Month: November 2013

Rapid fire trading

"rapid-fire trading involves algorithms, or bots, that can make decisions on the order of milliseconds (ms). " http://t.co/P5rGtMQwEI — ✁___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) November 30, 2013 "By contrast, it takes a human at least one full second to both recognize and react to potential danger." http://t.co/FQo0DMxNcC — ✁___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) November 30, 2013 Wow. Compare and contrast with… Continue reading Rapid fire trading

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WooCommerce and SEO

What are the SEO recommendations for a site using a WooCommerce theme? What are the challenges compared to a normal WordPress site? I started searching a little bit: Yoast offers an SEO plugin for 29$ Youtube video: How to make your site SEO friendly WooCommerce SEO plugin review, is it worth a purchase? (This site… Continue reading WooCommerce and SEO

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Scott Adams on Goals vs. Systems http://bit.ly/1gfOojJ

Recommended: Scott Adams Blog: Goals vs. Systems “Before long your body will be trained, like Pavlov’s dogs, to crave the psychological lift you get from being active every day.” Lots of food for thought in this article. I particularly like the notes on writing and using blogging as a system to find new opportunities. Also… Continue reading Scott Adams on Goals vs. Systems http://bit.ly/1gfOojJ

Where is Mount Chiperone?

Another Chiperoni reference: This blog is named after the drizzle rain we get in the Shire Highlands. Where is Mount Chiperone located? Mount Chiperone in northern Mozambique is a semi-isolated peak situated some 50 km south of the Mount Mulanje massif in southern Malawi. It lies in Milange District of Zambézia Province, 40 km SSW… Continue reading Where is Mount Chiperone?

Google Hummingbird links

The latest addition to the SEO zoo is a hummingbird. The algorithm change was announced in September 2013 but went live a month earlier. Searchengineland has some useful background information: FAQ: All About The New Google “Hummingbird” Algorithm Hummingbird’s Impact On B2B Sites Apparently this release will improve Google’s ability to predict a user’s search… Continue reading Google Hummingbird links

Affordance – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I read a new, unknown word today: Affordance – See definition on Wikipedia. A potential action that is made possible by a given object or environment; especially, one that is made easily discoverable. Hadn’t heard of it before. This is the context I heard it in: The term has further evolved for use in the… Continue reading Affordance – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

10 Mac Productivity Tools http://bit.ly/1e08fSv

10 Mac Productivity Tools … that you can’t live without? Let’s leave out the hyperbole. But the links are good. (I miss old Skitch but i don’t want to use Evernote. My killer app for notes is called Chiperoni… in combination with Twitter and Flickr.)

Growth Mindset

Growth Mindset via Hiring for an Agile Team: Look for the Growth Mindset. Interesting use of the term “servant leadership”. I know the term more from its use in Biblical / Christian contexts.

Recent cultural activities

Went to see Luginsland at the Swiss Architecture Museum. I liked this architecture show http://t.co/YZzFEmDkfh — ✁___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) November 16, 2013 And yesterday I saw Metamatic Reloaded. http://t.co/CshrXKjVs0 i liked Jon Kessler's The Web and Ranjit Bhatnagar's Singing Room for a Shy Person — ✁___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) November 17, 2013

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