We all know what the typical library computer space looks like — rows of computers, each one occupied by a single person using the technology on his or her own. The underlying notion driving this configuration is that people need access to information, and that this access is optimized when each person is left alone to use the computer and internet (with assistance from a librarian when a need arises). This is the “access to information” model, and libraries have long excelled at providing this form of access.
There is another model that is experiencing tremendous growth and excitement—innovation spaces—physical places that foster community, collaboration, and creation. The notion behind these spaces is that creativity and innovation are stimulated when people and ideas come into contact with one another, not when they are isolated. There are many types of innovation spaces—hackerspaces, makerspaces, coworking spaces—all of which are founded on the “access to each other” model.
In this talk, Chris presented the concept of innovation spaces, provided a tour of different types of spaces, and discussed the economic, social, and technical drivers of this movement. Thoughts on the important role of libraries in providing such spaces for their communities were also shared.
Boom: Openness and Sharing in the Cultural Heritage SectorMichael Edson
My essay for the book Sharing is Caring: Openness and sharing in the cultural sector, Merete Sanderhoff, editor, published by the National Gallery of Denmark, 2014.
Free download at http://sharingiscaring.smk.dk/en
"Michael opens this anthology by establishing why it is crucial for the cultural heritage sector to seize the opportunity offered by the Internet and digitization to reach global populations and make a difference in their lives. Through many years of pioneering efforts within the field of digital technologies, and generous sharing of expertise and advice, Michael has inspired institutions worldwide to dare working more openly and inclusively with the users’ knowledge and creativity."
Gaming Learning and Libraries Symposium 2007kczarnec
the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County has an island in Teen Second Life. This presentation looks at what the teens do and how it's related to library services.
This is an old presentation, made at Reboot 7.0 in Copenhagen in 2005. Early explorations into the use of social media tools like Blogs and Wikis in collaborative projects and in research. Based on my own experiences as an accidental digital activist and an ethnographer
Boom: Openness and Sharing in the Cultural Heritage SectorMichael Edson
My essay for the book Sharing is Caring: Openness and sharing in the cultural sector, Merete Sanderhoff, editor, published by the National Gallery of Denmark, 2014.
Free download at http://sharingiscaring.smk.dk/en
"Michael opens this anthology by establishing why it is crucial for the cultural heritage sector to seize the opportunity offered by the Internet and digitization to reach global populations and make a difference in their lives. Through many years of pioneering efforts within the field of digital technologies, and generous sharing of expertise and advice, Michael has inspired institutions worldwide to dare working more openly and inclusively with the users’ knowledge and creativity."
Gaming Learning and Libraries Symposium 2007kczarnec
the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County has an island in Teen Second Life. This presentation looks at what the teens do and how it's related to library services.
This is an old presentation, made at Reboot 7.0 in Copenhagen in 2005. Early explorations into the use of social media tools like Blogs and Wikis in collaborative projects and in research. Based on my own experiences as an accidental digital activist and an ethnographer
SXSW Top 10 Trends: Entrepreneurialism, Making Data Meaningful, Hacking for Good, Digital Becoming Physical, Branded Content, Real-Time Marketing, Sharing Economy, Social Change, Smart Video, New Verticals, Crowdsourcing & Crowdfunding. Plus additional slides on how these trends impact the transportation industry.
Makerspaces: a great opportunity to enhance academic libraries, Stellenbosch...Fers
Presentation at Stellenbosch University 14th Annual Library Symposium
Stellenbosch Institute for Advance Studies (STIAS)
November 3, 2016 – November 4, 2016
http://conferences.sun.ac.za/index.php/sulis_symp14/SUALS14
Shaping the academic library of the future: adapt, empower, partner, engage
The tradition of the Stellenbosch University Annual Library Symposium of being a platform for discussing new library and information services and developments will continue at the 14th Annual Library Symposium in November 2016. The discussion will be turned to the shaping of the academic library of the future. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of adapting to users’ needs, adapting to new roles as librarians, adapting as a library, empowerment of staff and clients and the importance of partnerships and engagement.
The theme is partly based on the recent OCLC report, Shaping the Library to the life of the user: adapting, empowering, partnering, engaging. In this report it becomes clear that “research and learning needs are changing. Higher education is reconfiguring. As a result of these massive changes, the library must pivot and adapt”. The following core themes are mentioned in this report: to empower users, to empower the library, form partnerships and to engage the campus community. The report advises libraries to be able to “move from offering a fixed set of services to a ‘constant beta’ mode of service evolution” .
Three different sessions will focus on the following themes, all related to the shaping of the academic library of the future:
Digital innovation: Topics of this session may include Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Research Data Management, Big Data, E-learning, Digital Humanities, Next Generation Systems.
Collaboration / Partnerships : Partnerships with OCLC, SANLIC and other consortia as well as other collaboration possibilities will be discussed.
The user experience: Academic staff, researchers and students of local universities will share their expectations as users of academic libraries.
S12. Digital Infrastructures and New (and Evolving) Technologies in Archaeology (Roundtable)
The role of new technologies in digital infrastructures.
Significant investment, potential risks and rewards.
Pros and cons of technology [platforms] already in use within an archaeological data infrastructure, OR introduction of new technology [photog; XR, GIS+].
Technologies may include but are not limited to Linked Data, Natural Language Processing, Image Recognition and machine/deep learning. OR VR, AR, MR.
Challenges and potential usefulness of these technologies within archaeological data infrastructures
Current and future best practices.
Ewa Drygalska - How can a hackathon be used to support better services for pu...Fundacja ePaństwo
Ewa Drygalska (PJATK) - How can a hackathon be used to support better services for public institutions?
3. Festival of Civic Tech for Democracy @ Personal Democracy Forum CEE 2019
April 6, 2019
Gdańsk, Poland
[RESOURCES] Would the Lorax or FDR Tweet?: Thoughts on Technology and Place-B...Teaching the Hudson Valley
Resources for keynote given by Dina Strasser, middle school English Teacher and award-winning blogger, during THV's Summer Institute, Place & The Digital Native: Using Technology & Social Media to Teach the Hudson Valley
Building a Networked Identity: How to Become a Connected EducatorBonnie Stewart
Who are we when we're online? We are what we contribute.
This presentation gives a conceptual overview of some of the key "selves" that we navigate in building digitally-networked identities, and what these selves make possible (and challenging) for educators. It focuses on the ways in which we signal ourselves online, and what gets opened up for learning, in the process.
Carol Chen, Red Hat “Openness in the Culturally Diverse World and Communities...Mindtrek
We’ve all heard – and many of us here have preached – that openness is important for innovation and progress, however do we think about openness in the same way? What are the expectations when one talks about “working in the open” or “moving to an open culture”? As we become more globalized, how do we identify and negotiate the differences in the understanding of openness? Can we find unity in diversity?
Carol Chen,
Community Development Manager, Red Hat
International Technology Conference Mindtrek 2017
20th - 21st of September, 2017
Tampere, Finland
Networking education: Identities & PresenceBonnie Stewart
A practical overview of the roles networked communications and social media can play in education during an era of knowledge abundance, and how to build networked identities and cognitive, teaching, and social presence in digital learning environments.
SXSW Top 10 Trends: Entrepreneurialism, Making Data Meaningful, Hacking for Good, Digital Becoming Physical, Branded Content, Real-Time Marketing, Sharing Economy, Social Change, Smart Video, New Verticals, Crowdsourcing & Crowdfunding. Plus additional slides on how these trends impact the transportation industry.
Makerspaces: a great opportunity to enhance academic libraries, Stellenbosch...Fers
Presentation at Stellenbosch University 14th Annual Library Symposium
Stellenbosch Institute for Advance Studies (STIAS)
November 3, 2016 – November 4, 2016
http://conferences.sun.ac.za/index.php/sulis_symp14/SUALS14
Shaping the academic library of the future: adapt, empower, partner, engage
The tradition of the Stellenbosch University Annual Library Symposium of being a platform for discussing new library and information services and developments will continue at the 14th Annual Library Symposium in November 2016. The discussion will be turned to the shaping of the academic library of the future. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of adapting to users’ needs, adapting to new roles as librarians, adapting as a library, empowerment of staff and clients and the importance of partnerships and engagement.
The theme is partly based on the recent OCLC report, Shaping the Library to the life of the user: adapting, empowering, partnering, engaging. In this report it becomes clear that “research and learning needs are changing. Higher education is reconfiguring. As a result of these massive changes, the library must pivot and adapt”. The following core themes are mentioned in this report: to empower users, to empower the library, form partnerships and to engage the campus community. The report advises libraries to be able to “move from offering a fixed set of services to a ‘constant beta’ mode of service evolution” .
Three different sessions will focus on the following themes, all related to the shaping of the academic library of the future:
Digital innovation: Topics of this session may include Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Research Data Management, Big Data, E-learning, Digital Humanities, Next Generation Systems.
Collaboration / Partnerships : Partnerships with OCLC, SANLIC and other consortia as well as other collaboration possibilities will be discussed.
The user experience: Academic staff, researchers and students of local universities will share their expectations as users of academic libraries.
S12. Digital Infrastructures and New (and Evolving) Technologies in Archaeology (Roundtable)
The role of new technologies in digital infrastructures.
Significant investment, potential risks and rewards.
Pros and cons of technology [platforms] already in use within an archaeological data infrastructure, OR introduction of new technology [photog; XR, GIS+].
Technologies may include but are not limited to Linked Data, Natural Language Processing, Image Recognition and machine/deep learning. OR VR, AR, MR.
Challenges and potential usefulness of these technologies within archaeological data infrastructures
Current and future best practices.
Ewa Drygalska - How can a hackathon be used to support better services for pu...Fundacja ePaństwo
Ewa Drygalska (PJATK) - How can a hackathon be used to support better services for public institutions?
3. Festival of Civic Tech for Democracy @ Personal Democracy Forum CEE 2019
April 6, 2019
Gdańsk, Poland
[RESOURCES] Would the Lorax or FDR Tweet?: Thoughts on Technology and Place-B...Teaching the Hudson Valley
Resources for keynote given by Dina Strasser, middle school English Teacher and award-winning blogger, during THV's Summer Institute, Place & The Digital Native: Using Technology & Social Media to Teach the Hudson Valley
Building a Networked Identity: How to Become a Connected EducatorBonnie Stewart
Who are we when we're online? We are what we contribute.
This presentation gives a conceptual overview of some of the key "selves" that we navigate in building digitally-networked identities, and what these selves make possible (and challenging) for educators. It focuses on the ways in which we signal ourselves online, and what gets opened up for learning, in the process.
Carol Chen, Red Hat “Openness in the Culturally Diverse World and Communities...Mindtrek
We’ve all heard – and many of us here have preached – that openness is important for innovation and progress, however do we think about openness in the same way? What are the expectations when one talks about “working in the open” or “moving to an open culture”? As we become more globalized, how do we identify and negotiate the differences in the understanding of openness? Can we find unity in diversity?
Carol Chen,
Community Development Manager, Red Hat
International Technology Conference Mindtrek 2017
20th - 21st of September, 2017
Tampere, Finland
Networking education: Identities & PresenceBonnie Stewart
A practical overview of the roles networked communications and social media can play in education during an era of knowledge abundance, and how to build networked identities and cognitive, teaching, and social presence in digital learning environments.
Washington, DC Economic Partnership's Doing Business in DC program on DC Business Incentives featuring David Zipper, Director of Business Development and Strategy, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
The WDCEP, in partnership with Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development and the Office of Planning, hosted a Start it in 7: Strategic Spaces Tour for retailers, restauranteurs and entrepreneurs to highlight the economic opportunities in Ward 7 (3/20/14).
Learn more at www.wdcep.com/business-in-dc/marketing-your-business/
Doing Business 2.0 is an education seminar that features content from the WDCEP's Doing Business in DC publication.
Washington, DC Economic Partnership’s Doing Business in DC program on doing business with the government featuring Harold Pettigrew, Director of the Department of Small and Local Business Development. He spoke about local business certification and procurement processes. Learn more at http://www.wdcep.com/business-in-dc/doing-business-with-government/
DoingBusiness2.0 | July 2012 | Doing Business with the Government
The Office of Partnerships and Grant Services (OPGS) spoke at the WDCEP's Entrepreneur Road Map's Starting a Non-Profit seminar held at Venable (9/10/14).
FryskLab - Education, innovation and maker culture in the libraryFers
FryskLab is an initiative of Library Service Friesland (Bibliotheekservice Fryslân, BSF) and the Frisian public library network. Friesland is a rural province in the northern part of the Netherlands and FryskLab, operating from a truck formerly used as a bookmobile, is Europe’s first official library FabLab, or “fabrication laboratory”. Its varied team consists of IT specialists, arts management professionals and librarians, and its goal is to examine the extent to which this mobile FabLab initiative contributes to the development of creative, technical and entrepreneurial skills of children and young adults. The project is ultimately expected to result in an increase of the innovative capacities of the entire province of Friesland.
Officially launched in 2014, FryskLab has so far received a number of awards, including the American Library Association’s (ALA) 2017 Presidential Citations for Innovative International Library Projects award. Making knowledge and sharing the future, the motto of the FryskLab project, reinforces the role of libraries in facilitating access to various “tools of knowledge” (equipment and technology) and providing support in the form of various educational and training programmes, effectively bringing together physical and digital, traditional and modern means of acquiring knowledge.
Keywords: maker movement, makerspaces, digital literacy, education, creativity
Presented at 11th Croatian Conference on Public Libraries: “Public Library Network – Cooperation in the Development of Digital Services and Public Presentation” http://www.nsk.hr/en/11th-croatian-conference-on-public-libraries/
RCA Design Products Guest Lecture: From theory to making and back again – or,...Kat Braybrooke
Guest Lecture // Royal College of Art's Design Products MFA series "Exploring Emergent Futures":
“What is called ‘making’ in North America and Europe,” he said, “is, frankly, a luxurious pastime of wealthy people... all over what is called the Global South there are makers everywhere, only they are not called makers. There are fab labs everywhere, only they are not called fab labs.”
— Chris Csikszentmihályi, director MIT Centre for Future Civic Media
What’s happening here? And how can we fix this? This presentation is a call for new perspectives on making that are critical, hands-on and research-based – helping us think both *through* and *with* objects to bring about fundamental + sustainable lifestyle alternatives. It looks at different theoretical approaches to machine materiality, from hacking to social science and "jugaad" to psychogeography, and from Actor Network Theory and Material Semiotics, to Situationism and Relational Aesthetics, to Critical Making and Critical Design.
It also asks two big questions that have been nagging at me from my own experiences with community making + fabrication.
First, how can we better correlate the making of objects with critical reflection about their effects?
Second, how can we engage in sustainable making (both environmental and social) without producing material excesses or disempowering lesser-served communities?
*** Note: This version does not include full lecture notes or further sources for reading. If you'd like either, feel free to get in touch @codekat as I'm happy to share these. ****
Shaping our Future: Digitization Partnerships Across Libraries, Archives and ...UBC Library
Presentation by Ingrid Parent at the National Diet Library in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 2, 2010.
Shaping our Future: Digitization Partnerships Across Libraries, Archives and Museums
Leadership in a connected age: Change, challenge and productive chaos!Judy O'Connell
We cannot hold back the forces of change. The 21st century leader recognises that without keeping an eye on the future we may be doomed to remaining a prisoner of the past. With this eye on the future, the agile leader welcomes innovation, embraces change and thrives on chaos. What skills are necessary to survive in the future? What do you need to do today? Trends in knowledge construction, participatory cultures and social networks can give us the blueprint to successful leadership in our connected age. SchoolsTechOZ Conference, 5 September 2014. http://www.iwb.net.au/
These top 5 tech trends for libraries were shared with the Gates Global Libraries Working Group in November, 2013. The presentation also continues resources and three ways to create a culture of innovation.
Moodle MOOC 2: Learning via teaching and sharing onlineRamesh C. Sharma
It's said that the best way to learn is to teach it. I have learned most of the things through self-initiatives and in collaboration with colleagues by sharing my thoughts and learning from theirs.
School libraries are at the heart of a new digital learning nexus. Our world changed in April 1993 when the Mosaic 1.0 browser was released to the general public. The challenges we face are equally creative as they are complex. What is your focus for tomorrow?
Networked Learning & Identity Development in Open Online SpacesCatherine Cronin
Link to full paper: http://networkedlearningconference.org.uk/abstracts/pdf/cronin.pdf
Paper presented at Networked Learning Conference 2014, University of Edinburgh (7th April 2014). The paper is part of a symposium titled "Perspectives on Identity within Networked Learning" with Jane Davis and Joyce Seitzinger.
Notes from the work of William Dutton, Charles Leadbeater, Don Tapscott, Clay Shirky, Lawrence Lessig and Yochai Benkler.
Presentation prepared for a discussion on main themes by 6 writers with my university supervisor (Birkbeck, University of London)
Family farming is a predominant form of agriculture both in developed and developing countries, with over 500 million productive units in the entire world, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). FAO is promoting 2014 as the international year of family farming. This particular form of agriculture work refers to farms that are managed by family members and are usually small or medium in size and productivity. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are playing a key role in this scenario. New generations, mainly, are in permanent movement, conceiving the two spaces as complementary. Mobile phones, particularly, are providing today a great platform to connect them to the "rurbanity," a new (key) concept to understand hybrid spaces where cities and the countryside are part of the same social reality.
Libraries, telecenters, and cybercafés play a critical role in extending the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to a diverse range of people worldwide. However, their ability to contribute to development agendas has come into question in recent times. The Global Impact Study was designed to address this debate by generating evidence about the scale, character, and impacts of public access ICTs in eight countries: Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, Ghana, Lithuania, the Philippines, and South Africa. This PowerPoint slidedeck provides an overview of the Global Impact Study, research design and methodology, and the study's key findings. The results show that a central impact of public access is the promotion of digital inclusion through technology access, information access, and development of ICT skills. Both users and non-users report positive impacts in various social and economic areas of their lives. This PowerPoint is available for others to use, adapt, and remix through a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license.
We all know what the typical library computer space looks like — rows of computers, each one occupied by a single person using the technology on his or her own. The underlying notion driving this configuration is that people need access to information, and that this access is optimized when each person is left alone to use the computer and internet (with assistance from a librarian when a need arises). This is the “access to information” model, and libraries have long excelled at providing this form of access.
There is another model that is experiencing tremendous growth and excitement—innovation spaces—physical places that foster community, collaboration, and creation. The notion behind these spaces is that creativity and innovation are stimulated when people and ideas come into contact with one another, not when they are isolated. There are many types of innovation spaces—hackerspaces, makerspaces, coworking spaces—all of which are founded on the “access to each other” model.
In this talk, Chris presented the concept of innovation spaces, provided a tour of different types of spaces, and discussed the economic, social, and technical drivers of this movement. Thoughts on the important role of libraries in providing such spaces for their communities were also shared.
In 2010, a massive earthquake struck Chile, followed by a tsunami that devastated several coastal communities. The Libraries, Telecenters, and the 2010 Chile Earthquake project examines post-disaster information and communication needs, services provided by libraries and telecenters, and how emergency management might be improved. Researchers found that libraries and telecenters played an important role in responding to the crisis. The project team concluded: (1) that governments should include these venues in emergency plans, (2) that library-telecenter alliances and coordination could be improved; (3) that there is a need to develop tools and provide training to make it easier to organize and communicate in post-emergency situations.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
With each of the past 3 Ruby releases, YJIT has delivered higher and higher performance. However, we are seeing diminishing returns, because as JIT-compiled code becomes faster, it makes up less and less of the total execution time, which is now becoming dominated by C function calls. As such, it may appear like there is a fundamental limit to Ruby’s performance.
In the first half of the 20th century, some early airplane designers thought that the speed of sound was a fundamental limit on the speed reachable by airplanes, thus coining the term “sound barrier”. This limit was eventually overcome, as it became understood that airflow behaves differently at supersonic speeds.
In order to break the Ruby performance barrier, it will be necessary to reduce the dependency on C extensions, and start writing more gems in pure Ruby code. In this talk, I want to look at this problem more in depth, and explore how YJIT can help enable writing pure-Ruby software that delivers high performance levels.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
NEWNTIDE, a leading brand in China's air energy industry, drives industry development with technological innovation, implementing national energy-saving and emission reduction policies. It pioneers an industry-focused multi-energy product line, adopting experiential marketing to meet diverse customer needs. The company has departments for R&D, marketing, operations, and sales, aiming to ultimately achieve "technological innovation, environmental friendliness, standardized management, and high-quality" as a high-tech enterprise integrating business and technical R&D, production, sales, and service.
NEWNTIDE boasts the most comprehensive support service network in the industry. Its earliest products cover 25 series, including split, integrated, wall-mounted, cabinet, and upright types, with over 100 diverse products. Commercial products include floor heating, air heaters, air conditioners for heating and cooling, oxidation and nitrogen air conditioners, and high-temperature heating. The products feature comprehensive intelligent technology management, cloud control technology, rapid heating technology, basic protection technology, remote control technology, DC inverter technology, and remote WIFI smart control, achieving a leading position in the industry with SMART interactive technology.
For over a decade, the company has adhered to a "people-oriented" business philosophy, strictly implementing industry 7S management, ISO9001/ISO14001 quality and environmental systems, and industry standards to ensure stable product quality and meet customers' dual requirements for product safety and environmental protection.
Leading the development of intelligence with technological innovation, NEWNTIDE has become a national demonstration base for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, awarded the "China Energy Saving Technology Contribution Award" and "China Energy Science and Technology Progress Award". The company adopts a strategy of high standards, high quality, and high-tech for key products, holding core technologies and competitive advantages. It also organizes multiple strategic support projects known as the "18 Key Operational Projects" and "18 Key Operational Strategies," driving technology project approvals with multidimensional strategic product quality modules and comprehensive practical operations to enhance the quality of all products.
Since its establishment, NEWNTIDE has always committed to providing high-quality and high-end intelligent heat pump products, serving billions of global families with the goal of creating a sustainable and prosperous environment. The development of NEWNTIDE has been supported by various levels of government and widely recognized and cooperated with by internationally renowned institutions, taking on a social responsibility of providing tranquility and happiness while enjoying the environment.
Let safe heat pumps be a necessity for a beautiful human life.
1. Innovation Spaces
From Access to Information to Access to Each Other
Chris Coward & Dilini Wijeweera
Contexto Digital
Bogota, Colombia
17 October, 2013
6. Smart Cape, South Africa
Santiago Central Library, Chile
Photo: Francois Bar
Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam
Seattle Public Librar
Photo: Librarian in black
8. TASCHA research in Ghana
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space made
coming to venue
more productive
of users
interested in
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Best, M., Garg, S., & Kollanyi, B. (2013). Understanding & rethinking shared access: How people collaborate & share knowledge & technologies in Ghanaian cybercafés.
12. “Fundamentally, innovation is about how
human beings get inspired to look in new
places, work together and react to the
unwelcome and the unexpected”
-- Matt Kingdon
This presentation aims to spark dialogue with those familiar with the Access to Information model and surface another model -- Access to Each Other. Our argument: libraries have an enormous opportunity to foster the creativity and innovation of its patrons. We suggest innovation spaces tap a vast and unmet demand for physical environments built around ‘access to each other’ catering to how people want to use technology. We think libraries can leverage existing common features of physical space and strong community presence to become providers of Innovation Spaces.
Focus in on improving innovation, specifically, individual innovation of patrons of a library. And fostering innovation in very specific ways – through design of space along with staffing, programs, and operations. This isn’t about innovative library services as a whole, though there is some overlap.
This talk is inspired by a quote from Clay Shirky, new media specialist and professor at NYU.
Most libraries, all over the world, when it comesto computers and the internet, exemplify the “access to information” model. This model’s objective: equip libraries with public access computers to enable people to obtain critical information and to communicate with family and friends.
Access to information model is seen in many places (pictures from various visits).Spaces designed to facilitate 1:1, private use of computers. This is a good model. Computer access is a valuable service. We have no critique of this form of information provision. It’s proven successful in every corner of the world, and it should continue. But…we argue that while this model is good for access to information, it is not sufficient when the objective is to stimulate creativity and innovation.
From the previous pictures you would think that 1:1 is the best or only configuration. Yet the real question is how do people want to use technology?
Many people want to use information technology with othersTASCHA’s research on cybercafé users in Ghana showed that one half of the visitors came with their friends, family or colleagues; two thirds of the users reported that sharing the physical space made coming to the venue more productive for them, and; three quarters of the users were interested in environments that support better collaborative group work (Best et al.: 2013)
Introducing a framework for understanding innovation spaces Illustration helps describe how Innovation Spaces function and helps focus attention on the major components that require attention to understand the emerging innovation spaces movement. We see Innovation Spaces at the intersection of three journeys depicted by the 3 intersecting circles:the individualthe organizationthe enabling environment All of this takes places within the broader context of societal and economic drivers This presentation focuses on the individual journey, with some attention to these external drivers
Defining innovation For our work we adopt the notion that innovation is part of a continuum that leads from imagination, the process of bringing to mind things that are not present to our senses, to creativity, the process of developing original ideas that have value, to innovation, the process of putting new ideas into practice (Ken Robinson). Entrepreneurship could be a next step in the process of commercializing the new idea that was put into practice. But, this is not our primary concern.
Rather, our interest is on what stimulates creative thought and innovation in ways that fulfill individual aspirations for work, hobby or personal growth. We are interested in innovation in its broadest sense, as it occurs in all realms of an individuals’ life. This diagram shows the process by which an individual gains the creative confidence and sense of self-efficacy that enables the type of innovation we believe these innovation spaces foster. Many experts contend that creative confidence and self-efficacy are skills that are most needed in an ever changing society It is in this context we choose to focus on the individual and explore opportunities by which an individual might be able to develop and enhance their capacity for innovation.
If our focus/goal is helping individuals become innovative -- we need to answer a fundamental question. Where do good ideas come from? This question also forms the title of a book by Steven Johnson about the sources of innovation.
One reason the answer is deceptively elusive is a common perception that creative thought and innovation occurs when a person is left to think on his/her own. Research however, says this picture is largely untrue. This is the lone thinker myth. It isn’t how innovation occurs.
Rather, good ideas – and most of the innovations from the industrial revolution onwards – occur when ideas come into collision with each other. As individuals have opportunities to interact with other individuals, ideas bounce around, allowing people to refine and further develop their own ideas, while simultaneously providing stimulus to others and their ideas. For innovation to occur, it follows that we need spaces that encourage this form of interaction. This is the access to each other model.
Another way to look at this is through the prism of social media. As everyone knows, social media is extraordinarily popular and powerful. They are online social spaces that connect people to each other. Innovation spaces can be consideredthe physical analogue. Physical social spaces that complement and amplify online social spaces.
Next, a tour of innovation spaces in society and some reasons for their emergence.
First, a look at why these spaces have emerged. Broadly, there are two relevant institutional environments to our discussion, and they correspond to the stage of life one is in: Learning -- typically when we are young and in schoolProducing -- when we enter the workforce where we spend our adult lives in some sort of “producing” mode Ideally, the access to each other model would be vibrant in both these spheres, but this isn’t the case
While these images are an over dramatization, most people would agree that neither our schools nor workplaces stimulate creativity to the extent that need to. Critics of our current institutions claim our educational systems and offices are still dominated by a mechanistic, industrial model. While this is changing and some great examples exist of creative spaces (Google’s offices for example), a majority of the world’s learning and producing spaces are not configured for this sort of interaction.
But even if all schools and workplaces were designed to foster creativity, there is still another problem. These two spheres do not allow for activities that are not endorsed or encouraged by the learning and producing institutions. What if you are in the workforce but want to develop new skills, switch careers, start a business, or otherwise experiment with technology in a social environment? Where do you turn?
Historically, coffee shops and other third places have filled a critical role in fostering innovation outside institutional lines. In 17th and 18th centuries, coffee houses were credited with much of the innovation in England during the enlightenment age. Philosophers, artists, scientists, others congregated in coffee shops to discuss, debate, share, spark new ideas (Johnson). Today, perhaps not so much. In many places, people are plugged into their laptops. And they are not typically seen as places for communities of interest to converge in the same way that they were used in the past.
Other places have emerged to fill this very urgent and deeply felt need. While we will discuss other drivers later, at one level, this narrative at least partially explains the rise of these new spaces. There are many types of Innovation Spaces --Coworking spaces, Hubs, Hackerspaces, Makerspaces, Fab Labs, etc. Importantly, they are open to anyone, any age, any profession and mostly focused on adults.
First category:coworking spaces, or hubs. Coworking is a shared work environment where members have access to facilities such as a desk, meeting space, office equipment, kitchen and other amenities. Typically attracting people with shared values and involved in complementary enterprises. As such, built around fostering a community.
Coworking spaces host events, offer trainings, maintain job boards, and hold social gatherings. Aimed at deepening a sense of community, while offering a venue to learn new skills and try out one’s own ideas with others. Images of Impact Hub, Bogota offering; Weekly lunchesNetworking eventsTraining programsFlexible work spacesGroup activities
Nairobi’s iHub is one of the best known in the international development community. It has evolved over time to meet needs of its community.
These spaces do not need to be fancy. Some of the most vibrant spaces have inexpensive furnishing and flexible designs.
This image is taken from the DeskMag survey. Shows characteristics people ascribe to coworking spaces. Note to librarians – the word “information” does not appear
Coworking spaces are experiencing explosive growth. Over 2000 coworking spaces worldwide Note 22% of people who worked at officers. Exemplifies earlier point that traditional offices do not provide such environments.Low percentage who mention libraries
Next, makerspacesor hackerspaces. Very different from coworking in many aspects. These spaces are oriented around the DIY (do it yourself) culture. DIY, taking things apart to learn how they work, re-mixing, building things to one’s own specifications is very empowering and can unleash enormous innovation. Hacker/maker spaces want to help others become similarly empowered
Hacker/maker spaces have an emphasis on electronics and building physical objects. A core piece of equipment is the 3D printer, and these are becoming more and more affordable.
One example -- Robohand Some people claim huge future impact. Just as PC unleashed digital revolution, 3D printing and convergence of digital with physical is unleashing another revolution.
Hacker/maker spaces are not necessarily expensive. Please withhold judgment for now. Just think about whether people in your community might benefit from these. Will show examples of libraries with makerspaces, even small rural libraries.
Hacker/maker spaces are also experiencing explosive growth. Lots of innovation comes out of environments of scarcity. Very popular in places with few resources.
Driving forces Changing nature of workConcern for sustainabilityChanges in technology
Now subject of libraries.Should they offer these types of spaces and services?Are there successful examples?If you want to create one, how to do it?
At one level, every library provides space and programs for its patrons to be creative. However, they tend to be for children (arts and crafts), and for activities that do not involve technology
But for some reason, we don’t extend this same mindset to the technology arena. Eg: At the same library as previous slide a sign over the computer area states that children may NOT interact with others while using the computers. This is representative of traditional mindset in libraries -- driven by the access to information model – suggesting that the interaction with a computer should be 1:1So question remains, outside of children and non-tech activities, can libraries serve as innovation spaces for adults to interact with technology and each other?
While very nascent, there is a growing movement to equip libraries with hackerspaces and coworking spaces. We argue that there is a strong need for public libraries, with their truly public mission, to develop spaces that meet this need. Most maker/hacker/coworking spaces have membership fees associated with them, and so there is a place for places that are truly public -- either free or with low user fees. And that can reach broader cross sections of society.
Example: Chicago Public Library
Fayetteville Public Library. Very rural part of New York. Population – about 4,000
Creating innovation spaces TASCHA’s research on innovation spaces has surfaced a number of principles that are common to all of the types of innovation spaces we’ve discussed.These principles can be used by any organization (including libraries) interested in creating such spaces. The emphasis on principles is to avoid this being a checklist. The reason being that each community needs to come up with a space that meets its own contextual needs. What works in one place might not in another. At the center is design intentionality. Design intentionality shows that to achieve any of the 5 principles requires intent. Serendipity can be planned for. Flexibility is planned for. It takes conscious effort to make these principles come to life in an innovation space. Next several slides will show examples.
Fostering a feeling of belonging to a community is often seen as the most important design concern. Epitomizes ‘access to each other’iHub research (and others) shows community at the heart of an innovation space
Many programmatic ways that innovation spaces foster community
Serendipity is the accident of finding something good or useful while not specifically searching for it. While serendipity cannot be predicted, it can be facilitated and accelerated when it is explicitly designed into the environment. The need to use entrances, stairs or lifts, the need to eat, are all tools that force collision and promote microbursts of social interaction. ExamplesCoffee and food tablesBlackboard where people can write what they’re up to when they come in the morning, or where they need helpPart of the job responsibility of the space’s host. Toronto’s Center for Social Innovation calls these people “community animators”
Flexibility is associated with, and is an integral component of all the other principles. Flexibility supports the manner in which all other interactions can take place. Planning flexibility is a critical choice for designing and operating. Changing spatial configurations of furniture, equipment and other fittings and events should be welcomed and accommodated as far as possible.
Tinkerability, a way of approaching a question or problem in a playful, exploratory, and often iterative style. This approach is often trial and error. Failing, evaluating and persisting are essential characteristics of the tinkering process. Also agility and the ability to use existing resources in new and context-appropriate ways.
The ability to play which is not limited to literal play. Rather, about a mentality that is not all serious. The state of mind when you are energized and fully engrossed in an activity is also play, even when it is work. The engagement of body and mind to broaden boundaries; with physical opportunities and visual cues for risk free competition and imagination, the whimsical and colorful; all fully intent on freeing the mind.
Two final images, illustrating the sustainability driver and mindset. Addis coworking space uses shipping containers. Making use of available materials.
Impact Hub in Bogota, turning a container into a coffee shop.