In 2007, at Internet Librarian, I gave a talk on what I see as a trend in librarianship. I heard a lot of complaints in academia about how all the librarians with good tech skills were leaving to go corporate. This explains why they might!
UX Circuit Training - Delivered at Fluxible 2013 and the KW Girl Geek DinnerKate Wilhelm
Many UX practitioners learn by doing and researching on the fly. This approach can also help those who want to develop their careers, who feel stuck in a narrow role when job postings seem to be looking for unicorns. Kate draws on her own experience and that of her peers.
Graham Thomas - 10 Great but Now Overlooked Tools - EuroSTAR 2012TEST Huddle
EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference 2012 presentation on 10 Great but Now Overlooked Tools by Graham Thomas. See more at: http://conference.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/past-presentations/
Unfinished Business Workshop: Working with user research dataSteve Portigal
In this workshop, Steve will show you how producers of "stuff" (products, services, and beyond) - can work with user research data to identify new businesses opportunities. One of the most persistent factors limiting the impact of user research in business is that projects often stop with a cataloging findings and implications rather than generating opportunities that directly enable the findings. As designers (in the broadest sense of the word) increasingly become involved in using contextual research to inform their design work, they may find themselves holding onto a trove of raw data but with little awareness of how to turn it into design.
The emphasis in this workshop (including an exercise in the days and weeks beforehand) will be on strengthening the creative link between "data" and "action." By the end, participants will have developed a range of high-level concepts that respond to a business problem and integrate a fresh, contextual understanding of that problem.
Peter Shanley, Principal & Evangelist at Neo Startup Product
Presentation by Peter Shanley, Principle & Evangelist at Neo on August 11, 2014 at Startup Product Talks San Francisco: Going Global With Prezi, Neo And Visiting Guests
Peter has a passion for customer-centered product design and organizational change, having worked in both large enterprises and startups to bring new ventures to market. He held intrepreneurial roles at Yahoo! Brickhouse and HP Labs/Snapfish, and he led a strategic pivot at the startup Betable.com. https://www.linkedin.com/pub/peter-shanley/12/348/400
More info: bit.ly/1rj876o
http://startupproduct.com/startup-product-sf-going-global-prezi-neo-visiting-guests/
Startups and Smalltak - Presented at Smalltalks2014 Córdoba, Argentinasebastian sastre
Here are the slides of the talk I gave at Smalltalks2014 in November 2014, in Córdoba, Argentina.
It covers the basics of why startups matter and what they actually are. Then show some opportunities and challenges about them and for Smalltalk in particular. It closes with some questions and suggestions on how to raise the value of the community, hopefully resulting in increasing the chances to see more profitable portfolios.
UXPA2019 How to (Build and) Test Conversational InterfacesUXPA International
Speaking from experience, I can tell you it’s virtually impossible to test intent. By this, I mean that when you are building a mostly spoken UI, such as for an Alexa skill, it is imperative to test your conversations early and often, but the kicker is that it can be really difficult to do with more traditional user testing techniques. Can you set up remote user testing sessions when there is no tangible thing or site to interact with? How do you perform in-person tests that mimic the “real experience” with lo-fi prototypes?
Having spent the better part of the last 2+ years researching, prototyping, testing, and building experiences for a multi-modal social robot and enterprise chatbots, I plan to share what worked well, including specific tools, techniques, and tips for success.
UX Circuit Training - Delivered at Fluxible 2013 and the KW Girl Geek DinnerKate Wilhelm
Many UX practitioners learn by doing and researching on the fly. This approach can also help those who want to develop their careers, who feel stuck in a narrow role when job postings seem to be looking for unicorns. Kate draws on her own experience and that of her peers.
Graham Thomas - 10 Great but Now Overlooked Tools - EuroSTAR 2012TEST Huddle
EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference 2012 presentation on 10 Great but Now Overlooked Tools by Graham Thomas. See more at: http://conference.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/past-presentations/
Unfinished Business Workshop: Working with user research dataSteve Portigal
In this workshop, Steve will show you how producers of "stuff" (products, services, and beyond) - can work with user research data to identify new businesses opportunities. One of the most persistent factors limiting the impact of user research in business is that projects often stop with a cataloging findings and implications rather than generating opportunities that directly enable the findings. As designers (in the broadest sense of the word) increasingly become involved in using contextual research to inform their design work, they may find themselves holding onto a trove of raw data but with little awareness of how to turn it into design.
The emphasis in this workshop (including an exercise in the days and weeks beforehand) will be on strengthening the creative link between "data" and "action." By the end, participants will have developed a range of high-level concepts that respond to a business problem and integrate a fresh, contextual understanding of that problem.
Peter Shanley, Principal & Evangelist at Neo Startup Product
Presentation by Peter Shanley, Principle & Evangelist at Neo on August 11, 2014 at Startup Product Talks San Francisco: Going Global With Prezi, Neo And Visiting Guests
Peter has a passion for customer-centered product design and organizational change, having worked in both large enterprises and startups to bring new ventures to market. He held intrepreneurial roles at Yahoo! Brickhouse and HP Labs/Snapfish, and he led a strategic pivot at the startup Betable.com. https://www.linkedin.com/pub/peter-shanley/12/348/400
More info: bit.ly/1rj876o
http://startupproduct.com/startup-product-sf-going-global-prezi-neo-visiting-guests/
Startups and Smalltak - Presented at Smalltalks2014 Córdoba, Argentinasebastian sastre
Here are the slides of the talk I gave at Smalltalks2014 in November 2014, in Córdoba, Argentina.
It covers the basics of why startups matter and what they actually are. Then show some opportunities and challenges about them and for Smalltalk in particular. It closes with some questions and suggestions on how to raise the value of the community, hopefully resulting in increasing the chances to see more profitable portfolios.
UXPA2019 How to (Build and) Test Conversational InterfacesUXPA International
Speaking from experience, I can tell you it’s virtually impossible to test intent. By this, I mean that when you are building a mostly spoken UI, such as for an Alexa skill, it is imperative to test your conversations early and often, but the kicker is that it can be really difficult to do with more traditional user testing techniques. Can you set up remote user testing sessions when there is no tangible thing or site to interact with? How do you perform in-person tests that mimic the “real experience” with lo-fi prototypes?
Having spent the better part of the last 2+ years researching, prototyping, testing, and building experiences for a multi-modal social robot and enterprise chatbots, I plan to share what worked well, including specific tools, techniques, and tips for success.
UX Hong Kong - We've Done All This Research, Now What?Steve Portigal
One of the most persistent factors limiting the impact of user research in business is that projects often stop with a cataloging findings and implications rather than generating opportunities that directly enable the findings. As designers increasingly become involved in using contextual research to inform their design work, they may find themselves holding onto a trove of raw data but with little awareness of how to turn it into design. How can designers and researchers work with user research data to create new things for business to do?
Participants will:
* Collaborate in teams to experience an effective framework for synthesizing raw field data
* Learn how to move from data to insights to opportunities
* Experience techniques for generating ideas and strategies across a broad scope of business and design concerns
* Develop a range of high-level concepts that respond to a business problem and integrate a fresh, contextual understanding of that problem
CHI2011 - We've Done All This Research, Now What?Steve Portigal
One of the most persistent factors limiting the impact of user research in business is that projects often stop with a cataloging findings and implications rather than generating opportunities that directly enable the findings. We’ve long heard the lament “Well, we got this report and it just sat there. We didn’t know what to do with it.” But design research (or ethnography, or user research, or whatever the term du jour may be) has also become standard practice, as opposed to something exceptional or innovative. That means that designers are increasingly involved in using contextual research to inform their design work. Courses at CHI and elsewhere have increased the ranks of designers and others who feel comfortable conducting user research. But analysis and synthesis is a more slippery skill set, and we see how easy it is for teams to ignore (more out of frustration than anything malicious) data that doesn’t immediately seem actionable. This course gives people the tools to take control over synthesis and ideation themselves by breaking it down into a manageable framework and process.
Interviewing Users: Spinning Data Into GoldSteve Portigal
Interviewing is undeniably one of the most valuable and commonly used user research tools. Yet it's often not used well, because
* It’s based on skills we think we have (talking or even listening)
* It's not taught or reflected on, and
* People tend to "wing it" rather than develop their skills.
Results may be inaccurate or reveal nothing new, suggesting the wrong design or business responses, or they may miss the crucial nuance that points to innovative breakthrough opportunities.
In this day-long session, we'll focus on the importance of rapport-building and listening and look at techniques for both. We will review different types of questions, and why you need to have a range of question types. This session will explore other contextual research methods that can be built on top of interviewing in a seamless way. We'll also suggest practice exercises for improving your own interviewing skills and how to engage others in your organization successfully in the interviewing experience.
As a UX Pro, I've dealt with clients for 15 years doing user research and product design. Some clients are a dream while others can be sheer nightmares. We all develop strategies to cope and to CYA (Cover Your Apples). In 2014, I became an entrepreneur and "The Client." I discovered a whole new world of Baloney Sandwiches that vendors were trying to feed me. Talking to other Product Owners and CEO's, I discovered some trends when working with designers, consulting firms, agencies, and dev houses. I realized that my consulting practice was guilty of some of these no-no's too. This talk will go over Dos and Don'ts for working with clients. We'll cover things like visibility, process, milestones, work products, and more.
ACMP2015 Presentation - Learn, Lead & Support Change at a DistanceJames Chisholm
Presentation
Ask a group of change professionals what's the best way to communicate and the response is likely to be a unanimous in-person and face-to-face. The reality of our global work today is that face-to-face is often the precious exception, and not the rule. The challenge for many of us is how to better use technology to strengthen our remote working relationships and improve how we learn, lead and support change at a distance.
New and innovative approaches continue to be pioneered by many ACMP’ers. Through a series of stories and group discussions, you will have an opportunity to learn and share what has worked, what hasn’t and consider the implications for your work. This session will focus on interaction methods, technology supports and other design considerations critical for success in learning, leading and supporting change with geographically-dispersed colleagues.
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to deliver a talk at Shift in Split, Croatia.
Shift is a developer conference, so initially, I thought it would be entertaining to talk about what it’s like to work with an engineer, from a designers perspective. The working title of the talk was Things Engineers Hate About Working With (Me) a Designer.
I was going to share the mistakes I’ve made, and learned from, along the way. A manifesto of what not to do when working with an engineer. However, feedback included phrases like “it’s a bit tongue & cheek” and the best talks are ones that are “raw, honest and vulnerable.”
You don’t write code, but you’ve been successful in spite of it. The lines are blurring between design & engineering. Why not talk about how tools have helped bridge that gap?
There was something more interesting to talk about. I realized that I didn’t write code because I didn’t need to. For years I’d been spoiled, and to some extent enabled, by a handful of incredibly talented iOS engineers. The realization didn’t sit well with me.
I scrapped everything and went back to the drawing board.
Tools were my first introduction to a hobby that turned into a passion that has become an obsession
They have been steadily influencing and shaping me as a designer from the first time I sat in front of a computer in elementary school. I would not realize how much they’d impact my life until much much later.
Tools have had a massive influence on me and my work, but had they on others?
Presentation done at the "CTO Crunch" event by France Digitale, Paris, 24/02/2015.
Based on his experience (VP Eng @ Digiplug, CTO @ Pixmania, VP Eng @ Criteo, CTO @ Aldebaran Robotics and now CTO @ Viadeo), Julien shares some hard-learned, bullshit-free lessons on what it means to be a CTO.
Hiring, Tools, Methodology, Technology, Politics: welcome to Hell :)
An exploration of the themes Love & Death in Precious Moments, specifically their Park & Chapel. Originally presented at the Hideout in Chicago, 02/10/11.
These are the slides for a talk I gave 10/9/2012 at the Hungry Brain in Chicago for Homeroom Chicago's R. Kelly 101. To listen to the complete evening go here: http://www.mediageek.net/sound/sellout/JennyAndPaulSellOut-12.mp3
Never before has information been so abundant but so difficult to sort through. The media continually gets the story wrong and when they do get it right, it becomes influenced by editorial guidance. The power of thousands and even millions of disconnected people online using twitter and elsewhere, tell a very different truth. Their truth is real, irrefutable and until now, has been impossible to find, sort and compile. Twikki combines some of the most powerful structural, technical and emotional tracking algorithms to locate, sort and assemble on a global and even macro scale. You also play a part and is why we want to hear from you. With Twikki, the world will never look like someone else wants it to. Be a part of the Global Witness. Sign up to be one of the first to get involved.
How to land your first job in tech without an engineering degreeStuti Verma
Although, formal education helps in creating opportunities for first job but it is not necessary to have a degree in computer science, math or other STEM fields to get a job at a tech company. In today’s fast-paced technology industry, most of the information of the world is never more than a few clicks away and where things change so fast, education must in fact be a life-long process and not the learn-once-use-forever one-off process. Therefore, relevance of a degree is easily compensated with relevant skills combined with business use-cases and projects.
In this talk, we will discuss about the roles and opportunities in the tech industry and why skill-driven approach changes mindset of the recruiter. It will include how one can break barriers of academic limitations, tap into opportunities through soft skills and networking, choose to slip into the job they want rather than slip away. Concluding it with useful resources and hacks to network better to land into opportunities life-long.
“You are not your user” is a common adage in the world of product and design, and is particularly true when building products for K-12 schools. In the fall of 2019, I gave a talk at EdSurge Immersion on my favorite “you are not your user” insights from five years of working in edtech.
UX Hong Kong - We've Done All This Research, Now What?Steve Portigal
One of the most persistent factors limiting the impact of user research in business is that projects often stop with a cataloging findings and implications rather than generating opportunities that directly enable the findings. As designers increasingly become involved in using contextual research to inform their design work, they may find themselves holding onto a trove of raw data but with little awareness of how to turn it into design. How can designers and researchers work with user research data to create new things for business to do?
Participants will:
* Collaborate in teams to experience an effective framework for synthesizing raw field data
* Learn how to move from data to insights to opportunities
* Experience techniques for generating ideas and strategies across a broad scope of business and design concerns
* Develop a range of high-level concepts that respond to a business problem and integrate a fresh, contextual understanding of that problem
CHI2011 - We've Done All This Research, Now What?Steve Portigal
One of the most persistent factors limiting the impact of user research in business is that projects often stop with a cataloging findings and implications rather than generating opportunities that directly enable the findings. We’ve long heard the lament “Well, we got this report and it just sat there. We didn’t know what to do with it.” But design research (or ethnography, or user research, or whatever the term du jour may be) has also become standard practice, as opposed to something exceptional or innovative. That means that designers are increasingly involved in using contextual research to inform their design work. Courses at CHI and elsewhere have increased the ranks of designers and others who feel comfortable conducting user research. But analysis and synthesis is a more slippery skill set, and we see how easy it is for teams to ignore (more out of frustration than anything malicious) data that doesn’t immediately seem actionable. This course gives people the tools to take control over synthesis and ideation themselves by breaking it down into a manageable framework and process.
Interviewing Users: Spinning Data Into GoldSteve Portigal
Interviewing is undeniably one of the most valuable and commonly used user research tools. Yet it's often not used well, because
* It’s based on skills we think we have (talking or even listening)
* It's not taught or reflected on, and
* People tend to "wing it" rather than develop their skills.
Results may be inaccurate or reveal nothing new, suggesting the wrong design or business responses, or they may miss the crucial nuance that points to innovative breakthrough opportunities.
In this day-long session, we'll focus on the importance of rapport-building and listening and look at techniques for both. We will review different types of questions, and why you need to have a range of question types. This session will explore other contextual research methods that can be built on top of interviewing in a seamless way. We'll also suggest practice exercises for improving your own interviewing skills and how to engage others in your organization successfully in the interviewing experience.
As a UX Pro, I've dealt with clients for 15 years doing user research and product design. Some clients are a dream while others can be sheer nightmares. We all develop strategies to cope and to CYA (Cover Your Apples). In 2014, I became an entrepreneur and "The Client." I discovered a whole new world of Baloney Sandwiches that vendors were trying to feed me. Talking to other Product Owners and CEO's, I discovered some trends when working with designers, consulting firms, agencies, and dev houses. I realized that my consulting practice was guilty of some of these no-no's too. This talk will go over Dos and Don'ts for working with clients. We'll cover things like visibility, process, milestones, work products, and more.
ACMP2015 Presentation - Learn, Lead & Support Change at a DistanceJames Chisholm
Presentation
Ask a group of change professionals what's the best way to communicate and the response is likely to be a unanimous in-person and face-to-face. The reality of our global work today is that face-to-face is often the precious exception, and not the rule. The challenge for many of us is how to better use technology to strengthen our remote working relationships and improve how we learn, lead and support change at a distance.
New and innovative approaches continue to be pioneered by many ACMP’ers. Through a series of stories and group discussions, you will have an opportunity to learn and share what has worked, what hasn’t and consider the implications for your work. This session will focus on interaction methods, technology supports and other design considerations critical for success in learning, leading and supporting change with geographically-dispersed colleagues.
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to deliver a talk at Shift in Split, Croatia.
Shift is a developer conference, so initially, I thought it would be entertaining to talk about what it’s like to work with an engineer, from a designers perspective. The working title of the talk was Things Engineers Hate About Working With (Me) a Designer.
I was going to share the mistakes I’ve made, and learned from, along the way. A manifesto of what not to do when working with an engineer. However, feedback included phrases like “it’s a bit tongue & cheek” and the best talks are ones that are “raw, honest and vulnerable.”
You don’t write code, but you’ve been successful in spite of it. The lines are blurring between design & engineering. Why not talk about how tools have helped bridge that gap?
There was something more interesting to talk about. I realized that I didn’t write code because I didn’t need to. For years I’d been spoiled, and to some extent enabled, by a handful of incredibly talented iOS engineers. The realization didn’t sit well with me.
I scrapped everything and went back to the drawing board.
Tools were my first introduction to a hobby that turned into a passion that has become an obsession
They have been steadily influencing and shaping me as a designer from the first time I sat in front of a computer in elementary school. I would not realize how much they’d impact my life until much much later.
Tools have had a massive influence on me and my work, but had they on others?
Presentation done at the "CTO Crunch" event by France Digitale, Paris, 24/02/2015.
Based on his experience (VP Eng @ Digiplug, CTO @ Pixmania, VP Eng @ Criteo, CTO @ Aldebaran Robotics and now CTO @ Viadeo), Julien shares some hard-learned, bullshit-free lessons on what it means to be a CTO.
Hiring, Tools, Methodology, Technology, Politics: welcome to Hell :)
An exploration of the themes Love & Death in Precious Moments, specifically their Park & Chapel. Originally presented at the Hideout in Chicago, 02/10/11.
These are the slides for a talk I gave 10/9/2012 at the Hungry Brain in Chicago for Homeroom Chicago's R. Kelly 101. To listen to the complete evening go here: http://www.mediageek.net/sound/sellout/JennyAndPaulSellOut-12.mp3
Never before has information been so abundant but so difficult to sort through. The media continually gets the story wrong and when they do get it right, it becomes influenced by editorial guidance. The power of thousands and even millions of disconnected people online using twitter and elsewhere, tell a very different truth. Their truth is real, irrefutable and until now, has been impossible to find, sort and compile. Twikki combines some of the most powerful structural, technical and emotional tracking algorithms to locate, sort and assemble on a global and even macro scale. You also play a part and is why we want to hear from you. With Twikki, the world will never look like someone else wants it to. Be a part of the Global Witness. Sign up to be one of the first to get involved.
How to land your first job in tech without an engineering degreeStuti Verma
Although, formal education helps in creating opportunities for first job but it is not necessary to have a degree in computer science, math or other STEM fields to get a job at a tech company. In today’s fast-paced technology industry, most of the information of the world is never more than a few clicks away and where things change so fast, education must in fact be a life-long process and not the learn-once-use-forever one-off process. Therefore, relevance of a degree is easily compensated with relevant skills combined with business use-cases and projects.
In this talk, we will discuss about the roles and opportunities in the tech industry and why skill-driven approach changes mindset of the recruiter. It will include how one can break barriers of academic limitations, tap into opportunities through soft skills and networking, choose to slip into the job they want rather than slip away. Concluding it with useful resources and hacks to network better to land into opportunities life-long.
“You are not your user” is a common adage in the world of product and design, and is particularly true when building products for K-12 schools. In the fall of 2019, I gave a talk at EdSurge Immersion on my favorite “you are not your user” insights from five years of working in edtech.
Clare Corthell: Learning Data Science Onlinesfdatascience
Clare Corthell, Data Scientist and Designer at Mattermark, and author of the Open Source Data Science Masters, shares her experience teaching herself data science with online resources. http://datasciencemasters.org/
Breaking the myths of the rockstar developer - Drupalcon Vienna 2017Salvador Molina (Slv_)
Salva Molina. Joint talk with Juan Olalla.
Link to original presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Viyun6Vo2n9qqKhnY4Ux31J93A_FDOPTosqVxRj0E4A/edit?usp=sharing
Hackbright Career Services - talk on how to ask for what you want and need. Includes networking tips, encouragement to give a tech talk, how to maintain a growth mindset ...
A presentation I gave to Music students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham regarding Technology. The slides are primarily pictures and text related to the students need to transfer from being a consumer of technology to a creator.
Inspired by Steve Ballmer's performance I decided to give an overview of different types of software engineers' characters. Various advices for self-improvement were also provided. Presented at local IT event - IT Weekend.
DISCLAIMER: All images were found either via Google Image Search, or on flickr.com
When you're starting or running a company, how do you choose technology? The prevailing advice du jour is something along the lines of "use the best tool for the job." This is obviously right, but it is also devoid of meaning in an unfortunate way that lets people define "best" and "job" as myopically as they like.
When we talk about devops we often focus on tools, processes and the 'how' of engineering practice. What's missing is the 'why'. Why do we use a particular tool? Why do we share techniques across fields of specialty? Why do we do what we do as engineers? I suggest that the engine driving devops practice is human potential, and discuss 'people-first' approaches that improve the quality of our work and teams.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
NEWNTIDE, a leading brand in China's air energy industry, drives industry development with technological innovation, implementing national energy-saving and emission reduction policies. It pioneers an industry-focused multi-energy product line, adopting experiential marketing to meet diverse customer needs. The company has departments for R&D, marketing, operations, and sales, aiming to ultimately achieve "technological innovation, environmental friendliness, standardized management, and high-quality" as a high-tech enterprise integrating business and technical R&D, production, sales, and service.
NEWNTIDE boasts the most comprehensive support service network in the industry. Its earliest products cover 25 series, including split, integrated, wall-mounted, cabinet, and upright types, with over 100 diverse products. Commercial products include floor heating, air heaters, air conditioners for heating and cooling, oxidation and nitrogen air conditioners, and high-temperature heating. The products feature comprehensive intelligent technology management, cloud control technology, rapid heating technology, basic protection technology, remote control technology, DC inverter technology, and remote WIFI smart control, achieving a leading position in the industry with SMART interactive technology.
For over a decade, the company has adhered to a "people-oriented" business philosophy, strictly implementing industry 7S management, ISO9001/ISO14001 quality and environmental systems, and industry standards to ensure stable product quality and meet customers' dual requirements for product safety and environmental protection.
Leading the development of intelligence with technological innovation, NEWNTIDE has become a national demonstration base for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, awarded the "China Energy Saving Technology Contribution Award" and "China Energy Science and Technology Progress Award". The company adopts a strategy of high standards, high quality, and high-tech for key products, holding core technologies and competitive advantages. It also organizes multiple strategic support projects known as the "18 Key Operational Projects" and "18 Key Operational Strategies," driving technology project approvals with multidimensional strategic product quality modules and comprehensive practical operations to enhance the quality of all products.
Since its establishment, NEWNTIDE has always committed to providing high-quality and high-end intelligent heat pump products, serving billions of global families with the goal of creating a sustainable and prosperous environment. The development of NEWNTIDE has been supported by various levels of government and widely recognized and cooperated with by internationally renowned institutions, taking on a social responsibility of providing tranquility and happiness while enjoying the environment.
Let safe heat pumps be a necessity for a beautiful human life.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdf
How to Lose Your Tech Librarian
1. How to Lose Your
New Tech Librarians
Jenny
Benevento
Vocabulary Developer
Associated Press
Internet Librarian
2007
2. OR...
How to Not Hire a New Tech
Librarian Every 1.5 Years
3. Who should stay awake?
People who want to be Admin
Jobseekers who want to know who to avoid
Administrators/Managers
4. • This isn’t specifically
about me.
• About trends in new
librarians.
• People leaving the
field despite this
supposed need for
Disclaimer them. Why?
Not everything is • Aren’t we good
mentors?
about me, much
to my chagrin. • Lots of interviews.
6. Librarian “shortage”
Greying of the profession has brought in new
librarians, more than we have jobs for!
Regardless, there is a
shortage of tech-savvy
librarians
Tech and library schools
learned in MLS degrees are now
coveted in other professions
New librarians can get jobs
without us
7. One way, or another
Either you are:
An administrator wishing to find
someone with any technical skills
OR
A tech skilled librarian wondering where
all these jobs are?
8. Do no harm
We shouldn’t be driving away people with
the skills we need and a lot of training and
interest in the field from the profession!
it’s the people who hate tech who we SHOULD be driving away
10. Ignore tech
corporate culture
Hey, they left it, so clearly they didn’t want to come
and go when they please, have snacks at work, get
paid well, work somewhere that values creativity,
or somewhere where working on something till
2am is discouraged.
Working weeks and weeks through committees to get
an something approved that could be programmed in a
day discourages techies from ever doing anything
creative again
11. Ridicule tech milestones
& culture while
celebrating equally silly
library holidays.
Jobs’ Keynote
vs.
Harry Potter
party!
12. Curtail any extracurricular
participation in tech activities.
You can’t have a blog!
Stop collaborating with everyone--if you put it
online everyone will steal it and your
administrators won’t look cool and brilliant!
How are you supposed to present for tenure if it’s already all online
and people actually find it useful?
13. Discourage
professional
excitement,
creativity, or
experimentation
Part of tech is building things that don’t work or
aren’t popularly adopted.
14. Adopt technology just
for the buzzword aspect,
not because it helps
your users or makes
sense.
Let’s Twitter
Look we have
about where we
online books, but
are in the library!
no one with an
Won’t that make
iPod can use
us look really
them!
cutting edge?
15. Talk negatively about tech
corporations that would
give your techie a sweet
employment package.
Nothing says rebellion
against a cranky library
boss than jumping ship to
Google Books.
16. Adopt a Kafkaesque
system of bureaucracy
when it comes to tech
decision.
Include lots of people who know nothing about tech.
17. Hop on Internet
trends 2 years after
they happen, and
1.5 years after your
techie suggested it.
Wait until everyone has
abandoned them.
18. Let the workplace Luddite
attack all technological
advances suggested.
19. Put the
techie in
the
basement.
They like it
down there,
don’t they?
21. Just because
you got
promoted
doesn’t mean
you’re a
good manager
Bad Bosses Get Promoted
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN0230737820070803
Rule following doesn’t make you an awesome
manager
inappropriate behavior
22. Your Master’s degree(s)
clearly mean you know
more about other
people’s jobs if they
don’t have an MLS, no
matter what other
training they have.
23. Treat Them Like a
Student
Surely none of their previous experience No office/
elsewhere, outside of libraries could be useful. privacy
No office
Make them make your copies
Patronize them
Young isn’t always a disadvantage, or an advantage
It’s GOOD that they haven’t been at your
workplace forever
“Before Your Time”
Continually refer to their age
24. Treat your techie as
the most replaceable
member of your
staff, even while
crying out that you
can’t find enough of especially
underpay them
them
25. When you hire them,
guarantee them they’ll be
able to work on technology
you know your library will
never do.
Because you’d totally hire a cataloger and ask
them to do children’s storytime, right?
26. Demonize
technically
advanced people
Everyone knows if we make the OPAC work
no one will EVER READ A BOOK AGAIN
OMG THE SKY IS FALLING!
27. Don’t fund their
projects.
They don’t need that
new software/machine/
non-library convention
money. You don’t
understand what it’s
for, but they should
find some other way.
28. Tell them
you want
new
technology,
but reject
all change
29. Job security is for
REAL librarians.
Hey, tech people aren’t real librarians.
And, if they wanted job security,
they’d go to one of those web companies, right?
While the nature of funding might be different for
tech projects, they still might have kids to feed,
just like your reference staff.
30. Have no plan for
administrative
reward.
No raises, no more time off, everyone’s treated
the same.....so what’s my incentive?
Reward isn’t even a conversation--it will never be different.
31. Go out of your way to
publicly state that you
have no faith in your
technical staff or the
direction they’re taking
libraries
32. Don’t make any
effort to understand
even the bare
minimum of tech
work,
but expect your
techie to know every
aspect of
librarianship inside
and out.
36. Equate all technical
knowledge
• They know Java, so it will be a snap
to learn every other language, right?
• They use emacs but your workplace is
vi--they won’t mind switching, right?
• They use Linux, but that’s silly and
hard! They should quit it!
37. Assume the techie
can immediately
learn any technical
skill immediately
from a book. If
they can’t, ridicule
them
Make all “tech training” sessions
your techies TEACHING people.
They never need to learn again, do
they?
38. Expect one
techie to
solve every problem in
the library, and when (s)
he doesn’t, pooh-pooh all
new suggestions.
If one tech project fails, bring it up every time they suggest something,
39. Since you don’t understand
tech stuff, expect every
tech request to happen
immediately.
40. Tenure is way more
important than
developing killer aps.
• Just make something that looks cool, but is
useless--that way you can put it on your CV!
• Let’s get a lot of grants with tech buzzwords in
them so we look like an impressive library, but
not because the project will work or be useful.
41.
42. The Good News
• You can’t change
everything!
• Realize that most
tech librarians
have the skills
that will be
rewarded outside
of libraries.
• So, at least,
SHOW YOUR
APPRECIATION.
43. There are management classes
and books that you can ingest.
It won’t make you look like you
don’t know your job. It will make
you a better person to work for.
44. They’re different, just
like everybody else.
•
People with a technical background and MLS
shouldn’t be treated less than other librarians...
But since they have way more employment
options, they should be appreciated and appeased.
45. Passion for the Profession
If you aren’t enthusiastic about your job, no one
beneath you will be either.
Passion for work v. the company:
“Works late nights when, "I'm just one-compile away from
this awesome refactoring that's going to make this thing
run 40% faster." In other words, they work late when
they're driven by something they know they can do better
on.” -- Kathy Sierra
46. Heaven Knows I’m
Miserable Now
or,
how do I get out
of here?
If your library doesn’t value tech, get out.
Don’t wait for a generation to die off--it’s never going to
change
Specifically state why you are leaving when you get that
great job at a startup. Specify you love libraries, but hate
Luddites.
47. What are you missing
out on, by not saying
A facebook profile is free. Employee happiness
is free. Reaping the benefits of passion is free.
48. References
Four Things to Consider When Changing the
Unchangeable Creating Passionate Users:
http://
David Lee King headrush.typepad.com/
creating_passionate_users
http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/05/27/four- /2007/02/
things-to-consider-when-changing-the- dont_ask_employ.html
unchangeable/
Bad bosses get promoted, not punished?
http://www.reuters.com/article/
oddlyEnoughNews/
idUSN0230737820070803?feedType=RSS
The Librarian and the Leaver: Who Leaves the
Profession?
Detlefsen, Ellen Gay; Olson, Josephine E.
Journal of Education for Library and
Information Science, v31 n4 p275-93 Spr 1991