', 'Habits']
Relating with a Seemingly Difficult Boss Throughout my career, I’ve spent a great deal of time studying the characteristics that make a great leader. Research has shown time and time again that individuals who are authentic, outgoing, effective at communicating their goals, and mindful of the needs of their followe...
['Management And Leadership', 'Employee Engagement', 'Leadership Skills', 'Leadership', 'Anger Management']
Recently, I was chatting with a highly regarded, thirty-something business leader. During our conversation, she told me that she had made a conscious decision to improve herself rather than worrying about proving herself. Our interaction took me back to my own tenure as a senior leader when I was of a similar age. As ...
['Imposter Syndrome', 'Leadership Skills', 'Authentic Leadership', 'Leading Teams', 'Leadership']
Early in my career, I worked with an organization that was struggling with infighting on a team. After working with them for a little while, I realized that there were two issues the team’s manager struggled with: A lack of accountability and a tendency to avoid conflict. About a year later, I was asked back to the or...
['Leadership Development', 'Team Building', 'Leadership Coaching', 'Leadership Skills', 'Teams And Teamwork']
Utahns are inherently known as builders, from homes and churches to businesses and institutions. In all of these areas, we are blessed to stand on the shoulders of giants — men and women in our community who built social, economic, and spiritual capital in our state that rivals even the most ambitious venture capital. ...
['Leadership Development', 'Leadership Skills', 'Leadership', 'Business Leadership', 'Business Development']
THE NICE GUY Anand. Our protagonist. Always the nice guy. Doing the things he felt were right. That was the culture and family setup he was brought up in. Not to question, to conform. To be there for others. Whether they wanted it or not. Such things are ingrained. Deeply. They do start showing up their effects as ...
['Leadership Skills', 'Outliers', 'Marketing', 'Support', 'Alternative Learning']
Everything is all about a Best Leadership. Knowing perfect leadership for a multicultural work setting is very much important for development. Now let’s first understand precisely that, what exactly a multicultural work setting is? A multicultural work setting is in which a broad range of cultural variations live bet...
['Leadership Development', 'Leaders', 'Leadership Skills', 'Unity In Action', 'Leadership']
A story goes that at one time, the Phrygian people had no ruler. An oracle prophesied that the next man who entered the city on an oxcart would be the king. A peasant named Gordius was that next man. Upon riding into town on an oxcart he was declared king. Out of gratitude, he dedicated his oxcart to his god. His son...
['Leadership Development', 'Executive Coaching', 'New Perspective', 'Leadership Coaching', 'Leadership Skills']
An engineering manager’s 3-step guide to staying focused Yonatan Aharon, the engineering manager, shares his 3-step plan to limiting distractions and helping you and your team win back focus time. GetYourGuide Tech Blog Follow Jun 8 · 7 min read This story was originally posted in our main blog. To see it follow here...
['Management And Leadership', 'Productivity', 'Engineering', 'Leadership Skills', 'Engineering Management']
There was a moment during one of my deployments that we were in a pause in the action, but it was going to get very busy for the rest of the day. These were one of the few moments of peace we were going to get. There wasn’t anything to do. We had to wait for instructions. It was a little early for lunch, but I decided...
['Lead By Example', 'Emergency Response', 'Leadership Coaching', 'Leadership Skills', 'Management']
Transformational leadership is needed when it comes to enabling our employees to thrive within a mentally healthy workplace With more time, money, and energy being invested into our employees’ mental health than ever before, we may well be on the cusp of a workplace wellbeing revolution. Nonetheless, for us to truly e...
['Mental Health', 'Leadership Skills', 'Management Skills']
On April 3, 2019, I published a LinkedIn article titled, “The What and How of Leadership.” In that article, I presented an earlier version of my leadership model, which combined the work of John Kotter’s 2001 article in Harvard Business Review with the work of Deborah Ancona, Thomas W. Malone, Wanda J. Orlikowski, and ...
['Leadership Development', 'Leadership Coaching', 'Leadership Skills', 'Leadership Training', 'Leadership']
When it’s time to pursue leadership skills, then you have most likely realized it’s your time to rise to the occasion. Well, everyone realizes this at different points, and you want to capitalize correctly on these opportunities given you. Be sure that you work diligently towards knowing how to be an effective leader. ...
['Leadership Development', 'Leadership Coaching', 'Leaders', 'Leadership Skills', 'Leadership']
The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger I was inspired to read this book by my professor Pavan Soni. When I bought this book and saw its cover, my initial thought was that it would be a success story of Robert Iger (CEO of The Walt Disney company). When I started reading, I covered few initial chapters in an hour with a...
['Business Strategy', 'Leadership Skills', 'Disney', 'Leadership', 'Business']
How versatility paved the way for a woman to emerge as a tech leader Veda Kanala 1 day ago·4 min read Mine isn’t one of those stories that start dramatically; I wasn’t writing code when I was ten or building robots in my early teens. A stroke of luck led me to computer engineering over two decades ago. My first brush ...
['Women In Tech', 'Leadership Skills', 'Tech Leadership']
Leadership Skill — Two Ways Perspective in Leadership — How to be a middle manager in your company Marcello Judhandoyo Sep 7·3 min read Hi reader, let me introduce myself. My name is Marcello, working as a full-time entrepreneur. Right now, I lead 2 companies named Livera & Chameleon who consist of total employee more...
['Entrepreneurship', 'Startup Lessons', 'Leadership Skills', 'Leadership', 'Startup Life']
By Jeff Levine Lecturer of Economic Development and Planning/MIT Excerpt from “Leadership in Planning: How to Communicate Ideas and Effect Positive Change” Why do you want to be a planner? This is one of my favorite job interview questions. It is also one of the best things that graduate school advisors and profess...
['Urbanismo', 'Urban Planning', 'Leadership Skills', 'Civic Engagement', 'Leadership']
Need tips to Apply for the Mandela Washington Fellowship (MWF)? Here’s The Ultimate Guide to Answering the essay questions! Ogunbowale Olugbenga Sep 9·3 min read Yours truly at Kellogg School of Management At my 4th attempt, and 2nd interview, I was selected as 1 of 55 outstanding young leaders out of 11,000 applican...
['Leadership Development', 'Leadership Coaching', 'Leadership Skills', 'Mandela Fellows', 'Leadership']
Either consciously or unconsciously, leaders set the example of how to behave in groups. Employees will mimic their behavior, adopt their methods, and generally attempt to rise to the level of their leader. As a new leader, you must take time to reflect and develop your value system and moral compass. This, in turn, wi...
['Leadership Development', 'Leadership Coaching', 'Leadership Skills', 'Leadership', 'Startup']
A MBA student at Hult International Business School interviews three great leaders and unveils their hard earned lessons in leadership. I recently had the opportunity to interview three amazing leaders for my MBA program at Hult International Business School. All three of these individuals I respect and look up to as ...
['Leadership Development', 'Lessons Learned', 'Leadership Skills', 'Leadership', 'Interview']
The PIE Method Harvey Coleman in the book Empowering Yourself: The Organizational Game Revealed — affiliate, explored a career progression method called PIE. The PIE method looks at the 3 key elements that help people to progress in their careers, The 3 elements and their percentages to the career growth contribution ...
['Self Improvement', 'Leadership Skills', 'Careers', 'Career Advice', 'Workplace']
By Soorya Parthiban — Data analyst, Blogger and Power BI Dev. If Others Can do it, why Can’t We! Hi everyone, I’m very happy to meet you all on another blog. This blog practically explains: Take a look at this imaginary pizza sales dataset: We can see that we have the date-wise pizza sales and the delivery driver’...
['Datasciencecourse', 'Machine Learning', 'AI', 'Data Science', 'Power Bi']
Office dashboard screens are common in every workplace, whether it be an air conditioned office or a factory workshop floor, we need these dashboards to keep us informed with the average office display rotating through 6 to 8 dashboards, so why is it such a pain to manage them once you have a handful spread around the ...
['Productivity', 'Dashboard', 'Analytics', 'Data Visualization', 'Power Bi']
Almost 70 percent of all companies in the United States use cloud computing in some capacity. If your business still avoids the cloud, you may want to think about switching to cloud systems in the coming months. Many business owners believe that only large companies can benefit from going with a cloud setup, but that ...
['Cloud Migration', 'Power Bi', 'Financial Data', 'Power Apps']
Power BI: Power BI is a collection of software services, applications, and connectors that work together to transform your independent data sources into consistent, visually engaging, and interactive information. Your information can be an Excel accounting page or an assortment of on-premises and cloud-based crossover...
['Powerbi', 'Tableau']
The power of Python in Power BI Yang Follow Sep 11 · 5 min read Running Python scripts in Power BI has been an exciting feature for many data analysts and business intelligence professionals, and it’s easy to see why. Power BI is a powerful Microsoft data visualisation and analytics tool. Its user-friendly interface a...
['Data Science', 'Power Bi', 'Python', 'Data Visualization']
Power BI and Synapse, Part 1: The Art of the (Im)possible In the 1st part of this blog series on the integration of Power BI and Synapse Analytics, learn about the enormous flexibility that the Serverless SQL pool within Synapse brings to the table. Nikola Ilic Sep 9·9 min read By introducing Azure Synapse Analytics ...
['Business Analytics', 'Data', 'Data Science', 'Power Bi', 'Azure Synapse Analytics']
How I speed up my Power BI report 5x Your Power BI report is slow? Check how you can dramatically speed it up by applying some simple tricks while preserving the original report look Nikola Ilic Sep 2·6 min read Can you spot the difference between the following two reports? Image by Author Yeah, neither can I! But...
['Data', 'Data Visualization', 'Data Science', 'Towards Data Science', 'Power Bi']
Part 3 — Power BI vs Tableau vs ThoughtSpot vs Hyper Anna What are the key differences between dashboards (Power BI, Tableau), search-based BI (ThoughtSpot) and automated data stories (Hyper Anna)? Strap yourself in. This is a long… TABLEAU & POWER BI Use-case: “I want a dashboard” Sounds simple. And the use-case ...
['Bi', 'Analytics', 'Tableau', 'Sales', 'Power Bi']
Is there a better way to get insights? Yes! With the introduction of augmented analytics and self-service business intelligence, people can now easily self-service insights about which teams, regions or industries outperform others — information they would have struggled to get without leaning on a data analyst. Trad...
['Bi', 'Data', 'Analytics', 'Tableau', 'Power Bi']
This article helps in understanding when to use Ribbon chart, advantages and explanation with example for an Ecommerce case study. Ribbon chart plays an important role in the field of Sales to understand the Ranking system for a category. Ribbon charts are used to identify the Ranking system and Difference in sales o...
['Ribbon Chart', 'Power Bi', 'Power Bi Charts', 'Padmapriya']
Power BI and Synapse, Part 2: What Synapse brings to a table? In the 2nd part of the series, learn what Synapse brings to a table for Power BI developers, and how you can leverage both tools to get an indefinite number of use-cases! Nikola Ilic 3 days ago·16 min read By introducing Azure Synapse Analytics in late 201...
['Data', 'Data Science', 'Towards Data Science', 'Power Bi', 'Azure Synapse Analytics']
This is a quick post with the step-by-step I used with a client to quickly create a persistent Tableau Server container image for testing purposes. The whole process takes roughly 30 minutes. This post is not meant to teach you how to create this at scale and in a “production-capacity”, but rather how to jump-start yo...
['Linux', 'Kubernetes', 'Tableau', 'Docker', 'Power Bi']
1. Field labels should always be visible, so users do not lose track of them You can still have fun interactions such as turning the placeholder text into the field label, but it should still be obvious which labels and fields go together. Keep accessibility in mind. 2. Fields should have the correct formatting (espe...
['Forms Design', 'User Experience Design', 'UX Design', 'User Experience']
Project Background The company is launching a new Email Anti-malware and anti-virus solution (Venom Shield) aimed at small and medium-sized businesses. The aim of this solution is to enable systems administrators within these businesses to scan their network for malware and viruses in general and to, therefore, increa...
['Design', 'User Experience Design', 'Design Process', 'UX Design', 'UX Research']
For many years, ADEO and its companies all over the world (Leroy Merlin, Bricoman, Zôdio…), strongly work on improving customer experience. Most people would say that it’s logical. As a retail company, selling goods is our DNA and there is no business without customers. They are right. But without employees, there is...
['Design', 'User Experience Design', 'UX', 'Employee Experience', 'Experience']
The line between useful and… useless (or pushy or simply annoying) is thinner than you think. That’s why creating a mind map that aligns your site’s content structure with the user intent is… critical. “Whether you’re a product owner or designer, you don’t want your website to be a maze with nothing but frustrating b...
['User Experience Design', 'Mind Mapping', 'Information Architecture', 'User Experience']
Getting crafty: starting from zero We ran our first design sprint in the fall of 2018. It was both an exciting and intimidating process. The process typically requires prototyping ideas and testing them with real users. But a few things stood in the way towards implementing this process: we didn’t have a budget for a ...
['UI Design', 'UX', 'User Experience Design', 'User Testing', 'User Feedback']
An overview of study material how you can prepare yourself into the world of UX. Hey guys, in my previous article I mentioned that I will start my UX internship in October and this all without having any experience and portfolio. If you are wondering how this happened, feel free to read my other article! Anyway, I hav...
['UX Design', 'Ux Strategy', 'User Experience Design', 'Ux Portfolio', 'User Experience']
Imagine that an architect designed the world’s best interior, but he forgot to put a door on the building. Guess he isn’t winning any awards because nobody can experience the masterpiece! The same goes for digital products. It doesn’t matter if you have some incredible code that can stop global warming and solve world...
['User Interface', 'User Experience Design', 'User Testing', 'User Experience', 'User Research']
Photo by picjumbo.com from Pexels Starting a new job is a journey. Each time I begin something new, I’m amazed at how much I discover about myself. In many ways, the experience freezes us in time. No matter our age or position in life, familiar themes creep into our minds. “Will I succeed?” “How do I become comfort...
['Ux Writing', 'User Experience Design', 'UX Design', 'Content Strategy', 'Content Design']
All about the project In today’s busy lifestyle, it’s difficult to find healthy food away from home. If you decide to cook food yourself, you’ll end up getting confused what to cook. Tracking calories and nutrition of home cooked food is tricky, for those who need to keep a track of their daily intakes. Cook-book is ...
['Health Foods', 'User Experience Design', 'UX', 'UX Design', 'UX Research']
Discover how usability can help define and prevent errors in critical systems. In the last article, we’ve discussed the fourth heuristic — consistency and standards — the importance of achieving consistency across devices and follow standard patterns and platform conventions. This time, we’ll focus on the fifth heuri...
['Design', 'Critical Systems', 'User Experience Design', 'UX Design', 'Usability Heuristics']
I interviewed ten experts from the UX Team at Nearsoft and asked them to explain UX in non-technical, “user friendly” terms. What is this thing that everybody is talking about as part of their business strategy? What are the top 10 contributions UX can bring to a business? UX Means … Teamwork . A discipline that hel...
['Business Strategy', 'Ux Strategy', 'User Experience Design', 'UX', 'User Experience']
Long-form can cause frustration for both user and designer. For user it’s intimidating — a lot of user leave the websites without finishing the form. User don’t always have the time and motivation to complete a long-form. For designer, again, it’s intimidating! In many cases, forms are the final step to the completion...
['Product Design', 'Form Design', 'User Experience Design', 'UX Design', 'User Interface Design']
1. Let Figma do the Math! The width of this Component should be half of its original width… Let me stop working on Figma, take out my phone, open the Caculator app and type in 139, hit divide icon, then type in 2, then hit “=”…. Yes, I used to have to do that before I knew that you can pretty much calculate anything ...
['Product Design', 'Figma', 'User Interface', 'User Experience Design', 'Resources']
Your brand’s identity is how you present it to the world and how you create an impression with it. Without needing to use texts and words, images are considered a powerful means of communication. Thus, they’re more persuasive because they speak from an emotional and intrinsic place. This potent communication tool carri...
['Visual Identity Impacts', 'Visual Identity Design', 'Visual Identity', 'User Experience Design', 'Visual Branding']
When I first started working in a TD branch in my second year of university, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do as a career. I wanted a part-time job that would give me the flexibility to explore what I wanted to do next in life — like graduate school or working with people. Through this role I quickly realized that I w...
['Career Paths', 'User Experience Designer', 'Career Change', 'User Experience Design', 'UX Design']
Problem Identification Unlike other case studies where we usually begin with a particular problem to be addressed, this piece of work was started with an open-mind to find out what are the issues that our target audience face while interacting with social media. This was done through dedicated focus group sessions, th...
['UX Research', 'User Experience Design', 'Ux Portfolio', 'Case Study', 'Media Psychology']
User experience design (UXD) is the process of enhancing user interaction with a product or service by improving the usability, accessibility, and desirability provided in the interaction with a product. User Experience Design is everything that we interact with during the journey of using a product or service from st...
['Good Design', 'Design Thinking', 'Ui Ux Design', 'User Experience Design', 'Principles Of Design']
10+ design tips for landing page Basically, a landing page is a standalone webpage that users who come from a marketing campaign will see on entry. Samir T Follow Sep 8 · 5 min read If you are wondering why we don’t direct users to the home page, there are a few reasons. The homepage is optimized for both new and re...
['Cro', 'User Experience Design', 'Design Process', 'Data Driven', 'Landing Pages']
Hand photo created by rawpixel.com The majority of designers who are not working with content designers are writing for the web themselves. Perhaps you are a generalist UX designer and writing is one of your tasks, or maybe you are working with a content writer. In any case, UX writing is as important as user experien...
['Microcopy', 'User Experience Design', 'Ux Writing', 'User Experience']
Research Sprint Data Collection from Tantan App Problem Statement & User persona (Hypothesized) FOR Young adults WHO is serious about looking the compatible partner THE TanTan IS a dating app THAT helps people to meet new friends or find their dating partner UNLIKE Tinder, Paktor OUR PRODUCT will make sure that...
['Ui Ux Design', 'Ued', 'User Experience Design']
Photo by Windows courtesy of Unsplash Six years ago, in a sunny autumn afternoon my colleague Kostadina and I attended an important handover meeting. It took only one hour of our working day, but it marked the beginning of an unexpected journey into the world of calendars. Little did we know back then that designing a...
['Design', 'Calendar', 'Control', 'User Experience Design', 'Thoughts']
INTRODUCTION Heritage Bank Plc. (HB PLC), often referred to as Heritage Bank or simply HB, is a financial services institution. It is one of the commercial banks licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria] with a national operating license, that offers retail banking, corporate banking, online/internet banking, investmen...
['Product Design', 'Fintech', 'User Experience Design', 'User Research', 'Banking']
This article is for people who are ‘relatively’ new to designing UI dashboards, this article will not teach you how to become a UI/UX/Product Designer(I will cover this in a different article), this article will not make you an overnight master at designing dashboards. Also ‘dashboard’ in this context is referring to D...
['Beginner', 'Learning Dashboards', 'User Experience Design', 'Dashboard', 'UI']
A way to assign clear responsibilities and to better act on research conclusions with a simple chart Photo by Dušan veverkolog on Unsplash After a user research is concluded, ideally people will act on the conclusions straight away, but often is not clear who needs to start on what. This short post focusses on applyi...
['UX Design', 'User Experience Design', 'User Experience', 'User Research', 'UX Research']
You’ve heard it a hundred times — the digital marketplace is more competitive now than ever. Whether you’re a marketer, a business owner, or a CEO, we’re all reading articles, attending seminars, registering for workshops endlessly searching for answers to the same question — How do I increase my site’s conversion? Th...
['Ecommerce', 'Conversion Optimization', 'Digital Strategy', 'User Experience Design', 'Web Design']
#WarnerMedia Reign In Your Perv Stepchild #HBO Game Of Thrones Nudity MAY 2020 GIANTFREAKINROBOT.COM During its run on HBO the original Game of Thrones series became infamous for the amount of nudity the show was willing to air, both male and female. Don’t expect that to continue on House of the Dragon. The world ha...
['HBO', 'Movies', 'Entertainment', 'Television', 'Game of Thrones']
This post was originally published on Hurree.co Market segmentation is a fundamental tool for any brands looking to see success in our digital world. Why? Because segmentation is the key to identifying users as individuals — Therefore allowing brands to create products, services, content and communications that are a...
['Market Segmentation', 'Game of Thrones', 'Marketing Strategy', 'Marketing', 'Digital Marketing']
Courtesy — Game of Thrones prequel scene Migrating from college to a workplace is like a transformation. You find yourself isolated in a place without any friends and definitely, no teachers. The HR department will navigate you to your work desk and no further. Companies will have an orientation program for new recrui...
['Work', 'Jobs', 'Culture', 'Management', 'Game of Thrones']
I often get asked about how we’re different from the other coins. Well the whitepaper should give you a pretty clear idea, but alas, not all questions have answers in this one document. So I’ll try and express the thought in my own words. We’re in the cryptocurrency space, but Direwolf isn’t just a currency. Direwolf ...
['Game of Thrones', 'Direwolf', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Technology']
What is Hotbit? Hotbit is a cryptocurrency trading platform based out of Honk Kong and Estonia. Launched in January 2018, Hotbit has rapidly accumulated over 1 million users from 170 countries globally. 90% of the users are from outside China users making it a worthwhile international competitor to other crypto tradin...
['Ethereum', 'Direwolf', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Game of Thrones']
In this article we will discuss Top 10 Best Game Of Thrones GOT Favorite Characters. Nine powerful houses battle for the supremacy of Westeros, as an ancient adversary, reappears after centuries of hibernation. Game of Thrones is among the most complex television shows that are ever made. Game of Thrones was a very cha...
['Gameofthrone', 'Top10', 'GoT', 'Likeable']
I feel great today, especially after the sukshma-yoga done with Kiran*. Sleep eluded me last night, mainly on account of night infusion. Friends I am grinning since I got a remarkable gift: A personal message from Grand Maester Pycelle from the Game of Thrones. Julian Glover, who plays the character, was also the voi...
['Strategy', 'Chemotherapy', 'Judgement', 'Evolution', 'Game of Thrones']
The world of technology is changing with lightning bolt speed. The world of gaming has surely grown at the same pace. Every other day we are observing new innovations getting add up to the existing ones. Games as a Service, alternatively known as “Gaas” is another exciting innovation in the world of gaming. Read on to ...
['It', 'Computer Science', 'Games', 'Game of Thrones']
Ramdi Studio director unveiled Alan Wake Remastered in an official post. This news was not unexpected and some retailers had already revealed its existence. Yesterday, a Taiwanese retailer called Rakuten Taiwan listed Alan Wake Remastered in its online store for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox X / ...
['Game Notes', 'Games', 'Game of Thrones']
We’re in the middle of a language learning boom — but it’s maybe not the languages you’d expect Constructed languages can offer insights into fantasy worlds and open up opportunities for learning other languages. Photo by veeterzy on Unsplash. If you start looking down the list of languages that the language learning...
['Language', 'Esperanto', 'Fantasy', 'Conlang', 'Game of Thrones']
Sibling Rivalry and Cointegration in Game of Thrones Testing for time series cointegration, Granger causality, stationarity (ADF and KPSS) and white noise residuals. With a quick helping of vector autoregression. Process Steps: 0. Game Of Thrones and Granger Causality — What Is This About? It is a truth universally...
['Cointegrated Time Series', 'Data Science', 'Deep Dives', 'Granger Causality', 'Game of Thrones']
If you’ve been analyzing the dollar’s macroeconomic structure and the United States monetary system, you get the growing feeling that we’re getting to the end of something that no one knows what it is. The dollar has fifty years as the main reserve currency in the world. A half-century may seem to be the magic number,...
['Investment', 'Federal Reserve', 'Debt', 'Money', 'USA']
“The establishment are afraid of facing the consequences of a real change in the system”, argues Friedrich. “The banks have betrayed all of us…. They manipulated interest rates, for example. Everybody who bought a house with credit was suffering. Then, the politician’s we elected bailed out the banks with our taxes. An...
['Reform', 'Neoliberalism', 'Debt', 'Capitalism', 'Financial Crisis']
The ‘what’ and ‘why’ of design debt The ‘what’ and ‘why’ of design debt Monday afternoon. Kick-off meeting. This new project looks very promising, you may have discovered a niche no one knew about. It turns out, you need notifications. “Great! We have a notification system. It shouldn’t be an issue”, you think. How n...
['Product Design', 'Design', 'Product Management', 'UX', 'Debt']
Is your out of control debt making it impossible for you to save money? You can pay off your debt and save some money by using simple strategies and tools that work in your favor. medium.com/@consumerliving gathered the following information and tips to help you lower your debt quickly and create a permanent structure...
['Financial Health', 'Save Money', 'Debt', 'Finances', 'Pay Off Debt']
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz states “having a plan on how you’ll pay off the debt can keep you focused on what it will take to attain ‘financial freedom’”. THE CURRENT DEBT SITUATION Did you know that total household debt balances increased by $193 billion in the fourth quarter of 2019, and now stand at $ 14.15 trillion? ...
['Student Loans', 'Debt', 'Auto Loans', 'Credit Cards']
As a small business owner, you may be struggling with a lot of debt and might be in need of a suitable strategy for managing your debt. You’re one among many. Every year, many small business owners in the US find themselves in difficult financial situations. Business Debt For you to be among the small minority that m...
['Business Debt', 'Debt Relief', 'Debt', 'Debt Settlement', 'Business']
So, you are under huge financial debts. Behind on car loan, student loan and mortgage payments & already drained up all the credit cards. While under this huge trouble you got a shock by receiving a termination letter from your employer without any prior notice. After a few days you started getting calls, emails, lett...
['Bankruptcy', 'Law', 'Debt', 'Lawyers', 'Houston']
2021 Student Loan Statistics You Should Know Meratas Follow Jul 6 · 5 min read created by Meratas For millions of Americans, higher education represents a path to financial prosperity and opportunity. But, due to rising college costs, many students find it necessary to finance higher education with student loans. Unf...
['Students', 'Important', 'Loans', 'Debt', 'Income Share Agreements']
Debt. What comes to your mind whenever you hear or see this? Liabilities or opportunities? For me, it’s both. Debt is not really something bad. Sometimes we use debt to cover some unseen financial issues that come along the way. Debt can be also positive in a sense that it produces something valuable like — a profit. ...
['Debt', 'Lending']
Every Friday at 3 pm EDT, the TradFi to DeFi community has an open mic round table, where we discuss DeFi (decentralized finance), how it intersects with traditional finance, and where we see this whole thing going. This article briefly summarizes the topics of our latest discussion. Do you work in TradFi? We want to ...
['Tradfitodefi', 'Scalability Trilemma', 'Tradfi', 'Debt', 'Defi']
In April 2019, PetSmart (the pet products retailer owned by private equity firm BC Partners) announced that it would IPO its online retail subsidiary Chewy Inc. On June 14, 2019, CHWY began trading on the NYSE. Priced at $22 per share upon IPO, its valuation increased by 59% at market close and it currently boasts a ma...
['Finance', 'Investing', 'Bankruptcy', 'Debt']
One at a Time ( Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash) Money Management Saving for Retirement and Beyond, Stress Free, starting at ANY Age, even if You are Retired These techniques may even help you to get out of a mess, retired or not, also if you are younger. Bill Myers Jun 17, 2019·5 min read Twenty years ago, ...
['Retirement', 'Saving', 'Life Lessons', 'Debt', 'Money']
84% of people in the Middle East and North Africa don’t use banks, but banking is one of the most profitable sectors in the region. Traditional consumer debt is non-existent in Egypt unless you are in the top 1%. The banked population is 14% (lowest in the world) while 4% have debit cards and only 2% have credit cards...
['Policy', 'Middle East', 'Finance', 'Debt', 'North Africa']
Photo by Sasha Freemind on Unsplash This week is Loneliness Awareness Week. It’s really sad to think that around our nation right now there are estimated to be nine million people feeling lonely. The effects of loneliness are much more than just physical isolation: loneliness can also have a significant impact on our ...
['Pandemic', 'Loneliness', 'Lonely', 'Suicide', 'Debt']
Step 4: Dealing with your debts Some debts are more important than others, like rent or heating. These are the priority debts to work on. You’re showing good faith in proposing a repayment plan. That will benefit you if your creditors take you to court. The plan is to use some of the budget surpluses for priority deb...
['Money Management', 'Finance', 'Life Lessons', 'Debt', 'Money']
Unseen costs are the most expensive. That ironic economic trick seems mean enough that we should get a Ouija board and ask Adam Smith what’s up. But invisible burdens weighing down wallets are the only way anyone pays attention to an otherwise endless bill. Politicians proclaiming what you use is free sure creates a lo...
['Wealth Transfer', 'Inflation', 'Economy', 'Debt', 'Handouts']
On the surface, you’re hanging in there. After all, you are making your monthly credit card payments. The problem is they’re minimum payments, and your debt is not only not decreasing it’s increasing due to interest. You need help. But what to do? Here is how to find your best debt relief options. What is Debt Relief?...
['Best Debt Free Options', 'Debt', 'Debt Free']
More than half of American college grads graduate with some form of student debt. US student loan debt totals 1.7 Trillion dollars and the average debt of someone from the 2019 graduating class is $28,950. Things get worse when a student decides to go past a Bachelor’s degree — which is now necessary for the ever-com...
['Politics', 'Student Loans', 'Debt', 'Money', 'Economics']
Neglecting These Home Repairs Could End Up Draining the Life Out of Your Bank Account Abdullah Idris Follow Jun 8 · 5 min read During one of her usual days as a mom, Becky Beach found that her walls weren’t as they once were. She wasn’t sure what the problem was but knew that this means trouble. “I noticed cracks wer...
['Home Repair', 'Bank Account', 'Home Repair Tips', 'Saving Money', 'Debt']
Milton Friedman/Ronald Reagan’s “Trickle Down Economics” claim was quite simple and so very much wrong. The concept was that A) giving poor people money makes them lazy, but B ) giving wealthy people and Corporations money will make them hire more people with that new money. Ergo, wealth would “trickle down” because ri...
['Ubi', 'Debt', 'Wealth', 'Money', 'Equity']
Our ‘About Debt’ Q&A Series has finally come to an end with part 5, the last article. Thank you to our readers who have been following the series! We hope this series has been helpful for you and we look forward to coming back with new series. This week, let’s learn more about how much a company should borrow to grow t...
['Business Strategy', 'Financing', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Debt', 'Growth Strategy']
For most adults today, installment loan debt is inevitable whether you like it or not. These debts may include items such as a student loan or a mortgage. Installment loans are just part of life because they help consumers make big purchases without having the cash upfront. But, have you ever wondered what could happ...
['Loans', 'Debt', 'Wealth']