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Does Using a Pen Name Make You a Scaredy Cat?
Being called out for protecting our safety online as sex writers
Photo by Jeffrey Buchbinder on Unsplash
I recently came across an article that called out sex writers who use pen names as being “pussies.”
Okay…
The author invited others to share their thoughts, and I h... | ['Sexuality', 'Women', 'Writing', 'Sex', 'Culture'] |
Why aren’t we obsessed with the story about the 174-foot bridge that literally buckled and collapsed with no warning in mid-March of this year? It was a frightening news report and the images were even more horrific — as the remnants of crushed cars — containing the deceased bodies of drivers and passengers — peaked ou... | ['Journalism', 'Politics', 'News', 'Architecture', 'Media'] |
Crypto Funds Medium List
The first list of 120+ Medium accounts of funds that currently invest in early-stage crypto projects (equity & token sales)
At the Crypto Writing Agency, we are currently building the most comprehensive list of funds that invest in Blockchain. Our list will be online in a couple weeks and wil... | ['Cryptocurrency', 'Blockchain', 'Venture Capital', 'Marketing', 'ICO'] |
The currently popular blockchain networks, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, use a proof-of-work method to verify a transaction as genuine. A huge amount of computational effort is needed to solve puzzles to add a new set of verified transactions or blocks to the network (blockchain). In return for that work or computati... | ['Startup', 'Blockchain', 'Blockchain Technology', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Bitcoin'] |
Scarcity. A word that is at the heart of our pursuit of economic enlightenment, the idea of which sharpens the blurred lines that we construct between the discipline of economics and neighbouring psychology and political science. Economic thought has often been shepherded by the age-old problem of organising limited re... | ['Economics', 'Climate', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Partisanship'] |
Very simple Python script for extracting most common words from a story
Simple Python script without the use of heavy text processing libraries to extract most common words from a corpus.
What is the most used word in all of Shakespeare plays? Was ‘king’ more often used than ‘Lord’ or vice versa?
To answer these typ... | ['NLP', 'Machine Learning', 'Data Science', 'Python', 'Text Analytics'] |
Free-Verse Poetry
Enchanted Stream
You are never the same
Sitting
at your side
I hear your song
but never
the same song.
I see you
freely flowing
but never
with the same water.
Ripples
crashing on the rocks
but never
the same ripples
and never
the same rocks.
You are
in the same place
but you are
n... | ['Life', 'Blue Insights', 'Poetry', 'Nature', 'Motivation'] |
How Much Do You Know About Your Data And Is Your Product Ready To Benefit From Data Science? Wilson Wong Follow Jun 19 · 12 min read
This is the second part of a 3-part article on the four hurdles to creating value from data. In the first part, we gave an overview of the four hurdles. We posited that the main challeng... | ['Big Data', 'Innovation Management', 'Return On Investment', 'Data Strategy', 'Data Science'] |
Originally published at coupleofcreatives.com on May 9, 2017.
Since becoming a business owner I’ve noticed the massive amount of ways an entrepreneur can prospect to drive new business. Social media has made it easier than ever to drive new business and reach greater distances and its no wonder why.
The age old tacti... | ['Marketing', 'Small Business Marketing', 'Social Media', 'Small Business', 'Social Media Marketing'] |
It’s no surprise that 2020 has been a really difficult year for a lot of people. With all of the curveballs we’ve been thrown, I have no doubt that a lot of people have been struggling with their mental health, and have looked into seeing a therapist, counselor, or other mental health or support professional. While a l... | ['Transgender', 'Therapist', 'Therapy', 'Mental Health', 'LGBTQ'] |
My favorite thing about living in Utah from a sociological perspective is how much power the Mormon Church has and how many members try to simultaneously downplay this power as well as use it when it suits their needs.
Before I’m accused of being a bitter former-Mormon, let me state that my interest in this topic is p... | ['Religion', 'Utah', 'Culture', 'Politics'] |
I now consider it bad form to center my life around someone. It is a sort of embarrassment to think of Sasha when I think of my days as a teenager; like sisters or married people we were with each other constantly. This is another thing I remember very clearly, sitting in Sasha’s parents’ house when we were seventeen, ... | ['Nonfiction', 'Relationships', 'LGBTQ'] |
3. It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work — by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
It doesn’t have to be crazy at work is that one book among our suggested list that will go against everything you will read and learn from the other resources.
Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the co-founders of Basecamp, ar... | ['Technical Leadership', 'Management', 'Technology', 'Books', 'Programming'] |
I began building a service recently that will, upon user request, create a container (to provide said service, not a Container-as-a-Service-style workload), and then after 1–3 hours, terminate the container (taking the user’s session and local data away with it). The process for this required that I:
Retrieve the cont... | ['DevOps', 'Python', 'Container Orchestration', 'Docker', 'Automation'] |
Welcome to the November edition of our best and favorite articles in AI that were published this month. We are a Paris-based company that does Agile data development.
This month, we spotted articles about AI that can identify who wrote each scene in Shakespeare’s Henry VIII, and teach non-native speakers how to pronou... | ['Machine Learning', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Articles', 'Best Of', 'Data Science'] |
Born January 1st, 1984 I’m an early millennial. As such, I have been using social media sites obsessively since I was a kid, I’ve even been wildly unsuccessful at building a few myself.
I’m not proud of the fact that for the last 10 years I’ve used Frindster, MySpace, then Digg, Facebook, moved to Reddit and now Hacke... | ['Reddit', 'Social Media', 'Social Media Marketing', 'Marketing Strategies', 'Marketing'] |
The first thing I notice when I visit myBucknell is this extremely long and blaring red banner.
I immediately feel like I’ve done something wrong.
Further investigation shows that these banners are maintenance alerts warning me that the site will be down at some point. Great. I didn’t break anything. But I also haven... | ['Design', 'UX', 'Design Thinking', 'Colors', 'Bad Design'] |
No Distraction
There is no disturbance. That’s the clearest reason I’ve ever returned to paper. The most embarrassing thing about writing on a computer is the ‘touch of temptation’. Just by connecting Wi-Fi, you will be connected to a fantastic Internet world. It looks like five minutes have passed, but thirty minutes... | ['Habits', 'Writing', 'Analog', 'Paper', 'Draft'] |
A Rebel’s Prompt: Two Faced Bitches
She Came Through The Window
Calm as a sneaky cat puss purr hear her growl kiss me delight boy can she make you mad rave uppity lady fox bitch on heat game for anything but that’s where she falls over tripping on her own lies dawning hinder foxtrot lovers dawning on her shoulders no... | ['Women', 'Storytelling', 'Sex', 'Prompt', 'Kiss'] |
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We want you to write great articles, and we know you want to write great articles.
To that end, we’d like to offer a few tips to help make sure you write the kind of great articles we can publish here at Flutter Community.
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If you would like to have your article featured, please feel free to em... | ['Guidelines', 'Writing'] |
Last night I woke up suffocating and gasping for air. Congested from a cold, I work up to a world of burning rainforests, cries for help, witnessing destruction at its worst. I made an effort to awaken from the nightmare, but remembered that I was fully awake, living the world’s biggest nightmare. I tried to calm mysel... | ['Spirituality', 'Social Change', 'Amazon'] |
Poet’s Heart
Haibun inspired by haibun a heart prompt
Photo by Joshua Sukoff on Unsplash
the date was somewhere in October. I could see the flickering stars in the sky. The night was quiet. The moon looked lonely not an unusual sight for a poet. I collected the stars and emptied them on the page. The poem rhymed wit... | ['Haibun', 'Heartwork', 'Challenge', 'Writing', 'Community'] |
There was once an idyllic time for us nerds. It was a good gig we had going. That lovable group of misfits, the brilliant but misunderstood nerds had a lot of slack cut our way. The scope of our mistakes used to be much smaller; a botched release or a malicious program could only do so much damage in a world where smar... | ['Algorithms', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Diversity In Tech', 'Filter Bubble', 'Ethics'] |
It has only been two and a half years since online real estate company Purplebricks entered Australia’s property industry, but yesterday they made the big announcement that they are being forced to exit the market, suggesting their global expansion was …
“too rapid and as a result, the quality of execution has suffere... | ['Real Estate', 'Property', 'Australia', 'Global Expansion', 'Development'] |
Anyone who uses Excel everyday spends a LOT of time doing the same repetitive tasks. For example:
Customizing worksheet preferences (formatting, printing setup, etc.)
Seeking toolbar ribbon items to perform specific tasks
Analyzing basic datasets
Using the mouse for task-specific items, when keyboard shortcuts are ... | ['Microsoft Office', 'Top 10 Post', 'Excel', 'Automation', 'Productivity'] |
It’s time to accept newsroom diversity efforts have failed. Despite decades of making a case for more inclusion and representation in journalism, despite numerous dedicated studies and initiatives, most newsrooms are still not an accurate mirror of the society they seek to capture and inform.
Wherever you look, the nu... | ['Inclusion', 'Insights', 'Diversity', 'Journalism', 'Media'] |
What about writing then?
As writers, we should be acutely aware of how detailed our preparation should be. I know that almost every other article on here tells us to ‘edit edit edit’, but it’s true. I’m not suggesting for a minute that we should spend a year in preparation for every article. There would be a lot more ... | ['Comedy', 'Editing', 'Writing Tips', 'Review', 'Writing'] |
The code and output are tracked with git, and hosted on github. As progress is made (editing and tweaking, or adding a new plate), the code and visuals are committed. Interested parties may follow the progress and even file issues.
$ git add color.dsh
$ git commit -m 'added color tweak'
$ git push origin master
Des... | ['Github', 'Design', 'Data Visualization', 'Coding', 'Dvhistory'] |
Here’s a reward. Here’s a punishment. These phrases and the broader technique that accompanies them are called reinforcement learning (RL). Computer scientists used it to program artificial intelligences (AI’s) that can beat humans at complex games like Chess and Go. In this article, I will outline some of the basics o... | ['Reinforcement Learning', 'Technology', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Machine'] |
Do Not Use Decision Tree Like This
Demonstrate the Limitation of Information Gain in ID3 and the Benefits of using C4.5
As one of the most popular classic machine learning algorithm, the Decision Tree is much more intuitive than the others for its explainability. In one of my previous article, I have introduced the b... | ['Machine Learning', 'Data Science', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Technology', 'Decision Tree'] |
Back on the snake-oil standard?
Pass the green tea, dark chocolates, and muscadine grapes…
“Some of the loudest, most proudly ignorant guessing in the world is going on in Washington today. Our leaders are sick of all the solid information that has been dumped on humanity by research and scholarship and investigative... | ['History', 'Satire', 'Snake Oil', 'Epistemology', 'Journalism'] |
1. A lot of people want to become a freelance writer. But not many make it.
2. Good writing is a good starting point to become a freelance writer, but it’s not enough.
3. You don’t need a P.h.D (or even a Master) in writing to start a freelance business.
4. No matter who you are, an English native speaker or not, yo... | ['Skills', 'Freelance', 'Lessons Learned', 'Writing', 'Work'] |
1. Introduction & Background
Principal Components Analysis (PCA) is a well-known unsupervised dimensionality reduction technique that constructs relevant features/variables through linear (linear PCA) or non-linear (kernel PCA) combinations of the original variables (features). In this post, we will only focus on the ... | ['Machine Learning', 'Linear Algebra', 'Data Science', 'Principal Component', 'Dimensionality Reduction'] |
In the past few years the term “artificial intelligence” gained more recognition as it infiltrated itself in the collective mind. Humans became relatively used to this idea of computer-intelligence and its applications, as we enjoy personal assistants, such as Siri or Alexa, we’re used to chatbots and we rely on Google... | ['NLP', 'Machine Learning', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Fintech', 'Computer Science'] |
Even when we seemingly have created a win-win scenario for all, we may have only scratched the surface.
When it comes to business, win-win thinking is an entrenched cliché. We strive to create win-win scenarios for companies and clients, for companies and suppliers, and when it relates to sustainability, for companies... | ['Sustainable Business', 'Sustainability', 'Business Strategy', 'Corporate Innovation'] |
A Metaphor
It’s helpful to think of Airflow like an air traffic controller.
An air traffic controller manages a finite amount of resources (airspace and runways), orchestrating sequences of tasks (flight paths, takeoffs, landings, and taxiing) that depend on whether other tasks have completed successfully.
Airflow, ... | ['Data', 'Airflow', 'Data Engineering', 'Open Data'] |
Modeling a single zip code
Before we can iterate through all of our zip codes and produce a model for each, we need a good way to quickly generate a well-fit model for a single zip code. Statsmodels gives us great functionality with SARIMAX models, but it does not contain a method to determine the optimal orders for s... | ['Data Science', 'Python', 'Time Series Analysis', 'Real Estate Investments', 'Flatiron School'] |
How to Avoid Going Insane As A Writer
And have sharp-looking shirts while you’re at it
Photo by Filip Mroz on Unsplash
Today I spent a very satisfying half-hour ironing sheets. I never dreamed I would find solace in ironing, but I have. I was raised by an ironer; my mother ironed everything, including our underwear.... | ['Writing Tips', 'Writing', 'First Person', 'Home'] |
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Account-Based Marketing as a concept and strategy has been around since the 1990s in one shape or another (far longer than I have been a B2B marketer).
Despite the explosion of marketing and sales technology solving any need you could dream up and then some, many B2B marketing teams do... | ['Marketing Strategies', 'Strategy', 'Marketing Technology', 'Sales', 'Marketing'] |
A Non-Partisan Voter’s Guide for Christians (No, Really)
A review of David Platt’s church & politics primer, *Before You Vote: Seven Questions Every Christian Should Ask*
The 2020 election is dividing Christians more radically than any election in my lifetime. This puts pastors and churches in an intractable position... | ['Religion And Spirituality', 'Books', 'Christianity', 'Reading', '2020 Presidential Race'] |
Fiverr Presents: The Art of Doing — The Future of the Creative Industry
Our Co-founder & Managing Partner, Michael Tennant, recently spoke at the Fiverr “The Art of Doing” — The Future of the Creative Industry, an NYC event moderated by Ann-Marie Alcantara, tech & e-commerce reporter for Adweek, sparking dialogue on t... | ['Purpose', 'Advertising', 'Nike', 'Kaepernick', 'Marketing'] |
Written by
I’m an award-winning comic artist, writer and graphic recorder. All words + images © Sarah Firth. Contact me www.sarahthefirth if you want to use them. | ['Personal Development', 'Personal', 'Transformation', 'Psychology', 'Healing'] |
To the Guy in the Navy I Met on an Airplane 20 Years Ago Shani Silver Follow Jul 7 · 5 min read
Christopher J. Hanson, if you’re out there, I’m sorry.
Photo by Kovah on Unsplash
This is for Christopher J. Hanson. If you remember me at all, it’ll be because we met on an airplane 20 years ago. I was a freshman in coll... | ['Life', 'Letters', 'Friendship', 'Writing', 'Relationships'] |
That Awesome Time Javascript Rescued Us
We need help!
Photo by Emile Perron on Unsplash
The Story
It was the Fall of 2019 and my fiancé and I were absolutely obsessed with going to hackathons. For those of you who may not know, a hackathon is an event where software developers collaborate together to build somethin... | ['Machine Learning', 'Python', 'JavaScript', 'Hackathons', 'Software Development'] |
Dear holders and potential buyers of Zenome’s tokens.
About two weeks ago, the one year mark passed since the idea of the decentralized genomic Internet — Zenome arose.
Let me introduce to your attention Zenome’s first annual report.
Period: June 30, 2017 — June 30, 2018
Zenome’s token sale
We sell our tokens in s... | ['Zenome', 'Cryptocurrency Investment', 'Blockchain', 'Development', 'Genetics'] |
Stack Data Structure: Practical Applications & Operations
You wouldn’t be able to read this now if stacks didn’t exist. Stacks described from a practical perspective for engineers.
Stack is one of the most popular and widely known data structures in computer science, and one of the easiest to learn and understand. Bu... | ['Programming', 'Coding Interviews', 'Software Engineering', 'Stack', 'Data Structures'] |
with too many things in my head i write to sort it all till the sky is empty and there’s no poetry
Follow | ['Diwali', 'India', 'Writing', 'Spiritual Secrets', 'Poetry'] |
During the early and mid-20th century, when refrigeration was commercially developed and rolled out into modern homes, convenience became an important selling point for processed, ready-to-eat, and frozen foods. However, the methods used to preserve foods against microbial decay for long-term refrigeration and freezing... | ['Food', 'Science', 'Work', 'Careers', 'Technology'] |
An open source machine learning framework that accelerates the path from research prototyping to production deployment
Follow | ['Python', 'Japanese', '日本語', 'Deep Learning', 'Pytorch'] |
Last week, I recorded with my co-host Mathieu, the 8th episode of the Naked Podcast, and the topic we initially chose was impostor syndrome. I have a personal connection with this syndrome because after reading about it, I noticed that I relate to it. I want to share my experience and the tools that I have developed th... | ['Wellness', 'Mindfulness', 'Personal Development', 'Wellbeing', 'Personal Growth'] |
Sometimes we put ourselves into a certain position from which seems difficult or at times impossible to get away from, almost forgetting that we were the ones that created it in the first place.
That’s what happened to me when I decided to keep writing everyday for 1 year after the conclusion of my 100 day project. It... | ['Habits', 'Self Improvement', 'Journal', 'Commitment', 'Writing'] |
What Makes Cheese Taste Better when It’s Melted?
Melted cheese is without a doubt betterr than plain old block cheese, and here’s why
Photo by Klara Avsenik on Unsplash
It’s gooey, it’s savoury, and it’s oh-so-delicious. It’s on some of our favorite dishes, like pizza and nachos, and it can even make our least favor... | ['Cheese', 'Taste', 'Science', 'Food'] |
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Know Your Relationship
Are you transactional, reciprocal, or personal?
At our little ice bath startup Morozko Forge, we’ve been thinking a great deal about what constitutes our company, and how we relate to all the myriad different people and organizations on which we rely to grow o... | ['Hiring', 'Leadership', 'Relationships', 'Startup', 'Personal Growth'] |
This months member is Mark, a seasoned professional in digital recruitment and current entrepreneur with his startup, Discovered! Mark along with his co-founder John have been members at AstroLabs since January and are busy building a recruitment firm that aims to recruit the best talent out there for the rising needs ... | ['Recruitment', 'Ecommerce', 'Tech', 'Startup', 'Newsletter'] |
Climate change can be felt all over the world, however its impact is not equally distributed across geographies. When looking at the United States, it might surprise many of us that the most impacted state is actually the one with the lowest population density in the nation — the most northern state of the US. Alaska.
... | ['Alaska', 'Climate Change', 'Data Science', 'Weather', 'Climate'] |
This article is the third in a series on “serverless.”
by Pierrick Voulet, Bonitasoft Technical Evangelist
As this article is the third in a series on “serverless,” I recommend starting at the beginning of the series, as I introduce concepts incrementally.
The links to previous articles are included here:
Introduct... | ['Design', 'Scalability', 'Architecture', 'Serverless', 'AWS Lambda'] |
The Life Chronicles
The Most Important Thing Is to Run Your Own Race
Someone will always have more money, a better job, a better car, or a better grade.
Aim your target. Rest falls in place. Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
I confess I am sort of pissed to live a life dictated by what others do or achieve.
I want... | ['Life', 'Growth', 'Growth Mindset', 'Life Lessons', 'Motivation'] |
How to Run Productive 1-on-1 Meetings Remotely
Snooze Slack and plan ahead
Photo by Pixabay from Pexels
You can run meaningful 1-on-1 meetings with members of your team, even when you’re remote.
Remote meetings come with a ton of challenges, from technology, timing, digital distractions, and more. Mastering 1-on-1s... | ['Programming', 'Leadership', 'Management', 'Work', 'Startup'] |
Ever felt like you had been in this exact same situation before? Same people, same place, same conversation? I have! Wray Herbert explains | ['Psychology', 'Vu', 'Light', 'Deja'] |
A Poem Before Surgery
Image by skeeze from Pixabay
When I am dying, tell me the truth
I can take it
I got work to do
When I am dying, tell me stories
Break my heart
Don’t patronize me
When I am dying, tell me our history
I will say all the unsaid words
I got work to do
When I am dying, tell me about forgiven... | ['Self-awareness', 'Work', 'Death', 'Poetry', 'Family'] |
Sometimes listening and saying little or nothing in response is the kindness we actually need. Certainly this is my preferred approach and also to be on the receiving end of. Sometimes a friend can become a huge burden when you can least cope with it. Knowing when these apply can help us all be mindfully aware and bett... | ['Mindfulness', 'Dark Night Of The Soul', 'Mental Health', 'Self', 'Love'] |
How COVID-19 Is Impacting Blockchain and Cryptocurrency?
Check out our new platform 👉 https://thecapital.io/
Coronavirus has been the biggest disrupter of the 21st century worldwide. It has drastically changed the lives of people in a short time and overhauled the functioning of economies. There has been a rapid shi... | ['Bitcoin', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Coronavirus', 'Blockchain', 'Covid 19'] |
HOW TO CHEAT
Under-Appreciation Is the #1 Reason Men Are Likely to Cheat
Like a dog, men need a pat on the head to feel worthwhile
Photo by Victor Grabarczyk on Unsplash
If men can clean a toilet and do household chores to keep their women from cheating, what can women do? Emotional appreciation.
That’s right; you... | ['Sexuality', 'Psychology', 'Relationships', 'Cheating', 'Adultery'] |
The term “feast and famine” comes around a lot in the freelance world (especially writers), but it doesn’t have to go to those extremes.
In fact, I will show you that you can make your next month’s goal (within reason) without having to send a prospecting email or make a phone call.
There are a few things that could ... | ['Freelance Writing', 'Freelance', 'Writing', 'Freelancers', 'Freelancing'] |
Does Simplicity Still Work?
If you regularly follow my articles, you will find that many of the indicators I develop have a high hit ratio and on average are profitable. This is mostly due to the risk management method I use. But what about market randomness and the fact that many underperformers blaming Technical Ana... | ['Trading', 'Finance', 'Machine Learning', 'Data Science', 'Artificial Intelligence'] |
Change Requires a Leader, an Inspector, a Scientist, and a Human Relations Consultant
A leader serves multiple roles and shares responsibility
Photo by Nathan Anderson on Unsplash
A leader is only as strong as the group she directs. She must inspire the organization and organize the people. Thus, the need to be a me... | ['Management', 'Leadership Development', 'Leadership', 'Sustainability', 'Management And Leadership'] |
2020: A Year Full of Amazing AI Papers — A Review
A curated list of the latest breakthroughs in AI by release date with a clear video explanation, link to a more in-depth article, and code
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash
Even with everything that happened in the world this year, we still had the chance to see a l... | ['Machine Learning', 'Data Science', 'Deep Learning', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Research'] |
How To Rewire Disillusionment and Monotony
Do things the make time fly.
Photo credit: Shutterstock
By Kathleen Reily
Once not long ago I had a conversation with a gentleman who was cusping that midlife period and there was so much about his mindset that found inspiring and wanted to learn from. He was so happy, res... | ['Personal Development', 'Change Your Life', 'Depression', 'Mental Health', 'Success'] |
One the most celebrated traits of today’s most successful entrepreneurs is the ability to think differently than the vast majority of people. As my friend, Gijs — who is also participating in this daily story challenge — wrote, Elon Musk’s “secret sauce” is his ability to reason from first principles. But what does it ... | ['Startup'] |
pexels- Khoa Vo
Suffering from low self esteem? You are not the only one. We all could do well to incorporate these seven transformational mind shifts. Let’s get right into it.
You are enough.
How many of us walk around feeling like we are not enough? Not good enough. Not pretty enough. Not smart enough. Enough! You... | ['Self Improvement', 'Self Esteem', 'Relationships', 'Mental Health', 'Self'] |
Designing for accessibility, step 1: Color contrast
The A11Y Project puts it best, and most bluntly: “Accessibility is hard.” If you’re feeling lost, start with color contrast.
A primer on accessibility
Accessibility has been a buzz word in the design community lately. What does it mean? “The Web is fundamentally de... | ['Design', 'UX', 'UI Design', 'Colors', 'Accessibility'] |
“Work Today” is a publication dedicated to studies, stories, and experiences surrounding work-life and the job market. The goal is clear: help people create better workplaces and provide advice for their professional journeys.
“Work Today” is created by Alice Greschkow, who is a writer and consultant in Berlin, German... | ['Publishing', 'Work Life Balance', 'Writing', 'Work', 'Writing Tips'] |
What I Learned From 100 Hours of Live Streaming
Being live on camera for 100 hours is something I would do again, even though I didn’t earn a cent
Photo by AronPW on Unsplash
I’ll never forget the burning sensation.
My mouth was burning uncontrollably, and I wasn’t sure if I could drink the water. I felt like I had... | ['Programming', 'Live Streaming', 'Life Lessons', 'Technology', 'Marketing'] |
Many business owners struggle with what content they need to have on their website. It’s difficult to know which pages should be included. Sometimes it’s even more difficult to know what can be excluded.
If you’re a professional who provides services or consulting to other business owners, you only need the 5 main pag... | ['Web Design', 'B2B', 'B2b Marketing', 'Digital Marketing', 'Marketing'] |
A Homeless Person is Camping in My Neighborhood. Why is This a Police Matter?
I held the phone, hesitating, wondering who to call
Photo by Michael Guite on Unsplash
My husband and I walk our dog on a riverside path every morning around the same time. We’re lucky to have this open space right next to our house. I had... | ['Politics', 'Personal Growth', 'Self-awareness', 'Current Events', 'Activism'] |
12 writing tips for professionals who hate to write
The hard work is worth it
Jeffrey Denny
As a writer by trade, I’m asked — sometimes out of desperation — to help business and other professionals become better writers.
The request is flattering but daunting.
These are educated women and men. Many have advanced d... | ['Leadership', 'Professional Development', 'Writing', 'Leadership Coaching', 'Writing Tips'] |
I’ve since heard from other chefs that poached eggs are challenging. And I agree. I’ve made them, and they’re challenging.
They’re also healthy and versatile. They’re good on the aforementioned biscuits and gravy, but they are also good on things like pasta dishes, grain and veggie bowls. And, of course, Eggs Benedict... | ['Recipes', 'Cooking Tools', 'Eggs', 'Wellness', 'Food'] |
Getting Started
Microframework
Flask is a microframework for web development (back end) in Python. Even though it’s a microframework, we can build a complex application that scales well with Flask.
So what does microframework mean? It means it doesn’t force anything on us — we can decide to use one tool instead of a... | ['Python', 'API', 'Sql', 'Flask', 'Programming'] |
Finding
a sonnet of heart’s treasures
Photo by Michael Dziedzic on Unsplash
I find that somewhere in the very heart
Of suddenly revealed tomorrows lie
The little things that lingered, whole and part
And dark and light, that I had lost. They die —
Heart’s treasures — so I thought; they disappear
Forever in the s... | ['Sonnet', 'Life Lessons', 'Poetry', 'Mental Health', 'Poem'] |
We share digital product design experiences & help designers find their purpose and passion. Follow our Medium Publication ↑ and Facebook http://fb.me/aapd.tw
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If you’d like to get in touch with Narayan, you can find him at the following:
If you’re keen to hear on the go, it’s also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher Radio under Clayming Space.
Enjoy! And please like, share and subscribe, so we know the types of content you want us to produce. | ['Space', 'Policy', 'India', 'Space Exploration', 'Startup'] |
Building a Free-Draw interface in React with React Konva
I recently built a React app that features canvas. For any reader who is not familiar, a “canvas” is a type of HTML element that is extremely useful for rendering graphics and animations. Its corresponding API makes it possible for users to create a wide variety... | ['Interfaces', 'React', 'Html5 Canvas', 'HTML', 'Whiteboarding'] |
Fear
A Basic Instinct
Photo by Stefano Pollio on Unsplash
I can recall when we were afraid of monsters,
hiding under our beds;
gathering our body___ in the shape of a ball;
fearing that if a leg got astray,
and hung across the edge of the bed;
the monster might have a nibble and then
we are done for____
but t... | ['Poem', 'Fear', 'Literature', 'Writing'] |
Savannah the Peg Queen
What’s good for the goose wasn’t good for the gander
Unsplash _ Dom Hill
She called herself Savannah. But that wasn’t her real name. In fact, I didn’t know her real name even though I was her best friend (according to Savannah) and we had sex a couple of dozen times. I know this doesn’t make a... | ['Pegging', 'Culture', 'Sex', 'Escorts', 'Psychology'] |
The Migration that Made America’s Fanatical Individualism
Some cultural roots of the American Right
Borderer reivers raiding for cattle: Wikipedia
American individualism is ingrained and goes way back. Social media are just an amplifier.
The Emigrants
Once there was a planet with people on it. It was on the verge ... | ['Psychology', 'Libertarianism', 'History', 'Politics'] |
Want to move on? Fed up of ending up in bed together after you both promised it would never happen again? Here’s a quick and handy guide to the revolving door of bad relationship breakups.
Let’s do some arty visualisation first. Then we’ll drill into the Psychology.
Take a deep breath. Imagine yourself standing on a ... | ['Life', 'Psychology', 'Relationships', 'Love', 'Breakups'] |
Why the third “V,” variety, of Big Data is driving huge investment in 2019 and unlocking access to external data.
The Big Data framework is comprised of 4 V’s: Volume, Velocity, Variety, and Veracity.
Here at ThinkData, we pride ourselves on solving the “variety” issue associated with accessing external data. It’s tr... | ['Data Preparation', 'Big Data', 'Big Data Analytics', 'Gartner', 'External Data'] |
When you can’t escape from Jupyter
While the export options above just about allow you to obtain the crux of your notebook in a standalone file format, sometimes (especially where widgets feature heavily in your notebook) you need to find a way to stick with your existing Jupyter format.
But you need to find a way to... | ['Jupyter Notebook', 'Excel', 'Data Science', 'Jupyter'] |
1. Update Only What’s Needed
One of the nastiest issues you can run into with VueJS is rendering the same elements or list of elements more times than needed. To understand why or how this can happen we have to understand reactivity in Vue.
This example is from the official Vue.js documentation and it shows which pro... | ['JavaScript', 'Software Development', 'Vue', 'Vuejs', 'Programming'] |
Is Social Media the Answer to Mental Health Problems? Do Masks Play a Role?
Always available with hundreds or thousands of listening ears and scanning eyes, social media has taken over communications, but has it always provided a benefit?
Photo by camilo jimenez
Social media is the ultimate equalizer. It gives a voi... | ['Life', 'Life Lessons', 'Anxiety', 'Social Media', 'Mental Health'] |
Jan. 26, 2018: Cool stuff about journalism, once a week. Get notified via email? Subscribe: 3toread (at) gmail. Originally published on 3toread.co
How The Correspondent became the largest journalism crowdfunding project in history — without 1 story on its site: News sites are increasingly turning to readers to be thei... | ['Journalism', 'Media Criticism', 'Journalism Criticism', 'Media', 'Jill Abramson'] |
The Amazing Power of a Good Hike
Stressed? Exhausted? Depressed? Here’s a surefire way to clear your head and improve your health.
Photo: massimo colombo/Getty Images
When anxiety sends my heart climbing into my throat, when motivation evaporates, when life makes no sense, I have a proven pick-me-up. I head to the n... | ['Wellness', 'Hiking', 'Fitness', 'Exercise', 'Stress'] |
Dark UI designs are seen far and wide, from mobile screens to massive TVs. A dark theme can express power, luxury, sophistication, and elegance. However, designing for dark UIs presents multiple challenges and won’t meet expectations if implemented poorly. Before diving into the “dark side,” designers should look befor... | ['UI', 'UI Design', 'Design', 'UX Design', 'UX'] |
Looking for perfect friends
Looking for a perfect companion
Looking for the perfect place
Looking for the perfect time
We need not look for perfection
We need to stop looking
And start seeing
And start feeling
We are playing a game
Pretending everything is difficult
Pretending we are powerless
Making everyth... | ['Poetry', 'Spirituality', 'Consciousness', 'Imagination', 'Self-awareness'] |
-> Link to submitting your story to SoftwareSup
SoftwareSupp is a freelance marketplace for technology experts. We promote our freelancers’ services based on their experience, the number of realized projects but also the quality of content they deliver to the ultimate customers.
Below are some of the benefits of subm... | ['CRM', 'Salesforce', 'Sales', 'Crm Software', 'Marketing'] |
Recently I found a really annoying thing. My SSH sessions to remote servers were being disconnected while I was not actively using them for a certain period of time (even a couple of minutes).
Fortunately, I have found a solution. Very simple solution.
Send keep-alive messages
In order to prevent it, you have to add... | ['Software Engineering', 'Software Development', 'Linux', 'Mac', 'Terminal'] |
Photo by Taneli Lahtinen on Unsplash
The Apple Car is Coming — kinda
New reports show Apple might take Tesla on from a new angle
Digitimes, a Taiwanese tech publication, recently leaked that Apple is working with the chip TMZ (who makes Apple Silicon) to create a chip for cars. Before we dive into what this means, i... | ['Technology', 'Tech', 'Apple', 'Tesla', 'Cars'] |
One of my best middle-of-the-night purchases was a robot vacuum.
I had been contemplating purchasing one for a while, so it wasn’t exactly spur-of-the-moment, but looking at the dog hair on the carpet late one night convinced me that it was worth a try.
If you haven’t seen them, the robot vacuum is a handy little sel... | ['Self Improvement', 'Mental Health', 'Home', 'Inspiration', 'Life'] |
Where,
coin is a UtxO that has been around for timeweight(coin) (to limit the power of very old coins, it was bounded by 90 days), and whose value is value(coin). Multiplied, we get the coin’s coin age.
is a UtxO that has been around for timeweight(coin) (to limit the power of very old coins, it was bounded by 90 day... | ['Proof Of Stake', 'Identity', 'Development', 'Ethereum', 'Bitcoin'] |
Sure, they are great, and we often read manuals or guides how to develop a morning routine that will help us. In most of them we can read something like this.
Do something active (jog, walk, quick workout), read news or book, have healthy breakfast and tea or coffee and, yeah, don’t forget to meditate.
Sounds familia... | ['Routine', 'Productivity', 'Self', 'Change', 'Work'] |
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