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How Become a Millionairs (Over Night)
Tags: Partnerships, Money, Earn Money Online, America, Millionaire

Millionaire. It’s a title that a lot of us of America would adore to possess. But,

is that basically feasible? Believe it or not, becoming a have could be a goal which may be achieved this year. In my life, I even am a have repeatedly. Most of the time before my 30s, however, I gambled my cash away on cars, homes and the way of life I had no reason to be living. Despite the prospect that you simply simply just also can blow millions, the tactic for you or anyone to become a have has been consistent over the years.

If you follow these eight valuable items of recommendation , ready to |i’ll”> i will be able to be able to guarantee that eventually, you’ll become a have. Here’s to creating this happen this year! 1. Develop a written finance. one of the foremost reasons why somebody will me’er become a have is that they haven’t written a finance.

Developing a finances forces you to wish action, rather than simply speak. It additionally guides you in creating the proper choices, so on realize all of your dreams and goals.The financial planner Scott D. Hancock aforementioned that, “When designing for a safer future there square measure 2, inputs that square measure indispensable: tons of|what proportion|what quantity} cash you’ve and thus , the way much cash you pay.

The basic purpose, i’d wish to worry concerning these 2 inputs is that they’re fully elementary to any or all monetary designing notwithstanding however giant either of them is,” Hancock aforementioned. “In my expertise, the foremost important distinction between those on the proper path vs. those on the incorrect path was the quantity of a while and energy they place into making an idea for his or her finances.” however taking time to form an idea and see it through “is the one issue all financially winning individuals have in common.” Hancock additional that,

The success experienced by the people that do that happens notwithstanding their relative wealth. Likewise, the failure of these WHO dont follow an idea is unrelated to their wealth.”

When making a monetary plan:Focus on what matters most and don’t obsess over the past. specialize in what you management by listing your best-known expenses initial in your budget, and with the gain left over,

In This Discretionary classes. specialize in your future by anticipating what quantity your future self can got to be compelled to survive.
Showoff become Mulesoft Partners. Another huge milestone Showoff to wrap…
By: Donna Spellacy O'Leary
Tags: Customer 360, Digital Transformation, Mulesoft, Partnerships

Another huge milestone Showoff to wrap up the year. We are proud to announce we are now officially a Mulesoft partner!!

What does it mean for our clients ?

✓ Connect apps, data and systems with Anypoint Platform ™

✓ Increase agility and scalability

✓ Certified and skilled developers and consultants at your disposal
PlasmaPay Announces Partnership with Ferrum Network
Tags: Defi, Partnerships

PlasmaPay is delighted to announce our partnership with Ferrum Network, a DeFi ecosystem that interoperates across chains and removes barriers to mass adoption. PlasmaPay will integrate Ferrum Network to incorporate the Nigerian Naira into our fiat on/off ramp.

We believe that Ferrum Network is a truly forward thinking organization, as cross-chain technology should be one of the big trends in blockchain in 2021. To truly maximize the potential of decentralized finance, the sector cannot remain siloed on just a handful of chains. Broadening the horizons of DeFi with cross-chain technology will usher in faster transaction times, reduce trading fees, and open the gate to mass adoption. Meanwhile, our partnership with Ferrum Network will help PlasmaPay to better serve users on the African continent.

Ian Friend, Co-Founder and COO of Ferrum Network said:

“Ferrum Network is thrilled to be partnering with PlasmaPay to open up the massive African crypto market to PlasmaPay and its users. With the integration of Ferrum’s African fiat onramp/offramp into PlasmaPay, users will be able to buy and sell cryptocurrencies directly with the Nigerian Naira, right thru their PlasmaPay App. We love this kind of partnership as it serves to accelerate the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies.”

Ilia Maksimenka, CEO of PlasmaPay said:

“Ferrum Network has impressed us with their commitment to interoperability and lowering the barriers to entry, and we area delighted to be able to integrate the Nigerian Naira into our African fiat onramp. This partnership will assist us greatly as we seek to bring DeFi to the masses.”

About PlasmaPay:

PlasmaPay is a global digital payment platform enabling seamless entry into decentralized finance. It’s mission is to Democratize the DeFi market by creating an all-in-one solution for both novice and experienced crypto/blockchain users. PlasmaPay provides industry leading UX, crypto/fiat wallets and fiat on/off ramp services to more than 100,000 cryptocurrency users from over 160 countries via mobile and desktop apps. Headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia, PlasmaPay uses blockchain technology to allow users to securely store crypto and fiat currency, buy and exchange digital assets, send and receive cross-border payments, and build payment networks with zero transaction fees.

The launch of native token PPAY will be the underlying utility of the upcoming Plasma Finance Dashboard, built to be the operating system for the entire DeFi ecosystem. CEO and Founder Ilia Maksimenka, along with a highly talented team of cybersecurity developers, economists, and crypto enthusiasts are deeply committed to their mission of creating an open, intuitive financial platform which will allow the world to unlock the full potential of blockchain technologies

Website | Whitepaper | Telegram | Twitter | Reddit | Github
Bring the Fun Back to Business
By: Chad Wakefield
Tags: Partners, Partnerships, Leverage, Help

What?

Fun?

Yes! Fun!

Why else do it (basic survival assumed to be taken care of)?

I was able to use a little bit of post-Thanksgiving and Pre-Winter Holiday slowdown in my schedule (brief as it has been) to do a “Think” week(ish). I used that time to really think and study up on what I should be focused on and what’s important to me; what I wanted to do and would look forward to.

Going into that opportunity (investment and time made) one thing really stood out for me. PARTNERING — Teaming Up, Leveraging. Why? Will get to that in a minute.

I read a short book that I have had on my shelf for at least a decade (a holdover from my former habit of book acquisition binging, now Kindle and Audible acquisition binging — hoarding?).The book is Developing Strategic Alliances by Ed Rigsbee.

Key thing I took away from reading Rigsbee was a big benefit from partnering up, even with a competitor, is to bring some fun back to business. Do what you like to do, and enjoy, and are good at. Let your partner do the same. Together you can do a lot and have a lot of fun. BRILLIANT!

This was a great take away for me. I was already open and willing, and wanting to explore partnerships even more than I have. Deep down I think the fun aspect was there in the WHY for me. But Rigsbee helped me define that point.

My desire to partner was mostly steeped in wanting to increase the relationships I have, learn more about more people, exposure to more and different types of projects and deals, do more, expand my geographic service footprint, and HELP MORE. Why? This is the fun stuff for me. The juice! The sizzle! Ignites my inner Silverback.

Question though is, what defines a partnership or teaming opportunity for me? MEGA MILLIONS or headline grabbing stuff? Certainly high-profile and high profit stuff is awesome, and I want some of that. I want to be awesome. Mostly though I want to enjoy what I am doing, who I am doing it with, and ultimately seeing an impact.

So for me, partnering, teaming, leveraging can simply be sharing some ideas or having a chat that helps someone; which ultimately helps me. In some way that will come back to me. It will come back in the way of friendship, more and better things to do, and a bigger world to participate in. And I helped impact a lot more folks.

That’s FUN!

Chad Wakefield

Chief Champion of You!!!
Nervos Completes Band Protocol Integration to Provide DApps Secure & Easy-to-Integrate Connections to External Data
By: Kevin Lu
Tags: Defi, Blockchain Development, Partnerships, Decentralization

Band Protocol is proud to announce four months after our initial collaboration with Nervos, China’s leading public blockchain ecosystem, the integration to bring reliable and secure third-party data to The Nervos CKB is complete! Nervos developers are now fully empowered to access an expansive set of price feeds and other real-world data sources with custom aggregation and update parameters to reliably secure any category of decentralized application.

The Nervos team has also developed a web application to visualize the oracle bridge including price feeds which are live on the Mainnet.

👉 Check it out here: https://oracle-bridge.ckbapp.dev/

👉 Github Repo: https://github.com/duanyytop/ckb-oracle-bridge

The partnership with Nervos was first announced in August, since then both teams have worked in close collaboration to build the bridge implementation from BandChain to Nervos. This means that Nervos developers can access premium and institutional-grade price data from crypto price aggregators such as Brave New Coin, real-world events such as weather or flight data for insurance products, and sports results.

“The completion of our integration with Band Protocol is an important milestone for our entire ecosystem but significantly DeFi developers, as they now have full access to a variety of secure, real-time data for their applications. We look forward to seeing how the Nervos community takes advantage of this opportunity and our ongoing collaboration with the Band Protocol team.”

Terry Tai, Co-Founder of Nervos

Nervos developers can also connect dApps with any open APIs via a customizable Data Oracle Script, which is programmable in Rust and any language compatible with the WebAssembly standard.

“Working closely with the leading blockchain platforms such as Nervos in China and ICON Network in South Korea position Band Protocol in the strongest position to integrate and collaborate closely with the respective decentralized application ecosystems, bringing off-chain data on-chain in a seamless and highly secure manner.”

Soravis Srinawakoon, CEO & Co-Founder of Band Protocol

Nervos will continue to work together with Band Protocol to drive adoption and set a standard for the usage of scalable and secure decentralized oracles. This deep collaboration effort begins with DeFi products and then expand into other industry verticals such as insurance, games and betting applications.
Who is a Life Partner?
Tags: Problems, Partnerships, Life Partner, Partners, Relationships

Who should be a life partner?

Is there some KIND of life partner that you need to expect?

Surely, he/she has to have that one quality,

Or more than just one quality?

The perfect one, who never makes mistakes.

The one who can never cry, even though there’s something hurting so bad.

What kind of a perfect life partner makes mistakes!

And even if they do, what should you do to be the other perfect one?

Remind them constantly about whatever wrong has happened between you two. Blame them, just keep on playing the blame game!

And yet you expect the other person to be the PERFECT LIFE PARTNER?
Oraichain and KardiaChain partnership
Tags: Oracle, Partnerships, Orai, Kardiachain, Oraichain

Dear community,

Further to the recent announcement of our strategic partnership with Rikkeisoft, we are proud to announce that Oraichain has now partnered with KardiaChain.

KardiaChain is a public blockchain platform focused on interoperability and providing hybrid blockchain solutions and infrastructure for enterprises and the government in Vietnam and other Southeast Asia countries.

Following our partnership, KardiaChain will utilize Oraichain’s AI-powered data oracle to enhance applications within their ecosystem ahead of their mainnet launch on December 29th, 2020.

The partnership extends further with Oraichain enhanced bridge that supports applications on KardiaChain to power AI services and off-chain data from within Oraichain’s network. Oraichain will also be a partner validator for mainnet to help secure the Kardia network, which is also reciprocal ahead of our mainnet in January 2021. KAI will also be a staking option when we launch our yAI.Finance DeFi staking vault.

It is an exciting time for us as we push relentlessly to focus on critical developments and take a strategic view ahead of our roadmap going into 2021.

“Our partnership with Oraichain improves KardiaChain ecosystem fundamentally by providing oracle data with AI technology. Oraichain is revolutionary and shares our vision on the advancement of blockchain. With our mainnet approaching, we look forward to our future working together.”

Huy Nguyen — CTO/CO-Founder, KardiaChain

“This is a proud moment for Oraichain and our partnership with KardiaChain will further expand both our ecosystems, boost the Vietnamese Blockchain industry and educate further our end users in Vietnam and across South East Asia.”

Dr Chung Dao, CEO Oraichain

About KardiaChain

KardiaChain provides hybrid blockchain infrastructure and solutions for enterprises and governments in Vietnam and other South East Asia countries.

KardiaChain believes that blockchain should be accessible to everyone. We invent non-invasive cross-chain technology and work with major service providers to blockchainise conventional business models. Our disruptive feature allows businesses to expedite the blockchain mass adoption process efficiently and reduce the need for educating the market. We provide more usability and blockchain features for an increasing number of service providers in the KardiaChain ecosystem.

About Oraichain

Oraichain is a data oracle platform that aggregates and connects Artificial Intelligence APIs to smart contracts and regular applications. We are building the world’s first AI-powered Oracle to revolutionize AI, DeFi, and the blockchain industry. Developers can contribute to the AI Marketplace and sell high-quality AI APIs built on Oraichain for ORAI as rewards.

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ReapChain and ICTK Holdings Collaborate on “IoT Security Logistics System”
Tags: Reapchain, Partnerships, IoT, Security, Logistics

ReapChain announced on the 17th that it has signed a business agreement with ICTK Holdings to establish a mutual strategic partnership for cooperation in the field of “Things PID-based IoT security logistics system”.

In the future, through this business agreement, the two companies plan to build their own IoT security logistics system that applies object PID, that is, object authentication system and data copy prevention (PUF) technology.

By applying advanced technologies such as IoT terminal authentication and security technology, they plan to cooperate with the development and commercialization of a blockchain-based improved cold chain, that is, a low-temperature distribution system service platform.

ReapChain is a project that aims to solve the blockchain trilemma and provide a blockchain technology that can be used in real life. It aims to expand business areas such as IoT, online voting, digital asset field (DABS), and to build a blockchain ecosystem that can be experienced in real life. In October, it was listed on KuCoin, a global cryptocurrency exchange.

ICTK Holdings is a company that has commercialized a data security technology called physical copy protection (PUF). It has acquired IoT certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS) for its IoT device security solution “Trust-Fi”.

Jake Lee, CEO of ReapChain, said, “We are planning various projects and collaborations based on the technology and confidence gained through the development of ReapChain.”

★ ReapChain Official Community

Follow the ReapChain official community and have more news!

Homepage: https://reapchain.com/

Telegram (ENG): https://t.me/ReapchainOfficialEnglish

Telegram (KR): https://t.me/joinchat/MbaQ7RaZchMzjAam9yMS0Q

Blog: https://blog.naver.com/reapchain

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReapChain/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReapChain

Bitcointalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5260297.0

Partnership and Affiliation Inquiries: reapchain@reapchain.com

Investment and Sale Inquiries: sale@reapchain.com

Project Inquiries: reapchain.official@reapchain.com
Anthem Foundation and American Lung Association Launch Nationwide Educational Campaign on Vaccine Benefits
By: Anthem Foundation
Tags: Vaccines, Vaccine Safety, Partnerships, Covid 19, News

The COVID-19 pandemic is a global public health crisis that has placed an increased focus on the importance of vaccination. Together with The American Lung Association, we are working to educate communities on the importance and benefits of vaccinations, including getting the flu shot and preparing for the COVID-19 vaccine.

To better protect individuals and their lung health with safe and effective vaccinations, the partnership will leverage a combination of broad reach and targeted grassroots efforts to connect and build community trust to encourage individuals to make informed decisions on vaccines for themselves and their families. This nationwide effort on vaccine education focuses on the flu shot as well as the importance of preparing for the COVID-19 vaccine once available, as many public health experts warn of a potential “twin-demic” of both flu and COVID-19 cases, which might overwhelm hospitals and healthcare resources.

Long-standing social and health inequities have resulted in COVID-19 hitting ethnic and racial minorities especially hard. Compared to white Americans, Black Americans are twice as likely to die from COVID-19 and Latinos 1.4 times more likely to die from COVID-19.

Anthem Foundation is committed to driving national change by strengthening our communities and addressing health inequities where we live and work. Together with the American Lung Association, we are providing access to critical community services, such as vaccines, and ensuring preventive measures are being taken in an effort to create healthier generations of Americans.
Capture, Seal, Trace, Assure Data Integrity From The Origin on the ThunderCore Blockchain
Tags: Blockchain, Partnerships, News, Thundercore

Addressing the “seeing is no longer believing” dilemma is the top motivation and priority of Numbers. We developed an image traceability framework that includes: Capture, Seal and Trace. Capture records the birth information of the media content at the point of creation and generates a certificate with unique signature. Seal uses blockchain technology to seal asset’s birth information and change-logs with immutable records. Trace tracks the assets content footprint at every level from creation to archive and plays an integral role in reducing the efforts required for verification.

Today, we are excited to announce a partnership with ThunderCore!

With the support of ThunderCore, Numbers will be able to improve performance by 10x and provide a better user experience to our users and customers. The prototype will be released by the end of 2020, and more releases will be coming in Q1 2021. Stay tuned and enjoy a photo world with less disinformation and higher performance!
TomoChain Partners with Frontier to Integrate TOMO and TRC-21 Assets into Its Cross-Chain DeFi Platform
By: Tomochain Publisher
Tags: Announcements, English, Tomochain, Partnerships

TomoChain is excited to announce an integration partnership with Frontier — a chain-agnostic DeFi aggregation layer that has added native support for TOMO and all TRC-21 assets.

This collaboration marks a meaningful step towards mass adoption of DeFi by empowering more users with access to the TomoChain ecosystem on Frontier’s cross-chain platform. It’s also a great demonstration of how much value the TomoChain blockchain can bring to the DeFi space.

Frontier is a chain-agnostic DeFi aggregation layer. Its utility token $FRONT has been available for trading on TomoChain’s LuaSwap and TomoDEX.

By entering this partnership, Frontier will integrate the native TomoChain blockchain in the DeFi interface, enabling users to Store, Spend, Track, and Receive TOMO and all other TRC21 assets. Users will also be able to connect via WalletConnect and Trust Wallet with Frontier and track their TOMO and TRC21 assets.

Kyn Chaturvedi, TomoChain CBDO shared, “Frontier’s focus on providing a blockchain agnostic solution is truly inclusive, and forward-thinking in a space that often plays favorites. Integrating TomoChain into Frontier will provide TomoChain holders with a flexible and user-friendly option to store TOMO assets alongside the rest of their portfolio while driving awareness of our ecosystem to non-TomoChain Frontier users. And as our relationship has been in full bloom for months, it’s an absolute pleasure to finally be partnering with Frontier in an official capacity as we move into the new year.”

Ravindra Kumar, Frontier CEO added that “Frontier and TomoChain share the same vision of DeFi and realise that DeFi won’t be just for one blockchain, but it will be chain — Agnostic. The talented team at TomoChain has been putting immense efforts of building protocols across chains. We are excited to partner with TomoChain who shares the same vision as we do and work alongside to boost DeFi Adoption and introduce Native TomoChain in Frontier Application.”
Oraichain and Rikkeisoft partnership — Media coverage
By: Chung Dao
Tags: Oraichain, Orai, Rikkeisoft, Partnerships

Top media outlets across the world covered the partnership announcement signifying its relevance and potential impact on the AI and Blockchain industries.

On December 10th, Oraichain and Rikkeisoft announced a strategic partnership that allows both companies to leverage synergies and expand AI Blockchain technology worldwide.

The partnership will help build the foundation of Oraichain on different areas:

Oraichain received an investment from Rikkeisoft that has secured Oraichain early stage growth. Rikkeisoft CEO and Chairman have joined Oraichain’s board and will help expand partnerships in the US and Japan. Oraichain will get access to the best talents from Rikkeisoft’s Human Resources pool. Rikkei AI Division will help drive adoption for Oraichain’s AI Marketplace building and integrating AI APIs.

We are very excited to see the partnership has resonated across the globe with some of the top media outlets covering the news. Our press release was published in more than 150 media outlets with a potential audience of more than 100 million viewers.

Some of the major global outlets included Yahoo News global site, Marketwatch, AP News or Morningstar.

Our local press release in Japanese was published in CNET Japan, kyodo.co.jp, Reuters Japan, Tech IT News Asia, hokkaido-np.co.jp, The Asahi Shimbun, Infoseek, ZDNet Japan, RBB Today and excite.co.jp amongst others. Our local press release in Traditional Chinese was published times.hinet.net, yahoo news Taiwan, ET Net, JinrihDeliver, ComputerDIY and more.

The news also reached big publishers in Singapore (AsiaOne, News Break, Money FM, Value Invest Asia), Vietnam (The Saigon Times, TechSign.in, blogkiemtien) and countries like Malaysia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia or India.

Rikkeisoft also took the opportunity to spread the news via their corporate blog, on Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn.

We would like to thank Rikkeisoft for their trust in Oraichain, we are excited for what we are building together. As always, a big thank you to our community for their continued support.

About Oraichain

Oraichain is a data oracle platform that aggregates and connects Artificial Intelligence APIs to smart contracts and regular applications. Oraichain is the world’s first AI powered Oracle aiming to revolutionize the AI, DeFi and blockchain industries.

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Moonbeam将整合均衡的跨链usd挂钩稳定币
By: Equilibrium Cn
Tags: Partnerships, Defi, Equilibrium, Eq, Chinese

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Reef Finance Partners With Kylin Network
By: Kylin Network
Tags: Partnerships, Defi, Crypto, Blockchain, Bitcoin

Reef Finance has built out a reputation as a DeFi leader in one of the most exciting places to be building: Polkadot. Therefore, we couldn’t be more pleased to announce a partnership to provide oracle services through our validated, decentralized data feeds also powered by Polkadot.

Denko Mancheski, CEO of Reef Finance:“ We are excited to offer Reef users the ability to access both off-chain and on-chain data in a cost-efficient manner in the DeFi ecosystem.”

And in addition to providing standard oracle services to better drive the reliability of the platform’s liquidity aggregation and yield engine, Kylin and Reef are also exploring novel use-cases for Reef Finance including data analytics and data feeding through our nascent data marketplace.
LAC Partners with Juno!
By: Chad Dorman
Tags: Student Loan Help Center, Money, Partnerships, College, Student Loans

We are happy to announce a partnership with Juno (formerly ), an awesome organization that uses the power of group buying to help families get lower interest rates on new student loans and student loan refinancing.

The initiative was started by a group of millennials who realized young people were drowning in student debt and wanted to do something about it. They realized that if they got a bunch of people together, they could use the power of group buying (similar to a Groupon or ) to negotiate a better deal for everyone.

A free resource, Juno gives power back to borrowers and allows people to take ownership of their financial future.

Check it out and get started by clicking here!

Questions? Contact us today — click here!
NULS and YVS Finance Form Partnership
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Yvs Finance, Partnerships, Defi, Nuls Blockchain

The NULS team is delighted to announce a new partnership with YVS Finance, an innovative project offering a unique DeFi solution. We would like to offer a warm welcome to our new partner and we look forward to a promising collaboration.

What is YVS Finance?

YVS Finance offers the first and only yield-farming, vaults, and staking deflationary token with no admin control. It is an innovative, decentralized finance project combining the best features for creating a unique, transparent, and secure yield-farming platform.

What will YVS Finance achieve with NULS?

Our vision is in line with the YVS ideals, we both strive to build and contribute to a truly open, transparent, and secure DeFi ecosystem. YVS will combine its offerings with the many advantages of NULS ecosystem and use Nerve Network’s Cross-Chain DeFi infrastructure to interact with structurally different blockchains, enjoying fast and cheap transactions.

In a first phase, YVS will introduce and use one of Nuls’ DeFi solutions, POCM. This mechanism will allow NULS holders to stake NULS and earn YVS. In the other hand, YVS will be offering yield-farming, staking, and vaults and many other interesting features planned to be released in the future to our users.

Learn more about YVS

Website: yvs.finance

Whitepaper: Whitepaper.pdf

Twitter: twitter.com/YVSFinance

Telegram: t.me/YVSFinance

Blog: blog.yvs.finance

Repository: github.com/yvs-finance/yvs-protocol

ERC-20 token contract: 0xec681f28f4561c2a9534799aa38e0d36a83cf478
Zytara to Issue ZUSD Stablecoin on DigitalBits Network
By: Rajiv Naidoo
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Partnerships, Report, Blockchain, Bitcoin

Zytara announced today the selection of the DigitalBits blockchain, alongside Ethereum for the launch of their Zytara stablecoin (ZUSD). Zytara seeks to launch a digital banking platform and payment network for Millennials and Gen Z gamers and esports enthusiasts that promotes financial literacy and inclusion for demographics long underserved by the traditional financial sector.

ZUSD will be a stablecoin created by Zytara and issued by Prime Trust, a state-chartered trust company in the United States that is also the regulated administrator for ZUSD. Each ZUSD will be 100% collateralized with a corresponding US dollar held with Prime Trust, redeemable through Prime Trust at a 1:1 ratio and subject to examinations by Cohen & Co, a national accounting firm, with reports that are made publicly available on a regular basis. ZUSD will initially launch on the Ethereum blockchain, followed by the DigitalBits blockchain as the company executes on its mission to incorporate multiple blockchains.

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By: Septiana Faza
Tags: UX Design, UX Research, UX, Ux Strategy, Application

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Obtaining a visa in France — A UX case study
Tags: UX Research, UX Design, Administration

Obtaining a visa in France — A UX case study

*Source : https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3633212

A few years ago, my Taiwanese friend asked me to accompany her to the Prefecture. She always handled everything by herself, but this one process became too complicated: she needed help. It was the first time I experienced the visa process in France and, at that time, I thought to myself “ Thankfully, my parents and I have the French citizenship, thus we don’t have to go through the process ”.

Definition

Immigrant* : a foreigner born in a foreign country and living in France.

The project

Have you ever applied for a French visa? Well, my friend’s story is the story of millions other people. It’s a story of a person landing in a France and being lost in the long and heavy process of getting a visa. As a UX Designer, I decided to work a solution to help migrant people find information and complete the bureaucratic tasks so that they can start a new life in France.

The team

Immigration is a complex issue. To understand the problem, I worked in team alongside three UX Designers. Since I have more experience as a Designer, I made sure my team focus on data and avoid making assumptions. We all took part in each step of the design process : user research (secondary research, immersion, interviews), problem statement, persona, user journey map, user flow, solution.

The research

You live for nothing during 2 years. K., a refugee from Syria, talks about the await period for his visa in France

I worked in pair with each teammate for the interviews, one interviewing while the other took notes. All the interviews were recorded with the approval of the 8 users. While collecting the data, themes were found about the visa process in France : delay, general information, cost, language barrier, solidarity, customised information. We identified the 3 biggest pain points :
Facilitação de vulnerabilidade masculina: um case de UX Research + Comunicação Não-Violenta
By: Theogenes Costa, Theo
Tags: UX Research, Nonviolent Communication, UX, Interaction Design, Comunicação Não Violenta

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New Zoom App Feature Concept
By: Quynh Nguyen
Tags: UX Design, UX Research

Project Overview

Due to the COVD-19 pandemic, many people are transitioning into using remote communication apps whether it be for school, work, or personal reasons. However, it is often difficult for users of these apps to stay engaged during their meetings and conversations. There is also a learning curve for learning the technology. In this study, we interviewed five different users of remote communication apps in order to find out how they feel about the apps and what they need to have a better experience. We found that many users heavily rely on these apps on a daily basis not only for work, but also just to keep in touch with people. We found that these users value and miss the human connection. These users all used several different apps for communicating. The most common platforms were Zoom, Slack, and Snapchat. Some interviewees stated that they really liked the screen share feature on Zoom. Others mentioned that they liked the channels on Slack and the breakout rooms on Zoom because they can connect with people better in smaller groups. We also found that these users often had a negative experience due to not knowing how to do something or with technical issues. Using the information gathered from the research, we concluded that these users need a way to collaborate and keep each other engaged.

Using the information from our research, we decided that the feature we wanted to add was going to be social subchannels that allow for users to be raffled out into random rooms when they join so that they can bond with coworkers. The social subchannels would also feature activities to do together. We drafted a low-fi and a medium-fidelity prototype of the app with our new feature and conducted two rounds of usability testing with 5 participants per round.

Problem Space Statement

Students and working professionals need a way to stay engaged with remote communication apps.
How to sell lipstick? — UX case study on Nykaa
By: Richa Arora
Tags: UX Design, UX Research, Case Study, UX, Nykaa

I neither wear makeup nor shop compulsively. Except now, I do both. Before pandemic, putting on a moisturizer was my everyday makeup ritual. It was just enough to make me feel fresh and feminine. It's only in the lockdown that getting ready and applying makeup felt cathartic to me.

Just FYI

This act of self-indulgence during the economic downturn is called the lipstick effect.

The Lipstick Effect occurs when consumers continue to spend their money on small indulgences during recessions, economic downturns, or when they have very little cash in hand. They may not have enough to spend on big-ticket luxury items. However, most still find the money to purchase small luxury items, such as premium lipstick.

Backstory

A lot of my female friends unapologetically confessed of shopping makeup online in the lockdown. What I found even more interesting was the fact that they also felt that they spend more when ordering from Nykaa. So I thought of analysing the both Nykaa and Myntra app.

Speak of the devil and devil is…

I have bought makeup on Myntra as well as Nykaa, but every time I order from Nykaa app I end up stockpiling makeup. This led me to compare both the apps, i.e. Myntra and Nykaa, to understand what is Nykaa doing differently.

Nykaa is slaying the makeup game!

Add to bag

Numerous proven studies say beauty products are often bought on impulse. Buying a perfect shade of lipstick immediately boost consumer’s dopamine levels. Hence placing the high contrast button with action-oriented copy ‘ADD TO BAG’ in the product list is a smart choice. Although the button increases the complexity of the listing page but having active ‘OFFER’ on the items also increases the chances of conversion.
My Senior UX Designer taught me to save time in less than 2 minutes
Tags: UX Design, UX Research, User Experience, UX, User Research

He explained it very precisely, that too in pointers.

Early Requirement Gathering

Gather inputs from stakeholders and users at the very beginning of your process.

Spend as much time as possible to understand the problem during this phase. It often becomes difficult and more time consuming to do requirements gathering from stakeholders once you are in the wireframe stage.

When you understand the requirements better, your quality and speed of designing improve tremendously.

Getting over bounded rationality.

Start on paper to unintentionally not imitate designs.

Designers often unknowingly get stuck to designs they have seen or made earlier when designing a new product.

It happens without you noticing. But once you are done with your design, it feels so similar to the previous one.

Especially if it’s a similar product, your new designs may have an overbearing similarity to existing designs. To overcome this, get all the designs in your head out on paper.

Then, start afresh. While this may seem like you’re taking more time initially, it will save a lot of time in the future.

Design vetting

Have your designs vetted by developers in the initial stages itself. They have a better knowledge of development feasibility and UI response behavior.

When you involve them in meetings early itself, you’ll know what can and cannot be implemented on your designs.

This prevents you from going ahead with designs that later have to be removed because of technological constraints.

Copy leads to design.

Start designing layouts only after considering all the required copies. For example, while designing header navigation, start with placing all the copy needed for the context.

Based on the copy, work on the layout and visual elements. It’s fundamentally wrong to be restricted by the layout.

If you start designing the layout without the actual copy, you may have to make design adjustments later, which may not be ideal.

Design for a scalable future

When you’re designing a product, keep in mind the future scalability goals. This ensures that you don’t have to spend time re-architecting later.

For example, while designing an e-commerce site, plan your information architecture after considering the features and functionalities you’d like to have in future designs.

Stick to a process

Decide on a design process for a project and stick to it. Doing this ensures that you don’t keep moving between design stages and waste time.

For example, when you stick to a systematic process, you‘ll know when to move on from the wireframing stage, and your manager or clients won’t compel you to jump between the stages.

These are some of the ways senior designers optimize their time. They consider long term goals and prioritize their time accordingly.
ACGN紙上談兵005 — 辛勤的基層遊戲測試員們(Game testers)
By: Steven Dong
Tags: UX Research, Game Development, Game Testing

Senior Human Factors Engineer @ Microsoft. Like to write about UX, Human Factors, US life, and ACGN. 隨手寫寫關於UX、人因工程、旅美生活、以及動漫遊戲，目前於微軟西雅圖總部擔任資深人因工程師
Aprochevar las oportunidades de UX que nos dejó el COVID
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Tags: UX Research, Toolkit, Cx, UX

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¿Por qué decidí especializarme en UX Design?
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UX’e Dair Bir Takım Bilgicikler V.2
By: Fatih Demir
Tags: UX Design, UX Research, Ux Method, UX

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Affinity diagrams are a great method to help you make sense of all your information when you have a lot of mixed data…
UX without research
By: Marcin Wozny
Tags: UX Research, UX, Product Design

This title is neither a portability…. nor a metaphor for some designer problem. No. We simply — sometimes we have to design without contact with the user. But one by one…

Research as a basis for UX — this is mantra. There is nothing to discuss with this. We all know the full project cycle, definition of project sprints etc. etc. It seems to me that this is the “secret” in the industry, but it should be said out loud. Yes — sometimes I ignore user tests in the design process.

I know that I do wrong, but if I face a choice: Deliver an untested project, and not deliver the project at all, because there is no time for testing — I choose the former. Why? The key word is here: deliver.

Between UX Designer and user is Business. Business dictates the pace of product development. Business is your link with the user. It determines the delivery process. The undelivered effect of your work can land in a drawer and no one will bend over it.

Someone could say that UX without research is a fortune teller. But really? Do you really need research to design an MVP? I don’t like this comparison, but it fits like nowhere: This is not rocket technology. Research, benchmark, improvise and most importantly: remember that the result of your work is only the first step. After all, the product will be developed.

Either way, the tests will be carried out, and since we’re living on the product — this is the result of a business decision and your job as UX Designer is to make them aware of it.

Of course — in an ideal world business is aware of the importance of UX in product development. In an ideal world. If you don’t have the comfort of working in a user-centered body — fight, improvise and bite like a small monkey. If you do not provide (even temporary) solutions, nobody will do it for you.
ParticipApp! — UX/UI Case Study. An app that gives voice to the daily…
By: Julia Besada Viñas
Tags: UX Research, Ui Ux Design, Ux Ui Bootcamp, Ux Ui Product Designer, Ux Writing

Introduction

During the 2 and a half months that we were studying a UX/UI Design Bootcamp at UXER School, we embarked on the creation of a product that would contribute to promoting citizen participation.

Initially, we did not know that this was going to be the theme of our project, because at first, we chose Smart Cities as the main theme. But, after analyzing all the fields that are part of the Smart Cities theme, we decided to focus on the people part and, within this, we decided to focus on Citizen Participation, since we consider that it is one of the pillars that must work for a city to develop socially and improve.

USERS : Urban citizens from 30 to 65 years old, with any level of technologies usage.

: Urban citizens from 30 to 65 years old, with any level of technologies usage. PRODUCT : Mobile digital app.

: Mobile digital app. TEAM : Andrea Camacho (UX/UI Researcher & Designer), Itxaso Ferreras (UX/UI Designer), Julia Besada (UX/UI Designer) and Litzanna Marmolejos (UX Designer & Researcher).

: Andrea Camacho (UX/UI Researcher & Designer), Itxaso Ferreras (UX/UI Designer), Julia Besada (UX/UI Designer) and Litzanna Marmolejos (UX Designer & Researcher). TOOLS : Slack, Miro, Hangouts, Photoshop, Figma.

: Slack, Miro, Hangouts, Photoshop, Figma. STRATEGY & METHODOLOGY: Design Thinking & Lean UX.

Goal

Our goal was to get people actively involved to improve their environment, while creating a sense of community in them.

Current context

We live in an increasingly individualistic society. Cities have become big places where everything happens very quickly. More than half of the world’s population lives in cities with more than 300,000 inhabitants, and its growth has also accelerated since the end of the last millennium, so that by 2050 this percentage will already reach 70% of the world’s population.

At the same time, cities have become cold and impersonal places. According to various studies, the risk of suffering from anxiety is 21% higher for those who live in cities, who also have a 39% increase in the incidence of mood disorders. This is due, among other things, to the accelerated pace of life, but also to the lack of human contact, isolation and the feeling of loneliness felt by many people who live in large cities. These feelings, in addition, have been increased after the COVID pandemic.

As a conclusion, it could be said that people who live in big cities miss having close relationships with which to share projects. They would like to be part of something. However, despite this, the involvement of people in citizen projects has decreased in recent years, so we were not very clear about what people think and feel about citizen participation.
How I learned to Conduct UX Audits in 2 Minutes
Tags: UX Research, Audit, User Experience, UX, User Experience Design

How to conduct a UX Audit?

The steps in a UX audit will vary depending upon the time and budget allotted for that particular project. Some audits will take a couple of days, while others will last for several weeks.

Here we are discussing a 10 step process.

This may be accomplished in an onboarding survey or stakeholder interviews. The first step is to gather analytical data on the website. This helps us understand user behaviors and motivations.

Based on the data collected and the user goals, the next step is to establish the metrics that need to be monitored.

Analytical data focuses on users’ interactions, but it doesn’t provide any information about users’ decision-making processes, needs, or concerns. To do gather this information, we need to conduct user research.

Conversions won’t improve just by looking at the website or the app.

Hence, we look at the website’s traffic, ranking, and usability to determine how the client’s website stacks up. In this step, the main goal is to analyze the user interface and understand whether it is easy to use. This can be accomplished through user testing or a screen-by-screen usability analysis, or a heuristics evaluation.

We look at how we can boost website conversions by improving brand visibility and consistency on the site. Visual identity comprises the logo, imagery, colors, and creative design.

All these can create an emotional connection with the users, and we need to identify whether all these are clearly communicating with the users. The main goal of web accessibility is to make sure all people, including those with disabilities, have equal use of our website and it’s content.

After the UX and Visual Design reviews are done, we’re ready to start reviewing the site’s content. But obviously, we can’t read the entire site or entire blog posts or chunks of data available on the website. We can use analytics data and find out where there is a lower conversion or retention, and we can concentrate on that particular screen or page.

Once we have gathered all the data from the different steps.

Once all the data from the various steps have been gathered, it should be analyzed to understand how the product is being used and where users run into difficulties.

This information should be condensed into a document that conveys our findings & recommendations to the client or a wider team.

This document is called a UX Audit Report.