Mai jos, resursele cele mai importante, pentru mine, din luna octombrie 2020. Pot fi suprapuneri de la o secțiune la alta.
Cuprins:
- A. Generale
- B. SEO (optimizare pentru motoarele de căutare)
- C. IT (tehnologie și comunicații)
- D. Psihologie
- E. Medicină (notă – nu am pregătire în domeniu)
A. Generale
Does one horsepower really equal the power of one horse? – Car Keys https://www.carkeys.co.uk/guides/does-one-horsepower-really-equal-the-power-of-one-horse
Not quite. It’s a common misconception that one horsepower is equal to the peak power production of a horse, which is capable of a maximum of around 14.9 horsepower.
Buretele minune chiar există! – razvanbb https://razvanbb.ro/buretele-minune-chiar-exista/
Am fost sceptic, recunosc. Mi l-a recomandat Mara într-o zi după ce am epuizat toate subiectele legate de pantofi. Dar, conform standardelor, viața mea în materie de bureți s-a schimbat radical.
Ryan Holiday’s 33 Favorite Pieces of Advice for Life | Forge https://forge.medium.com/33-things-i-stole-from-people-smarter-than-me-on-the-way-to-33-c38e368e5cb8
Take them, adapt them, and apply them to your life
The grim fate that could be ‘worse than extinction’ – BBC Future https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201014-totalitarian-world-in-chains-artificial-intelligence
What would it take for a global totalitarian government to rise to power indefinitely? This nightmare scenario may be closer than first appears.
This Instagram Page Collects Incredible Examples Of Modern Design, And Here Are 99 Of The Very Best Ones | Bored Panda https://www.boredpanda.com/modern-interior-design-callitdesign/
We Learn Faster When We Aren’t Told What Choices to Make – Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-learn-faster-when-we-arent-told-what-choices-to-make/
The way we decide may even give insight into delusional thinking
Studiu. Munca la distanță devine o normalitate și va continua și în următorii doi-trei ani https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/studiu-munca-la-distanta-devine-o-normalitate-si-va-continua-in-urmatorii-doi-trei-ani-inclusiv-in-romania-1386829
Lucrul de acasă în contextul pandemiei de coronavirus devine o variantă optimă luată în calcul de tot mai multe companii la nivel global, anunță un studiu realizat de compania de consultanță PwC.
Mall Țaranesc https://malltaranesc.ro/
La ora actuală avem cea mai mare bază de date de gospodari autentici.
How to Live Like You’re Already Retired – Incognito Money Scribe https://incognitomoneyscribe.com/2020/10/16/how-to-live-like-youre-already-retired/
There is no reason not to allocate more effort to the things that give us joy and less to the things that don’t.
″Tata Valeriu″, samariteanul din ghetoul Zăbrăuți | România | DW | 23.10.2020 https://www.dw.com/ro/tata-valeriu-samariteanul-din-ghetoul-z%C4%83br%C4%83u%C8%9Bi/a-55377922
De copiii din Ferentari, din ghetoul de la marginea Bucureștilor, se ocupă de regulă traficanții de droguri. Statul român îi tratează ca și cum nu ar exista. Le-a întins, în schimb, o mână chiar unul evadat dintre ei.
Homepage – Filme de Festival https://filmedefestival.ro/
Cum ajungem dependenți de social media? | Cristina Chipurici https://www.cristinachipurici.ro/2020/10/27/ajungem-dependenti-social-media/
Toate astea îmi treceau prin gând în urmă cu trei ani. Decembrie 2017, ajun de Crăciun. Eram la masa din bucătărie și mă uitam lung la ecranul laptopului, în setările contului personal de Facebook. Deactivate account, click! Gata. L-am tăiat.
Google Easter Egg For Soccer Star Pele https://www.seroundtable.com/google-easter-egg-for-soccer-star-pele-30321.html
If you search for [pele], the name of one of the best soccer players in history, in Google Search and scroll to the footer, you will see a new Google Easter Egg. The pagination feature turned into a soccer ball and goal and green and yellow colored letters.
21 de tone de libertate https://pressone.ro/21-de-tone-de-libertate
Petra Schurman are 60 de ani, o casă pe roți și o hartă pe care se uită din când în când ca să-și amintească prin ce locuri a ajuns în ultimele patru luni, de când a plecat în lume la volanul unui camion militar de 21 de tone, din 1979.
COVID’s cognitive costs? Some patients’ brains may age 10 years | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-brains/covids-cognitive-costs-some-patients-brains-may-age-10-years-idUSKBN27C1SG
People recovering from COVID-19 may suffer significant brain function impacts, with the worst cases of the infection linked to mental decline equivalent to the brain ageing by 10 years, researchers warned on Tuesday.
Building an antilibrary: the power of unread books – Ness Labs https://nesslabs.com/antilibrary
Tsundoku (積ん読) is a beautiful Japanese word describing the habit of acquiring books but letting them pile up without reading them. I used to feel guilty about this tendency, and would strive to only buy new books once I had finished the ones I owned.
Do You Realize How Important You Are? | by John P. Weiss | Personal Growth | Medium https://medium.com/personal-growth/do-you-realize-how-important-you-are-a1e69da0526d
A short reminder so you don’t forget
Doi escroci din India i-au vândut unui doctor „lampa lui Aladin”. Medicul a mers la poliție când a văzut că nu funcționează https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/externe/mapamond/doi-escroci-din-india-i-au-vandut-unui-doctor-lampa-lui-aladin-medicul-a-mers-la-politie-cand-a-vazut-ca-nu-functioneaza-1394926
Doi bărbați din India au fost arestați pentru înșelăciune, după ce i-au vândut unui doctor lampa lui Aladin, care îndeplinește dorințe, dar care s-a dovedit că nu funcționează, scrie The Indian Express.
Copiii Revoluției https://www.copiiirevolutiei.ro/
Copiii revoluției au crescut și au ajuns oameni mari. Cine sunt ei? Oameni care au copilărit în anii ‘90 și s-au bucurat de primele roade ale libertății. Libertatea era proaspăt câștigată. Așteptările erau mari. Ce s-a ales de toate speranțele românilor? Au fost împlinite sau mai au de așteptat?
Proprietarii vor fi obligaţi prin lege să-şi repare casele, să-şi întreţină faţadele şi să-şi spele ferestrele de la stradă https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/social/proprietarii-vor-fi-obligati-prin-lege-sa-si-repare-casele-sa-si-intretina-fatadele-si-sa-si-spele-ferestrele-de-la-strada-1395679
Proprietarii de clădiri, indiferent dacă sunt instituţii publice, persoane fizice sau juridice, vor avea obligaţia, prin lege, de a întreţine în stare corespunzătoare clădirile din proprietate, precum şi anexele acestora.
Declarația pe propria răspundere: Cine va avea nevoie de ea și ce trebuie să cuprindă – Coronavirus – HotNews.ro https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-coronavirus-24400989-declaratia-propria-raspundere-cine-avea-nevoie-trebuie-cuprinda.htm
Circulația pe timp de noapte va fi restricționată, începând de luni, între orele 23.00 – 05.00. Cei care ies din case, doar din motive justificate, trebuie să completezez o declarație pe propria răspundere privind scopul deplasării, așa cum s-a întâmplat și în primăvară, când România a fost în stare de urgență.
Cartoonizer https://cartoonize-lkqov62dia-de.a.run.app/cartoonize
Your data is deleted in the pipeline as you run the demo.
Cum ne-am pierdut corpul în pandemie. De două ori | Contributors https://www.contributors.ro/cum-ne-am-pierdut-corpul-in-pandemie-de-doua-ori/
În cartea sa, Antropologia corpului și modernitatea – magistrală de la prima până la ultima filă – David le Breton lansează o idee explozivă: “definiția modernă a corpului presupune ca omul să fie rupt de cosmos, rupt de ceilalți, rupt de el însuși. Corpul este rămășița acestor retrageri.”
Why Life Can’t Be Simpler https://fs.blog/2020/10/why-life-cant-be-simpler/
We’d all like life to be simpler. But we also don’t want to sacrifice our options and capabilities. Tesler’s law of the conservation of complexity, a rule from design, explains why we can’t have both. Here’s how the law can help us create better products and services by rethinking simplicity.
The Biological Warfare of Plants http://nautil.us/issue/90/something-green/when-plants-go-to-war-rp
In the fight against insects, plants have evolved an arsenal of ingenious chemical defenses.
100,000 Stars http://stars.chromeexperiments.com/
About the Universe.
”Multe strategii bazate pe meritocrație pentru a atribui onoruri, funcții, bani sau recompense sunt adesea bazate pe succesul trecut al persoanei. Când selectezi astfel indivizii, creezi o stare de lucruri în care cei bogați devin mai bogați și cei săraci mai săraci.”
The Matthew Effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_effect (via Andreea Roșca)
Visualizing the Biggest Threats to Earth’s Biodiversity https://www.visualcapitalist.com/biggest-threats-to-earths-biodiversity/
Biodiversity benefits humanity in many ways.
pilda samarineanului care nu se mai arăta și a tâlharului milostiv | JURNAℓ SCOȚIAN https://ioanflorin.wordpress.com/2020/11/14/pilda-samarineanului-care-nu-se-mai-arata-si-a-talharului-milostiv/
Deci de tâlhari pocăiți are nevoie Domnul nostru, nu de samarineni închipuiți, a încheiat scurt starețul Clement.
Despre discreție – Dilema veche https://dilemaveche.ro/sectiune/societate/articol/despre-discretie
Despre discreție nu se mai vorbește, nu e potrivită vremurilor pe care le trăim.
Research Shows the Best Resumes and Cover Letters Use These Words and Phrases (in Moderation) https://getpocket.com/explore/item/research-shows-the-best-resumes-and-cover-letters-use-these-words-and-phrases-in-moderation
If you want to land an interview, create resumes and cover letters that are light on self-promotion and heavy on ingratiation.
Save Like A Pessimist, Invest Like An Optimist · Collaborative Fund https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/save-like-a-pessimist-invest-like-an-optimist/
What Gates seems to get is that you can only be an optimist in the long run if you’re pessimistic enough to survive the short run.
What a great technical resume can do for you https://www.meetleet.com/blog/what-a-great-technical-resume-can-do-for-you
The purpose of your technical resume is to generate interview requests. A successful resume attracts more interest, from more of the companies you want to interview with, for more of the jobs you would be happy to take.
The Richest Balkan Countries by GDP (1980 – 2024) – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2NdUMJkJ84
Lumea se schimba : let’s be smart | Contributors https://www.contributors.ro/lumea-se-schimba-lets-be-smart/
Mi-am arătat dezamăgirea in legătura cu aceasta intenție larg susținuta in mediul politic si am catalogat-o ca fiind o mare greșeala.
Mogulii mei – Viorel Ilișoi https://viorelilisoi.ro/mogulii-mei/
S-a întâmplat cumva că am lucrat departe de ei, nu le-am simțit răsuflarea în ceafă. Și simt că îmi lipsește ceva din ranița de jurnalist.
Opinion | Happiness Won’t Save You – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/opinion/happiness-depression-suicide-psychology.html
Philip Brickman was an expert in the psychology of happiness, but he couldn’t make his own pain go away.
Crize și conducători – Adrian Stanciu https://www.adrianstanciu.ro/2020/11/26/crize-si-conducatori/
Raed Arafat e un personaj fascinant iar povestea lui e un fel de roman.
“A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job.”
Thomas A. Edison
https://www.swiss-miss.com/2020/11/stuck-to-the-job.html
An Instagram account places art history’s most famous works in 2020 Bucharest — The Calvert Journal https://www.calvertjournal.com/articles/show/12252/collage-artworks-history-contemporary-2020-bucharest-latifundiar
“What would be the most Romanian thing to pair with this artwork?” This is the question that inspires the collages on the Instagram account @latifundiar.
Orange Book 🍊📖 on Twitter: “In one sentence: What do you wish someone had told you when you were a kid?” / Twitter https://twitter.com/orangebook_/status/1332295854233935872
Should We Stop Keeping Pets? https://getpocket.com/explore/item/should-we-stop-keeping-pets-why-more-and-more-ethicists-say-yes
Research into animals’ emotional lives has cast doubt on the ethics of petkeeping.
Adevărul e că pisicuțele n-ar prefera Whiskas ⋆ zoso blog https://zoso.ro/adevarul-pisicutele-prefera-whiskas/
Sau orice altă mâncare umedă ce se găsește prin magazinele din România.
On love – (1:44) – 9GAG https://9gag.com/gag/adVwqDV
Aproape nimeni nu vrea să plece din Constanța. :)
Peste 650.000 de orășeni (cât dublul populației Brașovului) stau cu bagajele pregătite să plece unde vor vedea cu ochii. Ori în altă țară, ori în alt oraș. Ce arată intențiile de migrare calculate de Banca Mondială – Finante & Banci – HotNews.ro
B. Lumea SEO PPC
What is SEO (in 2020)? https://www.kevin-indig.com/what-is-seo-in-2020/
Why would I write a “what is SEO” article on an advanced SEO blog? Because we need to update our understanding of what SEO is. The space develops too fast to operate on outdated principles.
The Future of Messaging is Now – Messenger News https://messengernews.fb.com/2020/10/13/the-future-of-messaging-is-now/
Today, Messenger gets a new look to mark our continued evolution from a simple way to message your Facebook friends, to a place to hang out with your favorite people, on your favorite apps and devices.
Agenda | GPeC https://www.gpec.ro/gpec-summit-online/agenda/
GPeC SUMMIT | Exclusiv ONLINE | 2-3 Noiembrie 2020
Felix Tătaru și Iulia Niculae – Cuciurean, în board-ul de conducere global al IAA Felix Tătaru și Iulia Niculae – Cuciurean, în board-ul de conducere global al IAA https://www.revistabiz.ro/felix-tataru-si-iulia-niculae-cuciurean-in-board-ul-de-conducere-global-al-iaa/
Felix Tătaru și Iulia Niculae – Cuciurean au fost aleși vicepreședinți în boardul global al IAA pentru un mandat de 2 ani. Ei vor lucra îndeaproape cu noul președinte al IAA, Joel E. Nettey.
Google Play Store takes hamburgers off the menu in latest UI test https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/10/14/google-play-store-takes-hamburgers-off-the-menu-in-latest-ui-test/
Hamburger menus were a popular choice a few years ago, but as screen have gotten bigger, many of the shortcuts they once contained have been moving to bottom navigation bars and tabbed interfaces.
Cum să obții mai multe vânzări prin Google Shopping Ads – 2Performant Blog https://ro.2performant.com/blog/mai-multe-vanzari-prin-google-shopping-ads/
Shopping Ads sunt anunțuri sponsorizate Google afișate într-un format special, foarte orientat spre vizual (foarte asemănător cu remarketing dinamic). Aceste anunțuri se bazează pe feed-uri de produse (inventarul unui magazin online) și sunt afișate în Google Search, Google Display și Youtube – însă cu preponderență în Search.
See DevFest Romania 2020 with GDG at Google Developer Groups GDG Bucharest https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-bucharest-presents-devfest-romania-2020-with-gdg/#/
DevFest 2020 brings together thousands of developers globally for the largest virtual weekend of community-led technical learning and a shared passion for Google technologies.
Știați că magazinul de la care ați cumpărat e obligat să se ocupe de garanția produsului vândut? – razvanbb https://razvanbb.ro/stiati-ca-magazinul-de-la-care-ati-cumparat-e-obligat-sa-se-ocupe-de-garantia-produsului-vandut/
Din martie 2016 chiar.
AI-ul Google dobândește abilități noi | PROFIT.ro https://www.profit.ro/povesti-cu-profit/it-c/ai-ul-google-dobandeste-abilitati-noi-19515591
De exemplu, dacă utilizatorul caută pe Google câte ouă se pun la prepararea unei rețete, după ce dă click pe unul din rezultate utilizatorul este îndrumat de AI către locul exact din pagina web unde se scrie despre ouăle necesare.
Amazon announces Prime Day 2020 results https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/15/amazon-announces-prime-day-2020-results.html
Amazon said the small and midsize businesses that sell on its marketplace made more than $3.5 billion during Prime Day, which is a 60% increase from last year’s sales.
Învață de la cei mai buni la GPeC Summit (Discount inside) – 2Performant Blog https://ro.2performant.com/blog/invata-de-la-cei-mai-buni-la-gpec-summit-discount-inside/
În calitate de parteneri tradiționali ai GPeC SUMMIT – cel mai important eveniment de E-Commerce & Digital Marketing din România, venim către voi cu vești bune și cu un discount special pentru membrii comunității 2Performant care doresc să participe la eveniment.
Topul celor mai performante agenţii de PR 2020 – Revista Biz https://www.revistabiz.ro/top-pr-romania-2020-care-sunt-cele-mai-performante-agentii-de-pr/
Biz a lansat rezultatele Topului celor mai performante agenţii de PR 2020, cea de-a opta ediție a studiului realizat de Unlock Market Research, care măsoară performanțele de business ale agențiilor de PR din România corelate cu felul în care acestea sunt percepute de companiile care plătesc pentru servicii de consultanță în comunicare.
Scurt îndrumar de social media pentru neinițiați – Andrei Cismaru https://andreicismaru.ro/scurt-indrumar-de-social-media-pentru-neinitiati/
Așa că simt nevoia unui îndrumar pentru cei care nu sunt din domeniu și nu știu cum să filtreze informațiile pe care i le vinde un „profesionist” în social media, digital.
Vânzări de Black Friday cu ajutorul afiliaților – 2Performant Blog https://ro.2performant.com/blog/cum-sa-iti-cresti-vanzarile-de-black-friday-cu-ajutorul-afiliatilor/
Îți lăsăm mai jos câteva acțiuni simple care îți pot garanta un Black Friday de succes în afiliere.
Why You Should Hire Agencies & Consultants (for everything you can) | SparkToro https://sparktoro.com/blog/why-you-should-hire-agencies-consultants-for-everything-you-can/
In my first decade as a tech CEO, I consistently got advice about how building a great team was essential to building a great business.
Why Your Pages Aren’t Indexed by Google – Confirmed Indexing Issues https://cognitiveseo.com/blog/24578/google-indexing-problem/
Google is facing serious indexation issues these days, affecting countless businesses all over the world. Despite the official announcements that the indexation issues have been fixed, the problems seem to persist.
United States v. Google – Stratechery by Ben Thompson https://stratechery.com/2020/united-states-v-google/
So it finally happened: the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging anticompetitive behavior under Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Facebook Dating România vine să concureze Tinder – Blog Mobile Direct https://blog.mobiledirect.ro/facebook-dating-romania-vine-sa-concureze-tinder/
Facebook Dating România este activat oficial și vrea să concureze Tinder. Vrea să atragă tinerii sau utilizatorii care caută întâlniri romantice. Este încă o nișă pe care Mark Zuckerberg copiază competiția și speră să-i depășească datorită numărului mare de utilizatori.
Black Friday în eCommerce: 13 idei care îți vor tripla vânzările în magazinul online – Canopy https://www.canopy.ro/2020/10/22/black-friday-in-ecommerce-13-idei-care-iti-vor-tripla-vanzarile-in-magazinul-online-2/
Partenerii noștri de la platforma eCommerce Gomag ți-au pregătit un material de căpătâi pentru un Black Friday online profitabil din toate punctele de vedere.
Așa că te invităm să descoperi 13 idei pentru o vineri 13 a vânzărilor peste așteptări.
How TikTok Influencers Make Content in Clubhouse LA Mansion https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a34413329/tiktok-influencer-clubhouse-mansion/
Millions follow them on social media, but the twenty-somethings living together in the “Clubhouse” say few really have a clue what goes down in a day.
Gun Media: For our expertise and results we have been recognized as a Google Premier Partner and Facebook Marketing Partner agency and have Certified Google Ads, Analytics, and Facebook Blueprint specialists.
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/business/partner-directory/details?id=708122766403545
Numărul cumpărătorilor online a crescut cu 8% în 2020 față de 2019 – Lumea SEO PPC https://lumeaseoppc.ro/crestere-cumparatori-online/
Numărul cumpărătorilor online a crescut cu 8% în 2020 față de 2019, iar numărul persoanelor care plătesc online cu cardul a crescut cu 14% în acest an față de 2019, conform cercetării de piață realizată de iSense Solutions pentru GPeC, cercetare de piață ce va fi prezentată pe larg la GPeC SUMMIT 2-3 Noiembrie.
Google Ads turns 20: The most important trends and changes of the past 5 years https://searchengineland.com/google-ads-turns-20-the-most-important-trends-and-changes-of-the-past-5-years-342645
Looking back, we can see where the biggest trends in search (and beyond) are heading.
NOU Curs intensiv Inovație în marketing | Oxford College of Marketing https://institutuldemarketing.ro/calendar/weekend-intensiv-inovatie-in-marketing/
Sâmbătă și duminică, 7 -8 noiembrie și 14-15 noiembrie 2020, orele 11:30-14:30, Institutul de Marketing și Oxford College of Marketing organizează un curs intensiv în inovație de marketing.
4 zile de sesiuni interactive în limba engleză, cu Tim Lane, trainer din Marea Britanie, de la Oxford College of Marketing.
280 lire + TVA
Dragoș Anastasiu își transformă resorturile din Deltă și de la Cund în birouri pentru corporatiștii care muncesc de acasă – Revista Biz https://www.revistabiz.ro/dragos-anastasiu-isi-transforma-resorturile-din-delta-si-de-la-cund-in-birouri-pentru-corporatistii-care-muncesc-de-acasa/
Omul de afaceri Dragoș Anastasiu, proprietarul Green Village Resort din Delta Dunării și acționar în Valea Verde de la Cund, încearcă să atragă în cele două resorturi corporatiștii care lucrează de acasă și care ar putea îmbina relaxarea în aer liber cu munca.
Tool pentru cuvinte cheie gratuit – https://keywordshitter.com/
Video Killed the Radio Star https://vkrs.ro/
Video Killed The Radio Star and many others and on November 19th we praise the king.
Introducere în Facebook Analytics – Partea I | Conversion Blog https://blog.conversion.ro/introducere-facebook-analytics-1/
Facebook este o platformă de socializare cu o importanță deosebit de mare și pentru marketing-ul digital, cu o cotă de piață de 94.68% în rândul publicului românesc, în luna septembrie 2020 și potențial de creștere și pe fondul COVID.
Microsoft Announces Clarity – Free Website Analytics – Search Engine Journal https://www.searchenginejournal.com/microsoft-clarity-analytics/385867/#close
Microsoft announces a free analytics tool that shows exactly what users are doing on your site while respecting their privacy.
De ce nu suntem Silicon Valley? – dorinlazar.ro https://dorinlazar.ro/nu-suntem-silicon-valley/
Nu mentalitatea a făcut Silicon Valley un succes, ci resursele – umane, fizice, intelectuale, financiare. Nu îmi doresc un Silicon Valley dacă asta vine cu semi-sclavia hiper-productivității. Sunt mulțumit în România cu 20+ zile libere + zilele libere naționale. Nu îmi doresc nici schema piramidală a fondurilor de investiții. Vreau altceva.
Kiwi Marathon – Maratonul de Marketing Online http://www.maratonuldemarketing.ro/
9-27 noiembrie
Învață cum să ai mai mulți clienți de la cei mai buni specialiști din România
Black Friday Tech Talks sessions – Zitec https://zitec.com/black-friday-tech-talks/
Join us online for a series of weekly events to get your business
ready for the most important event of the year in eCommerce
Be Afraid! The Silent Role of Fear in Decision Making | Interaction Design Foundation https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/be-afraid-the-silent-role-of-fear-in-decision-making
Here’s a look at some of the fears that affect our decision making, how businesses and products exploit these tendencies to their advantage, and how, as a designer, you can apply this knowledge in your work to design better (and possibly more ethical) products.
Trillions of Questions, No Easy Answers: A (home) movie about how Google Search works – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFq6Q_muwG0
16 Tips that Will Improve Any Online Form | by DKO | UX Planet https://uxplanet.org/the-18-must-do-principles-in-the-form-design-fe89d0127c92
Streamlining the Checkout Experience.
Meet the Excel warriors saving the world from spreadsheet disaster | WIRED UK https://www.wired.co.uk/article/spreadsheet-excel-errors
Spreadsheets run the world. When they break, governments and companies turn to an elite group of experts to save the day
Harry’s Marketing Examples on Twitter: “~ An old school marketing story ~ France, 1900. Andre and Edouard Michelin had just started making tyres. The problem was there were less than 300 cars in France. So hoping to encourage car ownership they published the world’s first “Michelin Guide”. THREAD… https://t.co/A5q1rbss6l” / Twitter https://twitter.com/GoodMarketingHQ/status/1313881977586552832
The Only Personal Development Tool You Need | Forge https://forge.medium.com/how-google-drive-can-make-every-corner-of-your-life-easier-9f3cc1acbb68
The ultimate self-improvement tool is something you already have
Cursul Cisco despre securitatea cibernetică și alte cursuri sunt disponibile gratuit online – nwradu blog https://www.nwradu.ro/2020/11/cursul-cisco-securitate-cibernetica-gratuit/
Numărul de cursuri disponibile în platformă a tot crescut, iar unele dintre ele sunt gratuite în sistemul self-paced, adică le accesezi singur online și le parcurgi în ce ritm vrei, fără un instructor care să te asiste.
‘Time Cells’ Found That Help Human Brain Relive Vivid Memories : Shots – Health News : NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/10/29/929133717/why-some-memories-seem-like-movies-time-cells-discovered-in-human-brains
If you fall off a bike, you’ll probably end up with a cinematic memory of the experience: the wind in your hair, the pebble on the road, then the pain.
5 Things to Tell Your Clients About WordPress Security https://speckyboy.com/clients-wordpress-security/
Building and securing a WordPress website is always a challenge. Developers take great care to write solid code and implement features such as security plugins to mitigate the inevitable attacks.
Chromium Blog: Chrome is deploying HTTP/3 and IETF QUIC https://blog.chromium.org/2020/10/chrome-is-deploying-http3-and-ietf-quic.html
QUIC is a new networking transport protocol that combines the features of TCP, TLS, and more. HTTP/3 is the latest version of HTTP, the protocol that carries the vast majority of Web traffic. HTTP/3 only runs over QUIC.
These 6 skills cannot be replicated by artificial intelligence | World Economic Forum https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/10/these-6-skills-cannot-be-replicated-by-artificial-intelligence/
Mass unemployment will occur because of robotics and AI.
Hospitality, management and creativity cannot be substituted by AI.
We need to acquire and refine more sophisticated abilities in these areas.
The WordPress and PHP 8 compatibility report • Yoast Developer Blog https://developer.yoast.com/blog/the-2020-wordpress-and-php-8-compatibility-report/
On November 26, PHP 8 will be released to the world. PHP 8 is set to become one of the most breaking PHP releases in the history of PHP and will bring along unprecedented challenges for legacy PHP codebases, like WordPress, to fix compatibility.
Evenimente de marketing (și nu numai) la care să te înscrii în luna noiembrie – Carmen Puscasu https://carmenpuscasu.com/2020/11/07/evenimente-de-marketing-si-nu-numai-la-care-sa-te-inscrii-in-luna-noiembrie/
Așadar, deschideți-vă calendarele și fiți gata să le umpleți pentru că v-am pregătit o listă cu evenimente de neratat.
Why most analytics efforts fail — Reforge https://www.reforge.com/blog/why-most-analytics-efforts-fail
A step by step process to fix the root causes of most event analytics mistakes
O treime din smartphone-urile cu Android nu vor mai putea accesa un… | PROFIT.ro https://www.profit.ro/povesti-cu-profit/it-c/o-treime-din-smartphone-urile-cu-android-nu-vor-mai-putea-accesa-un-mare-numar-de-site-uri-19579318
Din cauza versiunilor vechi de software pe care le folosesc, mai bine de un 1 miliard de smartphone-uri nu vor mai putea deschide multe dintre serviciile web.
Condiții Black Friday eMAG 2020! – Marketing afiliat – Profitshare Blog https://blog.profitshare.ro/black-friday-emag-2020/
Practic se va seta un cookie special începând cu Joi 12 Noiembrie, ora 00:00, până Vineri 13 Noiembrie, ora 23:59, iar comisionul va fi de 1% pentru vânzările realizate în ziua de Vineri. Este permisă promovarea pe website-urile dedicate Black Friday (doar în data de 13 Noiembrie).
Participă în “MagicShare”! Competiția anului în afiliere! – Marketing afiliat – Profitshare Blog https://blog.profitshare.ro/competitia-anului-magic-share/
Ne bucurăm să lansăm competiția „MagicShare„! Anul acesta afilierea este plină de magie! Perioada în care vei putea lupta pentru a obține unul dintre marile premii este 10 noiembrie 2020 – 29 decembrie 2020!
The Social Media Managers Are Not Okay | by Marta Martinez | Nov, 2020 | OneZero https://onezero.medium.com/the-social-media-managers-are-not-ok-74bc3d748149
They’re on the front lines of a relentless and overwhelming news cycle that is pushing them to the edge
Google Photos will end its free unlimited storage on June 1st, 2021 – The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/11/21560810/google-photos-unlimited-cap-free-uploads-15gb-ending
[…] Google Photos will start charging for storage once more than 15 gigs on the account have been used.
[…]
Google is also introducing a new policy of deleting data from inactive accounts that haven’t been logged in to for at least two years.
Studiu: 41% creștere în e-commerce pe fondul pandemiei | Blog-ul GPeC https://www.gpec.ro/blog/studiu-isense-solutions-pentru-gpec-2020-crestere-de-41-a-sectorului-e-commerce-pe-fondul-pandemiei-covid-19
Pe 2 Noiembrie 2020 – în cadrul evenimentului GPeC SUMMIT Online – au fost anunțate în premieră rezultatele studiului anual asupra sectorului e-commerce din România realizat de compania de cercetare de piață iSense Solutions pentru GPeC. Cercetarea a fost derulată în perioada Martie-Octombrie 2020, pe un eșantion reprezentativ pentru mediul urban, iar datele au fost culese bianual, în luna mai (la finalul perioadei de carantină) și în octombrie.
Ar mai fi un lucru de pus pe listă: Black Friday la GPeC! Fiți cu ochii pe site-ul GPeC în zilele de 13-15 Noiembrie – mai ales dacă doriți să participați la Competiția GPeC 2021 – pentru că vă pregătim un weekend special!
Studiul CONFIDEX Q3 2020 by Impetum Group: Procentul managerilor români care consideră că economia este afectată de criza sanitară a crescut la 82% – Impetum Group https://impetumgroup.com/confidex/confidex-2/
Managerii estimează că economia românescă și cea europeană își vor reveni mai greu, în 2 ani, față de 1 an și 7 luni, așa cum credeau în Q2 2020.
Vrei certificarea TRUSTED pentru magazinul online? Ai AUDIT GRATUIT în perioada 13-15 noiembrie 2020 – Email Marketing Blog – Newsman https://blog.newsman.ro/vrei-certificarea-trusted-pentru-magazinul-online-ai-audit-gratuit-in-perioada-13-15-noiembrie-2020/
Programul național de certificare a magazinelor online din România TRUSTED.ro oferă AUDIT GRATUIT magazinelor online lansate în 2020 sau celor care urmează să se lanseze în următoarele 3 luni.
See Chrome Dev Summit Extended 2020 at Google Developer Groups GDG Bucharest https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-bucharest-presents-chrome-dev-summit-extended-2020/#/
The yearly Chrome Dev Summit brings together developers passionate about front end web technologies. GDG Bucharest is organizing a Chrome Dev Summit Extended event, in which speakers from around the world can come together and share their most recent discoveries on the web platform.
1 in 3 Android Devices Set to Block Lets Encrypt SSL Certificates in 2021 – iTDM https://itdm.com/1-in-3-android-devices-set-to-block-lets-encrypt-ssl-certificates-in-2021/2222/
Millions of Let’s Encrypt-certified websites could be blocked next year due to the score of mobile devices that are still running unsupported versions of Android.
56 Black Friday Marketing Ideas By eCommerce Experts – AdNabu Blog https://blog.adnabu.com/black-friday-marketing-ideas/
Make the most of this frenzy jackpot shopping festival, as this is “the time” to max your sales and the impulsive shopaholics are on the edge of their seat to indulge in some insane shopping.
Corporate Lightning Decision Jam https://www.uxproject.agency/corporate-ldj
Vino cu echipa ta la un workshop gratuit ce iți va da un impuls de inovație în lucrul de la distanță.
Moduri simple de a înregistra un podcast la distanță https://blacusens.ro/2020/11/moduri-simple-de-a-inregistra-un-podcast-la-distanta/
Există mai multe variante pentru a înregistra un podcast la distanță și am văzut constant întrebări în acest sens pe grupurile de podcasteri. Așa că am zis să împărtășesc din experiența mea.
Black Friday 2020 – Cele mai importante evenimente ale zilei – A crescut puternic plata cu cardul/ În 36 de secunde s-au vândut 1.000 de telefoane OPPO de 200 de lei bucata la eMAG – IT – HotNews.ro https://economie.hotnews.ro/stiri-it-24415928-black-friday-2020-emag-evomag-altex-flanco-fashion-days-oferte-reduceri.htm
Vânzările sunt mai mari decât anul trecut și plățile cu cardul au crescut cu mai mult de 50%.
Uspwing caută un nou Head of Content – Upswing Seo Agency https://upswing.ro/uspwing-cauta-un-nou-head-of-content/
Pentru că premiile de Best Content Marketing nu se câștigă singure.
SEO Challenge Waitlist https://seochallenge.co/seo-challenge-waitlist/
16 hours of value-packed videos • 13 modules • 45-day learning plan • 6 live calls
NVIDIA Uses AI to Slash Bandwidth on Video Calls https://petapixel.com/2020/10/06/nvidia-uses-ai-to-slash-bandwidth-on-video-calls/
NVIDIA Research has invented a way to use AI to dramatically reduce video call bandwidth while simultaneously improving quality.
Why you should write | Preetam Nath https://www.preetamnath.com/blog/why-you-should-write
Be a creator, not just a consumer
Cât a vândut eMag de Black Friday: 585,7 mil. lei, +17% şi de 17 ori mai mult ca acum 10 ani, 1,7 mil. de produse comandate, +30%. 70% din comenzi vor fi expediate în primele https://www.zf.ro/eveniment/cat-a-vandut-emag-de-black-friday-585-7-mil-lei-17-si-de-17-ori-mai-19745317
Black Friday 2020 la eMAG, a depăşit recordurile anterioare, eMag înregistrând, într-o singură zi, 12,4 milioane de vizite, cu 1,6 milioane peste 2019, şi produse comandate în valoare de 585,7 de milioane de lei, cu 17% peste anul trecut.
Best Video Conferencing 2020 | Reviews by Wirecutter https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-video-conferencing-service/
Whether you’re working from home on a (hopefully) temporary basis or you’ve made an entire career out of it, we’re sure that Zoom delivers the best combination of usability, reliability, performance, security, and features that you need to get work done remotely.
Specialist SEO Senior Remote – Job disponibil în cadrul DWF https://dwf.ro/blog/specialist-seo-senior-remote-job/
Ne căutăm coleg sau colegă, un Specialist SEO creativ, pasionat și experimentat care să se alăture echipei noastre.
SEO strategy – how to get organic search results that really matter | Re:signal https://resignal.com/blog/seo-strategy-how-to-get-organic-search-results-that-really-matter/
Why do I need strategic SEO? When do I know I’ll need it, and how do I quantify that?
Not using PayPal? That’s 12 euros – World Today News https://www.world-today-news.com/not-using-paypal-thats-12-euros/
Online payment platform PayPal will soon be charging 12 euros to consumers who have not used its services for a year.
Date Black Friday in Romania 2020 – live cu parteneri si clienti Gomag https://www.gomag.ro/blog/black-friday-romania-2020-gomag/
Cum arata Black Friday in 2020?
Care sunt nisele care au dominat vinerea neagra?
Care sunt recomandarile specialistilor in marketing pentru perioada post-Black Friday?
Google Pay, disponibil în România prin mai multe aplicațiile de banking https://www.startupcafe.ro/afaceri/google-pay-romania-banking-revolut.htm
Începând din această săptămână, Google Pay este disponibil în România prin intermediul aplicațiilor mobile ale instituțiilor financiare partenere, printre care Banca Transilvania sau Revolut. Iată lista completă de aplicaţii.
Ionuț Munteanu: În digital marketing și în viață, nu contează cât de mult învățăm, ci cât aplicăm https://dozadecomunicare.ro/interviu-ionut-munteanu-digital-marketing/
Află mai multe despre parcursul lui Ionuț, dar și ce sfaturi are pentru cei la început de drum în antreprenoriat sau digital marketing în interviul de mai jos.
Lucian Popescu (Untold): Am reușit să creștem de la 10k followers la peste 350k pe TikTok în doar o săptămână https://www.manafu.ro/2020/11/lucian-popescu-untold/
Lansez această rubrică împreună cu Lucian Popescu, Social Media Manager la UNTOLD Festival. El este primul meu invitat.
Hai la SocialPedia 20 despre Content Marketing – Sabina Cornovac Online https://www.sabinacornovac.ro/hai-la-socialpedia-20-despre-content-marketing/
✅ SocialPedia revine în forță cu o nouă ediție adaptată noului context, online. Ediția 20 a SocialPedia, singura conferință lunară de social media din România, are loc pe 24 noiembrie 2020, de la ora 18:00, live pe ZOOM. Speakerii acestei ediții sunt: Laura Mușuroaea, creator de conținut, Marian Hurducaș, marketing & strategy consultant, Nadia Gorduza, medic psihoterapeut, și Ariel Constantinof, creator de conținut.
Google says Chrome 87 has the biggest performance boost in years | Engadget https://www.engadget.com/google-chrome-87-roll-out-performance-boost-201423833.html
The company says the enhancements will improve battery life.
Infografic cu rezultatele Black Friday 2020! – Marketing afiliat – Profitshare Blog https://blog.profitshare.ro/rezultate-black-friday-2020/
Fiecare final de Black Friday aduce și cifre mari în conturile afiliaților și advertiserilor. Le-am așezat într-un infografic interesant care sărbătorește efortul și implicarea voastră! Felicitări!
YouTube Will Start Inserting Ads into Non-Monetized Content, Updates Rules Around Facial Recognition | Social Media Today https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/youtube-will-start-inserting-ads-into-non-monetized-content-updates-rules/589310/
This could cause some annoyance for YouTube creators.
Pentru că știm că ești interesat de tedințele și trendurile de conținut din universul marcom, ne face plăcere să te invităm la cea de-a șasea ediție Stream Your Dream by Samsung. Evenimentul se va desfășura online, pe 26 noiembrie și poate fi urmărit pe canalul de YouTube Samsung România, dar și pe pagina de Facebook Evensys.
În cadrul conferinței vei afla mai multe despre:
Tik Tok și cum poți să devii cel mai cool creator de conținut
AR/VR și ce presupune să dezvolți conținut suprarealist
Livestream gaming și cum poți realiza cele mai bune stream-uri online
https://www.facebook.com/events/3257637607678136
Job disponibil: SEO Specialist @ Kooperativa 2.0 https://kooperativa.ro/cariere/seo-specialist/
Căutăm un pasionat de SEO care vrea să facă parte din una dintre cele mai frumoase echipe pasionate de online și Digital Marketing
(nu va mai fi favorizată tehnologia AMP)
As Antitrust Pressure Mounts, Google to Pull Back Benefit to News Sites That Adopted Its Preferred Mobile Technology – The Markup https://themarkup.org/google-the-giant/2020/11/19/as-antitrust-pressure-mounts-google-to-pull-back-benefit-to-news-sites-that-adopted-its-preferred-mobile-technology
Will the AMP format die as a result?
Din 1 septembrie 2012 nu mai trebuie sa apara “S.C.” sau “SC” in denumirea firmei | Expert Software Company https://expertsoftwarecompany.wordpress.com/2013/02/16/din-1-septembrie-2012-nu-mai-trebuie-sa-apara-s-c-sau-sc-in-denumirea-firmei/
In conformitate cu […] firmele nu mai pot avea in denumire sintagma “societate comerciala”.
New research on advertising automation – Think with Google https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/consumer-insights/consumer-trends/new-research-on-advertising-automation/
The question to ask isn’t “What can I sell this person?” It’s “What does this person want?” That question unlocks so much more. For instance, maybe someone wants to accomplish a particular goal or feel a sense of security.
Imagery Helps International Shoppers Navigate Ecommerce Sites https://www.nngroup.com/articles/international-shoppers-ecommerce-sites/
Nonnative speakers rely on visual cues to navigate the international sites presented in an unfamiliar language. Use imagery to support text and help these shoppers.
TOP 50 TikTok în România. Cei mai urmăriți TikTokeri! – Festivalul de video VKRS 2020 – Revista Biz https://www.revistabiz.ro/top-50-tiktok-in-romania-cei-mai-urmariti-tiktokeri-festivalul-de-video-vkrs-2020/
Primul Top TikTok din România a fost lansat în cadrul festivalului de video VKRS 2020. Topul reunește cei mai urmăriți creatori de conținut de pe TikTok, care știu să folosească platfoma și să ofere fanilor o experiență cu adevărat interesantă.
Social Media for Parents – Participare https://socialmediaforparents.ro/participare/#up
24 NOIEMBRIE 2020 • EDITIE ONLINE
Introducing another free CA as an alternative to Let’s Encrypt https://scotthelme.co.uk/introducing-another-free-ca-as-an-alternative-to-lets-encrypt/
Let’s Encrypt is an amazing organisation doing an amazing thing by providing certificates at scale, for free.
Thinking three years out https://www.fastcompany.com/90578272/how-jeff-bezos-makes-decisions
In an excerpt from a new collection of his writings, Amazon’s CEO says that his secret is making fewer, better decsions—and thinking three years out.
Oferta GPeC Early Adopters https://www.gpec.ro/oferta-early-adopters/
Discount-uri uriașe la Competiția GPeC 2021 și GPeC SUMMIT 1 Noiembrie 2021!
Social Networks “Optimize for Engagement.” What Does That Mean for Marketers? | SparkToro https://sparktoro.com/blog/social-networks-optimize-for-engagement-what-does-that-mean-for-marketers/
If you want to understand why companies make the decisions they do, look at how their executives and boards are rewarded. If you’re trying to grok an unfamiliar sport, see how points are scored and wins are tabulated.
21 Fastest WooCommerce Themes in 2020 (Based on Thorough Testing) https://kinsta.com/blog/fastest-woocommerce-theme/
The selection process involved organizing 50 of the most popular WooCommerce themes with reputations for reliability and performance.
Stream Your Dream 6 • Content trends from the best | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/3257637607678136
Stream Your Dream este o platformă dedicată micro-influencerilor de azi și, deci, a influencerilor de mâine.
3 Ways to Use Chrome DevTools for SEO Troubleshooting https://www.searchenginejournal.com/chrome-devtools-seo-troubleshooting/387494/
With Chrome DevTools, you can spot-check underlying SEO issues – from crawlability to performance. Explore three powerful ways to use it.
InfluenceMe 2020: Contextul pandemic a generat schimbări de percepție în rândul consumatorilor și noi moduri de valorizare și evaluare a campaniilor cu influenceri – PRwave – stiri afaceri, stiri marketing, case studies, stiri PR https://www.prwave.ro/influenceme-2020-contextul-pandemic-a-generat-schimbari-de-perceptie-in-randul-consumatorilor-si-noi-moduri-de-valorizare-si-evaluare-a-campaniilor-cu-influenceri/
Starcom, agenție membră Publicis Groupe România, a lansat cea de-a opta ediție a studiului de referință InfluenceMe.
- B. White’s “Plain Style” @75 | Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/e-b-whites-plain-style-75/
“No one,” declared James Thurber, “can write a sentence like E. B. White.”1 Throughout his six-decade career, White was widely celebrated for his mastery of “the plain style.”
Uspwing is hiring a BD partner in crime – Upswing Seo Agency https://upswing.ro/uspwing-hiring-digital-business-development-specialist/
Our Business Development department at Upswing is as young as our decision to focus on inbound marketing as an intentional way of connecting with brands who need our SEO & Content expertise.
Google Search Console Crawl Stats Report Is Now Super Useful https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-crawl-stats-report-new-30493.html
Google has announced the launch of the new crawl stats report and to be honest, it is a huge upgrade from the previous report. This report now gives you data you can use to debug crawl issues and check the health of your site with crawl related issues in Google Search.
GTmetrix are 30% off pentru planul pe un an cu codul GTMETRIXBF30.
https://gtmetrix.com/pricing.html
Use this spreadsheet to set and track marketing goals – Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/kpi-spreadsheet-set-track-marketing-goals-cut-costs-generate-revenue-2020-10
Marketing agency Influence & Co. created a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) spreadsheet, to set goals each year, track monthly and quarterly progress, and identify weaknesses along the way.
Experimentul cu reach-ul https://mariussescu.ro/experiment-reach-facebook/
Pe scurt, dacă nu știați deja, în cazul în care dați share pe Facebook la linkuri către site-uri externe, reach-ul a devenit aproape zero, pe paginile de brand.
More popular (and cheap, too) | Seth’s Blog https://seths.blog/2020/11/more-popular-and-cheap-too/
If Harper Lee had written To Kill a Mockingbird today, there’s no doubt that the salesforce and the marketers would have pushed for a catchier title, probably with better SEO.
Situația Influencer Marketing în România: Studiu HypeAuditor & MOCAPP » MOCAPP https://blog.mocapp.net/studiul-hypeauditor-mocapp/
În acest raport, vă vom oferi cele mai actuale insight-uri legate de influencerii de pe Instagram, dar și o analiză bazată pe date legată de schemele de fraudă care sunt folosite de influencerii români pentru a falsifica popularitatea și a obține mai mulți bani din partea brandurilor.
Google Can Still Rank A Page After Matching Content Is Removed https://www.seroundtable.com/google-matching-content-removed-ranking-30504.html
John Mueller of Google said Google can still rank a page for a specific keyword, even if you remove that specific phrase or word from your page.
Suntem toți demenți digital – Scena 9 https://www.scena9.ro/article/dementa-digitala-manfred-spitzer-interviu
Simpla prezență a unui smartphone, pe masă, între doi oameni care stau de vorbă, îi face mai proști.
Employee #1: Amazon https://blog.ycombinator.com/employee-1-amazon/
A conversation with Shel Kaphan, Amazon’s first employee.
How To Rank On Google: 25-Step Master SEO Checklist – Moz https://moz.com/how-to-rank
To be helpful, we need a step-by-step checklist for ranking a page starting from an idea, all the way to traffic pouring into your Google Analytics account.
Why you should understand (a little) about TCP https://jvns.ca/blog/2015/11/21/why-you-should-understand-a-little-about-tcp/
This isn’t about understanding everything about TCP or reading through TCP/IP Illustrated. It’s about how a little bit of TCP knowledge is essential.
10 Google Sheets Add-Ons That Make SEO Work Easier https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-sheets-add-ons-seo/385717/
Google Sheets is a go-to tool for SEO professionals. Why not use add-ons to save time and simplify tasks? Check out 10 add-ons that can help.
C. IT
What to Do With Old Phones, Cameras, Laptops, and Tablets | WIRED – https://www.wired.com/story/what-to-do-with-old-gadgets/
Step away from the trash bin! There are plenty of ways to give old phones, laptops, and cameras a new life.
Facebook’s new AI can translate languages directly into one another | Engadget https://www.engadget.com/facebooks-ai-can-translate-languages-directly-into-one-another-150029679.html
It completely skips the traditional English-speaking intermediary step.
Learn DevOps Skills Online – DevOps Artisan https://devopsartisan.com/
Live virtual courses from networking, programming and operating systems to Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Cine este omul care a construit de la zero unul dintre cei mai mari producători de smartphone-uri din lume https://www.businessmagazin.ro/business-hi-tech/it/cine-este-omul-care-a-construit-de-la-zero-unul-dintre-cei-mai-mari-19671789
După ce a cunoscut succesul cu un business cumpărat de gigantul Amazon, antreprenorul Lei Jun a luat-o de la zero cu o nouă afacere, fondând Xiaomi, unul dintre cei mai mari producători de smartphone-uri din lume, care l-a propulsat în topul celor mai bogaţi oameni din China.
Developer survey: C# losing ground to JavaScript, PHP and Java for cloud apps, still big in gaming • The Register https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/21/developer_survey_c_losing_ground/
A new developer survey has shown the popularity of C#, the primary language of Microsoft’s .NET platform, slipping from third to sixth place in three years, though usage is still growing in absolute terms and it is particularly popular in game development.
Online proctoring platforms claim to prevent cheating. But at what cost? https://slate.com/technology/2020/10/online-proctoring-proctoru-proctorio-cheating-research.html
When Madi Mollico signed up to take the GRE in May, she knew she’d have to do it online.
Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Best practices for Black Friday and Cyber Monday pages https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2020/10/best-practices-for-black-friday-and.html
The end of the year holiday season is a peak time for many merchants with special sales events such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday. As a merchant, you can help Google highlight your sales events by providing landing pages with relevant content and high quality images.
Cats Vs. Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit https://kotaku.com/cats-vs-mario-kart-live-home-circuit-1845390852
Now that Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit is out, people have a chance to see what it’s like first-hand. But they’re not alone. Cats do, too.
GitHub – herrbischoff/awesome-command-line-apps: Use your terminal shell to do awesome things. https://github.com/herrbischoff/awesome-command-line-apps
When you find something helpful in here, you could buy me a coffee. I spend a lot of time and effort on curating this list. Keeping me properly caffeinated accelerates things. And it would really make my day. Kindness of strangers and all that. If you can’t or won’t, no hard feelings. It’s available completely free for a reason. Still, it would be awesome.
Krisp | Noise cancelling app https://krisp.ai/
Mute background noise in any communication app
Beginner’s Series to: JavaScript – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlrxD0HtieHhW0NCG7M536uHGOtJ95Ut2&ocid=&mc_cid=c80fd76691&mc_eid=4e0b5d9800
Learning a new framework or development environment is made even more difficult when you don’t know the programming language. Fortunately, we’re here to help! We’ve created this series of videos to focus on the core concepts of JavaScript.
Google’s Pixel 5 Looks Fine… but Its Software Will Be Fantastic | by Owen Williams | Oct, 2020 | Debugger https://debugger.medium.com/googles-pixel-5-looks-fine-but-its-software-will-be-fantastic-135e43041673
Behold, a digital assistant you’ll actually use
Raspberry Pi 400: the $70 desktop PC – Raspberry Pi https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-400-the-70-desktop-pc/
And inspired by these classic PCs, here is Raspberry Pi 400: a complete personal computer, built into a compact keyboard.
How the Internet of Things is Building Smart Cities https://www.visualcapitalist.com/iot-building-smarter-cities/
Urban populations are rising around the world, but cities are struggling to keep up.
As the silent force that has revolutionized our world, technology is now being leveraged to manage rapid urbanization and to create smarter cities.
We Hacked Apple for 3 Months: Here’s What We Found https://samcurry.net/hacking-apple/
Between the period of July 6th to October 6th myself, Brett Buerhaus, Ben Sadeghipour, Samuel Erb, and Tanner Barnes worked together and hacked on the Apple bug bounty program.
How I’d study machine learning — if I’d be starting out today https://thenextweb.com/neural/2020/10/16/how-id-study-machine-learning-if-id-be-starting-out-today-syndication/
Putting the engineer back in machine learning engineer
16 Tips that Will Improve Any Online Form | by DKO | UX Planet https://uxplanet.org/the-18-must-do-principles-in-the-form-design-fe89d0127c92
Streamlining the Checkout Experience.
Windows 10 just made it impossible to access retired Control Panel pages https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/11/01/windows-10-kills-ability-to-access-retired-control-panel-pages/
Windows Control Panel has been one of the most useful and iconic features on Windows 10, but Windows 10 is now set to drop the iconic Control Panel by ditching its features in bits and pieces.
Bead sort | Karthik Karanth https://karthikkaranth.me/blog/bead-sort/
Bead sort is a sorting algorithm powered by gravity!
Bewear! Python Typosquatting Is About More Than Typos – In-Q-Tel https://www.iqt.org/bewear-python-typosquatting-is-about-more-than-typos/
The software development and cybersecurity communities have become painfully aware that modern software package registries—repositories of free (for the user) source code such as Python’s Package Index (PyPI)—are high-value targets susceptible to typosquatting, one form of software supply chain attack.
Troy Hunt: Hacking Grindr Accounts with Copy and Paste https://www.troyhunt.com/hacking-grindr-accounts-with-copy-and-paste/
It’s sensitive not just because by using the site it implies one’s sexual orientation, but because of the sometimes severe ramifications of fitting within Grindr’s target demographic.
Ask HN: How did you get started in tech and/or Linux? | Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24670746
I’m happy to be able to directly attribute my livelihood to Linux, which is kind of a cool thing to think about.
How I changed the way I charge my iPhone and Android smartphones to reduce battery wear | ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-i-changed-the-way-i-charge-my-iphone-and-android-smartphones-to-reduce-battery-wear/
It’s easy to get distracted by high-speed charging and wireless charging.
HyperLoop, testat de o româncă. Sistemul va transporta pasageri cu peste 1.000 km/h ⋆ Universul.net https://universul.net/hyperloop-testat-de-o-romanca-sistemul-va-transporta-pasageri-cu-peste-1-000-km-h/
Sara Luchian este director al departamentului pentru satisfacția clienților în cadrul Virgin HyperLoop. Părinţii ei au fugit din România înainte de căderea comunismului, iar după o educaţie primită în şcoli publice americane, Sara a studiat la Harvard şi Wharton.
FYI: Alibaba Cloud says it has robot sysadmins that swap faulty disks in four minutes • The Register https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/12/alibaba_singles_day/
Video Alibaba claims its online marketplace coped with a peak load of 583,000 orders per second on this year’s Singles Day, China’s internet shopping frenzy event akin to Cyber Monday.
Excel: Why using Microsoft’s tool caused Covid-19 results to be lost – BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54423988
The badly thought-out use of Microsoft’s Excel software was the reason nearly 16,000 coronavirus cases went unreported in England.
PS5 Teardown: An up-close and personal look at the console hardware – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaAY-jAjm0w
Home | reMarkable https://remarkable.com/
Viral Effects Are Not Network Effects https://www.nfx.com/post/viral-effects-vs-network-effects/
Virality and network effects are conflated by even experienced Founders, and it keeps them from having the right strategies and developing world-class products.
IBM to break up 109-year old company to focus on cloud growth | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ibm-divestiture/ibm-to-break-up-109-year-old-company-to-focus-on-cloud-growth-idUSKBN26T1TZ
International Business Machines Corp is splitting itself into two public companies, capping a years-long effort by the world’s first big computing firm to diversify away from its legacy businesses to focus on high-margin cloud computing.
Here Comes the Internet of Plastic Things, No Batteries or Electronics Required – IEEE Spectrum https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/consumer-electronics/gadgets/plastic-internet-of-things-without-batteries-or-electronics
Detergent containers and pill bottles could soon order their own refills
xorpd https://www.xorpd.net/
What if you knew how computers work?
Collision Detection http://www.jeffreythompson.org/collision-detection/
The collision of objects underlies most game experiences and user-interfaces.
The JuliaMono Typeface https://juliamono.netlify.app/
JuliaMono is a monospaced typeface designed for programming in the Julia Programming Language and in other text editing environments that require a wide range of specialist and technical Unicode characters.
Typical Programmer https://typicalprogrammer.com/what-does-code-readability-mean
What do we mean by readability? What makes code unreadable?
Microsoft Warns: A Strong Password Doesn’t Work, Neither Does Typical Multi-Factor Authentication https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2020/11/14/microsoft-warns-a-strong-password-doesnt-work-neither-does-typical-multi-factor-authentication/
The Director of Identity Security at Microsoft has been warning about the inefficacy of passwords and more recently about standard Multi-Factor Authentication or MFA.
Ask HN: Essential skill needed to be a programmer? | Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24697965
In the book Coders at Work by Peter Siebel, he asks peter norvig this question:
So is there any essential skill needed to be a programmer? Different domains obviously have different requirements but ultimately is there some commonality to writing code regardless of domain?
Platform Liquidity: Why Economic Incentives Matter | by Sameer Singh | Breadcrumb.vc | Oct, 2020 | Medium https://medium.com/breadcrumb/platform-liquidity-impact-of-economic-incentives-72ac4ed6e9dc
The economic incentives of a platform determine its liquidity barriers — but they also create long-term trade-offs with the effectiveness of developer marketing programs
{placekitten} – Placeholder kitten images for developers https://placekitten.com/
A quick and simple service for getting pictures of kittens for use as placeholders in your designs or code.
Beginner’s Series to: JavaScript – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlrxD0HtieHhW0NCG7M536uHGOtJ95Ut2
Computer Scientists Break Traveling Salesperson Record | Quanta Magazine https://www.quantamagazine.org/computer-scientists-break-traveling-salesperson-record-20201008/
After 44 years, there’s finally a better way to find approximate solutions to the notoriously difficult traveling salesperson problem.
Ghidul Meseriilor Viitorului – INACO https://inaco.ro/project/ghidul-meseriilor-viitorului/
Proiectul INACO este o propunere interactivă de conștientizare și responsabilizare a elevilor, părinților și cadrelor didactice din 13 licee ale sectorului 3 al Capitalei privind modul în care vor arăta meseriile din viitorul apropiat.
Top 10 games from the JS13K 2020 competition 🕹 – The GitHub Blog https://github.blog/2020-10-11-top-ten-games-from-the-js13k-2020-competition/
The ninth annual js13kGames competition wrapped up last weekend with over 220 games submitted.
14,000x Speedup – James Hiebert’s Blog http://james.hiebert.name/blog/work/2015/09/14/CS-FTW.html
tldr; Computer Science, For The Win.
Krita Desktop | Krita https://krita.org/en/download/krita-desktop/
Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program.
Why I switched to Linux after using Windows for 10 years | The Startup https://medium.com/swlh/why-i-switched-to-linux-after-using-windows-for-10-years-247de78058ef
I was a fan of Windows 98, 2000, XP, 7, and 10. But, I finally decided to use Ubuntu forever.
Google’s new AI tool turns your terrible drawings into hideous monsters https://thenextweb.com/neural/2020/11/18/googles-new-ai-tool-turns-your-terrible-drawings-into-hideous-monsters/
The Chimera Painter uses GANs to transform sketches into imaginary creatures
ODROID-HC4 is a $65 2-bay network attached storage device – Liliputing https://liliputing.com/2020/10/network-attached-storage-nas-devices-can-be-useful-for-folks-looking-to-back-up-data-from-multiple-computers-set-up-a-home-media-server-or-even-a-self-hosted-alternative-to-google-drive-dropbox.html
Is Switzerland better than Silicon Valley for software developers? https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/is-switzerland-better-than-silicon-valley-for-software-developers
It is a well-known fact that software developers shortage in Europe is unevenly distributed (e.g. in Germany), but the less known fact is that Switzerland is one of the European countries with the most significant gap between software developer demand and supply.
C++ Course (The Basics) – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg4AoophFZWZ7Llifowo-1WGMVICq-mfw
Business Operations – Tech Stack Details | GitLab https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/business-ops/tech-stack/
This is a listing of the applications we use at GitLab. If you’re looking for the technology used to deliver GitLab.com, please visit the Production Architecture page.
Redefining software quality https://gojko.net/2012/05/08/redefining-software-quality/
A lot of my consulting work lately has been around helping teams see software quality more holistically – that it’s not something only testers (or only developers) should be concerned about.
Ask HN: How do I improve my command of mathematical language? | Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24866734
I have no problem solving most of algebra or calculus problems, but if you asked me to explain what I’m doing I wouldn’t be able to tell you, at least not using mathematical constructs/words
What Restoring a 30-Year-Old Nintendo Taught Me About Right To Repair | by Mike Wehner | Oct, 2020 | Debugger https://debugger.medium.com/what-restoring-a-30-year-old-nintendo-taught-me-about-right-to-repair-3bffdf548f6d
Fixing things is human nature, so why are companies so against it?
The key points of Working Effectively with Legacy Code | Understand Legacy Code https://understandlegacycode.com/blog/key-points-of-working-effectively-with-legacy-code/
“Legacy Code is code without tests”
Orange Fab 5G Online Challenge https://www.orangefab.ro/5g-challenge/
Orange Fab 5G Online Challenge https://www.orangefab.ro/5g-challenge/
D. Psihologie
Phone Calls Help Create Closer Bonds Than Texting – Research Digest https://digest.bps.org.uk/2020/10/08/phone-calls-help-create-closer-bonds-than-texting/
For its many flaws, it’s hard to deny that technology has improved our ability to communicate with one another. We now have a huge range of options when it comes to speaking to our friends and family, whether we’re texting, IMing, or sending them emails.
Babies’ random choices become their preferences—ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201002091027.htm
Though researchers have long known that adults build unconscious biases over a lifetime of making choices between things that are essentially the same, a new study finding that even babies engage in this phenomenon demonstrates that this way of justifying choice is intuitive and somehow fundamental to the human experience.
Fă ceea ce iubești sau iubește ceea ce faci? – Adrian Stanciu https://www.adrianstanciu.ro/2020/10/19/fa-ceea-ce-iubesti-sau-iubeste-ceea-ce-faci/
Am vorbit puțin în articolul de luna trecută despre idei care circulă prin lumea managementului și a dezvoltării personale care au un parfum de adevăr ce le face, adeseori, acceptate fără rezerve, dar care ar merita un pic mai multă atenție.
Why some people are cruel to others – BBC Future https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201016-why-some-people-are-cruel-to-others
Inflicting harm or pain on someone incapable of doing the same to you might seem intolerably cruel, but it happens more than you might think.
Test de ritm cicardian AutoMEQ https://www.cet-surveys.com/index.php?sid=61524&newtest=Y
Automated Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (AutoMEQ)
The psychology of learning to code https://vasilishynkarenka.com/the-psychology-of-learning-to-code/
Build a habit of learning, find what you’re obsessed with, and crawl your way through The Suck.
The 40 Best Questions to Ask in an Interview — How to Go Deeper Than “What’s the Culture Like?” | First Round Review https://firstround.com/review/the-40-best-questions-to-ask-in-an-interview-how-to-go-deeper-than-whats-the-culture-like/
When it comes to interviewing advice, there’s plenty to go around for hiring managers. We’ve certainly covered our fair share here on the Review — none more popular than last year’s 40 Favorite Interview Questions from Some of the Sharpest Folks We Know.
Twitter is Showing That People Are Anxious and Depressed – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/style/self-care/social-media-.html
Researchers are looking at online behavior to gauge public mental health. The results aren’t pretty.
How to boost happiness hormones like serotonin and dopamine in everyday life – CNET https://www.cnet.com/news/how-to-boost-happiness-hormones-like-serotonin-and-dopamine-in-everyday-life/
Find out what triggers happiness hormones and how to make the most of them.
Why arrogance is dangerously contagious – BBC Worklife https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200923-why-arrogance-is-dangerously-contagious
Overconfidence can delude us into dangerous thought or actions – and that same arrogance can also spread to others like wildfire, too.
How psychological scientists found the empirical path to wisdom | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/how-psychological-scientists-found-the-empirical-path-to-wisdom
Wisdom is full of paradoxes. It is one of the oldest topics in the intellectual history of humanity, and yet talking about wisdom can feel odd and disingenuous
How to Be Great? Just Be Good, Repeatably https://blog.stephsmith.io/how-to-be-great/
Perhaps “great’, is just “good”, but repeatable.
A Good Life Doesn’t Mean an Easy One – WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-good-life-doesnt-mean-an-easy-one-11598623184
A new study finds that for many, ‘psychological richness’ is more valuable than simple happiness
How Darwin Thought: The Golden Rule of Thinking https://fs.blog/2016/01/charles-darwin-thinker/
It is my opinion, as a certified biography nut, that Charles Robert Darwin would have ranked in the middle of the Harvard School graduating class if 1986.
The days are long but the decades are short – Sam Altman https://blog.samaltman.com/the-days-are-long-but-the-decades-are-short
I turned 30 last week and a friend asked me if I’d figured out any life advice in the past decade worth passing on.
Pandemic winter dread is real. Here’s how to conquer it. – Vox https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/10/14/21508422/winter-dread-covid-19-pandemic-happiness-psychology
This one idea may help you conquer the dread of pandemic winter.
Recognising the Red Flags of Workplace Mental Health | INSEAD Knowledge https://knowledge.insead.edu/blog/insead-blog/recognising-the-red-flags-of-workplace-mental-health-15321
Organisations have a responsibility towards their staff.
Paul Olteanu: Poveștile la care ne expunem ne definesc realitatea. Ce nu ne e familiar e amenințător – DoR https://www.dor.ro/paul-olteanu-neurostiinta-interviu/
Cum facem față incertitudinilor, cum avem grijă de creierul nostru și cum preluăm controlul asupra poveștilor pe care ni le spunem.
Under pressure: why athletes choke | Sport | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/nov/05/under-pressure-why-athletes-choke
What makes an elite sports star suddenly unable to do the very thing they have been practising for years? And is there anything they can do about it?
25 Ways to Be More Creative | Inc.com https://www.inc.com/christina-desmarais/25-ways-to-be-more-creative.html
Feel like you lack imagination? Know this: Everyone can be more original—it just takes practice.
Actively speaking two languages protects against cognitive impairment https://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/news/actualitat/2020/360-bilingualism-alzheimer.html
Mastering more than one language enriches us, provides a gateway to other cultures and, according to a team of researchers led by scientists from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), actively using them also brings us neurological benefits and protects us from cognitive impairment associated with ageing.
Despre influență socială | 5 factori care-ți vor modifica perspectiva asupra propriului comportament – Doza de Comunicare https://dozadecomunicare.ro/influenta-si-decizii/
Te-ai gândit vreodată, atunci când ai cumpărat ceva, ce te-a făcut să dai curs acelui impuls? Oare decizia achiziției ți-a aparținut în totalitate? Și, dacă ai fost influențat, ai putea recunoaște?
Common Causes of Very Bad Decisions · Collaborative Fund https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/bad-decisions/
Italian psychologist Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini was once asked why people keep making the same mistakes.
Black Friday 2020 – De ce oamenii cumpără ”pe rupte”, deși nu sunt așa multe oferte grozave – Câteva explicații psihologice – Creierul – HotNews.ro https://science.hotnews.ro/stiri-creierul-24416152-black-friday-2020-oferte-cumparaturi-reduceri-psihologie-preturi-crescute.htm
Sunt mai multe mecanisme psihologice care-i fac pe oameni să cumpere fără măsură și multe emoții contează aici, de la invidie și frică, până la lăcomie și uneori chiar și altruism.
The Single Reason Why People Can’t Write, According to a Harvard Psychologist https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-single-reason-why-people-can-t-write-according-to-a-harvard-psychologist
This common affliction is behind so much unclear and confusing writing in the world today.
Lockdown has affected your memory – here’s why – BBC Future https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201113-covid-19-affecting-memory?ocid=global_future_rss
Many of us have found ourselves in an isolated routine during the pandemic – and it turns out, that’s not very good for your memories.
The myth of the rational manager – Thinking in Business https://thinkinginbusiness.com/the-myth-of-the-rational-manager/
Man is a rational animal. That’s what Aristotle says, so it must be true.
Know Yourself? 6 Specific Ways to Know Who You Are | Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/changepower/201603/know-yourself-6-specific-ways-know-who-you-are
6 “VITAL Signs” are key to self-understanding, career success, and happiness.
Nick Brown Smelled Bull https://getpocket.com/explore/item/nick-brown-smelled-bull
A plucky amateur dared to question a celebrated psychological finding. He wound up blowing the whole theory wide open.
A Former FBI Kidnapping Negotiator Shares the 7 Most Important Words in a Negotiation | Inc.com https://www.inc.com/thomas-koulopoulos/these-7-words-may-be-the-single-most-important-phr.html
It’s tempting to give ultimatums in tense negotiations, but how you give them is what’s important.
New psychology study suggests intellectual humility has important sociopolitical consequences https://www.psypost.org/2020/10/new-psychology-study-suggests-intellectual-humility-has-important-sociopolitical-consequences-58214
A new study provides evidence that intellectual humility is related to how people perceive their political opponents.
People change their moral values to benefit themselves over others—ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141030163046.htm
According to an old adage, if someone tells you “it’s not about the money but the principle,” chances are it is about the money.
Incentives: The Hidden Forces That Shape Behavior https://fs.blog/2017/10/bias-incentives-reinforcement/
Incentives are what drive human behavior. Understanding incentives is the key to understanding people. Conversely, failing to recognize the importance of incentives often leads us to make major errors.
Sedentary Pandemic Life Is Bad for Our Happiness – The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/11/sedentary-pandemic-life-happiness/617142/
The times when we most want comfort and rest may paradoxically be the times we most need to move, for the sake of our well-being.
25 Ways We Use Distance to Manage Anxiety | Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/everything-isnt-terrible/202008/25-ways-we-use-distance-manage-anxiety
Avoiding people when you’re stressed has its price.
Working from home misery: Many people hate remote work. https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/10/working-from-home-misery.html
Few people are as knee-deep in our work-related anxieties and sticky office politics as Alison Green, who has been fielding workplace questions for a decade now on her website Ask a Manager.
Opinion | Happiness Won’t Save You – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/opinion/happiness-depression-suicide-psychology.html
Philip Brickman was an expert in the psychology of happiness, but he couldn’t make his own pain go away.
Paul Graham: How to Think for Yourself http://www.paulgraham.com/think.html
There are some kinds of work that you can’t do well without thinking differently from your peers. To be a successful scientist, for example, it’s not enough just to be correct.
Behavioral nudges reduce failure to appear for court | Science https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6517/eabb6591
Criminal justice policy in the United States focuses on increasing negative consequences to deter undesired behavior.
Spaced Repetition for Efficient Learning · Gwern.net https://www.gwern.net/Spaced-repetition
Efficient memorization using the spacing effect: literature review of widespread applicability, tips on use & what it’s good for.
Be prolific – Chris Mytton https://www.chrismytton.com/be-prolific/
Produce lots of stuff and share it.
Will Robbins on Twitter: “Vastly underrated predictor of success: willingness to be low-status. Everyone drones on about stuff like hard work, but so many of the top people I’ve met were uniquely willing to spend years looking like they’re working on something silly or insignificant.” / Twitter https://twitter.com/whrobbins/status/1311380201314504704
Adi Stanciu Q&A. Strategie în haos, o viață ce merită trăită, testul acid pentru echipe și miracolul întâmplării – Andreea Roșca https://www.andreearosca.ro/adrian-stanciu-qa/
Ceea ce veți citi în continuare este sumarul acestei întâlniri virtuale despre ce e o viață care merită trăită, despre strategie, misiune, frică, valori personale, cum să-ți schimbi modelul de business și multe alte teme personale și de business.
Bystander Effect and Diffusion of Responsibility | Simply Psychology https://www.simplypsychology.org/bystander-effect.html
Through a series of experiments beginning the 1960s and 1970s, the bystander effect phenomenon has become more widely understood.
The Lost Art of Having a Chat: What Happened When I Stopped Texting and Started Talking https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-lost-art-of-having-a-chat-what-happened-when-i-stopped-texting-and-started-talking
We are more connected than ever, but we rarely seem to really speak to each other. So, I decided to try.
‘It’s a superpower’: how walking makes us healthier, happier and brainier | Fitness | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jul/28/its-a-superpower-how-walking-makes-us-healthier-happier-and-brainier
Neuroscientist Shane O’Mara believes that plenty of regular walking unlocks the cognitive powers of the brain like nothing else.
Let me finish: how to stop interrupting… and change the world | Life and style | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/oct/24/let-me-finish-how-to-stop-interrupting-and-change-the-world
We are all guilty of interrupting – but if we all just stopped and listened, argues Nancy Kline, we could radically change the way we live…
Are we losing our ability to remember? https://st.im/are-we-losing-our-ability-to-remember/
Is the Internet, and more generally, the computer, fundamentally impacting how our memory and brain function?
Study helps explain why motivation to learn declines with age | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology https://news.mit.edu/2020/why-learn-motivate-age-decline-1027
Research on mice suggests aging affects a brain circuit critical for learning to make some types of decisions.
Multi-screening may mess with your memory – Cosmos Magazine https://cosmosmagazine.com/health/body-and-mind/multi-screening-may-mess-with-your-memory/
Study looks at why some of us don’t remember things.
Delete offensive language? Change recommendations? Some editors say it’s OK to alter peer reviews | Science | AAAS https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/delete-offensive-language-change-recommendations-some-editors-say-its-ok-alter-peer
The words “very sympathetic” had become “generally sympathetic.”
Boost happy hormones like serotonin and dopamine: Here’s what you can do – CNET https://www.cnet.com/news/boost-happy-hormones-like-serotonin-and-dopamine-heres-what-you-can-do/
We break down what triggers happiness hormones, and how to make the most of them.
How to deal with Extreme Physical Pain – Scott Hanselman’s Blog https://www.hanselman.com/blog/how-to-deal-with-extreme-physical-pain
The pain is important to acknowledge because this pain is gonna make me better and stronger. But it still hurts. Here we go.
“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”
Dolly Parton
https://www.swiss-miss.com/2020/12/do-it-on-purpose.html
E. Medicină (notă – nu am pregătire în domeniu; sunt știri care mi s-au părut interesante, atât!)
Perfectly broken and ready to Heal | Robin Youngson | TEDxTauranga – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYSzLtbYTU
After 10 years spent trying to effect change in health care systems around the world, Robin Youngson has learned that the key to changing people’s minds, no matter your cause, lies in connecting with, not battling against each other.
I am an emergency and critical care physician. I had COVID-19 infection twice and I’m tired. https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/11/i-am-an-emergency-medicine-physician-i-had-covid-19-infection-twice-and-im-tired.html
I am a critical care and emergency medicine physician, I have had COVID-19 infection twice, and I’m tired.
Abraar Karan on Twitter: “Blaming young people for the pandemic is an easy out— it removes responsibility from public officials for building an actual response that protects us, instead scapegoating youth as being “irresponsible”. #covid19 https://t.co/9PahI0bZxW” / Twitter https://twitter.com/abraarkaran/status/1328542365259280385
Why you should write | Preetam Nath https://www.preetamnath.com/blog/why-you-should-write
I sit down every weekend to write. It’s a routine I’ve deliberately cultivated for myself during this year as a way to get out of my own head and put my thoughts on (metaphorical) paper.
Vlad Voiculescu, Acuzații în Criza COVID: „Autoritățile Acționează în Urma Celor Văzute La TV, în Loc Să Pregătească Lucrurile Corespunzător” | Ştiri, Știri România | Libertatea | Libertatea https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/vlad-voiculescu-cazul-dezinfectantilor-diluati-hexi-pharma-sentinta-finala-3246988
Vlad Voiculescu, ministru al sănătății în perioada 2016-2017, a vorbit în emisiunea Adriana Nedelea LA FIX despre Colectiv, despre cazul Hexi Pharma, ajuns la final după o anchetă și un proces care au durat peste patru ani, dar și despre criza COVID, în care a acuzat autoritățile că acționează mai degrabă ”în urma celor văzute la televizor, în loc să pregătească lucrurile corespunzător”.
Peste jumătate dintre români consideră că testarea și tratamentul pentru COVID-19 sunt mai degrabă inaccesibile/ 21% s-ar vaccina împotriva COVID, iar o treime s-ar imuniza doar după ce au auzit că nu au fost efecte adverse – Sanatate – HotNews.ro https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-sanatate-24416905-peste-jumatate-dintre-romani-considera-testarea-tratamentul-pentru-covid-19-sunt-mai-degraba-inaccesibile-21-dintre-romani-vaccina-impotriva-covid-iar-treime-imuniza-abia-dupa-auzit-nu-fost-efecte-adv.htm
În cazul descoperirii unui vaccin pentru COVID-19, 21% dintre români s-ar vaccina dacă serul ar fi disponibil, o treime ar alege să se imunizeze doar dacă ar auzi că nu au fost efecte adverse și 8% ar dori să afle mai multe informații înainte de a lua decizia vaccinării.
Clipul viral cu profa de la medicina a razbunat generatii intregi de studenti umiliti – Și Blondele Gândesc https://www.siblondelegandesc.ro/2020/11/11/clipul-viral-profa-medicina-razbunat-generatii-intregi-studenti-umiliti/
Asculti si te intrebi ce cauta aceasta doamna in fata unor studenti, cine o fi pus-o acolo si dacă e in siguranta singura pe strada
Dr. Mihai Bica: Structura de examinare pentru rezidențiat nu antrenează o gândire, ci presupune o redare a unor informații, procente sau date statistice https://spatiulmedical.ro/dr-mihai-bica-structura-de-examinare-pentru-rezidentiat-nu-antreneaza-o-gandire-ci-presupune-o-redare-a-unor-informatii-procente-sau-date-statistice/
Dr. Mihai Bica este Medic Rezident Cardiologie la Institutul de Boli Cardiovasculare C.C. Iliescu și absolvent al Facultății de Medicină din Cadrul Universității Cambridge.
Directorul medical al celui mai mare spital din Transilvania povestește cele două momente critice în care a fost salvată de masca sanitară. Medicul îndeamnă autoritățile să angajeze specialiști în comunicare pentru a gestiona relația cu societatea https://www.g4media.ro/directorul-medical-al-celui-mai-mare-spital-din-transilvania-povesteste-cele-doua-momente-critice-in-care-a-fost-salvata-de-masca-sanitara-medicul-indeamna-autoritatile-sa-angajeze-specialisti-in-com.html
Medicul Adela Golea, director medical la Spitalul Județean Cluj și unul dintre cei mai reputați doctori urgentiști români, consideră că există o lipsă de coeziune în comunicarea dintre autorități și public.
Op-Ed: Great Barrington vs John Snow Is a False Choice | MedPage Today
https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/vinay-prasad/89177
Should whomever gets the most signatures decide our fate?
Copiii care mor așteptând pe o listă. Medicul supranumit « Îngerul » lor se luptă pe cont propriu pentru ca toți să aibă loc pe un pat de spital – Sanatate – HotNews.ro https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-sanatate-24353758-copiii-care-mor-asteptand-lista-medicul-supranumit-ingerul-lor-lupta-cont-propriu-pentru-toti-aiba-loc-pat-spital.htm
30 de bebeluși din România născuți cu afecțiuni grave au murit, numai în ultimul an, așteptând pe o listă. Aveau nevoie să ajungă pe un pat performant de Terapie Intensivă, dar, din cauză că locurile sunt insuficiente, nu au mai apucat să prindă unul liber.
Humans Are Evolving a New Artery https://futurism.com/neoscope/humans-evolving-new-artery
This is micro evolution in modern humans…
Aleg masca – Viorel Ilișoi https://www.viorelilisoi.ro/aleg-masca/
O știre îngrămădită printre altele la Digi 24: o doctoriță declară sub anonimat că la spitalul ei, nu contează care, deja se face trierea bolnavilor de Covid. Acea alegere între viață și moarte de care ne temeam toți, care ne-a îngrozit când am auzit că se întâmpla astă-primăvară în Italia.
People Want to Make Healthy & Sustainable Living Choices but Don’t Know Where to Start https://globescan.com/people-want-healthy-sustainable-living-choices-2020/
Findings from the study also show that people are put off by actions they believe are difficult. When trying to be healthier and more sustainable, they are most likely to alter aspects of their life if they perceive it to be relatively easy to do so.
Una dintre cele mai frumoase povesti de solidaritate din Romania. Culisele primului spital pentru copiii bolnavi de cancer, construit doar din donatii https://ziare.com/stiri/eveniment/una-dintre-cele-mai-frumoase-povesti-de-solidaritate-din-romania-culisele-primului-spital-pentru-copiii-bolnavi-de-cancer-construit-din-donatii-1639584
La ora 9.00 dimineata cand ajung pe santier, fortele care pun in miscare construirea primului spital pentru copiii bolnavi de cancer din Romania sunt in plina activitate. Muncitorii catarati pe platforma urca si coboara de-a lungul cladirii.
Aerosol transmission of Covid-19: A room, a bar and a classroom: how the coronavirus is spread through the air | Society | EL PAÍS in English https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-10-28/a-room-a-bar-and-a-class-how-the-coronavirus-is-spread-through-the-air.html
The risk of contagion is highest in indoor spaces but can be reduced by applying all available measures to combat infection via aerosols. Here is an overview of the likelihood of infection in three everyday scenarios, based on the safety measures used and the length of exposure
COVID’s cognitive costs? Some patients’ brains may age 10 years | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-brains/covids-cognitive-costs-some-patients-brains-may-age-10-years-idUSKBN27C1SG
People recovering from COVID-19 may suffer significant brain function impacts, with the worst cases of the infection linked to mental decline equivalent to the brain ageing by 10 years, researchers warned on Tuesday.
What Should You Do About Holiday Gatherings and Covid-19? | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/what-should-you-do-about-holiday-gatherings-and-covid-19/
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, there’s no perfectly safe way to socialize. But here are some tips on how to talk to your relatives about risk—or opting out.
New study finds gaming youths are less prone to psychiatric disorders https://www.psychnewsdaily.com/new-study-finds-gaming-youths-are-less-prone-to-psychiatric-disorders/
Results: no associations between gaming and psychiatric disorders
They dreamed of esports fame. Then their bodies broke down | WIRED UK https://www.wired.co.uk/article/esports-injuries-mental-health
Professional gaming is booming, with millions on offer for the best players. But esports is also taking a physical and mental toll – and some have decided that enough is enough
Cum se naște în România – DoR https://www.dor.ro/plan-de-nastere-dor31/
Cum arată un sistem medical de nașteri pe care îl critică mame, medici, moașe, fără să se asculte unii pe alții.
How can Artificial Intelligence Help Health Care? | by Luke A. Renner | Towards Data Science https://towardsdatascience.com/how-can-artificial-intelligence-help-healthcare-1a2bd72ca94b
AI and Machine Learning are giving healthcare providers an unprecedented ability to efficiently organize patient care, automate contracts and payments, and accelerate diagnostics and the treatment development process.
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/vlad.mixich/posts/10158653474549920
Vaccinarea COVID-19 este cea mai mare provocare de siguranță națională a României din ultimii 20 de ani. Țările care vor reuși să obțină acces rapid la vaccinul COVID-19 și care vor reuși să-l distribuie eficient și să-l administreze unui procent relevant din populație vor câștiga un avantaj uman și economic considerabil, ale cărui efecte vor fi resimțite generații de acum înainte.
Sondaj: Aproape 40% dintre români spun că nu s-ar vaccina împotriva COVID-19 https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/social/sondaj-aproape-40-dintre-romani-spun-ca-nu-s-ar-vaccina-impotriva-covid-19-1400687
Peste 38% dintre respondenţii unui sondaj au declarat că nu s-ar vaccina împotriva COVID-19 dacă un astfel de tratament ar fi disponibil în perioada următoare, transmite Agerpres.
COVID-19 fatality rate down 30% since April, study finds | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fatality-idUSKBN27S39D
In the United States, COVID-19 now kills about 0.6% of people infected with the virus, compared with around 0.9% early in the pandemic, IHME Director Dr. Christopher Murray told Reuters.
Covid-19: Normal life back next winter, says vaccine creator – BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/health-54949799
The impact of a new Covid vaccine will kick in significantly over summer and life should be back to normal by next winter, one of its creators has said.
Așteptarea lui Ionuț https://pressone.ro/asteptarea-lui-ionut
Azi-noapte, Ionuț a murit.
Social Media for Parents – Participare https://socialmediaforparents.ro/participare/#up
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Reportaj în Miezul Coșmarului COVID. Medicii Din ATI Oradea Fac Un Apel Disperat La Compatrioții Lor: „Parcă Suntem Două Lumi” | Ştiri, Știri România | Libertatea | Libertatea https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/fotoreportaj-miezul-cosmarului-covid-medicii-ati-oradea-apel-disperat-compatriotii-lor-3279835
Oamenii din secţia ATI de la Spitalul Municipal Oradea, dedicat COVID-19, cer înţelegere de la oamenii de pe stradă.
Suntem toți demenți digital – Scena 9 https://www.scena9.ro/article/dementa-digitala-manfred-spitzer-interviu
Simpla prezență a unui smartphone, pe masă, între doi oameni care stau de vorbă, îi face mai proști.
AlphaFold: a solution to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology | DeepMind https://deepmind.com/blog/article/alphafold-a-solution-to-a-50-year-old-grand-challenge-in-biology
In a major scientific advance, the latest version of our AI system AlphaFold has been recognised as a solution to this grand challenge by the organisers of the biennial Critical Assessment of protein Structure Prediction (CASP).
Dr. Leonid Rogozov operating himself to remove his appendix in Antarctica, 1961 – Rare Historical Photos https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/leonid-rogozov-appendix-1961/
“He knew that if he was to survive he had to undergo an operation”, the British Medical Journal recounted.
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