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Language pitch

Erik Bernhardsson

Here’s a fun analysis that I did of the pitch (aka. frequency) of various languages. Certain languages are simply pronounced with lower or higher pitch. Whether this is a feature of the language or more a cultural thing is a good question, but there are some substantial differences between languages. Hertz (or Hz, or ), is the standard way to measure audio frequency.

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5 Signs Diaper Drama Is Destroying Your Culture

Let's Grow Leaders

Diaper Genies are a FABULOUS invention– for parents and nurseries. They hide the stink of a poopie diaper and exponentially increase the interval necessary to empty the trash. The stink stays conveniently wrapped tightly in plastic so no one can smell it. The stink is unavoidable and the Diaper Genie provides a welcome reprieve. But sadly, in so many companies around the world, I see a similar effect.

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The 12 Ways Great Leaders Build Trust

Terry Starbucker

“To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.” –George MacDonald. Over the course of our working lives, how many times have we been let down by our leaders – for promises not kept, changes that are never made, money that is never spent, or raises that never come? Enough times to keep our guards way up, and our trust level way down, when a new leader enters the room.

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Swift Tutorial: An Introduction to the MVVM Design Pattern

Toptal

On every new project, you have the privilege of deciding how you’ll architect the app and organize the code. But if you don’t pay attention, or you rush through coding, you risk ending up with spaghetti code. The solution? Use a proper design pattern. In this tutorial, Toptal Software Engineer Dino Bartošak explains how to implement an MVVM design pattern on a demo Swift application.

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Streamlining Database Compliance with CI/CD Integration

IT leaders know the importance of compliance at every level, but the database often gets left behind as other environments are automated for robust protection. This whitepaper emphasizes the importance of robust, auditable, and secure database change management practices for safeguarding organizational compliance. Learn how automating database compliance: Mitigates risk Protects against security vulnerabilities Helps avoid regulatory penalties Aligns database workflows with app lifecycle Turns d

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Language pitch

Erik Bernhardsson

Here’s a fun analysis that I did of the pitch (aka. frequency) of various languages. Certain languages are simply pronounced with lower or higher pitch. Whether this is a feature of the language or more a cultural thing is a good question, but there are some substantial differences between languages. Hertz (or Hz, or ), is the standard way to measure audio frequency.

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Talent Search in a Digital Age

N2Growth Blog

About six years ago when I started my post-doc programme at Harvard Business School and contacted several top executive search firms, the majority of them told me that social media does not affect their work at all. I was surprised and a little bit dissappointed, because my goal was to study how online networking platforms influence talent search activities.

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The Impact of Brexit on the Financial Services Sector

Toptal

Since the historic Brexit vote, much speculation has been made regarding the effects this would have on the UK's economy. In this article, I take a look at what the anticipated impacts of Brexit on the UK financial sector are, assess their merits and likelihood, and see what the long-lasting impact on the financial sector around the world may be.

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Why Personal Branding is a Leadership Must

Women on Business

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Miracle on Ice: Business, Technology and National Security Leadership Lessons from the 1980 Olympics USA Hockey Team

CTOvision

Bob Gourley. I've previously posted the below, but it is a favorite story, one of leadership, vision, experience and mastery of art and science and my hope is that even of you have thought these lessons through in the past you might want to check them out again. The lessons probably apply to many enterprise teams (your Security Operations Center, Incident Response/Hunt Team etc), but seemed most relevant, to me, to teams formed from existing/legacy enterprises that have to now work as one.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Why Your Management Information Should Be Curated In Real-Time

N2Growth Blog

Management information is that which is used to determine business direction, to make executive decisions and to set policy. It is used to respond to changes in the marketplace and react to customer demands. It tends to be summary information composed from individual business transactions performed throughout the business. Done right, your management information environment can be leveraged for competitive gain over rivals who don’t get the most out of their data.

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Anticipatory Design: How to Create Magical User Experiences

Toptal

Anticipatory design is the UX technique of simplifying processes and responding to user needs one step before they actually express those needs, simplifying user decisions and leading to magical experiences.

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Mobile Apps for Training Millennials in 2017

Women on Business

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Women in Technology to Host Monthly WIT.Connect Around Artificial Intelligence 16 Feb in McLean VA

CTOvision

Bob Gourley. Women in Technology (WIT), the premier organization dedicated to advancing women in technology -- from the classroom to the boardroom, today announced details around its WIT.Connect for the month of February, entitled “Artificial Intelligence – Its Applications and Impact.”. AI has long fascinated us as a society, becoming central to the plots of numerous thriller movies and novels.

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“Build vs Buy Analytics?” The Question ALL SaaS Leaders Need to Answer in 2024

As a SaaS leader, you know that the more metrics, insights, and analytics you add to your products, the more engagement you’ll have – and the stickier your product will become with customers. At what point do you decide to keep building your analytics in-house or invest in an embedded analytics solution? Read our Build vs. Buy Analytics guide to learn: Top 4 benefits of embedded analytics A quick cost comparison of in-house analytics development vs embedded analytics 10 considerations to help yo

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FASCINATION, GRATITUDE, AND THOU 2.0-2.1

Steve Farber

Chapter 29. “I already told you who I am, this afternoon at the diner,” protested Cam. “No. You told me what you’ve done. I’m asking you who you are.” She paused for a moment and then relented. “Okay,” she said. “We’ll come back to you—if you want your watch back, that is.”. Just then, Mary Ellen returned from the kitchen with four elegant plates of petite filets, small, perfect lobster tails, and lemon rice pilaf.

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How to Learn the C and C++ Languages: The Ultimate List

Toptal

C is often called a middle-level computer language since it combines the elements of high-level languages with the functionalism of assembly language. C allows the manipulation of bits, bytes, and addresses—giving the programmer more control over exactly how the program will behave and a more direct access to the mechanics of the underlying hardware.

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Workplace Addiction: Addressing and Ending Substance Abuse in the Workplace

Women on Business

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Protecting Against the Increasing Malvertising Threat

CTOvision

Crystal Lister. This article increases awareness for organizations and individuals seeking to enhance their digital security posture against malvertising (“malicious advertising”). Malvertising is increasingly being deployed by threat actors to spread malware, including ransomware and scams, and redirect users from legitimate websites to phishing and exploit kit–hosting sites.

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Addressing Top Enterprise Challenges in Generative AI with DataRobot

The buzz around generative AI shows no sign of abating in the foreseeable future. Enterprise interest in the technology is high, and the market is expected to gain momentum as organizations move from prototypes to actual project deployments. Ultimately, the market will demand an extensive ecosystem, and tools will need to streamline data and model utilization and management across multiple environments.

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Adding Real-time Communication in Unity3D Multiplayer Games

ShepHertz

AppWarp has been here for quite some time now. Thousands of game developers in more than 150 countries have built amazing multiplayer games on multiple platforms using AppWarp. The most consistent and popular of them all remains Unity3D. In this […]. The post Adding Real-time Communication in Unity3D Multiplayer Games appeared first on ShepHertz App42 Blog.

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A Guide to npm: The Node.js Package Manager

Toptal

In this article, Toptal Software Engineer Martin Gouws explains advanced features of the Node Package Manager that should be in every JavaScript developer’s knowledge base.

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Starting at the Bottom? Here’s Who I’m Hiring for an Internship

Women on Business

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QuintessenceLabs: Advanced quantum cybersecurity products with high-speed true random numbers, encryption key management, and one time pad encryption.

CTOvision

Research Team. QuintessenceLabs delivers a trusted security foundation protecting sensitive data on your premises, in the cloud or in uncontrolled environments. Founded in 2006, QuintessenceLabs addresses the most difficult security challenges facing companies, helping implement robust security strategies to protect data today and in the future. QuintessenceLabs products include: - an enterprise scale true random number generator delivering full entropy random at 1 Gbit / sec - a vendor neutral,

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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The Importance of Real-time Analysis in your Multiplayer Game

ShepHertz

The toughest part, dear game developers, is not the development and deployment in the app stores. Hundreds of games are being deployed every day in app stores. The real journey begins once your game has been released. Getting good visibility, […]. The post The Importance of Real-time Analysis in your Multiplayer Game appeared first on ShepHertz App42 Blog.

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Ionic 2 vs. Ionic 1: Performance Gains, New Tools, and a Big Step Forward

Toptal

The Ionic project is rapidly gaining in popularity and is one of the most popular open source projects worldwide. With the recent announcement of the stable version of Ionic 2, this is the perfect time to underscore the Ionic 2 and its predecessor. In this post, Toptal software engineer Julien Renaux outlines the major changes Ionic 2 brought to the platform and explains how to put these new features to good use.

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Why successful plans include a learning component

Lead on Purpose

We’re almost done with the first month of 2017. Most statistics I’ve read about people who set new year’s resolutions show that more than half have already given up by this point in the year (in less than one month).

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Webinar 31 Jan: Lessons Learned For Government Enterprises From The Highest Performing Commercial Firms

CTOvision

Bob Gourley. Cognitio is participating in a webinar 31 Jan at 1pm Eastern, 11am Pacific, which will provide information of use to enterprise technologists from across the federal mission space. The webinar will discuss the very latest issues and trends from the rapidly moving enterprise technology space, leading to conclusions relevant to technology leaders.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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15 WordPress Themes to Build a Mobile-Friendly Real Estate Site

Women on Business

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20 Testimonial Pages to Inspire Future Customers

Toptal

Testimonial pages are a key to increased conversion rates—if they're done right. Check out this collection of testimonial page inspiration created by different designers from around the world.

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Customer Service Is Not Rocket Science

CoachStation

At the risk of over simplifying a very complex topic, the customer service experience we deliver is often only the service we expect ourselves. But, when providing a service in the moment it is easy to forget our own expectations. I have recently had several discussions with friends and family regarding the service experiences received from various companies.

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