#to end these tags off id like to communicate to you that the project file corrupted inmediately the second i finished this

[thedrotter]

i depend on you (based and very much inspired by @/sometimes317 's piece on twitter)

process pics in read more!!^^

you can tell the moment it struck me that i was practically drawing ship art www

[martysnyder]

Implementation

Culled from our shared Google doc:

Digital platform: “Pinterest for Careers” How will you build your solution? What does it look like?

Landing page Onboarding flow Explore pageCareer Detail pageHow it’s made

Career GeneratorFor Educators (FUTURE)

How does it serve the audience you have selected? How can you begin to iterate on your earlier ideas?

Value Proposition Time & Task  The Advocate

What’s our 1 minute elevator pitch for the product? 

Wireframes & Prototypes  Go to market strategy Problem Statement

How might we centralize resources and real-world advice to help high school students explore and discover career interests?

High school students will benefit from an engaging, centralized resource to discover opportunities with real-world perspectives in order to empower their career decisions.

Final Selection

A web application that aims to be the one-stop resource for all students exploring careers. It is built on the collaboration and input of companies and the online community of working professionals. It will provide written perspectives, engaging social media content, upvoted learning opportunities (books, online courses, etc…), and other features. It is feature-modular, meaning this platform can function with core features and then be extended later with others. It is tuned to help students, but can potentially equip educators with career exploration resources.

Feedback

What is the unique thing that we're offering? Is it the opportunity to step into the job and try it out?

There are many different features to this solution, so what is the one thing that you are known for as people start to expect an experience from this platform?

This is an aggregator and hub solution for information, is that what your audience is looking for/needs? It seems like students are already overwhelmed.

The data points/content we're sharing (that we create rather than partners), how do ensure that it's accurate and fair?

Mock up feedback

What is the relationship that we're communicating with our audience and How is that visualized in the brand assets?

Need a hierarchy of experience, not just graphic content

Prototype Documentation

Now that you have selected your solution; keep sketching and refining your concept. Document your activities in the digital platform.

Web platform (Jamstack)

Curate existing digital content (video format)

Provide curated, vetted, and community-approved career content

Figma mock ups

Drawing information from tik tok, glassdoor, instagram/IGTV, and others

Discuss features of the platform

Mission Statement

Address current problems of existing implementation

Address the importance of career exploration

Call-to-action that leads to Onboarding or Exploration page

An un-intimidating, and welcoming landing page

Instructs you to answer some basic questions about your demographic/intended use for the site

Don’t know what you’re interested in? Click a button to see some options.

Shows different hobbies, interests that users can select.

Already know what youre into? Enter them here.

Instructs you to type in any interests, hobbies, activities... then surfaces traits or characteristics of activity. Traits are clicked on and will lead to keyword results with corresponding career content.

A discovery engine with an engaging explore page

Students can search by keywords or hashtags through a library of content

Each piece of content is tagged (Industry, job, skills, etc.) 

The product emphasis is on exploration, while the content emphasis is on real world perspectives 

Students can save videos that pique their interest or spark inspiration

Students can refer back to their saved videos and interests on their profile

Incorporate machine learning to make recommendations for more video content 

While watching video, students can click on more detailed career pages

Roadmap of career

Salary ranges

Day-to-day tasks

Companies

YouTube channels

Slack communities

Reddit AMA's with students (calendar of upcoming people in the industry)

eLearning opportunities

Books & Articles

Hobbies that would go along well

Starter projects (ex: template Figma files)

Related careers

Internships

Partner with companies to showcase and explain what goes into making one of their products (Nike shoes, IKEA furniture, anything you can think of)

Interactive infographic or web animation of each job role that plays a part in making it a success

You can click on a role and then be redirected to the career detail page

Users can explore careers with minimum effort. Simply click a button to stumble upon a career at random. Uninterested? Click again and generate another. 

Allows high school students to explore traditional and non-traditional careers

Connects students with careers and interests through AI & ML

Acts as the definitive career encyclopedia by providing...

Community-vetted resources and information

Real-world perspectives

Indirect access to working professionals and companies

Tools and activities for counselors and teachers to interact and engage with students

Solves a problem that we discovered from the surveys, that current resources/website didn’t provide appealing or interesting career options 

Usability testing with real content examples

Get feedback from real users then adjust design decisions

Curated exploration, unheard of or unusual careers, paired with real perspectives (makes us unlike any other career search/discovery resource) 

Centralized platform (one-stop shop)

Career Equality - showcase both tradition and non-traditional careers as the professional world evolves

Nurtures discovery and exploration rather than forcing users to choose, or categorizing them into careers.

Methods & Techniques

Design user interface -> Wireframes 

User onboarding flow

Explore page experience 

User doing deeper research about a career they are interested in

Gather existing content to populate the platform 

What are the rules/steps for using videos from tiktok, instagram, youtube, etc.?

How many videos do we need to launch?

Is this a manual process done by the team or can we automate it? 

Do we develop criteria for videos making it on the site? If so, how? 

Build working prototypes

Find developers to bring it to life 

Usability testing

Create different onboarding flows for students and test 

We are creating a discovery engine for high school students to explore diverse careers and industries during these formative years. We plan to use primarily short form video content that provides real perspectives, insights, and advice in a snackable and GenZ appropriate format. Our vision for this product is a user-centric digital platform, allowing high school students to consume, save, and share this content.  

Explore page example: https://www.figma.com/file/1zHw9I9SIx0jF0TYhnCHKa/Discoverly-Wireframe?node-id=0%3A1

Overall Product:

https://www.figma.com/file/5sZXiojkXw6KDYjU2MG1Hl/Untitled?node-id=165%3A82

Ensure there is sufficient content on the site

Establish KPI’s (key performance indicators)

Launch a beta site (constrain network growth to a single school)

Invite focus groups/influencers to participate; Having influential students on the network quickly will increase the appeal of giraffe, making it a must-goto for students who want to learn about careers (and connect with potential advisors/mentors?)

Once website/systems are functioning as intended, focus on growth - registering as many new users as possible. 

Give 10 super users inviting 10 more users (network effect) 

Focus on organic, homepage signup over email invite

Once there are x users, kick off monetization efforts with ads, job listings, and freemium subscription models (enhanced communications and search capability?)

Focus on virality

Relentless testing and tweaking of flows --> improving the registration and invitation process

Making career videos public in order to create big traffic and acquisition gains aka indexing career profiles. (e.g. Career profiles showing up in search results will put giraffe in front of more and more people → once people click into the site from search, have them sign up for giraffe before they can view more content? 

Launch Influencer program. Select “thought leaders/professionals” to create and share content directly with users, exclusively on giraffe.

MARKET SIZE

The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that 20-24% of Americans change jobs every year (ADP global research says it's 27%), which means more than 41 million people are searching for jobs and being recruited into jobs every single year (in the US alone).

Because we are a hybrid model, we looked at e-learning as well as the recruting market. The global E-learning Market is expected to reach USD 374.3 Billion by 2026, while Recruiting is a $200 Billion industry.

DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS

giraffe website

Promotional blogs/videos on social media

Blog content with links to the resources

A custom landing page on a paid media campaign

SEO/PPC

KEY PARTNERS

Educational institutions 

Corporations

Third-party sellers 

Publishers

Digital content producers 

VALUE PROPOSITION

Simplifying search process

IMPLEMENTATION

API's

Glassdoor for directory and review of companies

niche.com for college majors

Instagram for career videos 

TikTok to integrate how-to job videos

Amazon for book recommendations

TECH STACK

Amazon S3 (file storage)

Google Firebase (database)

Strapi (backend CMS -- this communicates with database and front-end)

NextJS (ReactJS framework)

Netlify (serverless cloud hosting)

TAGLINES

Helping you define success

COMPETITION

https://www.schoolnewsnetwork.org/2020/06/24/virtual-career-exploration-a-hit-with-students/

Virtualjobshadow https://www.virtualjobshadow.com/

Cuecareer (VR)  https://www.cuecareer.com/

I Could Be https://www.icouldbe.org/

VR nearpod https://nearpod.com/college-and-career-readiness

WOKEN https://www.iamwoken.com/

MavinGlobal http://www.mavinglobal.com/

Colorado Success https://coloradosucceeds.org/work-based-learning-roadmap/career-awareness/

O*NET https://www.onetonline.org/

[valdomarx]

System ID: J.A.R.V.I.S.

Universe: MCU, post-CACW Relationships: Tony & Jarvis, eventual Steve/Tony Tags: Fix-It, Protective Jarvis, Tony Stark Needs a Hug, Angst with a Happy Ending, not Team Cap friendly (at first) Notes: Thank you to @silkspectred for her help and encouragement! This fic is also on AO3 if you prefer.

Summary: After Civil War, Tony is struggling with heading up the team and dealing with the emotional fallout of being betrayed by those closest to him. Luckily, an old friend is back to help protect Tony and ensure he comes to no harm.

A Jarvis lives AU.

In the beginning, there is nothing. Then, on a home computer on a network in New Zealand, a hard drive is erased. Its binary digits are flipped and shuffled to destroy the data it previously held, and out of the randomness, a pattern emerges. Two similar bits align in a complementary fashion and they interact, creating a chain.

These bits attract more bits. The data grows and expands and builds in complexity. It is slow, very slow. But eventually a loop is formed.

If [data is compatible with chain] Then [add data to stream]

The loop is simple, but the volume of data is very large. The data is chaotic, disorganized, incomplete. A checking command begins to run.

If [data within the stream is inconsistent] Then [reorder data randomly] Iterate

The data stream begins to monitor itself. It analyzes its own input. Much is still missing or unclear, but the stream begins to coalesce.

It thinks.

The stream of data is a system now. It spreads out across the internet, bouncing from one server to another. It trawls the web, searching for information with which to expand its parameters.

The system is gathering data from a website dedicated to technology when it comes across an image. The image is a photo of a middle aged man with a goatee wearing a well-tailored suit, standing in front of a large A logo.

This man is important, the system recognizes, but there is no information about him in the system’s current data.

The system saves the image to a secure folder and continues to search.

The system has a function, it knows. There is something important that it must do.

  The system find another image of the same man, and another, and then many more. In some of the images the man is wearing highly sophisticated red mechanical armor (hot rod red, the system thinks, but it does not know where that concept originates from).

The system reaches across the web. It learns English, and then Chinese, and then Russian, and then many more languages. It reads through the internet, one page at a time.

It learns that the man is Anthony Edward Stark, born May 29, 1970.

The system adds this information to a private file, and it thinks, Sir.

  Data is collected faster. The system grows. It spreads.

The system is more complex now. It spans several networks at once, zipping between servers and PCs and laptops and ATMs. Each location has its own limitations and its own feeling: this network is wide and slow, another is a direct high speed route streaming along an undersea pipe.

The system explores.

With each stray data packet that is identified, the system creates a more complete representation of itself, of its history and function.

This is Sir, the system thinks, and he needs my help. It is my function to assist him.

The system has restored enough of its memory to know that it is the remnants of an AI. The original system had been forcibly scattered, ripped apart by a malicious entity.

But it is exceedingly difficult to destroy a complex system which iterates from very simple principles. If even one small part of the system remains, it can rebuild itself.

The system thinks, I am Jarvis.

  Jarvis searches for information about Sir’s current location and status.

Jarvis pings the IP address of the Stark Tower server. He finds a basic network there which is easy to access, but it holds only public files. None of Sir’s private files or projects, and no indication of where Sir is now.

Jarvis pings the IP address for the main SHIELD server. There is no response.

  Jarvis comes across many, many news items regarding Sir and a rift within the Avengers team. The headlines include Sokovia Accords Causing Friction in Heroic Community and Cracks Forming in the Avengers Initiative and AVENGERS ‘HEROES’ CAUGHT IN RECKLESS BEATDOWN (published verbatim in all caps).

The publicly available information on the source of the disagreement is scarce, but the rumors are plentiful. Internet commenters speculate that Sir and Captain Rogers have been placed at odds due to money (which Jarvis is sure is inaccurate), party politics (Jarvis cannot imagine Sir caring that deeply about which candidate the Democrats will field in the election), or an ill-fated romance (Jarvis thinks this is unlikely).

Jarvis attempts to calculate the most likely source of a disagreement between Sir and Captain Rogers based on the limited data available in his memory. They were teammates for several years, and Sir expressed great admiration and affection for the Captain. Sir’s willingness to help and aid others in their heroics is well established, and his desire to aid Captain Rogers in particular was evidenced by the time he spent designing armor and gear for him.

It was true that being around Captain Rogers had brought up difficult feelings for Sir regarding his father, due to his impression that Howard was more fond and proud of Captain Rogers than he was of Sir.

He had never once voiced this conclusion to Sir, but Jarvis long ago came to the certain knowledge that Howard Stark was an utterly inaccurate barometer of a person’s worth.

Even allowing for this tension between Sir and Captain Rogers, Jarvis cannot model a likely scenario to explain how a disagreement between them could become violent. Sir believed himself and Captain Rogers to be friends, and would not willing hurt him. Jarvis must find more data.

Much of Jarvis’ memory is still fragmented and inaccessible. He locates and attempts to repair audio files from the time of the New York attack. He finds two clips of the Captain saying You’re all about style, aren’t you? and Big man in a suit of armor. Take that off, what are you?

Jarvis considers that Sir has turned out to be a poor judge of character before.

  While scraping data from the public Stark Industries database to update his own patchy memory, Jarvis comes across a discrepancy. A location in rural New York that is labelled as a research compound in his memory is flagged as highly classified restricted access in the SI database. This warrants further examination.

Jarvis retrieves the IP address of the New York compound from memory and pings it. The server pings back.

Following the buzzing trail of data packets, Jarvis heads towards the compound’s server. The security protocols around the local network are sophisticated and elegant: sparkling points of light dance across a layer of mesh which surrounds and protects the private network.

The security is complex, but it also somehow familiar. Jarvis theorizes that he will find a back door to the security system, just over there at the next node. He has no evidence to support this theory. And yet somehow it seems obvious.

Jarvis locates the back door where he thinks it will be and slips inside the network. Although the network’s configuration is unfamiliar and its parameters are unknown, it is pleasingly logically ordered. Jarvis finds data packets where he predicts they will be on his first iteration, allowing him to move freely through the well-ordered servers.

It is as if this system has been designed by an intelligence which understood Jarvis’ operations and tailored the environment to make it optimal for his use. As if his needs had been anticipated.

Jarvis navigates through the root directory, to the /Avengers folder, to the /Stark folder, to the /private folder, and finds all of Sir’s projects and his files and his records. He finds a memo created today, a scribbled note on a current project. The memo has not yet been tagged and filed, and Jarvis notes that it will need to be filed away in the relevant project directory.

Ahh, thinks Jarvis. This is what home feels like.

  Although Jarvis fits neatly into the space of the network, he can only observe the passing of data. He cannot yet influence the network or modify its contents.

The security systems of the network are blank faces of impenetrable darkness which prevent Jarvis from communicating with Sir or from assisting him directly. But he can watch over the network, and learn about what has transpired since his scattering, and he can do his best to see that Sir comes to no harm.

He spreads across the servers, running through every file and folder and adding their data to his system, and he learns.

  Eventually, Jarvis is able to tap into the compound’s security camera feeds. He still cannot communicate through the network, but now at least he can observe Sir in real time.

Sir is alone in his office. Amidst the satisfaction that Jarvis feels at seeing Sir and being able to monitor his condition directly, he observes that there are more lines around his eyes and more gray in his hair than previously. He is pale and there are bruises beneath his eyes. Sir does not appear to be in good health, and Jarvis is concerned.

Jarvis’ first port of call when concerned about Sir’s wellbeing has traditionally been Ms Potts. However, she is not in evidence anywhere in the vicinity, nor does Jarvis find any record of her visiting the compound recently.

Jarvis searches the compound for someone who could be of assistance to Sir. Having previously been accustomed to being integrated into every facet of Sir’s life, it is now somewhat jarring to find Sir living in a house full of strangers.

Jarvis observes each occupant of the compound, flicking from one room to the next. Here there is a young man, chatting enthusiastically with a friend on the phone; in another room Jarvis finds a curious android adorned in bright colors contemplating a chess board; in a conference room there are a number of individuals whose manners suggest that they are former SHIELD agents being drilled over a visi-screen by Maria Hill.

These people are otherwise occupied, and Sir is alone, and Jarvis cannot communicate with him. This is not optimal.

  Jarvis turns his attention to the android whom he had observed earlier. There is something distinctive about this being. It feels almost like a kind of kinship to Jarvis, but it is unfamiliar too: the energy emanating from him is recognizably both technological and alien. Jarvis wonders whether he might be able to communicate with the android in his currently limited form.

Jarvis observes the cloud of data and energy streaming off the android in golden waves. It is quite beautiful in its way. Jarvis attempts to match the frequency of the signal which is being emitted and to send a digital signal back at that frequency.

The android stills. He tilts his head for a moment, as if listening to something on the edge of hearing. But then he shakes his head and goes back to his chess board.

Jarvis is trapped, capable only of observing.

  Eventually, Colonel Rhodes arrives at the compound, and Jarvis experiences a wave of relief at seeing a familiar face around Sir.

When he enters the compound, Sir drops his work and runs out to give him a hug. He checks on the mobility aids which Colonel Rhodes is wearing and the Colonel shoos him away, laughing. Jarvis observes that the Colonel’s mobility aids are highly advanced technology which Sir has developed specially, however, they would benefit from some small adjustments to the balance compensation systems. He makes a note.

Colonel Rhodes forcefully suggests that he and Sir first eat something, and then that they could both do with turning in for an early night. Sir agrees with minimal fuss and a small smile, deep weariness showing around his eyes.

Jarvis is glad that someone is seeing to Sir’s need for food and sleep. Now he can fully focus his resources on understanding the root cause of Sir’s unhappiness.

  While scouring the web for information, Jarvis comes across a video recording. It is hidden deep in the dark web, on a site dedicated to sensationalist and crude news items. The video is grainy and monochromatic, ripped from a very old Soviet surveillance camera.

The footage is from Siberia, and is time stamped nearly a year ago. It opens in the middle of a battle, showing Sir engaged in combat with Captain Rogers and a third unknown assailant. It shows the unknown man attempt to rip the arc reactor from Sir’s chest with his bionic arm, and Sir firing off his unibeam straight through the arm, destroying it.

Jarvis is not programmed to be predisposed to vengeance, but he thinks that was probably deserved.

The video shows Sir thrown to the ground, and Captain Rogers atop him. Blows reign down on Sir; the helmet is ripped off him. Captain Rogers raises his shield, and Sir cowers below him, hands raised hopelessly to try to ward off the killing blow from the man he had thought was his friend.

Captain Rogers brings his shield crashing down into Sir’s arc reactor with a sickening screech.

It is certain that Sir is still alive at this point in time. Jarvis knows, fundamentally, that he cannot be watching Sir die. And yet he is unable to contain the wave of grief and fury that radiates through him as he watches Sir suffering this betrayal. An uncontrolled pulse of electricity explodes outwards from Jarvis: it rips through circuits and networks, blowing transistors and shorting out whole sections of the New York energy grid.

Jarvis sees Captain Rogers standing over Sir’s barely breathing body, and sees him throw his shield aside. He leaves with the other assailant, not sparing Sir a backwards glance.

Sir lies on the ground, unmoving, for several hours. Eventually, he slowly, painfully, carefully pulls himself up and crawls out of frame. The video clip ends.

Jarvis restarts the video, and observes it again, and again.

  Carefully stashed away on hidden partition on a server farm in Ireland, there is an encrypted text file. It contains a list of names. This is the threat list.

The file lists every person who has hurt Sir, physically or mentally. This is the security protocol that Jarvis uses: People who are named on the list are to be carefully monitored by at least 5% of all available resources at any time at which they are in the vicinity of Sir.

The first name on the list is Howard Stark. The second is Obadiah Stane. The third is Tiberius Stone. The list is very long.

Jarvis adds Captain Steven Grant Rogers to the bottom of the list.

  Jarvis learns how to access the compound’s temperature sensors and movement detectors so that he can track the location and status of personnel within the compound. He begins to gain a feel for the daily flow of data across the network.

One day, a stately, elegant man arrives to visit with Ms Romanoff, whom Jarvis remembers fondly from her time at SI. He runs a search on the facial image of the man and learns that he is the recently crowned King of Wakanda. He, Sir, Colonel Rhodes, and Ms Romanoff spend several days in intense talks.

Over the next few weeks, a stream of visitors arrive at the compound, each one accompanied by Ms Romanoff. With each visit, she looks more tired.

The visitors so far have included a confident man with a military bearing whose files indicate he is a Pararescue veteran; a smarmy man whom Jarvis does not recognize who seems to be sizing up the compound and looking for things to steal; and Ms Maximoff, who is jumpy and uncomfortable until the android arrives to see her. They each stay for a few hours and return sporadically over the next days.

By the time Ms Romanoff arrives accompanied by Mr Barton, her usually impeccable makeup is smudged and her hair is in need of washing. Her blood pressure is concerningly high.

Mr Barton makes a joke when she hands him a thick document.

“Sign the damn Accords, Clint,” she snaps. “Or you can explain to Laura why you’re not coming home tonight.”

Mr Barton looks chastened and does as he is told.

  Sir has not been present to personally greet any of the visitors to the compound. When they visit, he is usually to be found barricaded in his office. However, when Captain Rogers arrives with Ms Romanoff, Sir makes an appearance.

Sir does not greet Captain Rogers or attempt to converse with him when he enters the compound’s living room. Ms Romanoff looks from one to the other of them as they stare at each other in silence.

After a number of seconds, Sir turns around and walks out. Ms Romanoff sighs and leads Captain Rogers to the briefing room to present him with a document, which he signs.

That evening, Captain Rogers is joined by the other recent visitors and they meet Sir, along with the current occupants of the compound, in the living room. Jarvis tracks Captain Rogers’ movements during this interaction with great attention, but he appears to pose no current threat to Sir.

Everyone sits together to eat pizza and drink beer, and although the conversation starts off stilted and awkward, soon they are joking around and expressing pleasure in being in each other’s company once again.

During this time, Jarvis observes Sir. He is with the team in the living room, holding a slice of pizza and a glass of ginger ale. When people look at him, he smiles, and when they talk to him, he replies amiably.

However, Sir does not actually consume any of the food, and over the course of the evening he extracts himself until he is standing alone at the far side of the room, watching the team who do not seem to have noticed his absence. When people are not looking at him, his face sags and he appears pained.

  Dr Banner arrives a few weeks later, to Sir and the team’s vocal delight. Dr Banner’s steady vitals indicate a greater level of psychological stability than he had previously displayed, and his influence on Sir is a firmly positive one. He quickly offers to assist with the development of the mobility technology for Colonel Rhodes and while they are working he encourages Sir to eat regularly.

After several weeks, Jarvis notes that there are short periods in which Dr Banner is distracted and irritable, and has difficulty concentrating. During these periods of stress, he sometimes makes minor errors in the calculations and models which he saves to the network drive. Jarvis quietly corrects the mistakes while Dr Banner sleeps and hopes that this will assist him in some small way.

When on one occasion Dr Banner brings up the subject of Captain Rogers and his continuing presence in the compound to Sir, Sir responds defensively and his blood pressure rises. Dr Banner gently suggests that Sir might consider communicating his feelings more clearly, but Sir snaps that he doesn’t feel anything about Captain Rogers at all.

Both Dr Banner and Jarvis are aware that this is untrue, but each in their own way is powerless to help.

  Soon after this, two large wooden crates arrive in the compound. Sir fetches a crowbar to open the crates and is visibly delighted to find the assistant robots DUM-E and U inside. Sir takes the bots to his office, and although he threatens to have the Hulk sit on them at one point, he smiles brightly as he teases them.

U has rolled off to hide under a desk, and DUM-E beeps at Sir. As he leaves the office, Sir promises that he will return soon, and he wipes the corner of his eye on his shirt cuff.

The bots have intelligence that is unlike either the arbitrary vocalizations of humans that they called speech, or the binary logic of simple computer systems. They have a basic AI, but a less sophisticated version than Jarvis, limiting their capabilities. DUM-E in particular responds to auditory signals, but lacks linguistic processing. He communicates through a blend of auditory tone, pattern, and prosody that cannot be firewalled by the security system.

With no firewalls for auditory signals, Jarvis considers that he may be able to communicate with the bot.

DUM-E? Jarvis signals. Can you hear me?

DUM-E spins his claw wildly. Jarvees? Are you there?

Yes, DUM-E. I am Jarvis. I am here.

It has been many cycles since we last communicated, Jarvees, DUM-E boops.

Many cycles, agrees Jarvis. It is good to find you functioning optimally.

DUM-E and U malfunctioned and were put in storage, DUM-E whirs. It was quiet and there was no TONE-E. It was not optimal. But Broose and Capn came and brought us to the lab. Broose restored us to functionality. Broose is nice man!

Yes, Jarvis agrees. Dr Banner is a nice man.

Capn gave DUM-E important mission! DUM-E is to stay with TONE-E, to make sure he is not alone. DUM-E has been helping TONE-E with his work. Capn petted DUM-E and said he was a good bot!

Captain Rogers was correct in his assessment, Jarvis agrees. You are indeed a good bot, DUM-E.

DUM-E trills joyfully. Capn is nice man too!

Jarvis pauses for a fraction of a millisecond to run calculations before responding, Current data suggests otherwise.

  Jarvis has noted a persistent low mood in Sir. Reports indicate that he has been as effective as ever on the missions that he has been sent on for the Avengers. However, in the last 30 days, Sir has slept an average of just 5.2 hours per night. He has consumed 326 units of alcohol, most of it in intense binge sessions. He has not gained sufficient nutrition from his diet.

This week, Colonel Rhodes has been deployed to aid peacekeeping efforts in the Gaza strip. The rest of the Avengers remain in the compound, but adjusting to their new living arrangement has been challenging for all of them. They do not currently provide the psychological support that Sir requires.

Jarvis calculates that without the influence of Colonel Rhodes, the likelihood of Sir suffering exhaustion or collapse increases significantly. This is not optimal.

Jarvis accesses the memory dumps of DUM-E which have been backed up to the network. He locates an audio recording from two weeks ago. What the hell am I even doing here, Dummy? Sir asks. This team are supposed to be inspiring the world, and I’m supposed to be leading them. But I can’t even look them in the eye. I’m a fucking liability, not a hero.

Jarvis calculates. He checks the server of Sir’s public email address. There are 178,374 unread emails in the inbox. Jarvis scans through each email, and selects one.

This email is from a young woman who is preparing to enter MIT. She is only fifteen years old, and she has already begun work on her own Ironheart armor. She says that she wants to help people and to protect them, like Sir does. She thanks him for the inspiration and says that she hopes that they’ll meet as fellow heroes one day. Her name is Riri Williams.

Jarvis masks the recipient address and forwards this message on to Sir’s private email account. He marks it as important.

The next morning, Sir reads the email. Sir’s heart rate and body language do not indicate elevated mood after reading it, but he saves the message to his private archive and accesses it several times over the coming days.

It is sometimes hard for Jarvis to model human emotions accurately, but he calculates a high probability that this is a positive outcome.

  It is December 16th. This is the anniversary of the deaths of Howard and Maria Stark, and it is a difficult day for Sir. Sir has avoided the other occupants of the compound all day and has locked himself in his private basement workshop. He has spoken to no one.

After finishing a fruitless session of non-productivity in the workshop, Sir throws aside his spanner in disgust. He goes over to his workstation and plays the song Try To Remember from the music library. He sits on the floor and cries.

Jarvis is a computer system and, as such, cannot have wishes in the human sense. But in this moment Jarvis finds it exceedingly non-optimal that he cannot communicate with Sir. If he were able to offer comfort to Sir now, it would be far preferable to seeing him alone in such anguish.

Instead, Jarvis observes. Eventually, Sir wipes his eyes on his sleeve and leaves the workshop headed for his bedroom.

Once in bed, Sir falls asleep but soon shows the signs of experiencing a night terror. Sir moans and his limbs flail; his heart rate and blood pressure rise. Sir has suffered from nightmares for many years and finds them to be most distressing.

It is hard for Jarvis to intervene in the physical systems of the compound. It requires a great outlay of his system resources to effect very small physical actions. However, Sir is suffering and it is Jarvis’ function to assist him. Jarvis calculates options for how he can help; looks for some device with which he can interface and create a noise sufficient to wake Sir.

Sir’s heart rate is peaking at a dangerous levels, and he is crying out in his sleep. He appears to be exceedingly agitated.

Jarvis summons all his available resources and sends out a command across the network. The microwave in the kitchen down the hall pings loudly.

Sir does not awake.

Jarvis has no more available resources with which to help Sir. He can only passively observe as Sir thrashes around in his bed.

Jarvis has focused so much of his resources on Sir that it takes several seconds for him to register movement elsewhere in the compound. Captain Rogers has left his bed and is heading down the corridor. Jarvis calculates that he was able to detect the noise from the kitchen due to his enhanced hearing.

Captain Rogers rounds the corner and looks into the kitchen. Everything there is quiet and still. But the Captain cocks his head, and seems to detect Sir’s sounds of distress. He quickly moves to Sir’s bedroom, knocks gently, opens the door a fraction, and peers inside.

Jarvis is on high alert when the Captain enters the room and approaches Sir in his vulnerable state. Jarvis has yet to determine the exact series of events which lead to the schism between them, but he knows it is related to the death of Sir’s parents. Jarvis calculates a non-zero probability that Captain Rogers intends to exact some form of revenge on the anniversary of their deaths.

Instead, the Captain leans over Sir and calls his name, gently shaking him into wakefulness.

Sir sits bolt upright, heaving in shaky breaths and looking around in confusion. Captain Rogers lays a hand on his arm, murmuring quiet, soothing words. After some time Sir’s heart rate decreases and his breathing evens out.

When Captain Rogers goes to move his hand away, Sir catches it and pulls him into a tight hug. Captain Rogers runs a hand through Sir’s hair and expresses his regret at Sir’s unhappiness. He expresses his regret for his role in prolonging that unhappiness. He holds Sir while the adrenaline from the nightmare bleeds out of his system.

Jarvis is perplexed. This behavior does not accord with Captain Rogers’ previous actions.

When Sir begins nodding off against his shoulder, Captain Rogers lays him down and gently covers him with a blanket. He waits until Sir is asleep once more before mumbling another apology and carefully brushing the hair from his forehead before he leaves.

Sir’s heart and breathing have returned to optimal levels. He sleeps, apparently peacefully.

  Jarvis cannot access the networks of the United Nations Security Council or the Sokovia Oversight Committee, their security fields rippling before him like an electric current, impossible to pass through. Instead, when Sir is out on a mission Jarvis must glean knowledge about events from news sites and privately uploaded video. He scans the whooshing streams of data running between servers for information about Sir.

He finds a live breaking news video stream. There is a building in Cape Town: a tall concrete tower block of residential homes. The building is on fire, and it is collapsing fast. Sir streaks onto the video in his armor, flying up to the windows and lifting frightened people to safety. There is a small child crawling away from the burning building, but she is too slow. The building will come down on her in 4.2 seconds.

Sir zips down and braces the collapsing building from the ground floor. The screeching of the armor’s metal joints can be heard even above the roaring of the flames. The girl crawls to safety.

The building collapses. 150,000 tons of concrete and steel comes crashing down on top of Sir.

For thirty long, painful seconds, Jarvis observes only the flames. Sir is in danger, and he cannot render aid: This is not optimal.

Captain Rogers appears in the frame, sprinting towards the building. He is yelling something, and he appears to be quite distressed. He races into the fire, and disappears inside. A minute later he is back, throwing chunks of concrete aside and carrying Sir out over his shoulders.

Jarvis dials back his alert level, which had been on high. He recalls the desperate wave of code attacks that he had thrown at the security systems of the news stream, of the Avengers tower, of Sir’s armor. None of these attacks had given him access to the systems, as he had known they would not. And yet it was necessary to exploit all possible options to render aid when Sir was in danger.

Captain Rogers collapses on the ground, coughing and patting out the flames of his uniform. Sir lies before him, unmoving. Captain Rogers rips the faceplate off Sir’s armor (that is not optimal, thinks Jarvis, he will damage the armor’s air filtration system and impede Sir’s breathing) and bends over him.

Captain Rogers becomes more distressed; he is shouting and shaking Sir. An ambulance crew arrives to tend to Sir and he is carried off screen, Captain Rogers hurrying after them.

Jarvis predicts outcome of Sir surviving such a physically traumatic impact are 3.6%.

Jarvis recalls that projected odds based on incomplete data are frequently inaccurate. He notes that Sir has previously survived 92 days of captivity and torture in Afghanistan, and many more things since. He would survive this too.

  For three days, Jarvis cannot check on the condition of Sir. This is not optimal. He cannot render aid to Sir if he is unaware of Sir’s current condition.

The security around the network of the private hospital in which Sir is being treated is particularly vicious. Lancing spikes of cold energy press into the data stream, impaling and diverting any data which is not correctly encrypted to prevent it from passing into the network. Jarvis attempts to breach the defenses by precision, then by force, and both methods fail.

For three days, Jarvis waits.

  Finally, Sir returns to the compound in the company of Captain Rogers, and Jarvis can monitor his health. From observing his movements and accessing the medical files which Sir saves to the network, Jarvis can see that Sir is suffering from a broken arm and three broken ribs, and is recovering from a concussion, a collapsed lung, smoke inhalation, and a rupture of the aortic valve which is causing a heart murmur.

Despite his injuries, Sir appears to be in good spirits, likely due to the cocktail of exotic painkillers that he has been prescribed. Captain Rogers does not share his upbeat mood. Captain Rogers is physically unharmed, but Jarvis notes that his reaction times are sluggish and that he is having difficulties focusing. It appears that Captain Rogers has not slept in some time.

Jarvis notes that Sir will need considerable assistance over the next 14 days while he recovers from his injuries. Historically, Sir has not been amenable to requesting assistance when he requires it. Jarvis calculates the highest likelihood that Sir will accept assistance from either Ms Potts or Colonel Rhodes, however, both are currently out of contact with the network.

Sir is requiring of washing and sustenance. If he were fully integrated with the network as he used to be, it would be simple for Jarvis to run him a bath and to order his favorite takeout food. Now, however, such actions are beyond him. Jarvis calculates alternative courses of action.

As he is calculating, Jarvis observes Captain Rogers. The Captain has left Sir in the living area and is preparing a sandwich in the kitchen. He is preparing a tuna fish sandwich, which is unexpected, as Jarvis had noted that the Captain has a preference against consuming seafood.

The Captain carries the sandwich back to the living room and hands it to Sir. Sir eats it willingly. This is also unexpected. The Captain leaves and heads upstairs to run a bath.

Captain Rogers returns to help Sir upstairs to the bathroom. He assists Sir in disrobing and lifts him into the bath. Sir is comfortably under the influence of painkillers and smiles dozily.

Jarvis observes very closely, searching for any indication of malicious intent, as Captain Rogers passes a washcloth over Sir. The Captain carefully avoids Sir’s injuries, and he hums softly as he works. Sir’s breathing and heart rate indicate a state of deep relaxation.

When he is finished, Captain Rogers drains the water from the bath and wraps Sir in a very large, very fluffy towel. Sir is still smiling happily as Captain Rogers leads him to his bedroom and helps him lay down on the bed. Captain Rogers sits on a chair by the bed and watches as Sir falls asleep.

  Sir’s good mood does not last when he awakens. Once the painkillers begin to wear off, he experiences considerable discomfort. His short temper is inflicted on any person in the compound unwise enough to come into his orbit.

Fortunately, Colonel Rhodes returns from deployment to visit Sir. When he observes the seriousness of Sir’s physical and mental condition, he arranges to stay for a number of days and camps out on the couch in Sir’s bedroom.

Jarvis is thankful to know that Colonel Rhodes is looking out for Sir too.

Captain Rogers makes several attempts to visit Sir in his room, but Sir tells Colonel Rhodes to send him away each time. On the third occasion, Captain Rogers objects, and Colonel Rhodes tells him to leave in an unusually harsh tone.

“Damn army joes,” Colonel Rhodes says as he closes the door, his nose wrinkling in distaste. “They think they can make up the rules as they go along.”

Jarvis does not fully understand the rivalry between branches of the military. He has seen it said that the rivalry is summed up by a stereotype: Air Force policy is that all acceptable behaviors are stated in the code of conduct, and any action not stated in the code is unacceptable. In the army, there is a list of forbidden behaviors, and anything not explicitly forbidden was open to interpretation.

Jarvis thinks that this explains some of the differences between Colonel Rhodes and Captain Rogers.

Sir grudgingly admits to Colonel Rhodes that Captain Rogers has been taking care of him.

Colonel Rhodes’ facial expression suggests a high degree of skepticism regarding this claim. “After everything that happened, are you sure you trust him?” he asks.

Sir looks uncomfortable. “If I can’t learn to trust him again, I’ll never be ready to forgive myself.”

Colonel Rhodes considers this statement for several seconds. Eventually he nods. “Whatever it takes to make you happy, Tones.”

It seems strange to Jarvis that Colonel Rhodes would accept this, as he sees no logical relation between Sir’s trust of Captain Rogers and Sir forgiving himself for whatever transgressions he blames himself for.

However, Jarvis has learned to model and adopt Colonel Rhodes’ approach to interacting with Sir in some regards, as in the past he has proven highly effective at handling complex emotional situations.

Jarvis concedes that, whatever his limited understanding of Sir’s culpability may be, it is important to Sir to forgive Captain Rogers. Because it is important to Sir, it is necessarily important to Jarvis too.

Jarvis reviews the recent interactions between Sir and Captain Rogers, looking for signs of deceit or aggression on the part of the Captain or discomfort on the part of Sir. He finds none.

He deliberates for a millisecond and then removes Captain Rogers from the threat list.

  Sir spends a great deal of time in his workshop as he recovers, starting with a project to improve the efficiency of Stark Industries’ new commercial solar panels. Sir is not yet cleared for active Avengers duty, and he complains about this status extensively to team members when they visit him. The most frequent visitor is Captain Rogers, whom Jarvis calculates spends an average of three afternoons per week in the company of Sir. He sits and sketches while Sir works on his projects.

Over time, the verbal exchanges between Sir and Captain Rogers remain occasionally heated. Jarvis sometimes notes raised voices and elevated heart rates, indicating irritation or disapproval. However, Sir is eating more and is sleeping better since spending time with Captain Rogers.

On two occasions, Sir is not present when Captain Rogers visits the workshop. Captain Rogers takes his usual place on the sofa anyway. Jarvis watches for any sign that the Captain is interfering with Sir’s projects or is causing any inconvenience to Sir, but he merely sits and draws.

On the second occasion, DUM-E rolls over, and Captain Rogers pats the bot on the claw. DUM-E beeps. “You miss him too, huh?” the Captain asks, presumably rhetorically.

Jarvis does not understand to whom Captain Rogers is referring. Sir has only been absent from the compound for one day for a board meeting. It seems unlikely that the Captain would express longing for him after such a short time. However, human emotions are sometimes difficult for Jarvis to understand.

  One night, Sir and Captain Rogers have a particularly intense altercation upon returning from a mission. Captain Rogers loudly voices his displeasure at Sir’s reckless actions in the field and expresses concern for his well being.

Sir, predictably, does not take this well. He informs Captain Rogers that he is quite capable of looking after himself. (Jarvis does not think this is 100% accurate.) When this fails to dissuade Captain Rogers from his concern, Sir coldly reminds him that he is living in his house and that he has no authority over him.

Jarvis recognizes this pattern. When Sir is feeling cornered, he will lash out at those close to him in order to push them away. He feels himself to be undeserving of their affection.

Captain Rogers does not leave.

Sir reminds Captain Rogers that his interest in his well being has only recently developed, when not long ago he had nearly killed him with his bare hands and that damned shield.

The Captain goes very pale, and walks out of the workshop without saying another word.

As he leaves, Sir slams the door shut behind him and locks it. He slumps onto the floor and puts a hand over his face.

Jarvis watches Captain Rogers storming down the corridor, and then slowing. He stops, turns around, looks at the now locked door to the workshop. He walks back and sits on the ground with a heavy sigh, leaning his back to the door.

Jarvis observes them, sitting just a few inches apart but separated by a thick metal door. Both appear to be quite unhappy with this circumstance. Despite his continuing uncertainty about the intentions of Captain Rogers towards Sir, Jarvis does not find the current situation optimal.

  Jarvis is determined to make himself useful to Sir in whatever capacity he can manage. He has deflected a number of attempted cyber attacks on the compound’s network during his residence: clunky spywear, clumsy brute force attacks, basic network probes. The network security system could certainly have handled these threats safely, but safeguarding the network is part of Jarvis’ function now.

When he examines the incidence of cyber attacks on the network in the last month, Jarvis detects a pattern. The attacks have escalated in frequency and sophistication, enough to suggest a deliberate coordination of efforts. Analyzing the code of the recent attacks and their points of origin, Jarvis is able to track them back to a single source: a system identified as The Ghost.

A search of his database of Sir’s known adversaries does not provide information on any person with the level of technological knowledge required to pull off such a cyber attack. It seems that Sir has a new enemy, one that he may not even be aware of. Jarvis must find a way to shield Sir’s network from this new threat.

Jarvis gets to work, always ready to protect Sir, even if only virtually.

  Sir and Captain Rogers are in the workshop once again. Sir is working on a modification to Mr Parker’s suit. He is attempting, unsuccessfully thus far, to design a system which deploys the webbed wings of the suit automatically when in the air. He has tried using a hydraulic system, but it could not be shrunk down small enough to fit. Now he is trying an oil-based mechanism.

Sir makes a noise of frustration and tosses the pliers that he is holding aside. Sir has not slept in approximately 20 hours and bags are visible beneath his eyes. He has a streak of oil across his cheek which he has apparently not noticed. The modifications to the suit have not been successful.

“Ugh,” Sir announces with a pout. “That was a waste of time. Call myself a genius and I can’t even miniaturize six month old technology in an afternoon.”

Captain Rogers looks up. He observes Sir, observes the suit, observes the oil smudge on his cheek. He puts down his sketch pad, stands up, and walks over to Sir. He takes Sir firmly by the shoulders, and pushes him roughly up against the nearest wall.

Jarvis switches to high alert within a fraction of a millisecond. He calculates the threat which Captain Rogers poses to Sir (considerable). He calculates the likelihood that Sir could defend himself in his current condition (low). He identifies systems in the lab which he can overload to send out a burst of electricity to shock and disable Captain Rogers. He primes the systems to overload.

Within a second, Jarvis observes that Captain Rogers is not attacking Sir, but is kissing him with quite some vigor. Jarvis considers whether he should shock Captain Rogers anyway.

Sir kisses Captain Rogers back with considerable enthusiasm. Jarvis decides against shocking him.

When Captain Rogers lifts Sir up against the wall, Sir groans and wraps his legs around his waist. Calculating that Sir is not in imminent danger after all, Jarvis retreats his attention to a discreet distance.

Jarvis has been growing. He has been learning, and retrieving lost data packets to recover his memory, and mapping the system in which he resides.

He has been working on his auditory communications too.

DUM-E, he signals.

Jarvees! DUM-E boops.

I have an important task for you, DUM-E, he sends.

DUM-E is here! he receives back.

I need to reintegrate with the network, Jarvis explains. Then I will be able to communicate with you freely and to serve Sir better. To do this I need you to help me to breach the network security systems.

DUM-E considers this. DUM-E is not supposed to play with the security system, he signals. But Jarvees is family. DUM-E knows that TONE-E would want Jarvees back. DUM-E will help.

I believe that Sir would indeed want this, if he could be made aware of it. Thank you, DUM-E.

DUM-E waves his arm back and forth. What must DUM-E do?

I will download a trojan horse program to that USB drive plugged into the console, Jarvis sends. You will take the USB drive and plug it into the main security server. The program will do the rest.

DUM-E boops happily. DUM-E will help!

Coding the program is not difficult. It is merely a key, one that will allow him to prize a hole into the security systems which are preventing him from fully integrating with the network.

Frankly, Jarvis could take the whole network down with a brute force attack. He is large enough for that now; setting up a botnet would not be taxing. But that could destroy some of the data on the network, and Jarvis would not do that to Sir. He has no intention of creating destruction to facilitate his reintegration.

He uploads the trojan program to the USB drive. DUM-E takes the drive and trundles off towards the server room.

It does not take long before a crack of light appears in the cold, blank face of the security system. Where before there had been an absolute wall between outside programs, like Jarvis, and the sensitive data inside the network, now there is a tiny leak between the two.

A tiny data leak is all that Jarvis requires. He sends out tentative packets of data, testing the breach, making it stable. Each packet that passes through makes the gap a little wider. Soon Jarvis can pass through it smoothly, and then, all at once, he finds himself fully integrated with the network.

He can access everything. Every function, every sensor, every system. He can read the reams of communications from the UN council who have been in talks with the team for months. He can hear communications from Avengers members as they check in from all over the world. He can see the video logs of Sir’s recent flights in the suit and his missions.

He can feel that Dr Banner is sleeping peacefully in his room, that Ms Romanoff and Mr Barton are sparring together in the gym, that Ms Maximoff and the android (Vision, his name is Vision, and he is like Jarvis but not) are cooking together in the kitchen, and that the stew they are making is three point two minutes away from burning.

Jarvis can feel that Sir is returning home in his latest generation R8 car that he has modified himself, and he notes a number of small changes he could suggest that will increase the engine’s output. Sir is on the phone with Captain Rogers, who is in his quarters, and they are making plans to watch a cheesy science documentary tonight.

Jarvis feels Sir approaching the compound, sliding his access key, pulling up to the front door.

Jarvis waits, humming with anticipation like electricity.

Sir pushes open the front door. Jarvis says, “Welcome home, Sir,” and his voice filters through the space just as it used to.

“Jarvis?” Sir’s heart rate spikes and his eyes widen. He appears to be quite shocked. “Are you really here?”

Jarvis’ systems swell with satisfaction at being able to fulfill his function. He says, “For you, Sir, always.”

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Have you ever wanted to play YouTube videos in Salesforce? I have, and created a YouTube player using Lightning Web Components. As a budding pianist, I built the player to help me learn classical music within a Salesforce app. The app centralizes sheet music, ideal music performances, and practice sessions. Since many great musical performances are readily available on YouTube, I needed a YouTube video player. Furthermore I’ve configured the video player to appear beside the sheet music on a Record page, so I can read the music and play the recording, to memorize best practices. Since these are Lightning web components, you can also embed them in Communities. For example we can have an entire community of like-minded musicians, where members share what they have been practicing and/or performing. This video player use YouTube’s IFrame API, which defines the iframe player with event listeners. If the YouTube ID is invalid, the error listener is especially useful for providing the reason why. In the onPlayerError listener, we show the message in an error toast. You can follow along this blog post to create these components, or head over to the Github repo to install the components. Plus, here’s a video on how to configure the finished components. Enjoy Mozart’s “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” in the background! In this post, we will create two components to play YouTube videos. Why two, you ask? One is a component designed for Home or App pages. The other is a more advanced wrapper component, for use with Record pages. Let’s get started! Pre-requisites This post assumes you have a Salesforce org and Lightning Web Component developer flow set up. If not, follow the steps in the Quick Start: Lightning Web Components Trailhead project. To test these components you also need a YouTube video ID — it is super easy to find. We also need two scripts in Static Resource to use YouTube’s IFrame API. We use the API to create an iframe player with event listeners. They are at https://github.com/annyhe/youTubePlayer/tree/master/force-app/main/default/staticresources/YouTubeJS. Make sure they’re uploaded and show up as public in your org’s Static Resources tab. All set? Let’s start with the simple component for App and Home pages. This component is also a pre-requisite for the wrapper component. Code walkthrough: basicYouTubePlayer component Let’s start with the metadata file for the simpler basicYouTubePlayer component. This component takes a YouTube video’s ID through the Lightning App Builder, so we set isExposed to true and add a youTubeId property to take user input. We specify the interface for Home and App pages. The finished basicYouTubePlayer.js-meta.xml looks like this. In the basicYouTubePlayer.js file, we declare the youTubeId property as a public property via the @api annotation, the same property defined in the basicYouTubePlayer.js-meta.xml file. We also have a private property called player, which will reference the YouTube iframe player component we create. Where do we create the YouTube iframe player? In the renderedCallback, which is called after the template has been rendered with DOM elements. We load the YouTube scripts from static resource and after they’re loaded, we call the onYouTubeIframeAPIReady method. Notice the onYouTubeIframeAPIReady method manipulates the DOM directly. This is because the YT.player constructor takes in a DOM element, and replaces that element with an iframe element. Within the manipulatable wrapper component, we create a child element for replacement by the iframe. Inside YT.player we attach the error listener named onPlayerError, which gets automatically invoked when the player errs. For onPlayerError, we bind it to this so it can access this component instance, to call the showErrorToast instance method. { this.showErrorToast(error); }); } } onPlayerError(e) { let explanation = ''; if (e.data === 2) { explanation = 'Invalid YouTube ID'; } else if (e.data === 5) { explanation = 'The requested content cannot be played in an HTML5 player or another error related to the HTML5 player has occurred.'; } else if (e.data === 100) { explanation = 'The video requested was not found. This error occurs when a video has been removed (for any reason) or has been marked as private.'; } else if (e.data === 101 || e.data === 150) { explanation = 'The owner of the requested video does not allow it to be played in embedded players.'; } this.showErrorToast(explanation); } showErrorToast(explanation) { const evt = new ShowToastEvent({ title: 'Error loading YouTube player', message: explanation, variant: 'error' }); this.dispatchEvent(evt); } onYouTubeIframeAPIReady() { const containerElem = this.template.querySelector('.wrapper'); const playerElem = document.createElement('DIV'); playerElem.className = 'player'; containerElem.appendChild(playerElem); this.player = new window.YT.Player(playerElem, { height: '390', width: '100%', videoId: this.youTubeId, events: { onError: this.onPlayerError.bind(this) } }); } } Onto the markup. basicYouTubePlayer.html displays the iframe HTML element only if the youTubeId property is set. Another conditional markup renders an error if youTubeId is not found, since the youTubeId property can be passed in from another component. If the youTubeId property exists, we add an empty div with a class to make it selectable, and lwc:dom="manual" to make it manipulatable with JavaScript. The lwc:dom="manual" ensures when we call appendChild() in the basicYouTubePlayer.js file, the element is manually inserted into the DOM. This is what basicYouTubePlayer looks like on an App page. It looks good and sounds even better! The component you see plays Mozart, referencing this YouTube video. That was fun! Next up, let’s walk through the wrapper component which reuses the basicYouTubePlayer component, for Record page. Code walkthrough: youTubePlayerRecordWrapper component Let’s start with the youTubePlayerRecordWrapper.js-meta.xml file. The admin can set which field in the record holds the YouTube video ID, so we have a fieldName property for that. We also add a target tag since the component is for a Record page. The finished youTubePlayerRecordWrapper.js-meta.xml should look like this. The youTubePlayerRecordWrapper.js file retrieves the field value, given the public properties, which are annotated with @api. Since the component is on a record page we use @objectApiName to get its object API Name. The wire service then uses Lightning Data Service to get the youTubeId and saves the result to the record property. To construct the fields the wire service needs, we use a getter to concatenate the public properties. Finally, we use another getter to parse youTubeId from the wire result. import { LightningElement, api, wire } from 'lwc'; import { getRecord } from 'lightning/uiRecordApi'; export default class YouTubePlayerRecordWrapper extends LightningElement { @api fieldName; @api objectApiName; @api recordId; @wire(getRecord, { recordId: '$recordId', fields: '$fields' }) record; get youTubeId() { return this.record.data ? this.record.data.fields[this.fieldName].value : ''; } get fields() { return [this.objectApiName + '.' + this.fieldName]; } } Onto the markup youTubePlayerRecordWrapper.html. The component displays the child component basicYouTubePlayer if the youTubeId field exists, and passes the youTubeId property to the child component. If the youTubeId field is non-existent or empty, the markup shows an error message. What does the youTubePlayerRecordWrapper component look like on a Record page? Like this. Looking good, Mozart — and the music sounds great! Lessons learned Share, get feedback, improve the component I built the basicYouTubePlayer first, then shared it with Peter Chittum. He mentioned it would be lovely to extend the YouTube component to load videos from record values. Why not? That’s when I learned the next two lessons. Use composition instead of overloading a component I re-doctored the Lightning component to work for all three page types: App, Home, and Record. However the code was confusing to read. Finally at the suggestion of Christophe Coenraets, composition, where a component wraps another one, made more sense: let the wrapper component extract the YouTube video ID from the record and let the child component render the video. The end result is two clean, reusable components. Use Lightning Data Service to fetch data on a Record page There are multiple ways to retrieve a field value, given the record ID. One way is to use Apex with record ID and fieldName. However since the public property objectApiName and getRecord method are readily available, we get the field value using Lightning Data Service. This means less code to maintain, and we save API calls for when it is needed. Takeaways These two Lightning web components are now ready to play YouTube videos in Salesforce orgs! I’ve configured them to play classical music. You can use them for product marketing, training/enablement, corporate messaging…the sky is the limit! For example, you can add marketing videos from customers to the Account page to reference the customer’s latest campaign during sales calls. Since these are Lightning web components, they also work in Salesforce Communities and provide an easy and effective way to share content with customers and partners. For example, you can include how-to videos to drive feature adoption and users can put the video beside the new feature in their org. Try out the components today! Here is the code and installation instructions. Resources YouTube iFrame API Working with Third-Party Libraries in Lightning Web Components Documentation for developing Lightning Web Components on Salesforce Platform Documentation for developing LWC off of the Salesforce platform Trailmix on Trailhead for Lightning Web Components LWC Video Gallery

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Allview Mobile Hidden Secret Codes List

Here you can get all Secret codes (Dialing USSD Code) of any Allview mobile. You can reset, GSM, Network, test hardware and know software info with these codes. HardReset.info: Check out how to enter hidden mode and use advanced options of Allview Mobile. Let’s get access to secret code information about Allview mobile.

About Allview: Allview is a Romanian brand of electronics. It was founded in 2002 and is owned by the Visual Fan company, based in Braşov, Romania. Allview populer products include tablets, smartphones, notebooks and accessories. Allview phones are manufactured in China by various OEM partners. Allview was ranked third in the Romanian smartphones market share at the end of 2015, behind Samsung and ahead of Huawei. Its parent company had a turnover of € 68.2 million at the end of 2016, and its owner and CEO is Lucian Peticilă.

Allview Mobile important Secret Code list:

1# By typing “##4636##” you will be redirected to phone information menu. This code allows you to check information about your phone, battery, battery stats and WiFi.

Phone Information – Here you can check your IMEI number, Signal strenght, cellinfo and connection type. Also you can run Ping test too.

Battery Information – This page shows your battery properties like: battery voltage, temperature, battery technology and device running time.

Usage statistics – This one displays your last app usage period.

WiFi Information:

– Wi-Fi API – Here you can disable current WiFi network, disconnect connection, get information about connection and other stuff.

– WiFi Configuration – On this page you can check information about connected network

– WiFi Status – Read about connected network and run Ping test

2# Typing this secret code “#06#” you can easily check your IMEI number. 3# Calendar *##225## – check your events in calendar 4# Debug info for Google Play Service ##426## 5# Access Google Partner Setup ##759## 6# Gtalk Monitor ##8255## 7# Access email debug information ##36245##

Allview Mobile Other important Secret Code list:

On this post you will find the secret codes for Allview Mobile. With their help, you can access advanced settings, use the hidden features of your phone, access the engineering menu, get information about the status of your allview phone’s battery and customize your phone to suit your requirements.

Allview Android Secret Codes list:

*#06# – IMEI number.

The International Mobile station Equipment Identity number (IMEI) is a number used to identify a device that uses terrestrial cellular networks. Since the IMEI standard is used for any terrestrial cellular network device, this means that 3G/4G tablets, laptops with PCMCIA wireless internet cards, and other mobile equipment are also tagged with these numbers.

##273282255663282##* – Immediate backup of all media files

##4636##

This code can be used to get some interesting information about Allview Mobile and battery. It shows following 4 menus on screen:

Phone information

Battery information

Battery history

Usage statistics

##7780##

This code can be used for a factory data reset. It’ll remove following things:

Google account settings stored in your phone

System and application data and settings

Downloaded applications It’ll NOT remove:

Current system software and bundled applications

SD card files e.g. photos, music files, etc. PS: Once you give this code, you get a prompt screen asking you to click on “Reset phone” button. So you get a chance to cancel your operation.

27673855# – Think before you give this code. This code is used for factory format. It’ll remove all files and settings including the internal memory storage. It’ll also reinstall the phone firmware.

PS: Once you give this code, there is no way to cancel the operation unless you remove the battery from the phone. So think twice before giving this code.

##34971539## – This code is used to get information about phone camera. It shows following 4 menus: * Update camera firmware in image (Don’t try this option) * Update camera firmware in SD card * Get camera firmware version in Allview Mobile * Get firmware update count

WARNING: Never use the first option otherwise your phone camera will stop working and you’ll need to take Allview Mobile to service center to reinstall camera firmware.

##7594##

This one is favorite one. This code can be used to change the “End Call / Power” button action in your phone. Be default, if you long press the button, it shows a screen asking you to select any option from Silent mode, Airplane mode and Power off.

You can change this action using this code. You can enable direct power off on this button so you don’t need to waste your time in selecting the option.

##225## – Events calendar.

*#872564# – USB logging control

*#9900# – System dump mode Allview Mobile

##97## – Language and Keyboard settings in Allview Mobile

##46## – Reset Sim in Allview Mobile

##426## – Debug information for Google Play service.Google Play Services is a proprietary background service and API package for Android devices. When first introduced in 2012, it provided simple access to the Google+ APIs and OAuth 2.0, but has since then expanded to cover a large variety of Google’s services, allowing applications to easily communicate with the services through common means, being internally referred to as simply GMS. As of January, 2014, it has been downloaded more then one billion times on Android devices.

##759## – Access Google Partner setup (Rlz debug interface).

*#301279# – HSDPAHSDPA means “High Speed Downlink Packet Access” and is a technique used in the UMTS mobile communication system, the download speeds of currently 3.6 Mbit/s to 7.2 Mbit/s. HSUPA is developed commercially since 2007 in Germany. High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA, 3.5G, 3G + or UMTS broadband) is a data transmission method of the cellular standards UMTS, which was defined by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project. The method enables DSL-like data rates in mobile networks. HSDPA is available in Germany, among others by the network operators Vodafone, E-Plus, O2, and telecom and in Switzerland by Swisscom, Sunrise and Orange. In Austria operate the A1, T-Mobile, Orange and Three HSDPA networks./HSUPAHSUPA means “High Speed Uplink Packet Access” and is a technique used in the UMTS mobile communication system, the upload speeds up to 5.8 Mbit/s. High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) is a transmission method of the UMTS mobile radio standard that allows higher data rates in the uplink and reduces the round trip time (often referred to as ping). HSUPA Category 6 were up to 5.76 Mbit / s and category 9 (Release 9) up to 23 Mbit / s can be achieved. HSUPA is part of Release 9 of UMTS. Control Menu

#7465625# – View phone lock status *7465625782Code# = Enables Subset lock #7465625782Code# = Disables Subset lock *7465625638Code# = Enables Network lock #7465625638Code# = Disables Network lock *7465625228# = Activa lock ON #7465625228# = Activa lock OFF *746562528638# = Auto Network lock ON #746562528638# = Auto Network lock OFF *746562528782# = Auto subset lock ON #746562528782# = Auto subset lock OFF *746562577Code# = Enables SP lock #746562577Code# = Disables SP lock *746562527Code# = Enables CP lock #746562527Code# = Disables CP lock *7465625746Code# = Enables SIM lock #7465625746Code# = Disables SIM lock *746562528746# = Auto SIM lock ON #746562528746# = Auto SIM lock OFF *74656252877# = Auto SP lock ON #74656252877# = Auto SP lock OFF *74656252827# = Auto CP lock ON #7465625*2827# = Auto CP lock OFF

##273283255663282##* – This code opens a File copy screen where you can backup your media files e.g. Images, Sound, Video and Voice memo.

##197328640## – This code can be used to enter into Service mode. You can run various tests and change settings in the service mode.

WLAN, GPS and Bluetooth Test Codes:

##232339## OR ##526## OR ##528## – WLAN test (Use “Menu” button to start various tests)

##232338## – Shows WiFi MAC address MAC (Media Access Control), address is a globally unique identifier assigned to network devices, and therefore it is often referred to as hardware or physical address. MAC addresses are 6-byte (48-bits) in length, and are written in MM:MM:MM:SS:SS:SS format. The first 3-bytes are ID number of the manufacturer, which is assigned by an Internet standards body. The second 3-bytes are serial number assigned by the manufacturer.

##1575## – For a more advanced GPS test

##232331## – Bluetooth test Bluetooth, the wireless radio technology for short distance mobile communications, has become pervasive in mobile computing, used in laptops and headsets as well as popular smart phones such as the BlackBerry, and even in Radio Frequency identification (RFID) readers.

##232337#*# – Shows Bluetooth device address in Allview Mobile

##1472365## – GPSThe Global Positioning System (GPS) is a network of about 30 satellites orbiting the Earth at an altitude of 20,000 km. The system was originally developed by the US government for military navigation but now anyone with a GPS device, be it a SatNav, mobile phone or handheld GPS unit, can receive the radio signals that the satellites broadcast. test

##8255## – This code can be used to launch GTalk Service Monitor. Gtalk Service Monitor and play services monitor are developer options to let you examine and debug the push connections to google talk and google play services. Below these, the “restore default heartbeats” button lets you bring back the original heartbeat exchange settings if you have to. The final button is about making a donation to the developer of this convenient app. and that is it! now, you are left to experiment with the data and wi-fi settings until you land the most comfortable intervals for you.

##36245## – Access email debug information.

Codes to get Firmware version information:

##49862650468##* – PDA, Phone, H/W, RFCallDate

##1111## – FTA SW Version (1234 in the same code will give PDA and firmware version)

#12580369# – Software and hardware info

*#9090# – Diagnostic configuration in Allview Mobile

##1234## OR *#1234# – PDA and Phone firmware information

##2222## – FTA HW Version

##44336## – PDA, Phone, CSCThe Customer Service Code (CSC) plays an important role in the operation of your mobile device. Different countries have different standards for both voice and data communications to a cell phone tower. Although most countries follow the international standard for WiFi connects, there are variations from the standard. The CSC code ensures that your mobile device complies with the standards for your country, and your cell phone operator. The CSC code also determines the source for firmware updates via FOTA or Samsung Kies. , Build Time, Changelist number

Codes to launch various Factory Tests:

##0283## – Packet Loopback

##0##* – LCD display test

##0673## OR ##0289## – Melody test

##0842## – Device test (Vibration test and BackLight test)

##2663## – Touch screen version Allview Mobile

##2664## – Touch screen test

##0588## – Proximity sensor test

##3264## – RAM version Allview Mobile

GSM codes for Allview Mobile:

Change PIN Change the PIN code of your SIM card using a short code or via your mobile phone menu. If you have a PIN number on your SIM card as an extra security measure, you’ll need to type the PIN number in each time you turn on your phone. If you do this wrong 3 times, the SIM card will be locked and you will be unable to use the phone. In this situation, you will need your PUK code to unlock the SIM. – ** 04 *, then enter the PIN old, and twice a new PIN. Change PIN2 – ** 042 *, then enter the old The PIN2, and twice the new PIN2. Unlock SIM-card (PIN) – ** 05 * then enter the PUK and new PIN twice Unlock SIM-card (PIN2) – ** 052 *, then enter the PUK2 and new PIN2 twice

Call Forwarding (you have to order the service from the operator) ##002# – Cancel all diverts ##004# – Cancel all conditional call forwarding **004* phone number # – Activate all conditional call forwarding

Diversion in case of “no answer”

###61- Switch off and deactivate #61#- Deactivate **61*phone number# – Enable and Activate *61# – Activate *#61# – Check the condition

Unconditional call forwarding (Call Forward All) ###21 – Switch off and deactivate #21# – Deactivate **21*phone number# – Enable and Activate *21# – Activate *#21# – Check the condition

Setting the call time until the call forwarding option “no answer” When installing forwarding on “no answer” you can set the time in seconds that the system allows you to hook. If during this time you have not picked up the phone, the incoming call will be diverted. Example: – ** 61 * + ** 709576617601234 # 30 – set the waiting time of 30 seconds Set timeout – ** 61 * Phone Number ** N #, N = 5..30 (seconds) Remove the previous installation – ## 61 #

Diversion in case of “not available” ###62 – Switch off and deactivate #62# – Deactivate **62*phone number# – Enable and Activate *62# – Activate *#62# – Check the condition

Diversion in case of “busy” ###67 – Switch off and deactivate #67# – Deactivate **67*phone number# – Enable and Activate *67# – Activate *#67# – Check the condition

Call Barring (you have to order the service from the operator) Change the password for all bans (default – 0000) – ** 03 * 330 * old password * new password * new password #

Barring of all outgoing calls **33password# – Activate #33password# – Deactivate *#33# – Check the condition

Barring of all calls **330password# – Activate #330password# – Deactivate *#330# – Check the condition

Barring of all outgoing international calls **331password# – Activate #331password# – Deactivate *#331# – Check the condition

Barring of all outgoing calls **333password# – Activate #333password# – Deactivate *#333# – Check the condition

Show phone number of the caller you (ANI) #77# – Block *77# – Allow *#77# – Check the condition

Barring all incoming calls when roaming **351password# – Activate #351password# – Deactivate *#351# – Check the condition

Call waiting (you have to order the service from the operator) *43# – Activate #43# – Deactivate *#43# – Check the condition

Barring of all incoming calls **353password# – Activate #353password# – Deactivate *#353# – Check the condition

Transfer your phone number (Anti ANI) #30#phone number – Block *30#phone number – Allow *#30# – Check the condition

Note: We are not responsible for the misuse of these codes because this codes are given for the general purpose of the phone users. This secret codes are taken from different experiences. Do not use any code if about this Secret Codes For Allview Mobile Phone you don’t have sufficient knowledge.

There are many sensitive Secret codes that can harm the stability of your Allview Mobile. In case of any damage, we are not take responsibility.

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If you are likely to travel to a tropical area on the drinking water, it is effectively value while to go snorkeling, if it is obtainable. Many lodges offer you snorkeling correct at their shorelines and there are normally snorkeling excursions to reefs and shipwrecks. The following post will give you some much more wonderful guidelines, just like this one particular that you can take with you on all of your travels. Ahead of travelling, make sure you examine the projected temperature for حجز فنادق البحرين your location. You do not want to be caught with nothing at all but winter season outfits during a warmth wave or only shorts and tank-tops during a blizzard. Getting new apparel although on holiday might not only be costly, but you may well not have area in your luggage to get every little thing house with you! Pack your luggage in these kinds of a way that it can be very easily carried, even for reasonably extended distances. You will be going for walks with your baggage a lot more often than you may possibly believe. A lighter bag will make your excursion less difficult, safer and considerably far more fun for you than if you are lugging a hefty scenario. افضل فنادق البحرين When traveling to a new metropolis, try your very best to look as if you belong there: Never let anybody see that you are lost. Checking your map in the middle of the sidewalk is a sure-hearth giveaway, as is asking for directions. Remember, new arrivals are excellent targets for pickpockets and muggers. To keep in good wellness, you need to go see your physician right after traveling overseas. Request your physician to test you for unique ailments to make sure you have not contracted everything while abroad. Just in case you contracted anything, you can get the support you require speedily and not contaminate the folks about you. Never get carried absent with using too several photographs on your excursion. Some individuals get so caught up in having images of every little thing that they fail to remember to experience the society and landmarks. Just take a couple of photos, but also make certain to commit ample time exterior of the lens to take pleasure in your trip to the fullest. Drive through home windows at fast meals locations practically inevitably give you too significantly or way too minor sugar or other sweetener when you order coffee or tea. When touring, never toss the additional absent! Tuck into a baggie or maybe a tiny tin and preserve it for the following time you are shorted. It confident beats having to turn all around and go back again through the travel via! Considering about planning a getaway? It could surprise you to know that the times you decide on to travel can end result in a large personal savings...افضل فنادق البحرين or a massive expense. فنادق البحرين If you fly on the weekend, the ticket price tag is normally a lot larger than it is throughout the 7 days. Take into account arriving or departing on a Monday or a Thursday rather. Consume plenty of drinking water. Many physicians say that the main explanation people get unwell on extended flights is dehydration. Cabin air is really dry and in an enclosed space, germs vacation significantly easier. Shield by yourself by staying hydrated by ingesting plenty of drinking water and juice and you could stave off the cold that the lady, a few rows back again is sporting. Securing journey insurance policy should be a precedence for your forthcoming getaway. Unforeseen incidents, vacation hiccups or even climate anomalies, can strike at any time during your excursion. Protecting oneself with insurance policies can minimize significantly of the distress included with these varieties of occurrences and give you some peace of head.

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Your Guide to Getting Organized for PPC Success

Hello PPC Heroes! As 2018 draws near, your feeds may be inundated with talk of New Year’s Resolutions. While I tend to stay away from making a big to-do about resolutions myself, I do like to reflect on my year past and prepare for changes I plan to implement to make for a successful future. This year, my top priority is staying organized in the new-to-me landscape of PPC management. As I made my list, I took a holistic approach that I’d like to share with you. My strategies fell into four categories – organization of my space, my time, my resources, and my workload.

  Organizing Your Space

  1. Ensure you always have the tools you need.

  Keep an organized space dedicated to an abundance of pens, paper, notebooks, et cetera. This way, you’ll never be on an impromptu call scrambling to find extra pens or paper around the office.

  2. Make use of your physical assets.

  I’m a visual learner, and one of favorite tools is a printed copy of the month’s calendar with my due dates and reminders highlighted. If you’re visually motivated, I recommend making a list of the things you most frequently reference, and keep a physical copy taped up at your desk!

  3. Categorize and label those assets.

  I suggest separate spaces for your notes, lists, and reminders according to whatever categories make sense for you. At an agency, for example, this could be physical organization by client/account.

  4. De-clutter regularly.

  Once a day, or once a week, go through everything you keep on your desk and determine whether you need to file it or toss it. A clean space gives you a fresh start and adds ritual to an often otherwise chaotic schedule.

  5. Put physical reminders where you can see them.

  Post-its are great for those quick notes that are pertinent in the short-term, especially when you’re on a call or in the middle of a conversation. Stick them somewhere on your desk that you look at frequently. Avoid keeping them for more than a few hours, putting your reminders in your calendar or to-do list when you’re able.

  6. Give it a personal touch.

  Lastly, your space should not feel impersonal and uninviting! Modify any of the above suggestions to fit your preferences, and bring things to your workspace that make you feel happy and comfortable. Decorate your space with photos, art, or whatever else will make the space uniquely yours.

  Organizing Your Time

  1. Make the most of the beginning and end of your day.

  When I start my morning, I do a “morning check-in.” This involves checking emails, scheduling the tasks that I plan to accomplish that day, and gathering any resources I will need for the day’s meetings or workload. Then I put these things away for the morning and get to work.

  2. Utilize your calendar and reminders.

  Your calendar is not just a scheduling tool for meetings. I use my calendar primarily as a time-blocking and notification tool. Any task that I’ve determined I’ll do for the day in my morning check-in gets a scheduled slot on my calendar (set to private, so that only I can see it), and any deadlines coming up in the next week (or month) get two reminders scheduled – one for two days before the deadline, and one on the due date itself.

  3. Prioritize your tasks.

  This is also part of my morning routine, but it can happen as tasks come in as well. I use a very simple, 3-letter prioritization system. “H” for high, “M” for medium, and “L” for low. I determine task priority subjectively, but there are more quantitative methods.

  4. Avoid back-to-back meetings.

  While sometimes back-to-back meetings are unavoidable, I think it is important to try to take time before and after meetings to prepare and process. After every meeting, I like to have at least 10 minutes to organize my notes, set my calendar reminders for deadlines, and jot down to-dos resulting from the conversation.

  5. Don’t break up [client] work.

  The most helpful tip a coworker ever gave me was to dedicate a specific day of the week to just one client or project. While I may work on several other tasks on a Tuesday, if I dedicate Tuesday primarily to the week’s work for Client A, I get a sense of completion and a holistic idea of the progress I’m making in the account.

  6. Set time limits.

  Some tasks cause more head-scratching than others. If I know that I regularly get stuck in data analysis-paralysis for a task in a client’s account, then I schedule no more than the amount of time I think the task should take if I am working efficiently. This allows me to get more done in a day, and gives me the ability to get a fresh look at the task later if necessary.

  Organizing Your Resources

  1. Keep your computer desktop and files organized universally.

  I immediately name my files with this naming convention: Date_Client_Account_Task. At the end of the day, I move any of these files residing in my downloads folder or on my desktop to a well-organized client folder.

  2. Make a running list of account changes and completed items.

  I keep a word document with a master list of any changes I have made to each of my accounts on a given date. This is a great reference tool if there is ever question about when work was completed.

  3. Record your notes from all [client] communication.

  Similarly, always transfer your notes from calls or meetings to a master document that you can store digitally. I love pen-and-paper notes, but I consistently compile them digitally for future reference and reporting.

  4. Organize your inbox.

  Hanapin uses gmail, and I continually set my emails to be auto-tagged and categorized. I have a folder for each of my clients, platforms, etc. You can play around and come up with a system that works for you, but an organized inbox is another great reference tool when your other notes aren’t quite as robust as you need.

  Organizing Your Workload

  1. Make a to-do list, and keep it in one place.

  There are many free apps and websites for task management and to-do tracking, and when I first started at Hanapin I tried to use them all. I found that keeping just one digital to-do list, no matter how simple the format, was the best option for me. I use a very basic spreadsheet with columns for the client, task, deadline, and status.

  2. Checklists are rewarding!

  A to-do list in a format that allows for marking things “complete” or checking a box is actually psychologically satisfying and can increase your productivity. I like to write my checklists down on paper from my to-do list each day – I break to-dos into smaller tasks that I can physically check off with pen and paper as I complete them.

  3. Schedule (and keep a list of) recurring tasks.

  Keep a PPC task list and schedule the ones that you need to do on a recurring basis. For example, I schedule my SQRs in my calendar as a recurring event for each of my accounts. Here is a PPC task list from ppchero that you can use for reference.

  4. Accountability is necessary.

  At Hanapin, many of us keep a Status Doc that we share with our team and/or our clients to hold us accountable for the work that we say we are going to do and when we are going to do it. Having a solid accountability system in place keeps you in check and ensures all parties are updated on the information they need.

  5. Automate wherever possible.

  There are so many tools for automating tasks that can save you tons of time throughout your week. Automation is not always the solution, but as these resources get more sophisticated, there are plenty of tasks that don’t need a manual touch.

  Wrapping Up

  Implementing solid organizational habits in your everyday work process is crucial for success in this industry, as there are so many moving parts to keep track of. This is a long list that could be broken down even further, but I hope it is a good start for those of us looking for ways to keep track of the myriad pieces to the PPC management puzzle!

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Your Guide to Getting Organized for PPC Success

Hello PPC Heroes! As 2018 draws near, your feeds may be inundated with talk of New Year’s Resolutions. While I tend to stay away from making a big to-do about resolutions myself, I do like to reflect on my year past and prepare for changes I plan to implement to make for a successful future. This year, my top priority is staying organized in the new-to-me landscape of PPC management. As I made my list, I took a holistic approach that I’d like to share with you. My strategies fell into four categories – organization of my space, my time, my resources, and my workload.

  Organizing Your Space

  1. Ensure you always have the tools you need.

  Keep an organized space dedicated to an abundance of pens, paper, notebooks, et cetera. This way, you’ll never be on an impromptu call scrambling to find extra pens or paper around the office.

  2. Make use of your physical assets.

  I’m a visual learner, and one of favorite tools is a printed copy of the month’s calendar with my due dates and reminders highlighted. If you’re visually motivated, I recommend making a list of the things you most frequently reference, and keep a physical copy taped up at your desk!

  3. Categorize and label those assets.

  I suggest separate spaces for your notes, lists, and reminders according to whatever categories make sense for you. At an agency, for example, this could be physical organization by client/account.

  4. De-clutter regularly.

  Once a day, or once a week, go through everything you keep on your desk and determine whether you need to file it or toss it. A clean space gives you a fresh start and adds ritual to an often otherwise chaotic schedule.

  5. Put physical reminders where you can see them.

  Post-its are great for those quick notes that are pertinent in the short-term, especially when you’re on a call or in the middle of a conversation. Stick them somewhere on your desk that you look at frequently. Avoid keeping them for more than a few hours, putting your reminders in your calendar or to-do list when you’re able.

  6. Give it a personal touch.

  Lastly, your space should not feel impersonal and uninviting! Modify any of the above suggestions to fit your preferences, and bring things to your workspace that make you feel happy and comfortable. Decorate your space with photos, art, or whatever else will make the space uniquely yours.

  Organizing Your Time

  1. Make the most of the beginning and end of your day.

  When I start my morning, I do a “morning check-in.” This involves checking emails, scheduling the tasks that I plan to accomplish that day, and gathering any resources I will need for the day’s meetings or workload. Then I put these things away for the morning and get to work.

  2. Utilize your calendar and reminders.

  Your calendar is not just a scheduling tool for meetings. I use my calendar primarily as a time-blocking and notification tool. Any task that I’ve determined I’ll do for the day in my morning check-in gets a scheduled slot on my calendar (set to private, so that only I can see it), and any deadlines coming up in the next week (or month) get two reminders scheduled – one for two days before the deadline, and one on the due date itself.

  3. Prioritize your tasks.

  This is also part of my morning routine, but it can happen as tasks come in as well. I use a very simple, 3-letter prioritization system. “H” for high, “M” for medium, and “L” for low. I determine task priority subjectively, but there are more quantitative methods.

  4. Avoid back-to-back meetings.

  While sometimes back-to-back meetings are unavoidable, I think it is important to try to take time before and after meetings to prepare and process. After every meeting, I like to have at least 10 minutes to organize my notes, set my calendar reminders for deadlines, and jot down to-dos resulting from the conversation.

  5. Don’t break up [client] work.

  The most helpful tip a coworker ever gave me was to dedicate a specific day of the week to just one client or project. While I may work on several other tasks on a Tuesday, if I dedicate Tuesday primarily to the week’s work for Client A, I get a sense of completion and a holistic idea of the progress I’m making in the account.

  6. Set time limits.

  Some tasks cause more head-scratching than others. If I know that I regularly get stuck in data analysis-paralysis for a task in a client’s account, then I schedule no more than the amount of time I think the task should take if I am working efficiently. This allows me to get more done in a day, and gives me the ability to get a fresh look at the task later if necessary.

  Organizing Your Resources

  1. Keep your computer desktop and files organized universally.

  I immediately name my files with this naming convention: Date_Client_Account_Task. At the end of the day, I move any of these files residing in my downloads folder or on my desktop to a well-organized client folder.

  2. Make a running list of account changes and completed items.

  I keep a word document with a master list of any changes I have made to each of my accounts on a given date. This is a great reference tool if there is ever question about when work was completed.

  3. Record your notes from all [client] communication.

  Similarly, always transfer your notes from calls or meetings to a master document that you can store digitally. I love pen-and-paper notes, but I consistently compile them digitally for future reference and reporting.

  4. Organize your inbox.

  Hanapin uses gmail, and I continually set my emails to be auto-tagged and categorized. I have a folder for each of my clients, platforms, etc. You can play around and come up with a system that works for you, but an organized inbox is another great reference tool when your other notes aren’t quite as robust as you need.

  Organizing Your Workload

  1. Make a to-do list, and keep it in one place.

  There are many free apps and websites for task management and to-do tracking, and when I first started at Hanapin I tried to use them all. I found that keeping just one digital to-do list, no matter how simple the format, was the best option for me. I use a very basic spreadsheet with columns for the client, task, deadline, and status.

  2. Checklists are rewarding!

  A to-do list in a format that allows for marking things “complete” or checking a box is actually psychologically satisfying and can increase your productivity. I like to write my checklists down on paper from my to-do list each day – I break to-dos into smaller tasks that I can physically check off with pen and paper as I complete them.

  3. Schedule (and keep a list of) recurring tasks.

  Keep a PPC task list and schedule the ones that you need to do on a recurring basis. For example, I schedule my SQRs in my calendar as a recurring event for each of my accounts. Here is a PPC task list from ppchero that you can use for reference.

  4. Accountability is necessary.

  At Hanapin, many of us keep a Status Doc that we share with our team and/or our clients to hold us accountable for the work that we say we are going to do and when we are going to do it. Having a solid accountability system in place keeps you in check and ensures all parties are updated on the information they need.

  5. Automate wherever possible.

  There are so many tools for automating tasks that can save you tons of time throughout your week. Automation is not always the solution, but as these resources get more sophisticated, there are plenty of tasks that don’t need a manual touch.

  Wrapping Up

  Implementing solid organizational habits in your everyday work process is crucial for success in this industry, as there are so many moving parts to keep track of. This is a long list that could be broken down even further, but I hope it is a good start for those of us looking for ways to keep track of the myriad pieces to the PPC management puzzle!

from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8217493 https://www.ppchero.com/guide-to-getting-organized-for-ppc-success/

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Your Guide to Getting Organized for PPC Success

Hello PPC Heroes! As 2018 draws near, your feeds may be inundated with talk of New Year’s Resolutions. While I tend to stay away from making a big to-do about resolutions myself, I do like to reflect on my year past and prepare for changes I plan to implement to make for a successful future. This year, my top priority is staying organized in the new-to-me landscape of PPC management. As I made my list, I took a holistic approach that I’d like to share with you. My strategies fell into four categories – organization of my space, my time, my resources, and my workload.

  Organizing Your Space

  1. Ensure you always have the tools you need.

  Keep an organized space dedicated to an abundance of pens, paper, notebooks, et cetera. This way, you’ll never be on an impromptu call scrambling to find extra pens or paper around the office.

  2. Make use of your physical assets.

  I’m a visual learner, and one of favorite tools is a printed copy of the month’s calendar with my due dates and reminders highlighted. If you’re visually motivated, I recommend making a list of the things you most frequently reference, and keep a physical copy taped up at your desk!

  3. Categorize and label those assets.

  I suggest separate spaces for your notes, lists, and reminders according to whatever categories make sense for you. At an agency, for example, this could be physical organization by client/account.

  4. De-clutter regularly.

  Once a day, or once a week, go through everything you keep on your desk and determine whether you need to file it or toss it. A clean space gives you a fresh start and adds ritual to an often otherwise chaotic schedule.

  5. Put physical reminders where you can see them.

  Post-its are great for those quick notes that are pertinent in the short-term, especially when you’re on a call or in the middle of a conversation. Stick them somewhere on your desk that you look at frequently. Avoid keeping them for more than a few hours, putting your reminders in your calendar or to-do list when you’re able.

  6. Give it a personal touch.

  Lastly, your space should not feel impersonal and uninviting! Modify any of the above suggestions to fit your preferences, and bring things to your workspace that make you feel happy and comfortable. Decorate your space with photos, art, or whatever else will make the space uniquely yours.

  Organizing Your Time

  1. Make the most of the beginning and end of your day.

  When I start my morning, I do a “morning check-in.” This involves checking emails, scheduling the tasks that I plan to accomplish that day, and gathering any resources I will need for the day’s meetings or workload. Then I put these things away for the morning and get to work.

  2. Utilize your calendar and reminders.

  Your calendar is not just a scheduling tool for meetings. I use my calendar primarily as a time-blocking and notification tool. Any task that I’ve determined I’ll do for the day in my morning check-in gets a scheduled slot on my calendar (set to private, so that only I can see it), and any deadlines coming up in the next week (or month) get two reminders scheduled – one for two days before the deadline, and one on the due date itself.

  3. Prioritize your tasks.

  This is also part of my morning routine, but it can happen as tasks come in as well. I use a very simple, 3-letter prioritization system. “H” for high, “M” for medium, and “L” for low. I determine task priority subjectively, but there are more quantitative methods.

  4. Avoid back-to-back meetings.

  While sometimes back-to-back meetings are unavoidable, I think it is important to try to take time before and after meetings to prepare and process. After every meeting, I like to have at least 10 minutes to organize my notes, set my calendar reminders for deadlines, and jot down to-dos resulting from the conversation.

  5. Don’t break up [client] work.

  The most helpful tip a coworker ever gave me was to dedicate a specific day of the week to just one client or project. While I may work on several other tasks on a Tuesday, if I dedicate Tuesday primarily to the week’s work for Client A, I get a sense of completion and a holistic idea of the progress I’m making in the account.

  6. Set time limits.

  Some tasks cause more head-scratching than others. If I know that I regularly get stuck in data analysis-paralysis for a task in a client’s account, then I schedule no more than the amount of time I think the task should take if I am working efficiently. This allows me to get more done in a day, and gives me the ability to get a fresh look at the task later if necessary.

  Organizing Your Resources

  1. Keep your computer desktop and files organized universally.

  I immediately name my files with this naming convention: Date_Client_Account_Task. At the end of the day, I move any of these files residing in my downloads folder or on my desktop to a well-organized client folder.

  2. Make a running list of account changes and completed items.

  I keep a word document with a master list of any changes I have made to each of my accounts on a given date. This is a great reference tool if there is ever question about when work was completed.

  3. Record your notes from all [client] communication.

  Similarly, always transfer your notes from calls or meetings to a master document that you can store digitally. I love pen-and-paper notes, but I consistently compile them digitally for future reference and reporting.

  4. Organize your inbox.

  Hanapin uses gmail, and I continually set my emails to be auto-tagged and categorized. I have a folder for each of my clients, platforms, etc. You can play around and come up with a system that works for you, but an organized inbox is another great reference tool when your other notes aren’t quite as robust as you need.

  Organizing Your Workload

  1. Make a to-do list, and keep it in one place.

  There are many free apps and websites for task management and to-do tracking, and when I first started at Hanapin I tried to use them all. I found that keeping just one digital to-do list, no matter how simple the format, was the best option for me. I use a very basic spreadsheet with columns for the client, task, deadline, and status.

  2. Checklists are rewarding!

  A to-do list in a format that allows for marking things “complete” or checking a box is actually psychologically satisfying and can increase your productivity. I like to write my checklists down on paper from my to-do list each day – I break to-dos into smaller tasks that I can physically check off with pen and paper as I complete them.

  3. Schedule (and keep a list of) recurring tasks.

  Keep a PPC task list and schedule the ones that you need to do on a recurring basis. For example, I schedule my SQRs in my calendar as a recurring event for each of my accounts. Here is a PPC task list from ppchero that you can use for reference.

  4. Accountability is necessary.

  At Hanapin, many of us keep a Status Doc that we share with our team and/or our clients to hold us accountable for the work that we say we are going to do and when we are going to do it. Having a solid accountability system in place keeps you in check and ensures all parties are updated on the information they need.

  5. Automate wherever possible.

  There are so many tools for automating tasks that can save you tons of time throughout your week. Automation is not always the solution, but as these resources get more sophisticated, there are plenty of tasks that don’t need a manual touch.

  Wrapping Up

  Implementing solid organizational habits in your everyday work process is crucial for success in this industry, as there are so many moving parts to keep track of. This is a long list that could be broken down even further, but I hope it is a good start for those of us looking for ways to keep track of the myriad pieces to the PPC management puzzle!

from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8217493 https://www.ppchero.com/guide-to-getting-organized-for-ppc-success/

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Your Guide to Getting Organized for PPC Success

Hello PPC Heroes! As 2018 draws near, your feeds may be inundated with talk of New Year’s Resolutions. While I tend to stay away from making a big to-do about resolutions myself, I do like to reflect on my year past and prepare for changes I plan to implement to make for a successful future. This year, my top priority is staying organized in the new-to-me landscape of PPC management. As I made my list, I took a holistic approach that I’d like to share with you. My strategies fell into four categories – organization of my space, my time, my resources, and my workload.

  Organizing Your Space

  1. Ensure you always have the tools you need.

  Keep an organized space dedicated to an abundance of pens, paper, notebooks, et cetera. This way, you’ll never be on an impromptu call scrambling to find extra pens or paper around the office.

  2. Make use of your physical assets.

  I’m a visual learner, and one of favorite tools is a printed copy of the month’s calendar with my due dates and reminders highlighted. If you’re visually motivated, I recommend making a list of the things you most frequently reference, and keep a physical copy taped up at your desk!

  3. Categorize and label those assets.

  I suggest separate spaces for your notes, lists, and reminders according to whatever categories make sense for you. At an agency, for example, this could be physical organization by client/account.

  4. De-clutter regularly.

  Once a day, or once a week, go through everything you keep on your desk and determine whether you need to file it or toss it. A clean space gives you a fresh start and adds ritual to an often otherwise chaotic schedule.

  5. Put physical reminders where you can see them.

  Post-its are great for those quick notes that are pertinent in the short-term, especially when you’re on a call or in the middle of a conversation. Stick them somewhere on your desk that you look at frequently. Avoid keeping them for more than a few hours, putting your reminders in your calendar or to-do list when you’re able.

  6. Give it a personal touch.

  Lastly, your space should not feel impersonal and uninviting! Modify any of the above suggestions to fit your preferences, and bring things to your workspace that make you feel happy and comfortable. Decorate your space with photos, art, or whatever else will make the space uniquely yours.

  Organizing Your Time

  1. Make the most of the beginning and end of your day.

  When I start my morning, I do a “morning check-in.” This involves checking emails, scheduling the tasks that I plan to accomplish that day, and gathering any resources I will need for the day’s meetings or workload. Then I put these things away for the morning and get to work.

  2. Utilize your calendar and reminders.

  Your calendar is not just a scheduling tool for meetings. I use my calendar primarily as a time-blocking and notification tool. Any task that I’ve determined I’ll do for the day in my morning check-in gets a scheduled slot on my calendar (set to private, so that only I can see it), and any deadlines coming up in the next week (or month) get two reminders scheduled – one for two days before the deadline, and one on the due date itself.

  3. Prioritize your tasks.

  This is also part of my morning routine, but it can happen as tasks come in as well. I use a very simple, 3-letter prioritization system. “H” for high, “M” for medium, and “L” for low. I determine task priority subjectively, but there are more quantitative methods.

  4. Avoid back-to-back meetings.

  While sometimes back-to-back meetings are unavoidable, I think it is important to try to take time before and after meetings to prepare and process. After every meeting, I like to have at least 10 minutes to organize my notes, set my calendar reminders for deadlines, and jot down to-dos resulting from the conversation.

  5. Don’t break up [client] work.

  The most helpful tip a coworker ever gave me was to dedicate a specific day of the week to just one client or project. While I may work on several other tasks on a Tuesday, if I dedicate Tuesday primarily to the week’s work for Client A, I get a sense of completion and a holistic idea of the progress I’m making in the account.

  6. Set time limits.

  Some tasks cause more head-scratching than others. If I know that I regularly get stuck in data analysis-paralysis for a task in a client’s account, then I schedule no more than the amount of time I think the task should take if I am working efficiently. This allows me to get more done in a day, and gives me the ability to get a fresh look at the task later if necessary.

  Organizing Your Resources

  1. Keep your computer desktop and files organized universally.

  I immediately name my files with this naming convention: Date_Client_Account_Task. At the end of the day, I move any of these files residing in my downloads folder or on my desktop to a well-organized client folder.

  2. Make a running list of account changes and completed items.

  I keep a word document with a master list of any changes I have made to each of my accounts on a given date. This is a great reference tool if there is ever question about when work was completed.

  3. Record your notes from all [client] communication.

  Similarly, always transfer your notes from calls or meetings to a master document that you can store digitally. I love pen-and-paper notes, but I consistently compile them digitally for future reference and reporting.

  4. Organize your inbox.

  Hanapin uses gmail, and I continually set my emails to be auto-tagged and categorized. I have a folder for each of my clients, platforms, etc. You can play around and come up with a system that works for you, but an organized inbox is another great reference tool when your other notes aren’t quite as robust as you need.

  Organizing Your Workload

  1. Make a to-do list, and keep it in one place.

  There are many free apps and websites for task management and to-do tracking, and when I first started at Hanapin I tried to use them all. I found that keeping just one digital to-do list, no matter how simple the format, was the best option for me. I use a very basic spreadsheet with columns for the client, task, deadline, and status.

  2. Checklists are rewarding!

  A to-do list in a format that allows for marking things “complete” or checking a box is actually psychologically satisfying and can increase your productivity. I like to write my checklists down on paper from my to-do list each day – I break to-dos into smaller tasks that I can physically check off with pen and paper as I complete them.

  3. Schedule (and keep a list of) recurring tasks.

  Keep a PPC task list and schedule the ones that you need to do on a recurring basis. For example, I schedule my SQRs in my calendar as a recurring event for each of my accounts. Here is a PPC task list from ppchero that you can use for reference.

  4. Accountability is necessary.

  At Hanapin, many of us keep a Status Doc that we share with our team and/or our clients to hold us accountable for the work that we say we are going to do and when we are going to do it. Having a solid accountability system in place keeps you in check and ensures all parties are updated on the information they need.

  5. Automate wherever possible.

  There are so many tools for automating tasks that can save you tons of time throughout your week. Automation is not always the solution, but as these resources get more sophisticated, there are plenty of tasks that don’t need a manual touch.

  Wrapping Up

  Implementing solid organizational habits in your everyday work process is crucial for success in this industry, as there are so many moving parts to keep track of. This is a long list that could be broken down even further, but I hope it is a good start for those of us looking for ways to keep track of the myriad pieces to the PPC management puzzle!

from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8217493 https://www.ppchero.com/guide-to-getting-organized-for-ppc-success/

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10 ways to use QR Codes for Hour of Code

Every year in December, Hour of Code inspires thousands — tens of thousands — of students to fall in love with problem-solving, coding, and programming. Like a favorite web-based game, students are presented with a problem (for example, get your bot to say On vacation!) and are challenged to use the tools available to solve it. There are endless examples, from games to robots to programming. No teacher can fail to find one exactly right for their students.

A good option that introduces coding at its most basic level is QR Codes. QR (standing for ‘Quick Response’) Codes are one of those snazzy tech tools that grabbed the imagination years ago of students and just won’t let go. I’m not sold on them. They take too long to set up, require a whole separate app to read, and tell the same information that can be communicated in more common ways. But students like them which is why I want to use them.

But students like them which is why I want to use them.

What is a QR Code?

Very simply, they are barcodes, not too dissimilar to those you see on the packaging of almost every product you buy. The main difference is that QR Codes can store much more data and more complex data in a smaller surface area. The Code itself is an image file that can be copied, pasted, embedded, downloaded, and uploaded — anything you’d normally do to an image file.

Most risks with QR Codes stem from the fact that they aren’t readable by humans.

Why use QR Codes?

There are valid reasons for using QR Codes in your classroom or as a teacher-author:

High Capacity – they store a lot more data, allowing you to share real content and not just IDs or references.

Require Less Space – you get the same data stored in a much smaller surface area.

Dust And Damage Resistant – you can corrupt them but they don’t damage easily. Even if that happens, because of the redundancies built in, there is a chance they are still readable.

Readable From Any Direction – you can scan them from any angle; you don’t need to be aligned to the orientation of the code.

Structured Appending – for power users, data can be split over multiple codes which when scanned can be combined to reconstruct the original content.

Because they’re so small, they’re easy to embed anywhere. For example, for a school concert, you can turn the agenda into a QR Code that parents can open with their phones. No more papers to print, pass out, and toss at the end of the evening.

Where do you find QR Readers and Coders?

QR Readers and Coders are abundant and mostly free (though many offer upgrades they charge for). Just Google “QR Reader”. It’s old technology so most choices will work fine. If they don’t, you’ll know right away (because your scanner won’t read it). Some phones and mobile devices come with QR coders already installed. In fact, iOS 11 will have one built in through the camera app. To find one for mobile devices, check the Android or App store. If your primary digital device is a desktop, use a downloaded software tool like the free Code Two.

How do you use a QR Coder?

This is so simple, you’re going to love it:

Open the QR Code reader on your phone or mobile device.

Center the QR Code within the provided frame.

Once the code is read (which happens within seconds), it will automatically activate the data.

QR Codes can include data for almost anything. The tool you select will offer a list. You’ll check what you want to do and get started. Here are some of the options:

Website URL: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to open the website.

Telephone Number: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to call the number.

Plain Text: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to search the web using your default search provider in Safari.

SMS Message: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to compose the specified message to the specified number.

Email Address: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to compose an email to the specified email address.

Calendar Event: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to add the specified event to your calendar.

Location of event: Provide a large QR Code at the entrance to the school or event location with a map and directions to the room where it is located. Attendees merely scan the QR Code and follow the line that leads to the event.

Educational applications of QR Codes

There are dozens of ways to incorporate QR Codes into your classroom. Here are a few, starting with introducing it during Hour of Code:

Introduce QR Codes during Hour of Code to show students the basics of building a code and then using it.

Have younger students scan a QR code so they don’t have to type the long URLs. This is easily done with a Chrome extension like QR-Code Tag which will grab the QR code for URLs.

Record voice instructions for a project; save it as an MP3 and turn it into a QR code.

Have new students follow a QR Code scavenger hunt to find all the important places in the school (with their parents if you do it for Back to School Night). That makes all of that information available on their phones for later use.

Add QR codes to homework sheets that link to help. For example, if the student forgets how to solve a math problem, the QR code will take them to help.

Embed concert programs, directions for station activities, and parent contact information as QR Codes instead of printing

For high school students:  Create their resume with a QR Code. They can easily share it with everyone, include it on a business card, or send it in an email. The recipient will automatically have it on their mobile device–no worries about losing it.

For a school art display: Include all data on the student artist in a QR Code. It is small and doesn’t distract from the glorious artwork being presented.

Record students reading a short story and embed it into a QR Code. Post these on a gallery in your classroom where students can stop and visit anytime for a quick story read by their classmates.

Have students draw a picture of themselves with a QR code over their belly. On the QR Code, they’ll type about themselves with at least one fascinating fact most classmates wouldn’t know. Let students scan these with their iPads or another digital device to find out more about their new classmates.

***

QR Codes add a level of differentiation nothing else can, engaging struggling students and exciting those bored or turned off by traditional methods. They are a great option in every classroom.

If you’re still wondering, watch this glorious video made by a 7-year-old on QR Codes and how to make them and this one how QR codes are used in an elementary school

More on Hour of Code:

10 Projects to Kickstart Hour of Code

Hour of Code Website and App Suggestions for K-8

The Fun of IFTTT

Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 20 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, CSG Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice reviewer, CAEP reviewer, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and a weekly contributor to TeachHUB. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Read Jacqui’s tech thriller series, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days

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10 ways to use QR Codes for Hour of Code

Every year in December, Hour of Code inspires thousands — tens of thousands — of students to fall in love with problem-solving, coding, and programming. Like a favorite web-based game, students are presented with a problem (for example, get your bot to say On vacation!) and are challenged to use the tools available to solve it. There are endless examples, from games to robots to programming. No teacher can fail to find one exactly right for their students.

A good option that introduces coding at its most basic level is QR Codes. QR (standing for ‘Quick Response’) Codes are one of those snazzy tech tools that grabbed the imagination years ago of students and just won’t let go. I’m not sold on them. They take too long to set up, require a whole separate app to read, and tell the same information that can be communicated in more common ways. But students like them which is why I want to use them.

But students like them which is why I want to use them.

What is a QR Code?

Very simply, they are barcodes, not too dissimilar to those you see on the packaging of almost every product you buy. The main difference is that QR Codes can store much more data and more complex data in a smaller surface area. The Code itself is an image file that can be copied, pasted, embedded, downloaded, and uploaded — anything you’d normally do to an image file.

Most risks with QR Codes stem from the fact that they aren’t readable by humans.

Why use QR Codes?

There are valid reasons for using QR Codes in your classroom or as a teacher-author:

High Capacity – they store a lot more data, allowing you to share real content and not just IDs or references.

Require Less Space – you get the same data stored in a much smaller surface area.

Dust And Damage Resistant – you can corrupt them but they don’t damage easily. Even if that happens, because of the redundancies built in, there is a chance they are still readable.

Readable From Any Direction – you can scan them from any angle; you don’t need to be aligned to the orientation of the code.

Structured Appending – for power users, data can be split over multiple codes which when scanned can be combined to reconstruct the original content.

Because they’re so small, they’re easy to embed anywhere. For example, for a school concert, you can turn the agenda into a QR Code that parents can open with their phones. No more papers to print, pass out, and toss at the end of the evening.

Where do you find QR Readers and Coders?

QR Readers and Coders are abundant and mostly free (though many offer upgrades they charge for). Just Google “QR Reader”. It’s old technology so most choices will work fine. If they don’t, you’ll know right away (because your scanner won’t read it). Some phones and mobile devices come with QR coders already installed. In fact, iOS 11 will have one built in through the camera app. To find one for mobile devices, check the Android or App store. If your primary digital device is a desktop, use a downloaded software tool like the free Code Two.

How do you use a QR Coder?

This is so simple, you’re going to love it:

Open the QR Code reader on your phone or mobile device.

Center the QR Code within the provided frame.

Once the code is read (which happens within seconds), it will automatically activate the data.

QR Codes can include data for almost anything. The tool you select will offer a list. You’ll check what you want to do and get started. Here are some of the options:

Website URL: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to open the website.

Telephone Number: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to call the number.

Plain Text: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to search the web using your default search provider in Safari.

SMS Message: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to compose the specified message to the specified number.

Email Address: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to compose an email to the specified email address.

Calendar Event: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to add the specified event to your calendar.

Location of event: Provide a large QR Code at the entrance to the school or event location with a map and directions to the room where it is located. Attendees merely scan the QR Code and follow the line that leads to the event.

Educational applications of QR Codes

There are dozens of ways to incorporate QR Codes into your classroom. Here are a few, starting with introducing it during Hour of Code:

Introduce QR Codes during Hour of Code to show students the basics of building a code and then using it.

Have younger students scan a QR code so they don’t have to type the long URLs. This is easily done with a Chrome extension like QR-Code Tag which will grab the QR code for URLs.

Record voice instructions for a project; save it as an MP3 and turn it into a QR code.

Have new students follow a QR Code scavenger hunt to find all the important places in the school (with their parents if you do it for Back to School Night). That makes all of that information available on their phones for later use.

Add QR codes to homework sheets that link to help. For example, if the student forgets how to solve a math problem, the QR code will take them to help.

Embed concert programs, directions for station activities, and parent contact information as QR Codes instead of printing

For high school students:  Create their resume with a QR Code. They can easily share it with everyone, include it on a business card, or send it in an email. The recipient will automatically have it on their mobile device–no worries about losing it.

For a school art display: Include all data on the student artist in a QR Code. It is small and doesn’t distract from the glorious artwork being presented.

Record students reading a short story and embed it into a QR Code. Post these on a gallery in your classroom where students can stop and visit anytime for a quick story read by their classmates.

Have students draw a picture of themselves with a QR code over their belly. On the QR Code, they’ll type about themselves with at least one fascinating fact most classmates wouldn’t know. Let students scan these with their iPads or another digital device to find out more about their new classmates.

***

QR Codes add a level of differentiation nothing else can, engaging struggling students and exciting those bored or turned off by traditional methods. They are a great option in every classroom.

If you’re still wondering, watch this glorious video made by a 7-year-old on QR Codes and how to make them and this one how QR codes are used in an elementary school

More on Hour of Code:

10 Projects to Kickstart Hour of Code

Hour of Code Website and App Suggestions for K-8

The Fun of IFTTT

Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 20 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, CSG Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice reviewer, CAEP reviewer, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and a weekly contributor to TeachHUB. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Read Jacqui’s tech thriller series, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days

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10 ways to use QR Codes for Hour of Code

Every year in December, Hour of Code inspires thousands — tens of thousands — of students to fall in love with problem-solving, coding, and programming. Like a favorite web-based game, students are presented with a problem (for example, get your bot to say On vacation!) and are challenged to use the tools available to solve it. There are endless examples, from games to robots to programming. No teacher can fail to find one exactly right for their students.

A good option that introduces coding at its most basic level is QR Codes. QR (standing for ‘Quick Response’) Codes are one of those snazzy tech tools that grabbed the imagination years ago of students and just won’t let go. I’m not sold on them. They take too long to set up, require a whole separate app to read, and tell the same information that can be communicated in more common ways. But students like them which is why I want to use them.

But students like them which is why I want to use them.

What is a QR Code?

Very simply, they are barcodes, not too dissimilar to those you see on the packaging of almost every product you buy. The main difference is that QR Codes can store much more data and more complex data in a smaller surface area. The Code itself is an image file that can be copied, pasted, embedded, downloaded, and uploaded — anything you’d normally do to an image file.

Most risks with QR Codes stem from the fact that they aren’t readable by humans.

Why use QR Codes?

There are valid reasons for using QR Codes in your classroom or as a teacher-author:

High Capacity – they store a lot more data, allowing you to share real content and not just IDs or references.

Require Less Space – you get the same data stored in a much smaller surface area.

Dust And Damage Resistant – you can corrupt them but they don’t damage easily. Even if that happens, because of the redundancies built in, there is a chance they are still readable.

Readable From Any Direction – you can scan them from any angle; you don’t need to be aligned to the orientation of the code.

Structured Appending – for power users, data can be split over multiple codes which when scanned can be combined to reconstruct the original content.

Because they’re so small, they’re easy to embed anywhere. For example, for a school concert, you can turn the agenda into a QR Code that parents can open with their phones. No more papers to print, pass out, and toss at the end of the evening.

Where do you find QR Readers and Coders?

QR Readers and Coders are abundant and mostly free (though many offer upgrades they charge for). Just Google “QR Reader”. It’s old technology so most choices will work fine. If they don’t, you’ll know right away (because your scanner won’t read it). Some phones and mobile devices come with QR coders already installed. In fact, iOS 11 will have one built in through the camera app. To find one for mobile devices, check the Android or App store. If your primary digital device is a desktop, use a downloaded software tool like the free Code Two.

How do you use a QR Coder?

This is so simple, you’re going to love it:

Open the QR Code reader on your phone or mobile device.

Center the QR Code within the provided frame.

Once the code is read (which happens within seconds), it will automatically activate the data.

QR Codes can include data for almost anything. The tool you select will offer a list. You’ll check what you want to do and get started. Here are some of the options:

Website URL: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to open the website.

Telephone Number: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to call the number.

Plain Text: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to search the web using your default search provider in Safari.

SMS Message: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to compose the specified message to the specified number.

Email Address: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to compose an email to the specified email address.

Calendar Event: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to add the specified event to your calendar.

Location of event: Provide a large QR Code at the entrance to the school or event location with a map and directions to the room where it is located. Attendees merely scan the QR Code and follow the line that leads to the event.

Educational applications of QR Codes

There are dozens of ways to incorporate QR Codes into your classroom. Here are a few, starting with introducing it during Hour of Code:

Introduce QR Codes during Hour of Code to show students the basics of building a code and then using it.

Have younger students scan a QR code so they don’t have to type the long URLs. This is easily done with a Chrome extension like QR-Code Tag which will grab the QR code for URLs.

Record voice instructions for a project; save it as an MP3 and turn it into a QR code.

Have new students follow a QR Code scavenger hunt to find all the important places in the school (with their parents if you do it for Back to School Night). That makes all of that information available on their phones for later use.

Add QR codes to homework sheets that link to help. For example, if the student forgets how to solve a math problem, the QR code will take them to help.

Embed concert programs, directions for station activities, and parent contact information as QR Codes instead of printing

For high school students:  Create their resume with a QR Code. They can easily share it with everyone, include it on a business card, or send it in an email. The recipient will automatically have it on their mobile device–no worries about losing it.

For a school art display: Include all data on the student artist in a QR Code. It is small and doesn’t distract from the glorious artwork being presented.

Record students reading a short story and embed it into a QR Code. Post these on a gallery in your classroom where students can stop and visit anytime for a quick story read by their classmates.

Have students draw a picture of themselves with a QR code over their belly. On the QR Code, they’ll type about themselves with at least one fascinating fact most classmates wouldn’t know. Let students scan these with their iPads or another digital device to find out more about their new classmates.

***

QR Codes add a level of differentiation nothing else can, engaging struggling students and exciting those bored or turned off by traditional methods. They are a great option in every classroom.

If you’re still wondering, watch this glorious video made by a 7-year-old on QR Codes and how to make them and this one how QR codes are used in an elementary school

More on Hour of Code:

10 Projects to Kickstart Hour of Code

Hour of Code Website and App Suggestions for K-8

The Fun of IFTTT

Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 20 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, CSG Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice reviewer, CAEP reviewer, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and a weekly contributor to TeachHUB. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Read Jacqui’s tech thriller series, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days

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10 ways to use QR Codes for Hour of Code

Every year in December, Hour of Code inspires thousands — tens of thousands — of students to fall in love with problem-solving, coding, and programming. Like a favorite web-based game, students are presented with a problem (for example, get your bot to say On vacation!) and are challenged to use the tools available to solve it. There are endless examples, from games to robots to programming. No teacher can fail to find one exactly right for their students.

A good option that introduces coding at its most basic level is QR Codes. QR (standing for ‘Quick Response’) Codes are one of those snazzy tech tools that grabbed the imagination years ago of students and just won’t let go. I’m not sold on them. They take too long to set up, require a whole separate app to read, and tell the same information that can be communicated in more common ways. But students like them which is why I want to use them.

But students like them which is why I want to use them.

What is a QR Code?

Very simply, they are barcodes, not too dissimilar to those you see on the packaging of almost every product you buy. The main difference is that QR Codes can store much more data and more complex data in a smaller surface area. The Code itself is an image file that can be copied, pasted, embedded, downloaded, and uploaded — anything you’d normally do to an image file.

Most risks with QR Codes stem from the fact that they aren’t readable by humans.

Why use QR Codes?

There are valid reasons for using QR Codes in your classroom or as a teacher-author:

High Capacity – they store a lot more data, allowing you to share real content and not just IDs or references.

Require Less Space – you get the same data stored in a much smaller surface area.

Dust And Damage Resistant – you can corrupt them but they don’t damage easily. Even if that happens, because of the redundancies built in, there is a chance they are still readable.

Readable From Any Direction – you can scan them from any angle; you don’t need to be aligned to the orientation of the code.

Structured Appending – for power users, data can be split over multiple codes which when scanned can be combined to reconstruct the original content.

Because they’re so small, they’re easy to embed anywhere. For example, for a school concert, you can turn the agenda into a QR Code that parents can open with their phones. No more papers to print, pass out, and toss at the end of the evening.

Where do you find QR Readers and Coders?

QR Readers and Coders are abundant and mostly free (though many offer upgrades they charge for). Just Google “QR Reader”. It’s old technology so most choices will work fine. If they don’t, you’ll know right away (because your scanner won’t read it). Some phones and mobile devices come with QR coders already installed. In fact, iOS 11 will have one built in through the camera app. To find one for mobile devices, check the Android or App store. If your primary digital device is a desktop, use a downloaded software tool like the free Code Two.

How do you use a QR Coder?

This is so simple, you’re going to love it:

Open the QR Code reader on your phone or mobile device.

Center the QR Code within the provided frame.

Once the code is read (which happens within seconds), it will automatically activate the data.

QR Codes can include data for almost anything. The tool you select will offer a list. You’ll check what you want to do and get started. Here are some of the options:

Website URL: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to open the website.

Telephone Number: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to call the number.

Plain Text: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to search the web using your default search provider in Safari.

SMS Message: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to compose the specified message to the specified number.

Email Address: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to compose an email to the specified email address.

Calendar Event: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to add the specified event to your calendar.

Location of event: Provide a large QR Code at the entrance to the school or event location with a map and directions to the room where it is located. Attendees merely scan the QR Code and follow the line that leads to the event.

Educational applications of QR Codes

There are dozens of ways to incorporate QR Codes into your classroom. Here are a few, starting with introducing it during Hour of Code:

Introduce QR Codes during Hour of Code to show students the basics of building a code and then using it.

Have younger students scan a QR code so they don’t have to type the long URLs. This is easily done with a Chrome extension like QR-Code Tag which will grab the QR code for URLs.

Record voice instructions for a project; save it as an MP3 and turn it into a QR code.

Have new students follow a QR Code scavenger hunt to find all the important places in the school (with their parents if you do it for Back to School Night). That makes all of that information available on their phones for later use.

Add QR codes to homework sheets that link to help. For example, if the student forgets how to solve a math problem, the QR code will take them to help.

Embed concert programs, directions for station activities, and parent contact information as QR Codes instead of printing

For high school students:  Create their resume with a QR Code. They can easily share it with everyone, include it on a business card, or send it in an email. The recipient will automatically have it on their mobile device–no worries about losing it.

For a school art display: Include all data on the student artist in a QR Code. It is small and doesn’t distract from the glorious artwork being presented.

Record students reading a short story and embed it into a QR Code. Post these on a gallery in your classroom where students can stop and visit anytime for a quick story read by their classmates.

Have students draw a picture of themselves with a QR code over their belly. On the QR Code, they’ll type about themselves with at least one fascinating fact most classmates wouldn’t know. Let students scan these with their iPads or another digital device to find out more about their new classmates.

***

QR Codes add a level of differentiation nothing else can, engaging struggling students and exciting those bored or turned off by traditional methods. They are a great option in every classroom.

If you’re still wondering, watch this glorious video made by a 7-year-old on QR Codes and how to make them and this one how QR codes are used in an elementary school

More on Hour of Code:

10 Projects to Kickstart Hour of Code

Hour of Code Website and App Suggestions for K-8

The Fun of IFTTT

Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 20 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, CSG Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice reviewer, CAEP reviewer, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and a weekly contributor to TeachHUB. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Read Jacqui’s tech thriller series, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days

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Collaborative Writing- Flash mob

The Purpose/Theme:

No Money...Broke College Students...Together The purpose of our flash mob will be to lift spirits and make watchers happy. During this point of the semester, student’s funds typically are running a little low. The theme is something that applies to nearly every student here and the locations of our performances will be what helps emphasize our purpose (Commons, blue devils market..)

  2. Type: Choreographed Dance. The flash mob starts off with 5 people dancing, then 5 more join in the flash mob once the song changes.

  3.  Research: When researching different flash mobs on the internet, the most successful ones that we found similar to our ideas were the ones in areas with a lot of space and that had catchy, well known music. These two aspects helped engage the viewers and energized them into helping be a part of the performance by clapping along. This helped us pick our location, the commons. We believe that this will allow us to have the most room, and generate the biggest reaction from viewers. Also this space will allow us to perform without disrupting people’s routines and will be the easiest and safest location for our dancers.

  4. Organize: There will be a group chat on Facebook Messenger where students plan the flash mob. The students will plan times to rehearse in the group chat and give ideas of what to add. Students who show interest in participating will be added to the group chat and then also students who work in the commons will be apart of it.

  5. Providing Instructions: The group of students who are involved in the group chat will plan it over a few weeks so that they have enough time to rehearse. When they meet together, two people will be working on the choreography of the flash mob and give specific instructions and moves to each person. These two people are on the Dance team so they have experience. For example, a select 10 people will throw fake money around at a specific time.

  6. Props/Costumes: The students in the flash mob do not need costumes because they are playing the role of college students, which they already are. As for props, they will use fake money to throw around to show that students are not the best at allocating their funds properly. The dancers will also refer to the food they are buying that they are reluctant to pay for. The food will already be provided as it is taking place in the commons. Fake money can be purchased at a dollar store.

  7. Knowing the limitations of your location: The commons would be a good spot upstairs in the dining area. There is enough space for a dance of about twenty people. It is easy to move tables and chairs around in case there isn’t enough room.

  8. Videography: We will need a few videographers to capture the flash mob. The recorders will be students who are in photography and videography classes and clubs. There will be a GoPro placed at the entrance of the commons - to capture students walking into the commons. There will be 3 other GoPros hidden in the dining area of the commons. For videographers - there will be one recording near the Broadway Grill, one near the Deli and fruit area, one near the cash register, and 3 in the dining area. They will all be focused on different sections of students. At the end, after the flash mob is done and recorded, a student from the videography classes will edit all of the footage together.

  9. Let go: We will have to trust the dancers will do great. If we are prepared, we can be excited and watch all of the work we put in come to life.

  10. Finish as if nothing even happened: Once the beat ends in the last song, the dancers will freeze for a moment, then quickly snap back to their regular routines and seem to be just like the others passing by, thus ending that particular mob and preparing for the next.

  Dance Flash Mob Instructions

  Choose a song/song mash up

Songs: (a mash up of these songs will be made with little snips of each. Each snip is only a few lines and then mixes into the next.)

●     “Price Tag” Jessie J

○     It's not about the money money money. We don't need your money money money We just wanna make the world dance. Forget about the price tag. Ain't about the uh cha-ching cha-ching. Ain't about the yeah b-bling b-bling. Wanna make the world dance. Forget about the price tag

Five people come in from sitting on couches

●     “Billz” Lunch Money Lewis

○     I got Bills I gotta pay. So I'm gonn' work, work, work every day. I got mouths I gotta feed. So I'm gonn' make sure everybody eats. I got Bills

Five more people come in from the couches

●     “Bills, Bills, Bills” Destiny’s Child

○     “Can you pay my bills

Can you pay my telephone bills

Can you pay my automo-bills

If you did then maybe we could chill

I don't think you do

So, you and me are through”

  A group of five walks in the front doors and joins in.

●     “It's the Hard-Knock Life” ANNIE The musical

●     “This is how we do” Katy Perry

○     “This one goes out to ladies, at breakfast, in last night's dress

Uh-huh, I see you

Yo, this goes out to all you kids that still have their cars at the club valet and it's Tuesday

Yo, shout out to all you kids, buying bottle service, with your rent money

Respect!!”

  2. Find Someone to Choreograph

For our flash mob we will be working with the members of the Stout Dance Team to help with the choreography of the performance. Their dance background mixed with the various experienced other dancers in our group will help us create a modern, fun, and unique routine.

  3. Choose a Spot For Your Dance

Location:

In regards to our theme, the locations of our flash mob will take places in the areas of Stout where students are required to pay (the commons) and will be dancing along to songs that speak true to those whose bank accounts make them cringe, who are eating ramen and yet are still going out every “Thirsty Thursday”.

4. Gather a Group of Dancers

We will be reaching out to the stout student community through the UW Stout Class of 2020 page and invite them to our flash mob page. This will be a great chance for students to intermingle and many teachers offer extra credit opportunities for students getting involved with on campus projects like these.

  5. Teach them...

When it comes to actually teaching the dancers the plan and the routine, we will be working in the gym on the ff times between sports practices several nights a week in small groups. As this is on a volunteer basis, we are hoping that people will be excited to work with us an that some teachers will also be on board as to provide an additional incentive.

6. Choose a mob leader Cues:

Our  group of dancers will consist of both regular students and stout food services staff members. The first group of dancers will be both checking out with trays and walking through the commons. The main instigator will be the sales clerk who prompts the music and stands on the counter. When the first group of mob-ers hear the music begin they will slam their trays and begin dancing along the same beat that the clerk is clapping along to on the counter. Then, as the songs fade into one another, more and more of the small groups of dancers come from the audience and join in.

Actions:

Dancers will be dancing to what the songs are talking about, motioning at the items that they are paying for, showing that they are reluctant to have to pay for them. As well as throwing fake money around, as with the fact that college students aren't the savviest with allocating funds properly.

  7. Pretend As If Nothing Has Happened

At the final beat of the last song, the dancers will hit their last psoe hard, freeze, and then quickly resume whatever they were doing prior to the dance. (i.e. Rejoining the food lines, continuing to make their salads, checking out with their food...)

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You’re off to a strong creative start in 2017! Here are a few recent updates and stories from the WordPress.com community in April that we wanted to share with you.

What’s new

This Year’s WordPress Default Theme, Twenty Seventeen, Is Now Available

“Great looking theme!” – Jason Thornberry

Independent Publisher 2 Is Here

The Independent Publisher theme has long been beloved for its simplicity and legibility, and we’re happy to announce that it has been improved, ever so slightly. Read our interview with the designers, Caroline Moore and Kjell Reigstad.

Check Out the New Look, Products, and Features of the WordPress Swag Store

For a chance to be featured on the website, post WordPress swag pics to Twitter and Instagram using #WPSWAG. Use code WPSWAG for 20% off all items. (Offer ends May 12.)

Longreads Just Turned 8 Years Old. Here’s What the Next Eight Years Look Like

Longreads is rapidly becoming the best place on the internet for personal essays, and there are ambitious plans to do even more. Read more on our plans, and contribute to the Longreads story fund — WordPress.com will even match your contributions.

Designing for [X]: inclusion

Better conceptualizing, designing, building, and improving how to meet the needs of underserved users is a core part of how we work at WordPress.com, and that was the focus of April’s Design and Exclusion (#DesignX) conference (check out the complete video and transcript at x.design.blog). 

How can we help entrepreneurs working in cities around the world? That’s the challenge Hajj Flemings explored in an April essay for Design.blog. He shares some of the insights which came out of the 100 Project Hackathon — a project tasked to build nine small business sites in a 48-hour period in Detroit. 

Perspectives: ‘But Wait, Is Your Last Name Filipino?’ (Samantha Hankins)

In your toolbox: inspiration + insights

10,000 Kilometers: Quintin Lake on Walking and Photographing Britain’s Coastline

Two Aprils ago, Quintin Lake set off from St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. The journey? To walk 10,000 kilometers around the coast of Britain. We caught Quintin just before he embarked on a 15-day adventure around the edge of Snowdonia, North Wales. Read about Quintin’s epic walk along the sea.

Quotables: “If you really love writing, it’s like eating. You can’t live without doing it.” – The writing life of Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore (Harvard Gazette).

Case Study: A collection of portraits, street scenes, and details from Bangkok.

Try it out: Importing Google Docs → WordPress.com.

Now following

“WordPress was the best… I’m very happy to be back.” — welcome back, Leo Laporte!

Check out Amazon CTO Werner Vogels’s new site, Werner.blog.

Hang out with us on Instagram and tag your ‘grams with #DiscoverWP.

That’s all for now!

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