11 Articles about Job Negotiation

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Painting your Internal World

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Therapists often run into a curious problem during treatment: Clients aren’t very good at describing their emotions. How exactly do you express the nature of your depression? So this spring, relationship counselor Crystal Rice hit upon a clever idea. She had her clients use Pinterest, the popular picture-pinning social network, to create arrays of images that map out their feelings. It’s a brilliant epiphany: While emotions can be devilishly difficult to convey in words, they’re often very accessible via pictures. “This way we can really identify what’s going on,” Rice says.

As Rice discovered with her clients, Pinterest’s appeal is that it gives us curiously powerful visual ways to communicate, think, and remember. If you see one picture of a guitar, it’s just a guitar; but when you see 80 of them lined up you start to see guitarness. This additive power is precisely what helps Rice’s clients paint their internal worlds.  

Part of the value of Pinterest is that it brings you out of yourself and into the world of things. As the Huffington Post writer Bianca Bosker argued, Facebook and Twitter are inwardly focused (“Look at me!”) while Pinterest is outwardly focused (“Look at this!”). It’s the world as seen through not your eyes but your imagination.  

Granted, Pinterest encourages plenty of dubious behavior too. It can be grindingly materialistic; all those pins of stuff to buy! Marketers are predictably adrool, and as they swarm aboard, the whole service might very well end up collapsing into a heap of product shilling.  

But I suspect we’ll see increasingly odd and clever ways of using Pinterest. If a picture is worth a thousand words, those collections are worth millions.

Clive Thompson, Wired Magazine 

25 Data Science Articles from July 2022

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Is machine learning about to face a reproducibility crisis?

The US Space Force has picked Wallaroo’s AI & machine learning platform to solve edge model deployment challenges in space  

A new Python package for computing effect sizes

Deep learning researchers should try other techniques when solving a problem

Chinese-made Huawei equipment atop cell towers is capable of capturing and disrupting highly restricted Defense Department communications

A small satellite mission for DARPA called Red-Eye comes to light that tested crosslinks and on-orbit processing

NGA is supporting the new Dept of State-funded Conflict Observatory program which helps document potential war crimes

US military cybersecurity experts at DARPA are concerned about the ubiquitous & open source Linux kernel

“Satellite modularity may be the key to answering new imperatives for the military space”

Large language models are not very good at being factual. “It looks very coherent. It’s almost true. But it’s often wrong.”

AI-enabled image fraud in scientific publications

It’s turning out to be harder than expected to integrate multiple types of satellites with a new ground architecture using custom-built ground stations

What does the smallsats trend & the rise of low earth orbit constellations mean for Geostationary Orbit?

China sent a new data relay satellite into orbit that can work in different orbital positions low- and mid-orbiting satellites

From physicist to machine learning engineer for Google—talking about skills he had to learn, “use cases, best practices & the field of ML”

Making atomic force microscopy more accurate with artificial intelligence by using machine learning techniques to reduce AFM uncertainty

Apache Hive hacks for a data scientist

Countries that have launched the most objects into space ranked

A practical guide for time series data forecasting using machine learning models in Python

He dropped out to become a poet. Now he’s won the top award for mathematics: “Mathematicians are a lot like artists in that really we’re looking for beauty”

How predicting the occurrence of a word (n-gram language modeling) can be used at the convergence of artificial intelligence & linguistics (natural language processing)

Team seeks to improve coordination between data from geospatial intelligence information systems – operated by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and US Air Force aircraft

Some of the best spreadsheets with the power of Python and the ease of use of Excel

“The question of whether space is really crowded is hotly debated in the industry” Myths vs. Reality

Adversarial machine learning poses a new threat to national security

Daily data science articles here.

Deep Roots (published on this day in 1954)

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All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be the blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.

-J. R. R. Tolkien, from the “Fellowship of the Ring” published July 29, 1954

Playing Patty-cake

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With younger children the communication is more and more nonverbal but still ideally requires periods of total concentration.

You can't play patty-cake very well when your mind is elsewhere. And if you can only play patty-cake halfheartedly, you are running the risk of having a halfhearted child. Adolescent children require less total listening time from their parents than a six-year-old but even more true listening time.

They are much less likely to chatter aimlessly, but when they do talk, they want their parents' full attention even more than do the younger children.

M Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled

Tuesday Tech Tools: 16 Presentation Tools

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Beautiful.ai
Quickly make beautiful slides with these graphic tools. Slightly different workflow than PowerPoint so it takes a little time getting used to but more fun. Free.

Brainshark
Convert existing PowerPoints slide presentations into an online video. Easy to use. fee for some options.

Bunkr
Collects visual content and organize it into slides. Like Evernote for formatting presentations. Built for speedy, easy assembly though not as flexible as Prezi. The HTML5 presentation works on computers, phones and tablets.  Allows for multiple users to work on the same presentation (like Google Docs). Free unless you want to space to store more than two presentations, though you can download them in PDF or PPT.

Flipsnack (formally SlideSnack)
Record your PDFs as an audio-visual slidecast. Basic features are free, more options for purchase.

Google Docs Presentations  
Create presentations inside Google Docs. Free with collaborative editing but more limited than PowerPoint.

Keynote
For Mac users, compatible with iPhone and iPad.

Ludus
Presentation app focused on simple formatting. Turns PDFs into flipbooks. Add text, photos, videos. $14.99 a month.

Mmhmm
Makes video presentations for video conference meetings. Easily superimpose a resizable version of yourself over photos, videos and slides and share a live feed. Fun tools like laser pointers and filters. There is an educational discount. $12 a month.

Mobile Mouse
Use Your phone to Give a presentation. Phone app will control computer. Free version with limited features. MobileMouse Pro, $2.99 for iPad or Android or iOS $1.99.

Paste
A product of WeTransfer to quickly create slide decks. Limited options compared to PowerPoint or Keynote but inexpensive. $9.99 a year.

Pitch*
Embed pre-recorded videos inside of presentations. Customize video sizes, shapes, and positioning for each slide. Free $8 a month for more options.

PowerPoint
The ubiquitous Microsoft presentation program that’s still easy to use (although often poorly used) for creating slides. $159.99, less with Microsoft 360.

Prezi*
Slide creator. Alternative to PowerPoint. Use 3-D zoom and turn your slides into a cinematic experience.

Screencast-O-Matic
Screencasts can be shared on YouTube, embedded in websites, and accessed online.

Screencastify*
Chrome extension that records a computer screen. Videos are saved on your Google Drive account. Allows the user to record the desktop or record audio. Free.

SlideShare*
Popular resentation tool owned by LinkedIn. Use documents, PDFs and video to create webinars, audio presentations, for online lectures etc. Solid analytics for free. Watch a slide show about SlideShare here.

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Job Interviews: 19 Articles About What They Do

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Love's advice to his younger self

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Robert Love offers this advice to his 16-year-old self in The Week magazine:

Dear Bob: Would you like some advice from the older you? Turn the volume down to 10 and the SPF up to 30. Be patient with yourself and those who cross your path. Cherish your friends and family; you will miss them soon enough. Don’t feel too bad if you never seem to understand the girl in your life. There are mysteries that will never be solved. Most of all, never lose your curiosity. It will guide you to a career and a calling and bring you into the company of others who are wildly curious about the world and how it works. Believe me, there is no better place to be.

Looking for the ‘Right One’

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While looking for someone who will encourage you to "be yourself", go beyond self-expression and acceptance to content and growth: Look for someone who will help the process of more clearly defining yourself. That is, someone who will not only give you "space" or room to "do your own thing” but someone who spark a chemistry, a back-and-forth, a give-and-take that produces something about you that couldn't have come up with alone. It works the other way around, too. You should spur your beloved’s growth as a person. The two of you should be able to look at the seeds inside the other and visualize the fully formed tasty fruit that could emerge.

Stephen Goforth

7 Free Webinars Taking Place in the Next Week

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Podcasting, mobile purchasing, local news, media law, branding & digital publishing

Thursday, July 21 - Unlock Gen Z’s Mobile Purchasing Power

What: Discussion topics include how consumer preferences and needs around mobile are changing, the impact of the new mobile-first reality on marketers in a wide range of industries, from consumer goods and services to entertainment and beyond, along with strategies to make your marketing mobile-first and in line with shifting Gen Z and Zillennial expectations and needs.

Who: Jackie Mockridge Mattina Chief Strategy Officer dentsu; Justin Sparks, Director, Vertical Strategy InMobi

When: 1 pm Eastern 

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: inmobi 

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Thursday, July 21 – DIY Podcasting without Restrictions 

What: Panel discussion on being an independent podcaster.

Who: Nicole Logan, Founder, Dutchie Studios; Jessie Lawson, Freelance audio maker; Raymond Tannor, audio producer and broadcaster; Tatum Swithenbank, presenter and audio producer. 

When: 18:00 BST (10 am Pacific) 

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Good Growth Hub, a non-profit located in London

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Friday, July 22 - World of Podcasting with Spotify

What: A conversation on the craft of producing true crime and justice audio content.

Who: Founder and CEO of Neon Hum Media Jonathan Hirsch will be in conversation with Emma Courtland, creator of Spotify's popular Crime Show podcast. 

When: 1 pm Pacific 

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

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Tuesday, July 26 - Four Case Studies of Innovative Models in Local News

What: The four case studies are:  1) Chicago Public Media merges with the Chicago Sun-Times; 2) Outlier Media, Detroit, a nonprofit public service outlet that delivers news via text messaging; 3) Richland Source in Ohio, a digital news outlet focused on solutions journalism that is supported by members;

4) The Sand Hills, N.C. Pilot, a small, legacy print newspaper that has successfully diversified with lifestyle magazines, topical publications and acquiring the local bookstore

Who: Matt Moog, CEO, Chicago Public Media; Nykia Wright, Publisher, Chicago Sun-Times; Tracy Brown, Chief Content Officer, WBEZ; Candice Fortman, Executive Director, Outlier Media; Larry Phillips, Managing Editor of Source Media; David Yoder is a founding member of the Source Media team & is currently the Sr Ad and Marketing Manager; David Woronoff, Publisher, The Pilot.

When: 8:30 – 11 am Central 

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern University 

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Tuesday, July 26 - One-Day Law School for Journalists

What: Topics include the Federal Judicial Process, Understanding & Covering Criminal Litigation 101, Right to Know & Open Records, Access to Information & the Impact of Disinformation on the Public's Confidence in Our Courts

Who: Judge Mark A. Kearney, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of PA; David Sonenshein, Prof. Emeritus, Temple University Beasley School of Law; Deborah Gross, President & CEO of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts; Paula Knudsen Burke, Local Legal Initiative Staff Attorney, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Melissa Melewsky, Media Law Counsel, PA NewsMedia Association; David Bodney, Senior Counsel, Ballard Spahr LLP; Hon. Peter Swann, Arizona Court of Appeals

When: 8:30 am – 12:30 pm Eastern 

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free but you must register in advance 

Sponsor: Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts 

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Wed., July 27 - Staying Ahead of the Curve - Top trends influencing the digital publishing industry

What: Panelists will delve deep into the trends impacting the future of the digital publishing industry, including: Evolving and expanding revenue streams - including the rise of micropayments, shifts in consumer behavior and the rising demand of video content, exploring subscription bundling offers 

Who: Gwyn Roberts, Chief Strategy Officer, Global Fund Media; Matt Lindsay, President, Mather Economics; Emily Oxley, Senior Customer Success Lead, Zephr; moderator Hanna Rifaey, Partnerships Consultant at the Online News Association.

When: 1pm Eastern 

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Online News Association 

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Wed., July 27 - Harness the Power of Community to Build Your Brand

What: A discussion on the importance of community building and how it contributes to the success of your brand. 

Who: Espree Devora, Founder WeAreLATech & Women in Tech Podcast; Karrie Sanderson, Chief Marketing Officer Typeform

When: 1 pm Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free

Sponsor: Typeform

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