I help people to use tecnology at work so they can spend more time with their family. Focused on #digitaltransformation, materials knowledge and good chimarrão.
Sometimes all the odds are AGAINST you and yet…. you find a way!
That happened to Caroline around 1760… she was used as a servant for her family, she had smallpox that left her disfigured and blind in one eye. Also, typhus, that permanently stunt her growth…
Sometimes all the odds are AGAINST you and yet…. you find a way!
That happened to Caroline around 1760… she was used as a servant for her family, she had smallpox that left her disfigured and blind in one eye. Also, typhus, that permanently stunt her growth…
She became a pioneer astronomer! She was:
*the first woman to discover a comet (+7 more)
*the first woman paid for her scientific work
*named an Honorary Member of the Royal Astronomical Society
*presented with a Gold Medal for Science by the King of Prussia.
A brilliant blog by our Chief Scientist, Prof. Carl Edward Rasmussen on the science behind Secondmind's #decisionengine . Gives a great insight into what makes differentiates us. #ai#machinelearning#research#ml
Find a problem, create a solution, and sell it. It's a common advice to create a business...well there is ONE THING MISSING…
Mary Anderson was travelling to New York City and she noticed how her driver struggled to remove the snow and ice from his windscreen.
Because the TIMING was not right.
Cars were not yet popular; the famous Ford’s Model T was produced in 1908.
After her patent expired in 1920, the windshield wiper was a standard equipment in American cars.
#business#cars#technology
Find a problem, create a solution, and sell it. It's a common advice to create a business...well there is ONE THING MISSING…
Mary Anderson was travelling to New York City and she noticed how her driver struggled to remove the snow and ice from his windscreen.
He stopped sometimes and manually clean the windshield.
She came up with an idea of a wiper operated via lever inside the car.
The windshield wiper was created. She created a prototype and received the patent in 1903.
But she never went into production with it.
Why?
Without TRUST there is NO sale.
Working in sales have a bad reputation but it is an intricate job.
You need to build trust with people you don’t know. The only way I see that happens is:
DO what you SAY you will DO.
How do you build trust?
A team of THREE people maintain a software used by MILLIONS of applications - ranging from aircraft flight software to the iPhone I’m typing this message.
A team of THREE people maintain a software used by MILLIONS of applications - ranging from aircraft flight software to the iPhone I’m typing this message.
#SQLite is the most widely deployed database engine in the world today:
# The software is small and fast.
# It also known by being judiciously tested thus its reliability and robustness.
# On top, all code is public domain.