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Can you dry clean at your home?
By: Amit Rawat
Tags: Startup

Do you often wonder if you could dry clean your clothes at home? Why is it that we have to rely on dry cleaning and laundry services all the time for heavy clothes? By now, you might have gone through the internet, browsed a dozen of web pages to find the right answer, but probably you have come up empty-handed and this is the main reason why you are glued to this article, finally hoping for the best way to dry clean at home. Well, take a deep breath because the truth is, you can’t dry clean at home unfortunately. However, there are a few alternatives, which will surely make your task easier. The tips we are going to share will keep your items fresher and you will not have to hire a professional again and again for dry cleaning. Read on.

1. Got vodka at home, grab it

No, we are not asking you to completely drown your pair of jeans in vodka, that will be a waste of some real fine beverage, right! Vodka can keep your clothes away from foul smell. All you got to do is buy a spray bottle, you can either order for it online or go to the nearest store and buy one. Fill the spray bottle with some vodka and simply spray it on the piece of clothing you would like to make scent-free. Vodka can easily neutralise the leftover from your daily wear.

2. Use some steam

Imagine a situation where you know what you would like to wear for the fine dining experience with your date and realizing that the dress you wanted to wear is not washed! And even if it washed, it is inside the wardrobe. Well, getting your dress dry cleaned will surely solve a lot of problem, but because you need it right away. Use a steamer instead. Steamers are fast to work with and they can easily tackle with the wrinkles and creases of your dress effortlessly.

3. Rub some alcohol

If you don’t have vodka at home, then here’s another remedy for you. You see some stain on your favourite garment and unfortunately this garment has to be strictly dry cleaned only, then don’t lose your patience. Probably, the garment doesn’t really need complete dry cleaning at all. If its just a stain, then why worry. Get a cotton ball and pour some alcohol on it and now rub it on the spot where you see the stain. This way, the stain will be gone, and you will save some time for yourself as well, before you hand it over to a dry cleaning service.

Last words

Even though these tips will help you temporarily, you will still be in a tight spot when days go by and then you will need to call someone to dry clean all the clothes for you. Fabrics, for example, velvet, suede, wool, and silk, are extremely delicate and you don’t have any other choice, but to dry clean then, think about booking an appointment with Klikly, who provide home pick up and drop facility and will take care of all your delicate clothes just like their own.
Zimmawu Reeves — The daily role of an IT professional
By: Zimmawu Reeves
Tags: Information Technology, It Professionals, Technology, Startup, Zimmawu Reeves

When you hear about an Information Technology professional, do you have a clear understanding of what it really means or what they do? Computers became an important a part of our day to day life and are employed in every industry sector like education, communication, business, recreation, construction, medicine, defense and so on. information technology is being employed for developing promoting methods for entrepreneurs and businessmen, used in accounting software system for financial institutions, in the development of a database for economical communication, resource management, and customers, or in the development of tools and instrumentation for agriculture, defense, medicine, engineering, etc.

Job Description of An Information Technology Professional:

Information technology indicates the transfer or alternative use of data through PCs or computer systems. IT professionals do a number of various tasks and are the experts that take a look at, build, install, repair, or maintain the hardware and server systems in one or additional locations.

· Technical Support:

In this field an Information Technology professional deals with PC, laptop repair and maintenance, installation and set up, configuration, etc.

· Networking:

IT professionals install networks and oversee the economical functioning of those network systems.

· Web and Website Designing:

IT professionals may also design, develop, and maintain websites and web content.

· Programming:

IT professionals develop and design programs for various functions, including operating systems, games, and word processors.

· Database creation:

An IT professional develops and designs information software system to update and manage various kinds of databases.

· Software Package Development:

An IT professional develops software systems to manage various functions like production, resources, finances, etc.

Skills to be an IT professional:

There’s no doubt that each IT professional must have some solid technical training which can include certifications or a degree in computer science or a connected discipline. An excellent IT professional should also be consultative and have a strong understanding of innovation and emerging technologies.
What is this “remote work” all about?
By: Madilad Almassy
Tags: Engagement, Soft Skills, Startup, Remote Work

Tons of NGOs and digital companies advocate remote work, but only a few people truly understand what is this concept is all about.

First thing, first. There are two perspectives embed in this sentence. The first one is enterprise-oriented and the second one professional oriented. In fact, this is all about the same thing, but initiatives, demands and also the journeys are completely different.

Today, I´ll give light to the enterprise´s environment. Amid all the noise made by professionals, if an enterprise is not ready for this change, it will be difficult to handle some professionals that are claiming to have more quality time with their families. The speed in which the professionals are turning remote-friendly is more than the enterprises are able to handle. If finding a 4.0 professional with Soft Skills is quite a nightmare, imagine when those professionals migrate to this new modality.

The enterprise environment is missing a piece of this puzzle. Exactly the piece that embraces this new culture and the very same one that concentrates efforts on the new human resources policies, communicating procedures, coordinating, and building comradery across teams and promoting this new trend.

Sync the expectative of 4.0 professionals together with enterprise sales operations planning might not be a smooth pathway. Few initiatives are dedicated to understanding the enterprises with tons of systems to interconnect and their old policies about labor and deliverables.

Managers, on the other hand, might not be interested in this “remote” movement simply because since ancient times human being loves “the power”, and this kind of “management” on a face-to-face level still plays an important role in our society. Employees need also to be prepared for this shift. It is not a day to night decision and above all, hierarchy plays an important role in old fashion professionals. These are just a few examples of how this journey might be difficult for enterprises that aim to enjoy this trip.

Needless to say that it is indeed a very pleasant journey. Why, you may ask? Just because there is a cost decrease involved, because of the pleasure to have autonomous and fully committed professionals and above all the possibility of expanding the enterprise penetration in other markets without being physically there.

It is more than a trend. It is a new perspective enterprises have to consider for their own business if, of course, they are aiming at the next level. Let´s cut the strings with the past. Shall we?

The journey is long but always starts with the first step.
#meetthementor — Heidrun Twesten. Mentor Interview and Top Tip
By: Next Media Accelerator
Tags: Meet The Mentor, Startups, Storytelling, Next Media Acclerator, Heidrun Twesten

Mentor Interview and Top Tip

What does it take to make an accelerator unique?

What does it take to make its portfolio thrive? One essential pillar is a broad network of mentors, who dedicate their spare time in order to support the startups in their field of expertise. In our format #meetthementor we are introducing the faces who help our startups scale their businesses. First off is Heidrun Twesten — with her concept of STORYDISTILLING. But read for yourselves in the interview…

1.) Please introduce yourself — who are you and since when do you mentor at NMA?

I am a Storydistiller, Corporate & Startup Advisor and Founder & Managing Partner of Impacct GmbH. We focus on developing equity stories that drive company value. Since 1996, I have developed numerous (equity) stories for IPOs, private and public companies as well as startups and personalities. Back in 2015, I startet mentoring at NMA with their first batch.

2.) You got more than two decades of experience in the startup orbit — let us know, what does it take to become a founder?

Mainly, it takes guts to become a founder. The strong will to actively drive change — and take the personal risk to do so. Research came up with only one characteristic that’s more prominent/frequent in entrepreneurs than in employees: resilience. My personal experience shows that successful founders listen particularly well, accept advice and criticism constructively and implement what they have learned quickly. Last not least, it helps a lot to be a likeable person who loves selling.

3.) You met many startups so far. Did you see changes or a development into a certain direction over the past 5 years?

Professionalism of teams has increased over the last years — as has the support of a growing ecosystem. And I am very happy to see some more female founders and higher diversity (age, nationality) in tech startups here recently.

4.) Sourcing stories can be one of the hardest parts of storytelling — what is your approach? How do you tell a story right?

The key is to first distill and clearly define the core story — and use it as the content base of all communication. If this is done well it isn’t at all hard to source stories as they arise nearly automatically from an authentic foundation. A well told story engages its audience — so it’s key to know who exactly you want to listen and what they need.

5.)Your field of expertise is story development — in a nutshell — what is the number one thing every startup should know about it and why? What is the most important advice you have when it comes to storytelling?

Everyone and every organisation has a story. My most important advice is to take the time and effort to dig deep to find it and then work hard to tell it compellingly. Good startup stories are always rooted in the personal WHY of their founders — which fits well with the fact that investors’ main reason to invest is the quality of the team.
The Spirit of Entrepreneurship
Tags: Technology, Entrepreneurship, 10yearsofciie, Startup

The Spirit of Entrepreneurship

There are some who become entrepreneurs by serendipity. And there are those who nurture their entrepreneurial aspirations and plan the path ahead in great detail. Senthil Kanthaswamy was passionate about entrepreneurship ever since his early college days. Upon graduating, he became a part of an idea think-tank where he exchanged ideas big enough to build the next Instagram or Top Box along with fellow tech enthusiasts. This is where he met his co-founder Shyam Anandaraman, an ex-Gold- man Sachs analyst. After months of deliberating on various ideas, they converted a friend’s apartment into their temporary headquarters and in 2013 founded Turing Research Labs Pvt Ltd. Their offering was Frilp, an application that connects users with local businesses and services through trusted recommendations of their friends and colleagues.

Being a first-time entrepreneur, it has been an arduous journey. Only when they started, Senthil realized how little he knew. He remembers the early days when he fumbled with running an organisation and made some embarrassing mistakes. He realized early on that to execute a large vision and to translate that vision into a reality, each and every employee of the company must have trust and belief in it. Senthil learnt that it is this ownership of the vision that gives everyone — engineers, salespersons, just about everyone — a purpose, and that purpose manifests as enthusiasm and commitment towards the organization

“Be prepared!”

One of the most difficult moments for Senthil was when he had to let go. He, along with his team, had put their heart and soul into building Turing. When there was a flux in their landscape, there were two choices available to him: continue with slower growth because of the limited funds or accept an offer of acquisition by Freshdesk which came with a potential for accelerated growth. For a founder who puts everything into creating an enterprise, getting acquired is as close to heartbreak as it can be.

Senthil experienced this heartbreak too. Turing was acquired by Freshdesk in 2015.

However, in hindsight, Senthil accepts that the acquisition turned out to be a blessing. He recalls that experience akin to getting ‘reserve rocket fuel’ which powered them along the path of solving the problems they so wanted to solve. Accepting this acquisition was a challenge for him. It was the Turing team that gave him the strength to accept and work with this choice

Senthil had always dreamt of becoming an entrepreneur. His experience, filled with spice and adventures, has made this decision worthwhile. He believes entrepreneurship is a euphemism for being plagued with doubts, for being letdown, forgetting bruised over and over again, and receiving support and warmth from close ones. Would he do it again? ‘Most certainly so’, he says!
WebSummit 2019 Impressions
By: Vitaliy Mokosiy
Tags: Boston Dynamics, Websummit, Startup, Werner Vogels

Talks are better than they say

WebSummit visitors underestimate talks. They say that networking is a king and talks are mostly useless. I want to challenge this.

Most of the talks and discussion panels take 20–25 minutes. It resembles TED talks, doesn’t it? I believe, when you are well prepared, the 20-minute timespan is good enough to convey a message. My three days of talk listening at various stages fully confirmed the opinion.

Takeaways driven by WebSummit talks

Got inspired by Werner Vogels (Amazon CTO), Katherine Maher (Wikimedia CEO) talks and the story of Uretskiy brothers who founded Digital Ocean.

Katherine Maher speaking about trust level in the world

Marc Raibert, Boston Dynamics CEO, introduced his new robots. The smallest one went entered the stage and showed his skills. It was mixed feelings of excitment and anxiety when you understand that you see a predecessor of the robot who will decide: to make friends with humans or to kill them.

Meet the robot named Spot!

How to dominate App store. Discussion panel with Olexandr Kosovan, MacPaw CEO and Riccardo Zacconi, King CEO. It was inspiring to hear and compare both opinions about product growth.

Olexandr Kosovan and Riccardo Zacconi

Wai Lee, Garmin director, said: “Think out of factory. Ideas are just your raw materials.”

Wai Lee from Garmin

Brave — fast and secure browser by Brendan Eich, Javascript creator.

Blocks ads by default. Rewards for users having ads enabled: BAT cryptocurrency exchangeable to Bitcoin and Etherium.

Brendan Eich and his Brave browser

Thomas Readon, CTRL-Labs, showed his neural interface. The future is here. It’s just amazing how their technology empowers humans!

Also, I saw my favourite football Ronaldinho and the fastest-growing kind of sports he promotes— Teqball.

Ronaldinho

And of course, I learned about a set of new tools for myself to try out: Unbabel, Usertesting.com, automated video ads creation, Slido.

WebSummit side events

When you go to WebSummit, explore other events before, during and after the show. There is plenty of them because WebSummit itself lures thousands of people from top high tech communities. I seized on opportunity to visit two of the side events:
Book Sips #1 — Hooked by Nir Eyal & Ryan Hoover
By: Josh Morales
Tags: Habit Building, Hooked, Book Sips, Startup, Product Design

First thing you do in the morning? Checking your smartphone (and you do it more than 150 times a day). Last thing you do at night? Watching a show (not necessarily in TV).

In ‘Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products’ by Nir Eyal (@eyal99) we are taught in…well, creating addicting experiences that users can’t resist and how companies take advantage of it with a myriad of examples. Check out this one: ‘Yin (not her real name) is in her mid-twenties, lives in Palo Alto and attends to Stanford University. She has all the composure and polish you’d expect of a student at a prestigious school, yet she succumbs to a persistent habit throughout her day. She can’t help it; she is compulsively hooked on Instagram.’

‘It’s just fun, I don’t have a problem or anything. I just use it whenever I saw something cool. I feel I need to grab it before it’s gone.’

There’s no need to panic. Be aware and next time you state ‘I don’t have time for this’ remember you can freely choose between a book or a remote control (otherwise, the decision will be taken for you).

#joshdixit
How the gig economy is recasting a career for future generations?
By: Deepa Hegde
Tags: Freelancing, Supply Chain, Future Of Work, Gig Economy, Startup

Gig Economy is the term used to define a workforce environment comprising of short term engagements, part-time jobs, temporary contracts in a commonplace. It is also referred to as freelancers economy.

Taskmo (FeedMyPockets Formerly) - Gig Economy (Vol.56)

Gig economy is a free market system in which temporary job roles are common and organizations get into a contract with independent workers for short term engagements. These independent contractors are termed as gigsters.

Today’s gig economy is evolving and many start-ups are leveraging on its benefits for their employment. Gig economy is very beneficial especially for the younger generation as many of them do not prefer to be one stable job for a long duration of time. With changing times and the attitude in which employment is looked at these days, the gig economy is the most viable and economical solution. It benefits the gigsters as well as the organizations employing them.

Thanks to the gig economy, today the younger generation also referred to as millennials have a wide range of career options to choose from. Also if they choose a particular carrier and are not happy with the same, they have an option to switch to other fields easily. Gig economy gives them the flexibility to do more than just a job. So they are able to earn as well as either take up their passion or studies. If need be they can take a break as well and get back to earning as per their comfort. This is a major benefit that the gig economy provides and hence most millennials prefer being gigsters.

Gig economy is redefining the way employment is taking place. It is also redefining the way people can earn money. Earlier getting a good and stable job was the norm. But thanks to the gig economy, this is not the norm any longer. Millennials want to start earning young and fast and hence as they are graduating they take up various part-time jobs contributing to the gig economy. Millennials today are easily bored and don’t want to be doing the same job lifelong. Here is where the gig economy helps, as they can switch various jobs easily. This way they are on short term projects and there is no boredom. Millennials don’t want to have only one career option. They want to experiment and have experience in other career options as well. Gig economy helps them achieve this. Millennials today know the importance of having more than one income source, hence prefer doing two or three part-time projects. Gig economy helps them achieve this.

As we can see, the gig economy is made to match the changing times. It is made to match the attitude of the millennials. Hence it is the future economy. It allows millennials the freedom of experimenting and gives them a huge earning platform from various sources. Gig Economy is the future way of employment.
Interesting — and slightly dangerous for the scroller-reader — many entrepreneurs out there.
By: Marcio S Galli
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Lean Startup, Startup

Interesting — and slightly dangerous for the scroller-reader — many entrepreneurs out there. I say this because the word “version” is a word that has a strong meaning specially for programmers — and implies the idea of linearity or growth. Maybe that concept can be applicable at a later stage but then should we call that an MVP?

In alignment with the view presented by Eric Ries in his book The Startup Way, I like to think of the MVP as a fragment that does not even get versioned — maybe that notion that is confined to the MVP hypothesis itself, an experiment.

Looking from this point of view if makes us think that the very world MVP could be a mistake to the initial stages. We can feel that due to the amount of articles that attempts to fix the meaning.

The problematic question comes anyway when these initial experiments are to start forming a potential product, say in the direction of a potential materialisation. That is a point when people start versioning thing, thus at a later stage perhaps there is grown up MVP that have sub-hypothesis— would you know reference materials that explains this point with more clear organization of ideas please add here.
3 Most Effective Practices for Scaling [SFOX]
By: Michelle Mao
Tags: Sfox, Effectiveness, Startup

SFOX is a cryptocurrency prime dealer founded in 2014. It is currently 30+ employees strong and in the past year doubled in company size. They are by no means a large company but their rapid growth does suggest a success in scaling. Based on a call with co-founder Akbar, listed below are what I identified as the 3 most effective practices he and his co-founder George put in place to bring SFOX to its success today.

1. Frequent communication

“We don’t have a management structure…but we do talk every day though,” Akbar said when asked about SFOX’s management, “so everyone is aware of who’s working on what.” He also shared that though he and George work in different cities, they call every other day to ensure that they are identifying and tackling problems together.

2. Hiring up

“The person I’m hiring has to be smarter than me” -Akbar

3. Hire slow fire fast

Usually we hear of two models for recruitment and retention: “hire fast, fire fast” and “hire slow, fire slow.” However, SFOX chose a third option: hire slow, fire fast. What this means is that they invest a lot of time and energy into hiring the right people into the team, which to SFOX means 1) smarter than the person hiring them, 2) passion for the product (crypto trading or blockchain), 3) self-disciplined, and 4) open-minded. When someone does not deliver, however, they will not hesitate to let them go.
To Tell You the Truth…You’re Screwed
By: Gary Ryan Blair
Tags: Life, Life Lessons, Personal Development, Self Improvement, Startup

“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.” ― Mark Twain

To tell you the truth…

This is why you need to wake up, grow up and get serious.

You will become rich only when you get serious about becoming rich and not one second sooner.

You will get in great physical shape only after you get serious about getting in great physical shape.

You will make advances in your career or business only after you decide to get serious and make excellence your operating standard.

You will enjoy a great marriage only after you decide to get serious about having a great marriage and certainly not one second sooner.

Until you decide to wake up, grow up and get serious about changing your life…making your dreams come true and fast tracking your goals…you will forever remain in the situation you are now in.

Why? It’s very simple…decision always precedes action.

To tell you the truth…

Eventually we all reach our own psychological puberty and come to accept the truth that we need to be own hero…we need to do our own pushups…we need to wake up, grow up and get serious…and that it’s up to us to make our lives a masterpiece.

Is today the day?

Gary Ryan Blair is creator of the 100 Day Challenge…a radical approach to goal achievement that shows people how to achieve 10X size goals by applying the methods and best practices of growth hacking. Get all the details here.

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High in the sky: MEng students and SkyDeck startups come together for a night of networking
By: Berkeley Master Of Engineering
Tags: Ucberkeley, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Students, Startup

High in the sky: MEng students and SkyDeck startups come together for a night of networking

On Tuesday, October 15, 2019, Berkeley Master of Engineering students and startups from SkyDeck, UC Berkeley’s number one startup incubator, convened for a night of networking.

Arriving at the scenic top floor of the Chase Building in Downtown Berkeley just in time to appreciate the sunset, MEng students first heard presentations from the startups in attendance about their work and open roles, and then networked with the company representatives in an informal setting.

Startups in attendance ranged from those working on making hearing aids more customizable (Concha Labs) to those developing more efficient energy storage (Coreshell Technologies). Many companies were also actively recruiting for open positions on their teams, from machine learning roles to web application development.

“This event was a great opportunity for the innovative technology startups in SkyDeck to interact with Berkeley’s Master of Engineering students,” said Brian Bordley, Director of Deal Sourcing and Operations at the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund. “It was a lot of fun and because of the informal format, people were able to open up and be comfortable. People shared their experiences and stories.”
ثورة. Where will this lead? The Lebanese have…
By: Mark A
Tags: Lebanon, Social Media, Change, Beirut, Revolution

ثورة

Where will this lead? The Lebanese have been revolting against the sectarian system for a whole month now.

The revolution shall not be televised has never been less true. This revolution has been adopted by social media. Around the world, the Lebanese people are working together to make their voices heard.

The people are communicating, in many more ways than ever. Whether it’s the streets of Beirut, Tripoli, or Tyre, you can feel the sense of a forthcoming change. This time feels different.

The Lebanese never disappoint. She, who was just feasting on seafood poolside just a couple months ago, is there. Next to her is the young man that just finished his afternoon prayer. The old man next to him is encouraging every young person to continue on, hoping for a different Lebanon than the one he lived. The young, the old, the poor, and even the well-off, are there together, united as one. And don’t forget about the expat who, when not organizing and attending his own city’s protest, is watching every moment through his smartphone.

Social media deserves its own respect as well. The availability of information in real-time has allowed for never before available methods of communication. The combined brain power of the Lebanese all over the world is enabled and is evident.

A moment of reflection on the past 30 days leaves one in a state of mixed emotions. Proud, happy, angry, fearful, hopeful, and many more…

Is it worth it?
Of Lazy African Youths & Disconnection From Our Realities…
By: Olumuyiwa Bada, Penpoint Communications
Tags: Nigeria, Leadership, Africa, Emancipation, Revolution

Over the past few days, I have engaged in deep discussions with a fellow Nigerian currently based in South Africa, especially since the recent spates of Xenophobic attacks against Nigerian and other Black African victims. A situation which came to a head few days ago with youths all over Nigeria attempting to retaliate by looting or attempting to burn DStv, Shoprite, PEP, MTN and other businesses of South African origin even if unbeknownst to them, they are partly owned by Nigerians.

We talked about the quality of leadership and follower-ship, or a lack of, across the continent and the curious conundrum of the worst of us leading the best of us. We theorized and pontificated as countless others have. We have pointed accusing fingers at others especially the ‘lazy youths’, who despite our numerical advantage, have largely failed to muster enough care or should I say, umbrage, to either cause their to be a change or to be more engaged in running nations that should be largely theirs but are still being ruled by gerontocrats.

We also discussed the quality of education that we get, especially the type we get from home and the resulting predisposition to timidity for the average African youth, quite different from the way our parents approached life and engaged their governments and public leaders. Of course we discussed the systematic disqualification of young people from benefiting and participating in the key aspects of national life and decision making (of which the scam called electocracy does not count.)

We wondered why most young people seem to have psychologically checked out of this entity called Nigeria, the continued existence of which we either collective refuse to negotiate or get more involved in giving an identity more akin to what it should represent to us. We wonder why there is no more concern for what Omoyele Sowore’s continued detention means to the rest of us.

We concluded that something very drastic, maybe even revolutionary must be brewing underground and how it may even start from the Northern part of the country because those guys seem to have more heart for such risky endeavours as against the timidity or sheer lack of umbrage of the average southern youth. We wonder if this happened, it would catch on with other African nations.

We finally wondered if it this would truly help us because our problems are age long and a resolution will need the buy in of a critical mass of the people. We wonder if we (Nigerian youths) have the resilience and discipline needed to lead and sustain such a movement to lead us to emancipation. We wonder if it is not too late.

Wonder with us guys, shall we continue to live like this? Shall we intervene and if yes, how?

We wait to hear your suggestions.
Questions of Ragnarök
By: Rishabh Choudhari
Tags: Liberty, Social Contract, Authoritarianism, Government, Revolution

Questions of Ragnarök

Thomas Hobbes argued for “the mutual relationship between protection and obedience.” He was an Englishman who had lived through the civil war, a conflict which traumatized a decade as ideologs and opportunists gambled power between the Monarchy and Parliament. Hobbes’ experience caused him to realize the dangers of an unyielding desire for liberty, his magnus opus the Leviathan argued against the current of revolutionary Europe. He believed in obedience to a government, even a tyrannical one, was necessary to preserve peace, order, and prevent the loss of life. His work may seem ridiculous to some, even dangerous perhaps; however, are global events not suggestive of his thesis. The French Revolution resulted in what? A short lived republic which was nothing more than a façade for murderous tyranny, and a belligerent empire which left a continent bleeding at the hands of a despotic hegemon. What of the dictatorships of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas which arose in the vacuum of previous tyrants. What of the Arab Spring, what was the result of the desperate desire for the decimation of tyrants and the flames of liberty to be burned bright? A fire that engulfed a burned down house of cards. Everyday average people, human beings who just want to spend time with their families, make some money, and have a satisfying life; did they ask for revolution, and did they truly comprehend the price?

“Give me Liberty or give me Death,” Patrick Henry’s famous words. But what of the majority of people who wish to live, to not die, to not see their loved ones perish? What of the average human?

It is easy to be idealistic. However, we must ask these questions during this current period of time which has seen the rise of authoritarianism. Nations, such that of China, proving and expanding the philosophy of obedience to a supreme totalitarian state. Leaders all over the world, and across the political spectrum, who mask their crave for infinite hereditary power with democracy. A devious media which has abandoned the principles of the fourth estate, to be reduced to the pet guard dogs of ideologs. An advanced connected population herded by a few barking dogs. This is a time period when the Anti-Fascists are the best examples of Fascism. Authoritarianism, totalitarianisms, and legalism will dominate this coming decade and maybe even beyond. The high interconnectedness of the globe means that no longer will Revolutions be contained to a spot on the map. The Arab Spring spread through a little online blue bird across two continents. The bells of liberty will soon start ringing, and as the clock of the reaper strikes midnight we will have to chose to either fill his bowl of blood or take the whippings of peace.

Thomas Hobbes work should now weigh on the mind of the modern human, for now we carry the capacity of Ragnarök. Is the average person willing to pay the price of Liberty? This question must be answered in the coming years, for once Ragnarök starts there is no Valhalla left to run back to.
Another excellent article!
By: Dr Kylie Harris
Tags: Revolution, Bernie Sanders, Gaslighting, Awakening, Empowerment

Another excellent article! This is certainly a time for empowerment and harnessing the collective power that ignites when we “awaken” from the abuse of political gaslighting. It is like awakening from a collective delusion. Unfortunately, I don’t think the “dark night of the soul” has fully set in yet… I think the world is still in the preceding psychosis. Certainly, America is very much stuck in a collective delusion if the majority still cannot see that Bernie stands for everything that could help pull them out of this pandemic nightmare and create the “new normal” that you describe. But the awakening is occurring and that is hopeful. The “learned helplessness” that has engulfed those who do not fall into the 1% is dissolving. The collective fire is igniting. I hope enough of us worldwide can let it rip in a productive and constructive way, in order to co-create a new normal that serves humanity, rather than continuing to serve the plates and fill the hip pockets of that 1%. The time for a global consciousness revolution has arrived.
Webeaucracy
By: Jonathan Stevens
Tags: Webeaucracy, Politics, Collaboration Tools, Crowdsourcing, Revolution

This is a call to arms. Well pens. Clicks!

Bureaucracy in its simplest form is people, following rules, to create a product. Webeaucracy then is people using collaborative internet utilities to create product.

Each advance in communications technology — writing, printing, telecommunications — has ushered in a new era of political discourse. Each of these advances however represented one-to-many modalities where the wealthy, powerful, or clergy controlled the means of communication. Today, the communications modality of the internet facilitates many-to-many transactions and the average person controls a node just like any other contributor. This represents a sea-change in communications, the ability to self-govern, and the texture of political discourse.

I published “Webeaucracy: The Collaborative Revolution” October of 2010. In it I warned that collaborative internet utilities could be used to disrupt sitting governments. Just a couple months later, the Arab Spring blew the socks off of even my own visions of social change facilitated by collaborative internet utilities.

In short, the more we understand about webeaucracy, the more we can harness our ability to collaborate toward a self-determined future with useful products that help us all. I have drafted the Wikipedia article “Webeaucracy.” I encourage you to edit this article that we might all move toward a fuller understanding of how we can come together through collaborative internet utilities. I encourage you to be a part of the webeaucracy that will shape a brighter future.
Revolutions and it’s brief flirtation with hope:
Tags: Hope, Revolution

Revolutions and it’s brief flirtation with hope:

Throughout history revolutions were always because the times call for a change. In most cases a better change for the majority. Examples of the opposite can be the overthrow of regimes and their leaders for the interest of the elites such as in the case Jacobo Arbenz and Allende. Those cases are for a different discussion though. When a revolution sparks, the masses are filled with hope. This is a brief feeling. One like the feeling when an orgasm takes place and ceases instantly. It is an outlandish comparison I know but one that draws close links. We engage in an act of finding a mate which can take many emotional battles like the one opposition movements engage in to achieve the climactic moment of filling hope in the future. Shortly after the euphoria that is ushered in by the orgasm we settle back to the reality which we are in. That state of mind is existent for but a brief moment but we spend our lives chasing it. We alienate friends and family. Travel far and wide at the moment of its possibility. Revolutions are of the same nature but the climactic moment is hope. The endless possibilities, the demands, the dreams that are echoed from tongue to tongue. Those moments are short lived because reality sets in and those who grasp power tend to use that euphoric state to herd the masses into submission. On we carry to the next moment so that we may feel it again.
When My Blood Flows in the Street
Tags: BlackLivesMatter, Black Queer, Problack, Black Trans Lives Matter, Revolution

“Serve and Protect”, Sculpture at Salt Lake City’s Public Safety Building during Black lives matter protests. May 2020

When my blood flows in the street

will you listen then?

When my brothers die on the way home from school

is it then that you will listen?

I have wept for too long!

I have been silenced by the teachers in charge of my education.

I have been failed by those who call themselves my friends.

How many of us most die?

How much blood do you want on your hands?

The murderers, the oppressors, the perpetrators of violence will sleep soundly at night with the blood-stained sheets of their victims.

Yet, you will tell me everything is not about race.

Must my blood flow in the street?

My ancestors did not create the oppressive systems in place throughout this world.

It was your forefathers.

And it is your governments that copy and paste the evil of other nations and embed it into the very fibres of your land that you call free.

Must my blood flow in the street?

You tell me everyone is welcome in Ireland

Yet it is your mothers and fathers, your grandparents, aunties, and uncles that will glare at me as I walk down the street.

It is their children that will call me nigger in school.

Must my blood flow in the street?

But it does not end with those who see themselves as fare.

The South Asian boy who deemed it funny enough to call me a gorilla.

The group of Black boys who mocked my dark complexion and laughed at my nappy braids.

And I stayed silent

the shock

what was I to say

they will call me “angry black girl”.

They will call me loud, aggressive, bitter.

And you will tell me to get over it.

Must my blood flow in the street?

Not only has the hatred for the black people poisoned the children of its creator

It has leached into the minds of the black child.

we were led to believe that our blackness was a hindrance

that we were not worthy

that we were not human

Enough!

The trauma is embedded in the fibres of our muscles.

MUST OUR BLOOD FLOW IN THE STREET

If you will not do better get out of the way.

And if you are calling me a friend

yet continuing to support the racist systems that want me

dead.

We are not friends.

And it does not end here.

There is so much to be done.

Reparations to be paid.

Wounds to be healed.

I will not be made silent.

I have grown past the silence.

Have you?

-UZOAMAKA
Technological Revolution of Wearable Devices
By: Sorano Finge
Tags: Technology, Health, Devices, Finance, Revolution

We’re seeing an increase in completely different types of interaction models, signaling a major change in how we think about and communicate with technology. Recognizing, comprehending, and profiting from today’s evolving wearables environment is critical to the success of a number of businesses. Check the disclaimer on my profile. Furthermore, I recently learned that these other companies were said to be developing a next-generation version of the iHelp Medical Alert System that would be more advanced, improved, and targeted toward Telehealth. (1) Are you eager to learn about and see the next wave of emerging innovations that could benefit the healthcare industry? This is one you could certainly not skip.

In recent years, we’ve seen new technological advancements in the field of wearable technology, advancements that have the potential to transform life, industry, and the global economy. Long-held views on how we use data in our everyday lives and social experiences are being challenged by the wearable revolution. sponsored post. And I discovered that the global wearable technology market could hit approx. $81.5 billion in 2021 and approx. $109 billion by 2024. (2) Is this enough to ensure their dominance in the industry? More information could be found here.

A number of industries are said to be working on new and advanced wearable technology, especially in the health care industry, which is developing health care trackers in addition to fitness trackers. It’s exciting to be able to contribute to the future of the technological revolution! The wearable technology industry’s future might be bright!

Source 1: https://www.livescience.com/topics/wearable-technology

Source 2: https://www.toptal.com/designers/ui/the-psychology-of-wearables
Revolution of Electric Chair
By: Chair Expert
Tags: Thomas Edison, Electric Chair, George Westinghouse, Revolution, Electric Chair History

Chair Experts

Invention of the electric chair is highly revolutionary and reveals a scientific rivalry between two scientists ; Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse. Both were trying to win the electrical lucrative electricity contracts . It was the hot potato of that time as this was the beginning of the electronic era . People were crazy to welcome the electronic revolution. Invention of the electric chair is the chain of that catenation.

Dynamo-Electric Machinery used in This Invention

The most widely used apparatus for this invention is the dynamo-electric machinery which allows intermittent currents . Edison remarked : “ The most effective of these are known as “ alternative machines” manufactured at the basic large scale of Geo.Westinghouse.

Contribution Of Thomas Edison

Edison’s contribution to the development of the electric chair was twisted , barbaric and highly brittle. He made sure that Westinghouse electric chair was chosen by secretly funding another electricity engineer to swiftly build the device. He developed the direct current voltage. The New York Times remarked that this chair was a tool of death.

The First Victim

The first victim; William Kemmler , a drunk who killed his wife with a hatchet. Westinghouse hired Kemmler, the best attorney he could find. On August 6, 1890 , Kemmler died in an experiment of an electric chair. His body took several hours to cool off. Newspaper called him , “ The Poor Wretch “ . Westinghouse was horrified.

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Contribution Of George Westinghouse

Westinghouse was the rival of Thomas Edison in the field of electric chair invention. He introduced an alternative current voltage which was a great step to invent the electric chair . In August 1890, he made an experiment in which the first victim named William Kemmler died due to electric shocks. Later this death acted as a milestone in the invention of the electric chair.

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Conclusion

Now we are living in highly scientific modified societies in which each and everything is just on single click. Electric chairs are also “ Garden of Eden ‘’ for disables peoples . All these comfort abilities to disable ones are scientific struggles of Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse.

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We Ate the Rich, Now What
By: Judith Valentijn
Tags: Flash Fiction, Fiction, Capitalism, Short Story, Revolution

We Ate the Rich, Now What

Photo by Valerie Elash on Unsplash

My heart is still pounding. Harrowing is the only word to describe what just happened.

I curse loudly when I reach for my glasses on top of my head and feel nothing but hair. The event of the century and all I can see are vague shapes because I lost my glasses.

“Be quiet,” Ellie whispers with a shiver in her voice. “I don’t want them to turn on us.” Her face I can see. The fine lines next to her eyes, the dimples in her cheek, and the shiny traces her tears left behind.

I grab her hand. “Don’t worry. We’re safe up here. They can’t see us. And I doubt anyone can hear anything with all the shouting and sirens.” She frowns, so I continue, “and even if they did see us, they wouldn’t eat us. We’re not rich.”

My joke falls flat. The frown stays right there. Still too scared to speak out loud, she whispers about the violence. About how at first it felt kind of good to see the mob running behind the car. She’d chanted with them.

“Eat the rich! Eat the rich! Eat the rich!”

The atmosphere was lighthearted and fun. Like schoolkids on the last day of school.
While it is indeed true that visiting the past may be practically impossible, it is also true that…
By: Joseph Alesh
Tags: Jordan Peterson, Revolution

While it is indeed true that visiting the past may be practically impossible, it is also true that learning of it would aid us in having a better understanding of how not to repeat it.

In my quiet times, I ask myself the same question I’m often asked when with people, “how exactly did we get here?”

In the words of Jordan Peterson, it is profitable to always tell the truth or at least, don’t lie.

Do you actually know that;

For everytime you say no, when you want to say yes

You’re a little less courageous.

For times you say yes when you mean no; your opponent is a little bit stronger.

For everytime you’re a little less authentic, the institution is a little more corrupt.

“The process of bureaucratic stagnation and oppression is underway, and you’ve contributed, by pretending that it was OK. Why not take a stand? If you do, other people, equally afraid to speak up, may come to your defence. And if not —maybe it’s time for a REVOLUTION.”

It is often said that when you’re silent in the face of oppression, you’ve sided with the oppressor and I dare to say, that statement has never been truer than now.