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Help wanted: design literacy for all

Scott Berkun

My next and eighth book is about teaching basic design literacy to just about anyone. It’s a book you can give to a coworker, your boss or your neighbor that will show them how to see the world more like designers do and how that lens can help them understand and engage with the world. . This is not a how-to book. The goal isn’t to teach them how to be designers.

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The Week in Tweets

Next Level Blog

Every week, I share a recap of some of the best things I’ve seen on Twitter. This week, I’m highlighting tweets and links on innovation, managing younger workers, and improving your listening skills, among others. Click headline to continue.

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Public Speaking Workshop: April 8th 6:30pm

Scott Berkun

For many years I’ve been the speaker coach for Ignite Seattle , a local event that centers on diverse ideas and challenging stories told live on stage. We decided last year that a central part of our mission is to help all people, in all walks of life, to tell their stories and teach their lessons. We now teach inexpensive, fun, high quality sessions, open to all, and the next one is coming up soon: Monday April 8th, 6:30-8pm, at Market Theater (Pike Place).

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It’s Time to Learn

Scott Berkun

Yesterday my feed had many excited references to a new Marc Andressen essay titled It’s time to Build. I see why some like it as it has an enthusiasm that’s in short supply in the tech world currently. But there is danger here. There’s wishful framings of present and history and conveniently sloppy logic from the first paragraph onward.

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Top 5 Challenges in Designing a Data Warehouse for Multi-Tenant Analytics

Multi-tenant architecture allows software vendors to realize tremendous efficiencies by maintaining a single application stack instead of separate database instances while meeting data privacy needs. When you use a data warehouse to power your multi-tenant analytics, the proper approach is vital. Multi-tenant analytics is NOT the primary use case with traditional data warehouses, causing data security challenges.

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Free pass to Interaction 20

Scott Berkun

I have a free conference pass for Interaction 20 , in Milan, Italy this year. I was granted a free pass to the conference in return for speaker coaching for their speakers, but I can’t use it. I’d hate to see it go to waste, so if you’re able to go (Feb 2-7, 2020) and arrange your own travel, leave a comment. . This Friday I’ll do a random drawing from the comments and pick a winner.

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CONTEST: What well designed thing goes unnoticed?

Scott Berkun

Here’s the list: The simple toaster oven. Japanese nail clipper. The pencil. The clockface. Yellow dotted line in middle of roads. On road reflectors. Bathroom entrances without doors. Mythical bathroom where you don’t touch anything? Aglets (tips of shoelaces). Scotch Tape roll holder. Paper Clip. Phillips screw and screwdriver. Cigarette Boxes.

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Virtual book tour visit at you organization

Scott Berkun

Does your team need a morale event? Something to inspire their creativity and recharge in these tricky times? I’m available for remote talks for your entire team or organization. Setting this up is easy: All you need to do is purchase 30 or more copies of How Design Makes The World for your team (you can buy bulk kindle editions , or print through Amazon or Porchlight ).

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Cover design vote: How Design Makes The World

Scott Berkun

The new book, which teaches just about everyone how to understand good design , is on the home stretch (release May 2020). Which means it’s time to work on the cover design. Here are four early options that we’re considering. Option A.

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The Week in Tweets

Next Level Blog

Every week, I share a recap of some of the best things I’ve seen on Twitter. This week, I’m highlighting tweets and links on fear, leadership and starting a business, among others. Click headline to continue.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.