Talk from World IA Day Ann Arbor 2016 in which I compared information architecture to the creation and communication of a self.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLGipr6Ufco
2024 State of Marketing Report – by HubspotMarius Sescu
https://www.hubspot.com/state-of-marketing
· Scaling relationships and proving ROI
· Social media is the place for search, sales, and service
· Authentic influencer partnerships fuel brand growth
· The strongest connections happen via call, click, chat, and camera.
· Time saved with AI leads to more creative work
· Seeking: A single source of truth
· TLDR; Get on social, try AI, and align your systems.
· More human marketing, powered by robots
ChatGPT is a revolutionary addition to the world since its introduction in 2022. A big shift in the sector of information gathering and processing happened because of this chatbot. What is the story of ChatGPT? How is the bot responding to prompts and generating contents? Swipe through these slides prepared by Expeed Software, a web development company regarding the development and technical intricacies of ChatGPT!
Product Design Trends in 2024 | Teenage EngineeringsPixeldarts
The realm of product design is a constantly changing environment where technology and style intersect. Every year introduces fresh challenges and exciting trends that mold the future of this captivating art form. In this piece, we delve into the significant trends set to influence the look and functionality of product design in the year 2024.
How Race, Age and Gender Shape Attitudes Towards Mental HealthThinkNow
Mental health has been in the news quite a bit lately. Dozens of U.S. states are currently suing Meta for contributing to the youth mental health crisis by inserting addictive features into their products, while the U.S. Surgeon General is touring the nation to bring awareness to the growing epidemic of loneliness and isolation. The country has endured periods of low national morale, such as in the 1970s when high inflation and the energy crisis worsened public sentiment following the Vietnam War. The current mood, however, feels different. Gallup recently reported that national mental health is at an all-time low, with few bright spots to lift spirits.
To better understand how Americans are feeling and their attitudes towards mental health in general, ThinkNow conducted a nationally representative quantitative survey of 1,500 respondents and found some interesting differences among ethnic, age and gender groups.
Technology
For example, 52% agree that technology and social media have a negative impact on mental health, but when broken out by race, 61% of Whites felt technology had a negative effect, and only 48% of Hispanics thought it did.
While technology has helped us keep in touch with friends and family in faraway places, it appears to have degraded our ability to connect in person. Staying connected online is a double-edged sword since the same news feed that brings us pictures of the grandkids and fluffy kittens also feeds us news about the wars in Israel and Ukraine, the dysfunction in Washington, the latest mass shooting and the climate crisis.
Hispanics may have a built-in defense against the isolation technology breeds, owing to their large, multigenerational households, strong social support systems, and tendency to use social media to stay connected with relatives abroad.
Age and Gender
When asked how individuals rate their mental health, men rate it higher than women by 11 percentage points, and Baby Boomers rank it highest at 83%, saying it’s good or excellent vs. 57% of Gen Z saying the same.
Gen Z spends the most amount of time on social media, so the notion that social media negatively affects mental health appears to be correlated. Unfortunately, Gen Z is also the generation that’s least comfortable discussing mental health concerns with healthcare professionals. Only 40% of them state they’re comfortable discussing their issues with a professional compared to 60% of Millennials and 65% of Boomers.
Race Affects Attitudes
As seen in previous research conducted by ThinkNow, Asian Americans lag other groups when it comes to awareness of mental health issues. Twenty-four percent of Asian Americans believe that having a mental health issue is a sign of weakness compared to the 16% average for all groups. Asians are also considerably less likely to be aware of mental health services in their communities (42% vs. 55%) and most likely to seek out information on social media (51% vs. 35%).
AI Trends in Creative Operations 2024 by Artwork Flow.pdfmarketingartwork
This article is all about what AI trends will emerge in the field of creative operations in 2024. All the marketers and brand builders should be aware of these trends for their further use and save themselves some time!
Talk from World IA Day Ann Arbor 2016 in which I compared information architecture to the creation and communication of a self.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLGipr6Ufco
2024 State of Marketing Report – by HubspotMarius Sescu
https://www.hubspot.com/state-of-marketing
· Scaling relationships and proving ROI
· Social media is the place for search, sales, and service
· Authentic influencer partnerships fuel brand growth
· The strongest connections happen via call, click, chat, and camera.
· Time saved with AI leads to more creative work
· Seeking: A single source of truth
· TLDR; Get on social, try AI, and align your systems.
· More human marketing, powered by robots
ChatGPT is a revolutionary addition to the world since its introduction in 2022. A big shift in the sector of information gathering and processing happened because of this chatbot. What is the story of ChatGPT? How is the bot responding to prompts and generating contents? Swipe through these slides prepared by Expeed Software, a web development company regarding the development and technical intricacies of ChatGPT!
Product Design Trends in 2024 | Teenage EngineeringsPixeldarts
The realm of product design is a constantly changing environment where technology and style intersect. Every year introduces fresh challenges and exciting trends that mold the future of this captivating art form. In this piece, we delve into the significant trends set to influence the look and functionality of product design in the year 2024.
How Race, Age and Gender Shape Attitudes Towards Mental HealthThinkNow
Mental health has been in the news quite a bit lately. Dozens of U.S. states are currently suing Meta for contributing to the youth mental health crisis by inserting addictive features into their products, while the U.S. Surgeon General is touring the nation to bring awareness to the growing epidemic of loneliness and isolation. The country has endured periods of low national morale, such as in the 1970s when high inflation and the energy crisis worsened public sentiment following the Vietnam War. The current mood, however, feels different. Gallup recently reported that national mental health is at an all-time low, with few bright spots to lift spirits.
To better understand how Americans are feeling and their attitudes towards mental health in general, ThinkNow conducted a nationally representative quantitative survey of 1,500 respondents and found some interesting differences among ethnic, age and gender groups.
Technology
For example, 52% agree that technology and social media have a negative impact on mental health, but when broken out by race, 61% of Whites felt technology had a negative effect, and only 48% of Hispanics thought it did.
While technology has helped us keep in touch with friends and family in faraway places, it appears to have degraded our ability to connect in person. Staying connected online is a double-edged sword since the same news feed that brings us pictures of the grandkids and fluffy kittens also feeds us news about the wars in Israel and Ukraine, the dysfunction in Washington, the latest mass shooting and the climate crisis.
Hispanics may have a built-in defense against the isolation technology breeds, owing to their large, multigenerational households, strong social support systems, and tendency to use social media to stay connected with relatives abroad.
Age and Gender
When asked how individuals rate their mental health, men rate it higher than women by 11 percentage points, and Baby Boomers rank it highest at 83%, saying it’s good or excellent vs. 57% of Gen Z saying the same.
Gen Z spends the most amount of time on social media, so the notion that social media negatively affects mental health appears to be correlated. Unfortunately, Gen Z is also the generation that’s least comfortable discussing mental health concerns with healthcare professionals. Only 40% of them state they’re comfortable discussing their issues with a professional compared to 60% of Millennials and 65% of Boomers.
Race Affects Attitudes
As seen in previous research conducted by ThinkNow, Asian Americans lag other groups when it comes to awareness of mental health issues. Twenty-four percent of Asian Americans believe that having a mental health issue is a sign of weakness compared to the 16% average for all groups. Asians are also considerably less likely to be aware of mental health services in their communities (42% vs. 55%) and most likely to seek out information on social media (51% vs. 35%).
AI Trends in Creative Operations 2024 by Artwork Flow.pdfmarketingartwork
This article is all about what AI trends will emerge in the field of creative operations in 2024. All the marketers and brand builders should be aware of these trends for their further use and save themselves some time!
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
A report by thenetworkone and Kurio.
The contributing experts and agencies are (in an alphabetical order): Sylwia Rytel, Social Media Supervisor, 180heartbeats + JUNG v MATT (PL), Sharlene Jenner, Vice President - Director of Engagement Strategy, Abelson Taylor (USA), Alex Casanovas, Digital Director, Atrevia (ES), Dora Beilin, Senior Social Strategist, Barrett Hoffher (USA), Min Seo, Campaign Director, Brand New Agency (KR), Deshé M. Gully, Associate Strategist, Day One Agency (USA), Francesca Trevisan, Strategist, Different (IT), Trevor Crossman, CX and Digital Transformation Director; Olivia Hussey, Strategic Planner; Simi Srinarula, Social Media Manager, The Hallway (AUS), James Hebbert, Managing Director, Hylink (CN / UK), Mundy Álvarez, Planning Director; Pedro Rojas, Social Media Manager; Pancho González, CCO, Inbrax (CH), Oana Oprea, Head of Digital Planning, Jam Session Agency (RO), Amy Bottrill, Social Account Director, Launch (UK), Gaby Arriaga, Founder, Leonardo1452 (MX), Shantesh S Row, Creative Director, Liwa (UAE), Rajesh Mehta, Chief Strategy Officer; Dhruv Gaur, Digital Planning Lead; Leonie Mergulhao, Account Supervisor - Social Media & PR, Medulla (IN), Aurelija Plioplytė, Head of Digital & Social, Not Perfect (LI), Daiana Khaidargaliyeva, Account Manager, Osaka Labs (UK / USA), Stefanie Söhnchen, Vice President Digital, PIABO Communications (DE), Elisabeth Winiartati, Managing Consultant, Head of Global Integrated Communications; Lydia Aprina, Account Manager, Integrated Marketing and Communications; Nita Prabowo, Account Manager, Integrated Marketing and Communications; Okhi, Web Developer, PNTR Group (ID), Kei Obusan, Insights Director; Daffi Ranandi, Insights Manager, Radarr (SG), Gautam Reghunath, Co-founder & CEO, Talented (IN), Donagh Humphreys, Head of Social and Digital Innovation, THINKHOUSE (IRE), Sarah Yim, Strategy Director, Zulu Alpha Kilo (CA).
Trends In Paid Search: Navigating The Digital Landscape In 2024Search Engine Journal
The search marketing landscape is evolving rapidly with new technologies, and professionals, like you, rely on innovative paid search strategies to meet changing demands.
It’s important that you’re ready to implement new strategies in 2024.
Check this out and learn the top trends in paid search advertising that are expected to gain traction, so you can drive higher ROI more efficiently in 2024.
You’ll learn:
- The latest trends in AI and automation, and what this means for an evolving paid search ecosystem.
- New developments in privacy and data regulation.
- Emerging ad formats that are expected to make an impact next year.
Watch Sreekant Lanka from iQuanti and Irina Klein from OneMain Financial as they dive into the future of paid search and explore the trends, strategies, and technologies that will shape the search marketing landscape.
If you’re looking to assess your paid search strategy and design an industry-aligned plan for 2024, then this webinar is for you.
5 Public speaking tips from TED - Visualized summarySpeakerHub
From their humble beginnings in 1984, TED has grown into the world’s most powerful amplifier for speakers and thought-leaders to share their ideas. They have over 2,400 filmed talks (not including the 30,000+ TEDx videos) freely available online, and have hosted over 17,500 events around the world.
With over one billion views in a year, it’s no wonder that so many speakers are looking to TED for ideas on how to share their message more effectively.
The article “5 Public-Speaking Tips TED Gives Its Speakers”, by Carmine Gallo for Forbes, gives speakers five practical ways to connect with their audience, and effectively share their ideas on stage.
Whether you are gearing up to get on a TED stage yourself, or just want to master the skills that so many of their speakers possess, these tips and quotes from Chris Anderson, the TED Talks Curator, will encourage you to make the most impactful impression on your audience.
See the full article and more summaries like this on SpeakerHub here: https://speakerhub.com/blog/5-presentation-tips-ted-gives-its-speakers
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Personal Ontology Mapping
1. The Way– cannot be told.
The Name– cannot be named.
The nameless is the Way of
Heaven and Earth
The named is Matrix of the
Myriad Creatures.
-Daodejing, Translation by A. S. Kline
The Tao that can be trodden is
not the enduring and
unchanging Tao. The name
that can be named is not the
enduring and unchanging
name.
(Conceived of as) having no
name, it is the Originator of
heaven and earth; (conceived
of as having a name, it is the
Mother of all things.
- Daodejing, Translation by James Legge
7. Work, work, work, work, work, work.
He said me haffi
Work, work, work, work, work, work,
-Rihanna, Work
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This body this body holding me, feeling eternal,
All this pain is an illusion.
-Parabola, Tool
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28. Tell all the truth but tell it slant —
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth's superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind —
-Emily Dickinson
35. He that is faithful in that which is least is
faithful also in much: and he that is unjust
in the least is unjust also in much.
-Luke 16:10
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46. “Would you tell me, please, which way I
ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you
want to get to."
"I don't much care where –"
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Editor's Notes
This talk is the result of the last 5 years of me trying to answer this question. I know most people care about this, but for me it became sort of an urgent problem… I really had to throw myself into answering this question because after I finished grad school, I found myself paralyzed by the prospect of getting, and then doing a job. I was really worried, because for the first time, I was going to have the ability to make decisions that were going to impact a lot of people. because I’d only ever done service work where the scope and scale of the mistakes I could make were rather limited. I was really worried
What if I fuck it up? How can I know I’m making the right, good decisions?
As I started to engage professionally, I found a lot of people talking about the risks of what we do, at conferences, online… but no one was offering me any thing to do to mitigate those risks, so it made me feel worse.
I started asking people how they made sure they were ‘Good’ but I didn’t really feel like anyone gave me an answer I could hang on to. It was messy and vague, and everyone seemed pretty sure their work was pretty Good, or at least not Bad, none of the ways the mentioned seemed like a good answer to my question.
This talk is about the solution I’ve come up with. Personal Ontology Mapping, which I think is a tool we can use to help us make our work Good. Specifically I think it can
Help you decide what work to do
Help you know how to do your work
Make you Good at your (Information Architecture) work.
Last year at the Reframe IA round table, someone introduced the profession of ‘baker’ as a foil for use to think about what is we do professionally (sorry I don’t remember who). And I’m going to use it because
We might describe a baker’s job as being to make food for humans, using milled grains and heat. I realize this definition actually would include someone who made oatmeal or grits for a living, but I was trying to make sure it was a definition that included cakes, because cake baking is important to my understanding of bakers. Maybe it’s not for you, and you’d say cakes are made by pastry chefs.
Either way, if we were to talk about if a baker is technically good, we could probably agree that they would have to have an understanding of their materials and control of their processes, such that there was some consistency, or predictability to the output. A good baker should know about how many loaves that much flour can make, and what kind of bread will come out of the oven when they make this kind of dough, and how changes they make to the process, or the context of when or where they do it, will change the qualities of the finished bread (or cake!).
I’m not sure we have a single good definition we agree on for this yet, and maybe that’s ok, because bakers have had 10,000 years to settle what is that they do. We don’t have to be as sure so young. For now let’s just say that we help people make things. When I say thing, I mean it in the sense we often do in IA, like
Maybe that thing is the answer to “we have a bunch of stuff, and we need a thing that lets us people find the specific stuff they want and then buy it from us.” Or Maybe we are making a thing that is a service for families with a member who has a terminal illness? To help them with the logistics and emotions they might go through…
And to know if we are technically good at this… let’s just say it’s understanding of our materials and processes, and control of the output… though we don’t have to talk about how good we are at that right now…
But what if we wanted to know if we were capital ‘G’ Good at information architecture?
It might help to think about what we do like this… We have a responsibility within a human system, for what we do.
So a person in outerspace in a contrived science fiction story, who spends all day baking bread, only to have the loaves dematerialized and replicated back into ingredients each night, so that he can bake again… we probably agree is not a ‘professional baker’. He is a person who is (for some unknow reason) stuck baking.
A professional baker exists in a system like this, where a group a people decide that instead of going off into the wilderness every three days to gather food, or whatever humans used to do, they’d grow grains, and that they could grind those grains into flour, and store that and then someone would take that flour, as needed and make it into fresh food again, that people could transport back to their homes to eat. This basing model is true under any economic system, though the particulars of how it works, and the agency of individuals varies. But in any of those overlying systems…
A baker is responsible for making the food for humans using milled grains and heat. The system breaks if they don’t do their part. If a thing is your job, you become responsible for doing it.
And once you think of it this way you can use a bunch of heuristics to measure if you think the baker is Good or not. Like, do they let everyone have some of the bread when they are done baking it? If they don’t give bread to some kinds of people, you can say that they are not doing their responsibility… that they are not Good bakers. Or maybe you are thinking about another overlying system, like the Earth’s ecosystem. And you think you could measure their impact on that system though the metric of a ‘carbon foot print’ Right now, you have a bunch of these kinds of heuristics that are using to help you decide if things are Good or not.
We might say that a person doing information architecture as a part of their job, regardless of economic system, is *responsible* for ontological alignment. That is, that the core responsibility of our work is to make sure that the ‘things’ that are made align with the understandings that people already have so we make can things clear, without sacrificing complexity, and also that we make sure the ‘thing’ ends up being what we thought it was going to be.
We can describe ontological alignment as being concerned with the ways that we sort, and the things we support.
Now to convince you that this means that we need to start mapping our own ontologies to be Good at what we do, I need to convince you of three things. I need to do it pretty quick, because we don’t have much time. The three things: Truth is not capital O/O without parentheses Objective, It’s about systems, not states, so small things matter, and that diversity is essential.
Each of us is a human being, and we are each alive, and we each are bodies that are moving through space, and through time. Through we don’t get to control the time. As we move forward through time for whatever reason we do, we have experiences, or rather, they happen to us. We see things, and smell them and feel them through touch, or emotion, and as we do, we learn.
We start to have networks of meaning in our heads; we store patterns in the experiences we’ve had in our neurons, and then use them to direct our actions and get the outcomes we want. We start to understand ‘things’, and ‘kinds’, and ‘parts and wholes’, and relationships between them, causes and effects, and how things make us feel and… much more. We start to know what things *mean* and we use this to interact effectively in the world, mostly without being conscious of it. As we interact with the world our networks are constantly updating and expanding.
But we don’t just have experiences randomly, or make these maps in isolation. We are social creatures, and so from a very young age, people teach us, to give is some of the nodes and connections they think are important based on their own understandings. We inherit the understandings of others in our community
And then, we can communicate with others. We can think about a thing…
And then make the right noises,
And if they have a map for the same sounds, we can activate it. Here’s a quick map of things I know related to squirrels. That is where they sit within my personal ontology, or in my understanding of how the world is. The things in black I assume most people in this room have in their internal understanding of ‘squirrel’ but the things in pink I think few, if any of you have. So at the University of Michigan, squirrels are a capital T Thing, and my parents feed the squirrels in their back yard, and once I watched a video of an American making their German friends say ‘squirrel’, which is quite difficult for a native german speaker, and now it’s in my map.
But if you speak English, your ontology is probably going to be close enough for that you understand enough that I can communicate quite complex things to you, with a very high success rate.
If we each have a different understanding of ‘squirrel’ how can we know who is right? We have to understand truth, and what it would mean to be able to be Objectively real. There’s two ways of thinking about objectivity (per Humberto Matarana) Objectivity-with-no-parentheses and objectivity-with-parentheses.
For a long time I thought about it and talked about it like what mattered was the actual existence (or not) of a reality objective to humans. But that’s not what’s important. What matters is an epistemological argument. It’s about how we know the things we do, and how we can make claims, about how it is, and convince other people. What ever is real, each of us accesses through the experiences we have.
The Objectivity without parentheses model says that the truth is situated in the external reality, and when we make a claim it is either true or not, based on the state of things in that reality. This feels really intuitive, the problem is that when two people disagree, there is no way to verify what is True. It becomes purely a matter of power, one person must submit to the other as having better access to the Truth.
objectivity with parentheses, says that we each interface with whatever reality there is directly, and our experiences create our truth. And each of us can support our truth in arguments using evidence from our experiences. Truth is validated through evidence, and evidence comes from experience. This framing can make people nervous, because they worry that then anyone could say anything is true, but that’s not the case because it still has to validate against the networks of meaning, you can’t just say something and demand others agree, you need to provide evidence that makes sense in your shared networks of understanding, and something either is or isn’t on these networks.
That which goes up must come down.
An we actually have a lot in common as human beings. Our needs for survival, our instincts, our experience of being, and humans on this planet… for instance, we all experience the ground as down, and the sky as up. We know, that things fall down. If you throw something up it comes back down. That is true because there is overwhelming evidence of it from people with very diverse perspectives. But, truth is contextual.
Is this balloon going to come back down? You may argue on technicality, that we can be pretty sure a helium balloon released into the air will eventually pop and fall back to the Earth, but the popped balloon is not the same thing, and in the conversation this parent is going to have with their child it doesn’t matter anyways. That balloon when up, and is not coming back down, because they didn’t hold on tight.
What about the Mars rover…? Did it ever come down?
When we make a thing, we use our own understanding of the world to make decisions about how that thing should be. And then the thing gives off information that supports that thing, which gives those that use it experiences they can use as evidence as they constantly update their own internal understandings. And if we focus in deeply on a particular part of how the thing should be, say should socks be accessories, or underwear, we might be missing other overlapping understandins that get built into our thing without us even intending to, like maybe we didn’t even think about if theses socks needed to be designated as ‘mens’ socks, but now that they are sorted that way, they give off evidence that division of socks by gender is true, and real.
This matters a lot because most of us interact with things made by people most of the time, and we can inherit their understandings through the evidence provided by the things they make.
As we focus on the part of our understanding we need to do the task at hand, the gaps in the contex are going to be filled in with your defaults… the ontologies and heuristics you automatically use everyday, and sometimes these framings and understandings can change your perception so much, that you aren’t even good at perceiving what you need to to do your task.
For a long time western scientists had trouble describing the way fertilization happened in humans. They had abandoned the understanding their forefather’s had that a homunculus, or tiny fully formed human was ejactulated into the female where it grew until birth, but couldn’t figure out what the one sperm did to allow it to penitrate the egg. Their understanding of social norms for reproduction in humans was preventing them from seeing the evidence that process that allows a sperm to enter the egg, is started by the egg. And it’s more of a cooporative smooshing together than a penetration.
As information architects we are looking at the information an object gives off to determine who will understand it how, and to understand what it allows, what kind of thing it is. We don’t want our service for providing support to the families of people with terminal illnesses to become a data collection platform for funeral homes.
We have to think about what the things we make entail. That is what are the things could or could not happen in the future based on the choice we make. You can think about this by remembering Elizabeth Bennett’s predicament in Pride and Prejudice, an ancestor of her’s has entailed his estate, so that generations later, her father must past it on to a male heir. The architecture of the will cannot support a woman as heir, and so when he dies Lizzy and her sisters will all be poor and homeless unless one of them marries the right person. The way we structure things now *entails* what can be supported in the future, based on the ontologies it is compatible with.
Thinking about these outcomes is a part of our job, but since we only have access to the perspectives we have, we can only determine what choices will make a good outcome in our own perspective. This doesn’t mean that we should only care about outcomes that are good *for* us, but if we aren’t thoughtful and intentions this could happen.
The work of Scott Page at the University of Michigan has found that Cognitive based, non-routine problems are best solved by a team with diverse heuristics. And making things, and making the choices that lead to a thing being good are cognitive based non-routine problems.
We can think of the ontologies people have as being lenses with which they can view the world, and predict outcomes. If we want to make things that are good, we need multiple people with a diverse set of lenses to look at the problem.
We might think we do this, after all, we interview users, and we collect requirements from stakeholders… but we decide who to ask, what to ask, how to interpret the results, and what to throw out. That means that whatever underlying understandings we have, that are ‘filling in the blanks’ as we focus on the task at hand, are actually determining the results we get.
If the pink, purple and blue lenses are the best ones for understanding and solving the problem, say of baking technically good bread, then the person on the left will be the best single person to do that job. But if the other two people team up and work together, they have all the same lenses, plus 3 more… so they are more likely to to make bread that is Good in more ways. But how can the two of them negotiate and prioritize their views as the work to solve the problem?
So I said this talk was about mapping yourontology, so that you could be good…
So I told you that diversity matters because it’s the best problem solving tool, and one of the things people worry about is that taken to the extreme, this means that we have to incorporate all views, and therefore can’t make any choices. But that’s not the case. Some ontologies are opposed. For instance White Supremecy, is an ontology baked into a lot of the things we interact with, and could be influencing the design of things we are working on now, without us knowing. But that’s not an ontology we need to support, and in fact is one we should oppose in my view, because it undermines the diversity of views that I just explained I think is the best way to solve problems.
It pretty easy, I hope, to agree that White Supremacy is an onotolgy you would oppose including in the information architecture of the things you make, because you are sure that it’s one you oppose. But how will you make sure that actually happens? You may think that when the moment comes you will stand up and do the right thing, but unless you’ve already made a habit of it, you wont.
Largely because you may not know that a decision will turn out to be important in the moment, but only retrospectively based on the outcome
So how can you know when to fight for or against an ontology, and when to fold in the different views of others…?
So I think this is a statement we can all agree with here.
And if we wanted to map our ontology to figure out why, we’d have to start defining things
And to keep going
You need to figure out all the way down what are the things, what are the relationships between them, until you get to a point where, “that’s just how it is”
The point of this is not to prove anything to anyone, just to know what understandings you already have that are already driving your behavior. You can’t be wrong, though you might be surprised what you find.
So here’s a quick map of the lowest level or organization I use to understand why I think ‘murder is bad’
I think of the world in three nesting types:
IS kinds, which are things in systems that persist through time
Life kinds, which pass information on how to be to create new individuals of their kind,
Self kinds, which have consciousness, and are aware of their own existence.
Not about solving it….. This is your view.. And at somepoint you are going to get uncomfortable. That’s ok. As you go, ask yourself, are there ideas you are using that you don’t like? How could you change your own habits to lean on those less? Reflect on the choices you are making and
When you find yourself in opposition with someone, who has a different understanding about the way things are, ask your self, if you didn’t need to be right, would it still matter that they are wrong?
Does someone else have access to experiences/understandings that I do not? If so, seek them out and listen to them.
Ask yourself if this matters in this particular context. Some sorrtings or understandings only matter locally.
Here’s an example from my life. My husband is from Oklahoma, and one time years into us living together, he asked me to make him biscuits and gravy. I didn’t know what he meant, and the converstation quickly desintigrated into an argument about what ‘gravy’ was. I am embarrassed to say I clung to my own understanding, hyper-focused on the technical process of making the sauce, I was adamant he was asking for a white sauce with chunks of sausage in it NOT gravy. But in retrospect, it didn’t matter in this context if one should technically classify it as gravy, and he did have access to experienes and understanding I didn’t, because he was raised in a different region, and other than my need to be right, it really didn’t matter that he had this other strange sauce that he called gravy.
But if we were trying to reach agreement on which animals we should make sure we never kill, the stakes are higher. It does matter.
So I care about not killing self-kinds.
And if I’m on a team with someone who cares about not killing things that have names, we might fight about the heuristic, but really they aren’t that different. Maybe they will include pets, of all kinds, and I you know what I can agree that killing something with a name could be bad. As long as they agree to my need for un-named things of some types to be also not killed. And maybe we can both agree with the person who says it’s bad to kill cute things, which I certainly don’t think is enough on its own, but when combined with my heuristic, is maybe better. Theres a reason it’s uncomfortable to kill things that are cute, and maybe it is best if we don’t get ourselves in the habit of pushing through *that* discomfort and killing things that are cute.
But is Morrisey is on our team, he’s going to have a problem with the whole discussion. The very negotiation of which animals we need to not kill is opposed to his ontology that meat is murder. Killing any animal is bad. It might be time for him to move on to a team that wants to build things that are closer aligned with his understanding of how it should be.
Thank you to these people specifically, who let me talk parts of this through with them, in ways that I imagine were sometimes quite exhausting. And thank you to everyone else who’s allowed me the benefit of learning from their experience by sharing it publicly, on twitter, at conferences, and in other forms, or who let me accost them with questions about how they make sure they are doing good work.