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Cease-Fire Efforts Intensify as Hamas Considers Israeli Proposal Amid Rafah Tensions

May 11, 2024 There has been yet another update on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. Here are some key points from the latest updates: Evacuations Ordered: Israel has ordered new evacuations in the Gaza city of Rafah, affecting tens of thousands of people as it prepares to expand its military operation. Humanitarian Concerns: The United Nations has warned that a full-scale invasion…

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1 Tesla Court, Strangetown - exterior - [interior here]

I wanted to keep the orignal vibe of the lot, but hated the red brick, and wanted to make it bigger in true castle fashion.

Daytime:

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Unveiling the Best SEO Worker in Bangladesh: Driving Digital Success

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Funny enough, my procrastination of this poll has dragged on long enough (and I’ve discovered new fictional mushrooms) that I might feel up to running a second round. Though there would be some changes to make it easier on my end. And no promises yet on when or if it’ll happen. But since I’ve gained much more of a following since I first ran this poll, let’s go it again

*Important Note: Any characters that made it into the first tournament would not be allowed to compete again. Characters that were eliminated in preliminaries before Round 1 would be allowed to compete, but they would have to be submitted again.

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Web3 for E-commerce: 5 Must-Know Reasons to Get Started

The digital revolution is here, and Web3 is leading the charge. Discover how your e-commerce business can benefit from this groundbreaking technology.

Web3, also known as Web 3.0, introduces a decentralized internet framework that brings significant advantages to e-commerce businesses. Blockchain technology, a cornerstone of Web3, offers unmatched security with its immutable ledgers and multi-signature wallets, ensuring safe and fraud-resistant transactions. This security is crucial in protecting both businesses and consumers from cyber threats.

Transparency is another hallmark of Web3, enabling customers to verify the authenticity and origin of products through immutable blockchain records. This builds a level of trust and loyalty that traditional e-commerce models struggle to achieve. Additionally, Web3 enhances operational efficiency with smart contracts that automate processes, reduce costs, and eliminate human error, providing a seamless and cost-effective solution for managing supply chains and transactions.

Embrace the future of e-commerce with Web3. Contact Intelisync to learn how our expert solutions in blockchain and decentralized technologies can transform your online store. From security enhancements to operational efficiencies, Intelisync is your partner in pioneering the Learn more....

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Tumblr’s Core Product Strategy

Here at Tumblr, we’ve been working hard on reorganizing how we work in a bid to gain more users. A larger user base means a more sustainable company, and means we get to stick around and do this thing with you all a bit longer. What follows is the strategy we're using to accomplish the goal of user growth. The @labs group has published a bit already, but this is bigger. We’re publishing it publicly for the first time, in an effort to work more transparently with all of you in the Tumblr community. This strategy provides guidance amid limited resources, allowing our teams to focus on specific key areas to ensure Tumblr’s future.

The Diagnosis

In order for Tumblr to grow, we need to fix the core experience that makes Tumblr a useful place for users. The underlying problem is that Tumblr is not easy to use. Historically, we have expected users to curate their feeds and lean into curating their experience. But this expectation introduces friction to the user experience and only serves a small portion of our audience. 

Tumblr’s competitive advantage lies in its unique content and vibrant communities. As the forerunner of internet culture, Tumblr encompasses a wide range of interests, such as entertainment, art, gaming, fandom, fashion, and music. People come to Tumblr to immerse themselves in this culture, making it essential for us to ensure a seamless connection between people and content. 

To guarantee Tumblr’s continued success, we’ve got to prioritize fostering that seamless connection between people and content. This involves attracting and retaining new users and creators, nurturing their growth, and encouraging frequent engagement with the platform.

Our Guiding Principles

To enhance Tumblr’s usability, we must address these core guiding principles.

Expand the ways new users can discover and sign up for Tumblr.

Provide high-quality content with every app launch.

Facilitate easier user participation in conversations.

Retain and grow our creator base.

Create patterns that encourage users to keep returning to Tumblr.

Improve the platform’s performance, stability, and quality.

Below is a deep dive into each of these principles.

Principle 1: Expand the ways new users can discover and sign up for Tumblr.

Tumblr has a “top of the funnel” issue in converting non-users into engaged logged-in users. We also have not invested in industry standard SEO practices to ensure a robust top of the funnel. The referral traffic that we do get from external sources is dispersed across different pages with inconsistent user experiences, which results in a missed opportunity to convert these users into regular Tumblr users. For example, users from search engines often land on pages within the blog network and blog view—where there isn’t much of a reason to sign up. 

We need to experiment with logged-out tumblr.com to ensure we are capturing the highest potential conversion rate for visitors into sign-ups and log-ins. We might want to explore showing the potential future user the full breadth of content that Tumblr has to offer on our logged-out pages. We want people to be able to easily understand the potential behind Tumblr without having to navigate multiple tabs and pages to figure it out. Our current logged-out explore page does very little to help users understand “what is Tumblr.” which is a missed opportunity to get people excited about joining the site.

Actions & Next Steps

Improving Tumblr’s search engine optimization (SEO) practices to be in line with industry standards.

Experiment with logged out tumblr.com to achieve the highest conversion rate for sign-ups and log-ins, explore ways for visitors to “get” Tumblr and entice them to sign up.

Principle 2: Provide high-quality content with every app launch.

We need to ensure the highest quality user experience by presenting fresh and relevant content tailored to the user’s diverse interests during each session. If the user has a bad content experience, the fault lies with the product.

The default position should always be that the user does not know how to navigate the application. Additionally, we need to ensure that when people search for content related to their interests, it is easily accessible without any confusing limitations or unexpected roadblocks in their journey.

Being a 15-year-old brand is tough because the brand carries the baggage of a person’s preconceived impressions of Tumblr. On average, a user only sees 25 posts per session, so the first 25 posts have to convey the value of Tumblr: it is a vibrant community with lots of untapped potential. We never want to leave the user believing that Tumblr is a place that is stale and not relevant. 

Actions & Next Steps

Deliver great content each time the app is opened.

Make it easier for users to understand where the vibrant communities on Tumblr are. 

Improve our algorithmic ranking capabilities across all feeds. 

Principle 3: Facilitate easier user participation in conversations.

Part of Tumblr’s charm lies in its capacity to showcase the evolution of conversations and the clever remarks found within reblog chains and replies. Engaging in these discussions should be enjoyable and effortless.

Unfortunately, the current way that conversations work on Tumblr across replies and reblogs is confusing for new users. The limitations around engaging with individual reblogs, replies only applying to the original post, and the inability to easily follow threaded conversations make it difficult for users to join the conversation.

Actions & Next Steps

Address the confusion within replies and reblogs.

Improve the conversational posting features around replies and reblogs. 

Allow engagements on individual replies and reblogs.

Make it easier for users to follow the various conversation paths within a reblog thread. 

Remove clutter in the conversation by collapsing reblog threads. 

Explore the feasibility of removing duplicate reblogs within a user’s Following feed. 

Principle 4: Retain and grow our creator base.

Creators are essential to the Tumblr community. However, we haven’t always had a consistent and coordinated effort around retaining, nurturing, and growing our creator base.  

Being a new creator on Tumblr can be intimidating, with a high likelihood of leaving or disappointment upon sharing creations without receiving engagement or feedback. We need to ensure that we have the expected creator tools and foster the rewarding feedback loops that keep creators around and enable them to thrive.

The lack of feedback stems from the outdated decision to only show content from followed blogs on the main dashboard feed (“Following”), perpetuating a cycle where popular blogs continue to gain more visibility at the expense of helping new creators. To address this, we need to prioritize supporting and nurturing the growth of new creators on the platform.

It is also imperative that creators, like everyone on Tumblr, feel safe and in control of their experience. Whether it be an ask from the community or engagement on a post, being successful on Tumblr should never feel like a punishing experience.

Actions & Next Steps

Get creators’ new content in front of people who are interested in it. 

Improve the feedback loop for creators, incentivizing them to continue posting.

Build mechanisms to protect creators from being spammed by notifications when they go viral.

Expand ways to co-create content, such as by adding the capability to embed Tumblr links in posts.

Principle 5: Create patterns that encourage users to keep returning to Tumblr.

Push notifications and emails are essential tools to increase user engagement, improve user retention, and facilitate content discovery. Our strategy of reaching out to you, the user, should be well-coordinated across product, commercial, and marketing teams.

Our messaging strategy needs to be personalized and adapt to a user’s shifting interests. Our messages should keep users in the know on the latest activity in their community, as well as keeping Tumblr top of mind as the place to go for witty takes and remixes of the latest shows and real-life events.  

Most importantly, our messages should be thoughtful and should never come across as spammy.  

Actions & Next Steps

Conduct an audit of our messaging strategy.

Address the issue of notifications getting too noisy; throttle, collapse or mute notifications where necessary.  

Identify opportunities for personalization within our email messages. 

Test what the right daily push notification limit is. 

Send emails when a user has push notifications switched off.

Principle 6: Performance, stability and quality.

The stability and performance of our mobile apps have declined. There is a large backlog of production issues, with more bugs created than resolved over the last 300 days. If this continues, roughly one new unresolved production issue will be created every two days. Apps and backend systems that work well and don't crash are the foundation of a great Tumblr experience. Improving performance, stability, and quality will help us achieve sustainable operations for Tumblr.

Improve performance and stability: deliver crash-free, responsive, and fast-loading apps on Android, iOS, and web.

Improve quality: deliver the highest quality Tumblr experience to our users. 

Move faster: provide APIs and services to unblock core product initiatives and launch new features coming out of Labs.

Conclusion

Our mission has always been to empower the world’s creators. We are wholly committed to ensuring Tumblr evolves in a way that supports our current users while improving areas that attract new creators, artists, and users. You deserve a digital home that works for you. You deserve the best tools and features to connect with your communities on a platform that prioritizes the easy discoverability of high-quality content. This is an invigorating time for Tumblr, and we couldn’t be more excited about our current strategy.

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Future Of AI In Software Development

The usage of AI in Software Development has seen a boom in recent years and it will further continue to redefine the IT industry. In this blog post, we’ll be sharing the existing scenario of AI, its impacts and benefits for software engineers, future trends and challenge areas to help you give a bigger picture of the performance of artificial intelligence (AI). This trend has grown to the extent that it has become an important part of the software development process. With the rapid evolvements happening in the software industry, AI is surely going to dominate.

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House Decides on Contempt for AG Garland Over Biden Audio Withholding

June 12, 2024 The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt. This action was taken because Garland refused to turn over audio recordings of a special counsel interview with President Joe Biden. The vote passed narrowly, with a 216-207 margin, indicating a party-line division with one Republican joining the Democrats in…

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How AI-Enhanced ROI Strategies Help in Crypto Trading

DCA, NLP, arbitrage, range trades, HODL, trend-centered trading, and grid trading are some AI-enhanced ROI strategies used in cryptocurrency trading. These tactics assist traders in controlling volatility, making wise choices, and making money off market changes. Mean reversion, market making, and breakout methods are further tried-and-true tactics. These tactics assist traders in navigating market swings, examining past data, and making defensible choices depending on the mood in the market.

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Crafting Magic: How to Create a GIF with a Transparent Background in Green Screen by Do Ink

Unleash the power of visual storytelling with Green Screen by DoInk! In this blog post, we're delving into the enchanting realm of GIF creation, specifically focusing on how to achieve a transparent background. Whether you're a teacher looking to enhance your lessons or a content creator adding a touch of magic to your projects, this tutorial will guide you step-by-step through the process of crafting captivating GIFs with seamless transparency.

What you will learn:

Introduction to GIF creation with transparent backgrounds in Green Screen by DoInk

Step-by-step guide on achieving transparency in your GIFs

Utilizing the app's features for seamless integration and customization

Tips for optimizing your GIFs for various platforms and purposes

Real-world examples showcasing the versatility of transparent GIFs

Elevating your visual storytelling with captivating and dynamic animations

With Green Screen by Do Ink, creating GIFs with transparent backgrounds is a breeze. Whether you're adding subtle animations to your lessons or creating eye-catching visuals for your content, transparent GIFs offer endless possibilities for creativity and storytelling.

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Transforming Supply Chain Management: The Impact of Blockchain Technology

Blockchain technology is transforming supply chain management by enhancing transparency, traceability, and security. Its decentralized and immutable ledger provides real-time visibility into every transaction, ensuring that all stakeholders have access to accurate and verifiable data. This transparency reduces the risk of fraud and errors, builds trust among participants, and enhances the overall efficiency of supply chain operations. Blockchain's robust security features also protect against tampering and cyber-attacks, ensuring the integrity of supply chain data.

The use of smart contracts further revolutionizes supply chain processes by automating tasks such as payments, compliance checks, and inventory management. This automation reduces operational costs, accelerates transaction times, and minimizes the need for intermediaries.

Real-world applications, such as Walmart's food safety initiative and IBM and Maersk's TradeLens platform, highlight how blockchain can improve traceability, efficiency, and collaboration in supply chain management.

Despite challenges like scalability, interoperability, and regulatory uncertainties, the potential benefits of blockchain in supply chain management are driving its adoption across industries. Future trends include the integration of blockchain with IoT and AI, the evolution of smart contracts, and the development of industry-specific standards.