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See today what to build tomorrow
By: Prachi Nain
Tags: UX Design, Interaction Design, UI Design, Prototyping, Product Design

Until a couple of years back, it was okay to rely on paper sketches or ideas in your head for building digital products.

Today, you won’t build Instagram, Uber, or TikTok without prototyping it first.

Think Instagram stories, Uber’s mapped trajectory, or TikTok’s serendipity.

Digital experiences today are way too subtle to conceptualize and communicate on paper sketches and mockups.

It’s way more important now to test an idea with users before investing time and resources in building it.

It’s no more ‘good to have’ a prototype. Prototype is a ‘must-have’ for building products of tomorrow.

A prototype must look and feel like the real product. Only then you can uncover new insights, question your assumptions, fill in gaps, and correct mistakes early on.

Watch this 1 minute intro to what, why, and everything prototyping.

Howsoever real and high fidelity it gets, you still can’t afford months (or weeks) building one.

To test the subtle digital experiences of tomorrow, the prototype today must be deceptively real, deceptively smart, and yet take no more than 10 days to build.

A prototype for building products of tomorrow is so much more than mockups from yesterday. It is…

The language that all teams speak fluently.

A prototype is worth a thousand meetings. It fosters accurate communication, faster decisions, and lesser mistakes.

It brings clarity and efficiency between the design and engineering teams. Developers ‘get’ the interactions better. Hand offs are smooth.

Prototype cuts off engineering time by weeks!

A sharper pitch for investors

Successful startups swear by it.

🤫 Our clients have successfully raised millions in funding based entirely on the product prototypes!

A buy-in tool for internal stakeholders

Slides are not half as convincing as a prototype on their devices.

Would you rather sit for a 2 hr presentation or play with a device in your hand for a fraction of that time?

A deceptively smart tool for user tests

High-fidelity prototypes result in more accurate user testing results.

It’s because users can interact with a prototype like they would with the real product like key in text fields, chat with a bot, use the slider, make calculations, sign a document, upload a picture, etc.

A driver to product-led marketing

Prototypes are catalysts to product-led marketing and demand generation pre-launch.

Start marketing your product before writing the first line of code.

The fastest way to market

Prototypes helps you launch, learn, and improve in the fastest and most cost-effective way.
Building Iconhub: Dari Figma ke HTML Dengan Tailwind CSS
By: Bayu Hendra Winata
Tags: Prototyping, Tailwind Css, Figma

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Wireframing for the “Blablacar” application
By: Megha Parekh
Tags: Design Thinking, Prototyping, UX, Wireframe, Ridesharing

Ironhack challenge #2: Wireframing

What is Wireframing

Wireframing is a way to design a website service at the structural level. A wireframe is commonly used to lay out content and functionality on a page which takes into account user needs and user journeys. Wireframes are used early in the development process to establish the basic structure of a page before visual design and content is added. Wireframing is an essential in UI Design and that is why we have been challenged to work on one of the current applications to understand the flow. So I choose one of the most popular carpooling applications “Blablacar”. (Source 1)

About Blablacar

Blablacar is the world’s leading long-distance carpooling platform. The platform allows customers to save money on long-distance travel by sharing costs with one or more other users. The platform’s community functionality makes the process of car travel a safer and more social experience, meaning drivers do not have to make long journeys alone.

I personally used this application as a passenger to travel from Paris to Amsterdam and as a drive to travel from Paris to Switzerland.

User Flow

A user flow is a series of steps a user takes to achieve a meaningful goal.

Now imagine Mr. X wants to go to Dijon from Paris during holidays. So he decided to choose this application to share a ride with people who also wants to travel there on the same date. So here I’m going to work on the user flow of searching for a ride in Blablacar.

Step 1. Open Blablacar application

Step 2. Select search icon

Step 3. Enter departure and destination city

Step 4. Select date of your departure

Step 5. Select time of your departure

Step 6. Enter Number of passenger

Step 7. All available ride list will appear

UI Elements

UI elements refer to all graphical user interface pieces that construct an application. As a user interface (UI) designer, you’ll use UI elements to create a visual language and ensure consistency across your product — making it user-friendly and easy to navigate without too much thought on the user’s part.

User interface elements usually fall into one of the following four categories:

Input Controls Navigation Components Informational Components Containers

So, Buttons, text fields, date and time picker, search field, map, icons and wizards are my main elements in this flow.

Lo-fi (low-fidelity) design

Chart of user flow

Prototype

Main page

User click on ride search icon

Select exact location

Select departure date

Select departure time

Mention number of passengers

List of available rides will appear

Conclusion

Wireframing is not time consuming unless you do not have any idea related to the flow you are working on. I enjoyed a lot doing art with pen and pencil and that is what interested me in this challenge. I also enjoyed wireframing with the tool named Figma, which is very easy and user friendly.
Wicked Problems Project — Public Hospitals
By: Juliette Gaboriau
Tags: Prototyping, Ironhack, User Research, UX Research

Because of its definition, the wicked problem seems complicated even impossible to solve. Many UX/UI designers have had to deal with this type of complex problem one day. In our present society, many subjects can be considered as wicked problems.

For this project, we focused on the following problem: How Might We transform the end-to-end experience in Public Hospitals and especially in the emergencies?

For this new project, we worked as a team with Marion Guitton, F-Anaïs Sidibé and Quentin Massonneau. Let’s do it 😉 !

The Users and their pain points

Before starting our research phase, we had to make several assumptions in order to better understand the first feedback from users through a Lean Survey Canvas.

From our point of view, going to the emergencies is never a pleasure. The hours are often very long and the level of information from medical staff is sometimes very low.

In order to validate our assumptions, we distributed a quantitative questionnaire and conducted several one-to-one interviews to gather as much information as possible. We had the opportunity to interview both patients, attendants as well as some members of the medical staff to compare the opinions of the users and the welcoming ones.

Our goal was to distinguish between different types of patterns and profiles of patients in the emergencies.

I don’t know where to go once I get into the emergencies. Sometimes, you have “to fight” to get information. I avoid to go to the Emergency department because I’m afraid there is a lot of people and the endless waiting.

The emergencies : a many-sided problem

Following the analysis of the various data, we formalized several personas including Lucas, our ideal persona for which we wanted to integrate it in a real context.
Software design and prototyping: why is it important for your project?
By: Massmedia Group Software Development Services
Tags: Startup, Software Design, Prototyping, Business, Software Development

Software design and prototyping can do marvelous things to your project: reduce mistakes on the development stage; cut costs you’d have to spend; help you get bigger funding, etc. How is this possible? Read the article to find out!
Case study: How we redesigned a jewelry e-commerce website
By: Caroline Graver
Tags: UX Design, Prototyping, Website Design, E Commerce Solution, Redesign

Our client : Mahny Jewelry

We chose to work with Mahny Jewelry, a brand of French handcrafted jewelry. The pieces of jewelry are assembled by hand in Paris and made from sustainable materials like gold plated brass and stainless steel alloyed with semi precious stones. Christine founded the brand four years ago and manages alone this project.

The problem

Mahny Jewelry mainly sells jewelry during physical events as pop up stores. Before the first lockdown due to COVID-19 in March, the founder tried to revive her website and develop her online content but the results were disappointing. The reason is she was too irregular in updating her website. With the new lockdown, she really needs help to attract customers and sell jewelry through her website.

Our goal

Our goal is to redesign Mahny Jewelry’s website to attract more customers and to make them want to buy a jewel. The brand already has a strong relationship with some customers met on physical events and we would like to transpose it online.

The customers

To know more about how customers buy online and especially jewelry we conducted some interviews with them. We met three people with different habits regarding online shopping.

Here are some insights :

Customers want to be sure of their purchase.

Several criteria are important to them : other clients reviews, price, price delivery, return conditions, precise informations on the product (size, material).

To buy a jewel the word of mouth works well. It’s easier to buy from a website that a friend has told them about. They less afraid to make a mistake.

Most of the time, when they go online to buy a jewel, they already know what they want to buy. it’s to save time, to avoid queuing into shops or simply to avoid moving.

When customers go to a shop it’s because they need an advice or to try the jewel. It concerns value purchase because the risk of doing a wrong choice is bigger.

Some products are difficult to shop online such as rings or earrings because it’s complicated to know how they really fit.

The competitors

When we met Christine, the founder of the brand, she mentioned some of her direct competitors. With a better online positioning, they sell more than her and we tried to understand why.

We did a benchmark of several jewelry shop online :

We chose Many Jewelry’s direct competitors as Lily Garden, Lou Yetu and GinandGer and indirect competitors as Collection Constance and Mayuri.

All these brands have in commun to make handcrafted jewelry with noble materials and precious or semi-precious stones.

We included Etsy too, THE creators website.

We observed how the competitors present their products online and how they highlight their savoir faire.
Case study: Website redesign proposition for Mahny Jewelry
By: Marion Guitton
Tags: Ironhack, Case Study, Prototyping, Website Design, Mahny Jewelry

Who is our client?

Mahny Jewelry is a French brand of fine, modern and colorful handmade jewelry using sustainable materials, gold-plated brass, gold-plated with fine gold or stainless steel.

Assembled by hand, with genuine semi-precious stones, Mahny was created in 2016.

What is remarkable with Mahny Jewelry among other jewelry brands is the close relation the founder entertains with her customers as she mainly sells her products on site in popup stores. She also developed a real story around her craft has she is passionated about gems and precious stones. In fact, the name of the brand comes from a Cambodian feminine first name meaning “Precious stone, Gem”.

What’s the actual pain point of our client?

We conducted an interview with the jewelry designer to get a better understanding of her universe and her positioning regarding the evolution of her brand.

Digging deep into the actual struggle due to the national shutdown, we noticed the brand needs to be more displayed online, in order to face the actual situation and be prepared for Christmas season.

We understood she needed support to redesign her website so her products would be better presented. We also noticed the need to reorganize the elements of the pages as they were not structured. These design opportunities will provide a better brand image and reassurance for the customer.

The customers of Mahny Jewelry

We couldn’t build a new website prototype without taking into consideration the potential customers’ needs and habits. We conducted interviews with women who have a tight interest in jewelry, whether it’s for the aspect or for the history around the jewelry.
Day Three in Figma
By: Carol Low
Tags: UX Design, Prototyping, UI, Website Design, Figma

I’m on a 7 day design course with a focus on creating landing pages, and these are my thoughts on day 3!

*The days may be not consecutive since it’s self paced*

Read day 1 here. Day 2 here.

Day 3

Day 3 of 7! Now we’re talking.

Today the instructors introduced us to the basics of composition and the tools in Figma related to it (grids, alignment tools, etc). We were also introduced to other sections on the landing page and how it should tell a good story. The assignment was to take one of our submissions from day 2 and to fix the composition, as well as to add some sections to create a complete long scroll landing page.

First off, I made a big mistake. I thought we were trying to fix the composition of the design that we had already come up with, and so all I did was to move the text/images around, and fixed some of the alignment using grids. I tried for about an hour or two, but I was stuck. I couldn’t figure out if any of them were any better, and I didn’t know what I was doing wrong!

As you can see, it was bad, dismal, looked like I didn’t even try! At this stage I uploaded it to the slack (where we submitted the assignments) anyway, with a “Help me” message basically saying how stuck I was. Thankfully I got a feedback video (I think I may have been the first to get a feedback video) with great constructive feedback.

The “Aha” moment for me was that I was hanging on to my design instead of re-imagining it. The instructor also gave me some fancy feedback ideas to try, but since I was nowhere close to that in skill level, I tried other variations within my ability.

Here’s me going nuts.

I pumped out 7 other variations in about the same amount of time. It’s not the most polished, but it was good to try a bunch.

If you ever get stuck on a design, try taking a step back and generating a bunch of new, low fidelity, ideas to see where it takes you!

In the end, I chose version on the bottom right to take my landing page further. I liked it because the colours were inspired by both the cans and the Italian flag.

My process looked like this. Since I had some sense of the sections based on the header links, I first created an ideas section collecting possible layouts for each section. The course came with good material on section layouts so I just picked from there to begin with.

Then I started to fill out each section. Here’s the final result.

Credit to San Pellegrino and stockists for the product shots.

Do I love it? I’m not sure. The elements feel repetitive and it’s picture heavy. That’s likely related to the fact that I chose a drink as my product this time round. I shall try it again with something I’m a bit more familiar with, like a digital product.

Thoughts & Reflections
Prototyping Your First Product in an Unfamiliar Industry Without a Manufacture
By: Slater Mclean
Tags: Startup, Makers, Prototyping, Manufacturing, Founder Stories

We created our first prototypes with our hands, gained a new appreciation for textile production, built a product we’re proud of, all while saving money on manufactured samples.

Jack weaving with khullu.

Know those things that could never be planned but end up shaping your life?

If you’ve ever seen the movie, Before Sunrise, you’d know what we mean. For those who haven’t, it’s about two people who meet on a Vienna-bound train, strike up a conversation, create a cosmic bond… and then… go their separate ways.

Before Sunrise 📸 by Castle Rock Entertainment, via Photofest

Yeah, they just go back to their lives, and the movie ends inconclusively. But then something happens. A sequel comes out. They find each other by chance 9 years later, and soon after, chart an entirely new course in life.

If you told either of us 10 years ago… 5 years ago… or even last summer, that we’d spend the majority of 2020 hunched over a 50-year-old loom, temperature rising from #weaverfever, we would have laughed at the idea…

…But here we are.

Long story short, we met in the 3rd grade and we eventually found ourselves as roommates and coworkers in the Bay Area.
Layout Grid Advantages in Figma
By: Ali Çorak
Tags: UX Design, Prototyping, UI Design, Mobile App Development, Figma

Layout Grid Advantages in Figma

I can say that one of the most useful features in Figma in the layout grid.

The designer aims to make a usable design, the software developer aims to code the design in the best way. For the software developer, the most important details are not visible in the design, but invisible. The reason for this is to prepare products compatible with different screens.

I will show a few examples of the layout grid on an app I designed.

Working on Mobile and Web

It is very important to work with the grid system for a codable design. We divide the frames into grids so that all elements are compatible with different screens. For example, the 8-point Grid System is preferred for mobile. For the web, 960 Grid System is mostly preferred.

Working with Layout Grid in bars

We may want to divide the content in bars horizontally by 3 by 4 and sometimes even by 5. The tab bar is a good example of this. In the design I made, I divided the tab bar into 4;

The first question was; how do I adjust the distance between them? Of course, I could set it manually but that’s not a good idea. I used the layout grid system for this. I wanted each icon to be positioned in the middle of its own grid. Of course, there are other features as well. Let’s see how it works;

We need layout gray not only for the tab bar but also for other components. In fact, we can use the layout grid for most components that can stretch horizontally.

I prefer not to use a layout grid in some components. Because sometimes it just complicates the design and there is no need to use it. For example, let’s look at a different navigation bar in the design;

There are 2 icons and a text in a frame. It doesn’t have an auto-layout or layout grid. We know that the text element will be a title or a subtitle. For this reason, the article will not be long enough to overflow the navbar.

I positioned the items in the frame. I also set the text position to align center. And here is the result;
Case Study: Redesigning a nonprofit startup’s website
By: Zaineb Mubarak
Tags: Case Study, Prototyping, Product Design, User Experience, UX Research

Civic Suds aims to fill a gap in the laundromat industry by bringing 24/7 access to computer labs, partnering nonprofit speakers and volunteer educators to their Civic Suds owned laundromats in underserved communities. During the week, Civic Sud’s partners would ideally come to various laundromat locations, while individuals wait for their laundry, and put on classes or workshops focused on subjects such as financial literacy, health and wellness, resume writing, etc.

Overview

Two fellow UX designers and I redesigned Civic Suds’ website, focusing on the landing page as well as its booking platform and registration form. We spent 2.5 weeks doing research, sketching, designing and testing. Our final product is a mid-fi website prototype created on Axure. We also used Miro, Zoom, Discord, and Google docs frequently.

Challenge

Our main goals, extracted from the brief:

Make it easy for partners to sign up for available time slots at the various Civic Suds locations Demonstrate Civic Sud’s value to potential investors

My Role

While my teammates and I worked together during every stage of the process, we were assigned 3 areas of leadership. I was the research lead, Elise Quivey was our interactions design lead, and Gary Wu was our project manager.
మూడు వ్యవసాయ చట్టాలను రద్దు చేయండి : కేంద్ర ప్రభుత్వానికి కేజ్రీవాల్ విజ్ఞప్తి — Sakalam
Tags: Kejriwal, Farming, Telugu News, Telangana News, Sakalam

Sakalam.in, is a telugu web newspaper which gives unbiased news, thoughtful analysis, and fearless views on Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states.
Stop eating avocado 🥑
By: Project Thought
Tags: Avocado, Sustainability, Farming, Local, Organic

Avocados were one of the great treats I found after moving to Europe. It was everywhere in every supermarket as if it was a local delicacy. And it was indeed delicious!

Photo by energepic.com from Pexels

The sustainability bug hadn’t bite me yet, so avocado toasts became the regulars. But then I happened to watch the Netflix series “rotten” and my perspective about food and avocados changed upside down.

Avocado is usually shipped from south America to Europe, that means a lot of carbon footprint. Also, the avocado farming lobby has created a lot of ills in many countries from mafias being involved to privatisation of river water.

Once I was enlightened by this information, my avocado toasts became rare. I still love them but do not actively consume them, until I came back to India. Well, we have avocado farms in southern India, so that cuts down carbon footprint immensely and the organic farms are not at all cruel to the people around, which doesn’t make it an ill practice.

So here we are, meeting the found and lost love. Yet again!
Becoming a farmer is not a job change
By: Timothy Kiefer
Tags: Daily Blog, Farming, Farm Life

Becoming a farmer is not a job change

Instead of a learning a trade or obtaining a degree, you’re committing to a lifelong education.

You won’t have the opportunity to ask about “work-life balance” at a job interview — you gain perpetual work-life integration.

Paid time off is a gift from the seasons, and raises are a result of increased skilled and efficiency.

Progeny is your retirement plan.
PM Modi defends farm laws, offers talks based on ‘facts and logic
By: Khemoduti Sikdar
Tags: Latest News, Narendra Modi, Farming, Bengali News

PM Modi defends farm laws, offers talks based on ‘facts and logic

Opposition parties are “pushing a political agenda” by spreading lies about laws that will benefit farmers, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday as he offered talks “based on facts and logic”.

Modi was speaking at a virtual event transferring over Rs 18,000 crore to more than 90 million farmers when he forcefully defended three agricultural laws that his government says give farmers the freedom to sell their produce. The reforms have sparked protests with tens of thousands of farmers camping out at Delhi’s borders for weeks demanding the government withdraw the laws they fear will eventually dismantle regulated markets and stop the government buying wheat and rice at guaranteed prices.

“My dear farmers, please hear me clearly, you can sell your produce where you get the correct price. If you want to sell it at minimum support price, please do. You want to sell it to mandi, other states, to industries please do. No mandi will be closed; MSP will stay. Do not listen to the rumours,” he said, referring to agricultural markets and the government’s support price for farmers. read more
Green Warrior Permaculture. A truly remarkable company by the name…
By: Ryan Hanrahan
Tags: Disaster Relief, Sustainability, Farming, Community Development, Training Courses

A truly remarkable company by the name of green warrior permacultures is launching their new training program. They train to become a real life superheros by demonstrating and launching a positive way of living life. Preserving life and the land we live on. Along with delivering emergency disaster relief aid to people living in poverty and third world countries.

For more information on training or application process follow this link: https://greenwarriorpermaculture.wordpress.com.

Become a hero and learn to give disaster relief for others in disaster relief and poverty-stricken areas of the world. Training Courses are tough and rigorous, but hey not all heroes wear capes.

Green warrior permaculture has been making life long impacts on millions of lives around the world since 1999. Founded and started by Steve Cran a sustainable community development specialist or “Permaculture Aid Worker” with 20 years of field project experience who believed that helping others less fortunate was the key to sustain life and happiness. That man is Steve Cran. Steve Cran Started the company in hopes of showing a small group of young men how to gain food sustainability and how to support that sustainability and take care of land they farm on and import long term solutions to the sinkhole like problems poor people have endured for decades. That small group of young men were later called Warriors by their people for their cultural expansion and role model like attributes.

These warriors are even providing aid to farmers all around the world with the launching of the Super-Farmer collective a system that lets farmers borrow money. Along with using LEISA (Low external input sustainable agriculture) organic farming methods which is like a guide on how to farm their newly acquired enhanced farming methods said to make farmers a higher profit than years past.

With the launching of the Super-Farmer collective comes more training courses and expansion opportunities for all who are interested. Farmers receive 1 week field academy training and 1 week work experience training on a working Super-Farm. All field

Also, keep in mind that this all being accomplished through NGOS. NGOS are nonprofit organizations that run independently of any government, typically one whose purpose is to discuss a social or political issue.

A company spokesperson once said,”The sole future for humanity is a sustainable one, so let’s get to it.”

Steve Cran’s expansion has exploded throughout Southeast Asia and East Africa on Permaculture Aid Field Skills. Along with providing his incredible training courses to help more and more young people wanting to make a difference in this world flourish in life.

Summary: From building a base camp to planting a community food security garden this training will give anybody who wants to enter the aid industry a head start. For those people serious about a career in overseas development work, this course in a must.
CELEBRATING OUR FOOD PROVIDERS: NATIONAL FARMERS DAY
Tags: Health, Farmers, Farming, Organic, Food

“It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.” - B. C. Forbes

There’s no lie in the fact that farmers are the founders of human civilization. They are working day & night to provide for us throughout the year. We are dependent on them for our meals & they bear this responsibility with all their might.

We are a part of agrarian society, meaning a big chunk of our population is in the agricultural sector. The farmers make up to 60% of the total population of India. Their contribution in the total GDP stands at a whopping 18%.

Why Farmer’s Day?

Today we celebrate our farmers & food providers on the birth anniversary of the fifth Prime Minister of India, Chaudhary Charan Singh. Due to his farmer’s friendly policies & inclination towards welfare of farmers, we commemorate him today by celebrating the farmers.

This approach of his has inspired millions out there to do better for the farmers & bring them to the forefront. In a similar stance, Kiwi Kisan Window, a Dehradun based Health & Wellness Start Up is doing their best for farmers all around India.

Inspiration behind Kiwi Kisan Window:

Kiwi Kisan Window was co-founded by Nupur Agarwal & Abhinav Ahluwalia. Kiwi deals in organic & health conscious food products. They work with the farmers at grass root level & encourage them to engage in organic farming by providing them the technical know-how to do the same.

After they are done growing the crops, Kiwi procures these organic products from them & ensure the safe reach of these products to the consumers.

They adopted a village by the name of Tauli in Jaunsari to create Evolve, a sustainable ecosystem that benefits Rural India by selling plantable stationery procured from Indian farms. While managing Evolve, they came across the extreme conditions of the farmers from that area.

Being engaged with the rural establishments made them realize what a huge gap has been created in the rural & urban life & the deteriorating impact it had on the rural side of the coin. With a firm decision to change this picture for the best, they came up with Kiwi Kisan Window in 2017. They established Kiwi specially to provide a direct window between the farmers & the end consumers & an opportunity for fair trade.

One-stop shop for all:

https://www.kisanwindow.com/

Accounts:

Nupur Agarwal: https://www.instagram.com/nupuragarwal20/

Abhinav Ahluwalia: https://www.instagram.com/abhinav_amitabh_ahluwalia/?hl=en
Canadian slaughterhouse to reopen after coronavirus outbreak
By: The Animal Reader
Tags: Animal Welfare, Slaughterhouse, Farming, News Articles, Animal Rights

Three cows with tags in their ears, photo: Annie Spratt via Unsplash

Meat producer Cargill Inc plans to reopen one of its Canadian beef slaughterhouses, where cows are killed, next week. 82 people tested positive for COVID-19 at the slaughterhouse and the company closed the facility. But they’re planning on opening soon again.

“Factories and, in particular, indoor areas which are cold and damp are perfect environments for coronavirus to linger and spread,” Lawrence Young, Professor of Molecular Oncology, University of Warwick, said about the connection between coronavirus outbreaks and slaughterhouses.

Since the coronavirus pandemic started, many slaughterhouse workers have been infected and some have died, making the meat industry not only a cruel place for animals but also for humans.

But cruelty is not a reason to stop and Cargill announced they’re opening again. “I can confirm that we plan to begin reopening our Guelph-Dunlop primary beef facility in Ontario, Canada on Tuesday,” a company spokesman said in a statement to Reuters.

“Employees should not come to work with COVID-19 symptoms or if they have had contact with someone with COVID-19 in the last 14 days,” the company said.

The Guelph plant is the latest of many North American meat plants that had to stop production because too many workers were infected with COVID-19.
Reef Binance Launchpool Farming Guide
Tags: Binance Launchpool, Farming, Reef

Reef Finance has become the latest project, and the first project from the Polkadot ecosystem, to be listed on Binance Launchpool.

Reef is the first cross-chain DeFi Operating System. Reef’s AI and Machine Learning powered algorithms aggregate liquidity from different centralized and decentralized sources and present the most profitable DeFi investment opportunities to users.

Binance users can stake their $BNB, $DOT, and $BUSD tokens to farm $REEF over 30 days, starting from 23rd Dec 2020, at 0:00 AM (UTC). $REEF is the native token of Reef Finance, which enables holders to participate in the governance as well as in liquidity mining schemes in the Reef ecosystem.

We have prepared this simple step-by-step guide for Reef community members and Binance users who wish to participate in the Reef Binance Launchpool.

1. Log into your Binance account with your email ID, password and 2-FA details (if applicable).

2. Scroll to the top of the page, hover your mouse over the box pattern (next to the Binance logo), and click on Launchpad in the drop-down menu that appears.

3. You’ll see 3 different Reef liquidity pools available — BNB, DOT and BUSD. Select the corresponding option for the token which you want to stake (we’re using BNB as an example here) and click on Stake Now.

4. You’ll see the staking details for the BNB-REEF pool, including the total amount of BNB staked, the daily yield rewards, and the annual yield percentage.

You’ll also see the amount of BNB that you’ve staked, and the amount of BNB available for staking. Click on the Stake button to proceed.

5. If you don’t have any BNB, or want to stake more than what you hold currently, then you can click on Buy BNB to purchase more tokens to stake.

6. After clicking on the Stake button, a pop-up window appears. Enter the amount of BNB you want to stake, and click on the Stake button again.

You can just click on Max if you want to stake your entire available balance.

7. You can see the updated staking details now. The $REEF rewards that you’ve earned will also appear here once farming begins, and you’ll be able to claim your $REEF tokens by clicking on the Claim Rewards button (in grey here).

If you want to un-stake, then just click on Redeem and follow the steps similar to what you had done for staking.

And that’s it. Yes, farming Reef on Binance Launchpool is so easy.

If you want to stake DOT or BUSD instead, then select the corresponding pool and follow the same steps as for BNB staking.
Farmers' miseries under new farm bills, 2020
Tags: Farm Bills 2020, Modi Government, Farmers, Farming, Farmers Protest

Farmers' miseries under new farm bills, 2020

A case was registered under the new farm laws against a trader in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior on Wednesday. The trader allegedly ran away without paying the money to the farmers after buying paddy from them. The administration of Gwalior, however, said that the house of the trader was auctioned to pay the farmers and that his fields will be auctioned too.

This is not the sole case that highlighted the misery of the farmers under the new farm laws brought by the central government. Around 13 farmers of the Jamra village of Guna tehsil in Madhya Pradesh had sold their crop to a trader in June. But the trader did not pay them the money for their produce.

“When I used to sell the produce in the Mandi, I used to get paid at that time itself. Now I have a loan of Rs. 1 lakh for farming,” said one of the farmers.

Such cases have also come out of other districts of MP such as Jabalpur, Barwani, Hoshangabad and Balaghat.

In Balaghat, some farmers had approached the police officials alleging that the owner of the rice mill had not paid them for their produce. Farmers from different regions had also stated that after they registered cases against traders for not paying them for their produce the latter threatened them and sent goons to their homes.

Though PM Narendra Modi had talked of the three resolved cases of farmers under the new farm laws in his programme, ‘Mann Ki Baat' earlier the truth is that many cases are still unresolved and many farmers fear that they will be left at the mercy of the traders or the big companies after these new laws came into effect.

The farm bills — The farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act were passed by the parliament without any consultation with the farmers. Though the government has said that these reforms in the farming sector will accelerate growth through the private sector’s involvement the bills only reduce the right of the farmers over their produce.
Chicken thieves raid the parsonage coop
By: Maury Thompson
Tags: Baseball, History, Religion, Farming, Hudson Falls

It’s been said, “Never count your chickens before they hatch.”

But it’s praiseworthy for a Methodist pastor to rise up early to count his blessings that are almost mature enough for the dinner table.

“Rev. Mr. Ingalls, residing between this village (Sandy Hill) and Fort Edward, is a good man, a good preacher, an amateur gardener, and prides himself as an expert chicken raiser, and after expending fabulous sums in securing the most desirable broods has been wont at early dawn to look with admiration upon the hundreds of well-grown chicks safely housed in their respective dwellings,” The Granville Sentinel reported July 30, 1886, in an article republished from the Sandy Hill Observer.

“And in imagination his mouth watered at the prospect of the deliscious broils which would soon grace his table, and not wholly unmindful of the profits that would soon be derived from the sale of several hundred that were nearly ready for market.”

One Sunday, the pastor came home from evening service and discovered that a thief had stolen 200 of his most-prized chickens.

The preacher, relating the incident to a newspaper reporter the next day, “didn’t swear a word, but something he said, not audible to the scribe, was not exactly in accord with the text of the previous evening.”

The reporter was understanding.

“The reverend gentleman has the sympathy of the entire community, and Officer Morrison is determined to hunt down the thieves.”

Fort Edward residents were not as sympathetic with a preacher that agreed to umpire a baseball game.

“The ball game Saturday between the Stars of this village and the Glens Falls club broke up in a row, owing to the unfairness of the umpire,” the Fort Edward correspondent reported Aug. 6, 1886 in The Granville Sentinel.

“Mr. C. was no doubt unfit to umpire the game, not having experience in that line. We know he is capable at leading a prayer meeting, and we would advise him to be consistent and keep off the ball grounds.”
What is Aquaponics
Tags: Aquaponics, Hydroponics, Rooftop, Farming, Agritech

My Rooftop farm makes me cash. I grow & sell to a hyperlocal subscriber base. I bring freshly plucked produce — straight from the plant to their kitchens.
2020 Collection by Stefan Popa Popa’S
By: Memeca H
Tags: Defi, Farming, Nft, Nft Collectibles

The latest global crisis, which began in 2008, has shown that the current economy is very vulnerable. At the same time, it motivated some people to decide that a new economic system was needed — and that’s how Bitcoin was born.

We are now in the midst of another crisis, triggered by a pandemic. It has exposed a number of new vulnerabilities in public systems, from administration to infrastructure and medicine.

Everything changes

Ștefan Popa Popas is known all over the world for his extremely successful cartoons. In 1995, he made 131 drawings in an hour, setting a world record. On the occasion of his involvement in the crypto ecosystem, Popas made a series of caricatures of the most famous personalities in the field. These include Vitalik Buterin, Roger Ver, Changpeng Zhao and others. In the form of NFTs.

In addition, he created / drew the 2020 collection, which illustrates the most important events of 2020, a year that had a great impact on humanity and which we will certainly not forget.

1) Pandemic — just a hypothesis until humanity wakes up in its arms.

2) Covid-19 — Atlas punished by Zeus to fight forever with monstrous creatures.

3) Lockdown — the mankind opportunity to eat from the apple of knowledge

4) US Election 2020 — when the arbiter is with you, the winnings are guaranteed

5) New World Order — An inevitable outcome after a major crisis

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Staking tutorial for OnX.finance
By: Onx Finance
Tags: Yield Farming, Ethereum, Defi, Blockchain, Farming

Steps to stake on the ONX platform.

“Launch App” from the main ONX.finance website or visit https://app.onx.finance

2. Connect Wallet and Select wallet provider

3. Click on Start Farming to find the pools and Enter the pool of choice

For the tutorial we will use ANKR as an example

4. Approve the token

5. Enter amount of token to stake and click “Stake”. Then approve the action on metamask or trust wallet.

6. After entering any of the farming pools, all active pools will be displayed on the Dashboard:

The staked ANKR is displayed here. And the Pending ONX which can be redeemed at any point.

7. To stake more ANKR, click the “+” in the dashboard.

8. To unstake ANKR, click the “ - “ in the dashboard. Enter the amount to withdraw and click the “Unstake” button. Then confirm.

9. To harvest ONX earned so far, click the down arrow key on the right side of the card, which will display “Harvest” on scroll.

Confirm on metamask or trust wallet after clicking Harvest

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Predict a Tractor Purchase with the Modern Crystal Ball
By: Hiten Rajgor
Tags: Data Science, Farming, Tractor Price In India, Data, Tractor

Do you believe in future prediction using a crystal ball? How about astrology? What if I tell you that you can literally predict if a farmer will be buying a tractor or not in the near future?

We are different. We are modern and we got our modern tool Simha Profiler with us. We don’t have a crystal ball or some of the best astrologers in our team but fortunately, we got our users’ usage insights and some of the best data scientists in our team and the combination of these two is nothing less than a crystal ball 🔮

The existing process of making a tractor sale is lengthy… way too lengthy! We don’t know when was the last time the process was updated! We are making an effort to bring about a revolutionizing update to the whole process.

In the existing process, the dealer’s salesperson talks to 7–8 random people, having no prior knowledge of their background (what type of work they do, which tractors they own, etc.). There are many other blind spots. All this information is gathered after a lengthy discussion. After putting in so much effort maybe 1 out of 8 farmers actually purchases a tractor.

Now imagine you can skip all the above steps and instead of days you get results in minutes with just a few clicks. Sounds lucrative, right?

Note: These are estimated figures with Simha Profiler

Yes, you read the above figures right. Imagine you had started a new dealership shop and you don’t know any of the farmers around. Your team is small and full of freshers. Making inroads sounds tough, right? Though you got Simha Profiler with you.

Your fresher salesman walks in and notices two leads notifications in the Simha Profiler. He gives a call to the leads and one of them wants to buy a tractor this week while the other one wishes to buy sometimes in the next few months.

The salesman invites the farmer to the dealership and shows him a few tractor models that suit the type of work he is doing and the farmer show an interest in one of the tractors.

HOLD ON! How does the salesman know which type of work the farmer is doing? …. Simha Profiler? Yes, you guessed it right with Simha Profiler you can see information like the

Type of work the farmer is doing

the farmer is doing No. of hours traveled

traveled Age of the tractor

and much more. You can literally tailor an offer for a particular farmer that suits him best and significantly increase your chances of conversion, as no one understands the customer as well as you do.

Covid had changed everything! And this is the “new” tractor sales ecosystem. Be it Covid or poor weather conditions. Simha Profiler will perform at its 100%. Are you ready for the new change?

If you are still searching for a crystal ball, we wish you luck. In case you want to try the new modern crystal ball a.k.a Simha Profiler drop us a mail here — datalabs@carnot.co.in
Introducing Yclub Finance (YCLUB) Finance
By: Yclub Finance
Tags: Staking, Farming, Yfi, Yclub

Yclub Finance is an upgrade of the old Yearn making some important adjustments in its first layer protocols. As an Automated Market Maker (AMM), Yclub Finance acts a DeFi yield aggregator for the lending platforms that rebalances for the maximum yield during contract engagement. For lending providers, Yclub Finance brings benefit to swapping, shifting the funds autonomously and seamlessly between dYdX, Aave, and Compound.

Features

yFarm

yFarm is a loan aggregator that aims at all times to achieve the highest yield for the assisted coins (DAI, USDC, USDT, TUSD, sUSD, or wBTC). It does this by programmatically transferring these coins between multiple lending protocols running on the Ethereum blockchain (e.g. AAVE, dYdX, and Compound).

yCover

yCover, underwritten by Nexus Mutual, is a non-KYC pooled insurance coverage. It consists of three components: Vaults insurer, Vaults insured and Governance of claims. The Insurer Vaults contain the assets used to insure claimants, the Insured Vault holds the assets claimants who wish to be insured, and the insurance arbitration process is reflected by Claim Governance.

YCLUB Engine Interface

Earn performs profit switching for lending providers, moving funds between dYdX, Aave, and Compound autonomously and seamlessly.

yVault

Each vault follows a unique strategy that is designed to maximize the yield of the deposited asset. Using a YCLUB Vault is like having access to the most advanced money manager in the world.

YCLUB holders are staking their tokens in the Governance contract in order to claim profits. Profits are frequently shipped out from the yVault to this contract, which briefly keeps profits to owners until they are dispersed. After yVault has accrued a $400,000 fund, proceeds are returned to the Governance contract. This surplus is used to pay for various operating costs, including developer incentives and community funding.

yGovernance

Governance model is first of its kind and allows for free-of-cost and publicly-verifiable votes by YCLUB holders. Model incentivizes YCLUB holders with yETH and yUSD to cover gas costs.

yZap Fees

Users can exchange different assets bi-directionally into pooled interest-bearing tokens using the yZap function on Yclub.finance The goal of yZap is to encourage a more seamless and frictionless swap between different coins.

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DeFi evolution: DFSocial Gaming
By: Dfsocial Gaming
Tags: Defi, Social, Farming, Staking, Gaming

DFSocial Team’s mission is to develop a value-added token and community-centered product. DFSocial Gaming aims to bring together the services of decentralized finance protocols (staking and farming) and gaming. Our long-term vision is a gaming platform with a mobile app, so holders can earn gaming rewards.

Community support is very important to us, so we have a community reward mechanism, which allows our community to earn tokens for helping the team with tasks.

DFSocial is a new token offering that intends to maximize the potential of blockchain technology to revolutionize the availability and access to banking services and the way people earn through gaming. The project will offer services of both successful industries: staking and farming by the DeFi side, and earning while playing by the gaming side.

Project’s home website is dfsocial.com. Project’s docs are public and can be found at our gitdocs. The team is Non-Annon and all contracts will be published and audited.

“Some people see DeFi as a bubble, others as an opportunity for financial freedom…But, the question is not how do you see it, the question is: Are you ready?”

DFSocial Team.

“ From gaming through the blockchain.”