In this article, summarizing the core principles listed by the author of “Hooked”, Nir Eyal, we are given the tools and tactics used by the most successful companies in the world to build habit-forming products. The book explains the benefits that habit-forming products bring to businesses; starting with increase in customer lifetime value (CLV), pricing flexibility, supercharged growth, and a sharpened competitive edge. Additionally, it provides a four-step guide that you, and anyone who reads the principles form the book, can apply to their product in order to benefit from the supercharged growth that it enables companies to have.

https://medium.com/@skueong/hooked-how-to-build-habit-forming-products-book-notes-a59d30fc4f9b

Using AI and frog cells scientists at the University of Vermont were able to create living robots. These robots have the ability to move towards a programmed target and “heal” themselves after being cut. These machines blur the line between a living and a non-living thing. As they have the ability to respond to stimuli, and possibly self replicate. This makes them a new breed of living programmable organisms. Future research hopes to see them used in drug delivery and toxic waste clean-up. Read more about their potential uses.

A student found themselves home during the recent crisis and needing to see his doctor. He had difficulty breathing through his nose and a few other symptoms. He did not want to go sit with a bunch of people worried he might get sicker.

Teledoc, which is available nationwide, connects doctors and patients by phone. The student was was able to be diagnosed with a sinus infection and given a prescription.

Video conferencing and health care by phone has been available for quite some time. The recent coronavirus epidemic though has increased the need for it greatly though. Millions of people are doing this for the first time.

Medicare has now decided to let patients use telecare, which was only allowed in certain cases previously. Along with being allowed to work over state lines finally for virtual checkups some states have waived the need to be licensed in their state to practice medicine.

There are limitations, such as when doctors need to use equipment or get x-rays. Though doctors can now make observations of a patient in their home which can be useful.

Due to the recent epidemic, calls are up to around 15,000 calls a day, up 50% from February. Clinics all across the country are quickly moving, at least temporarily, to telecare for most all meetings. which is fine with a lot of nervous patients.

Telemedicine Surges, Fueled By Coronavirus Fears And Shift In Payment Rules

It comes to no surprise that many of us use social media outlets like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc. for enjoyment and entertainment purposes. Since then, there has been an explosion of many employers finding various discriminatory behavior on these sites from their employees which can potentially effect their business. But now according to Nevada law ” an employer may not directly or indirectly, requite, request, or cause any employee to provide access to their personal accounts”(2019). Which is reasonable but, this also can lead to more discriminatory behavior to be put online.

Although this is a law specifically towards residents in the Nevada area, this can potentially become a thing in many other states as well. I think that all business should a social media policy law that prohibits what should and should not be posted on the companies pages. I am in agreeance that employees personal accounts should be left alone.

https://gordonlawlv.com/as-an-employer-how-social-is-your-social-media/

The article I read this week covers accessibility on the web – it can be found here . This is something that people have written about many times and this article doesn’t cover anything new or interesting. It’s a good recap of things everyone else has already said but it doesn’t say anything different. That’s a huge issue – people rewrite the same article for clicks.

In fact, I’d say this article doesn’t take its own advice. The font is kinda hard to read. The letters are spaced slightly too far apart and it’s difficult to read. The blue they use in the subtitle is too light to efficently read against a white background. It makes them look untrustworthy. While the writer typically doesn’t choose how a website is structured, it doesn’t seem to be written as a passive aggressive jab at the UX designers, so it appears that the writer really doesn’t care what they’re saying. This brings us back to the point of writing an article just for clicks. They’re not listening and they’re not critiquing the faults on their own website.

Based on a recent survey conducted by the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap, 52% of women feel that technology is male industry, while almost a third or 32% believer gender bias is still a major obstacle in the recruitment process.

These findings prove industry professionals need to make more of an effort to not only change perceptions around technology, but to also support and inspire women to enter the field of technology.

By refusing what these women deserve, the technology industry will risk closing off key growth from female talent and will further support the gender disparity that currently remains.

#LIS4022spr20

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/fairer-tech-industry-for-women-gillian-tans/

This article explains how some countries have managed to flatten their coronavirus curve and the number of people affected by this virus is decreasing day after day in these countries. In contains an up to date chart of the total number of people who have this virus. You can even choose a time period and see the number of people who have that virus during that period.

Infection Trajectory: See Which Countries are Flattening Their COVID-19 Curve

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Kate Chu, a mom, took to social media to show how her son has been bullied, online and in person, because of the stigma COVID-19. She stated in a Facebook group that her son was physically and verbally bullied several times. COVID-19 originated in China about 3 and a half months ago and carried a stigma with it as it traveled all over the world. Schools are aware of the issue and in Kate Chu’s case, the principal was very responsive to her concerns.

She is not the only one going to social media to point out the racism Asian-Americans are facing due to the Coronavirus. Marketing professional for the Florida chapter of Asian American Journalists Ivette Yee stated she has had friends talk about how their children are facing similar situations due to the Coronavirus.

These sources stated these issues on the last day of February and since the virus has exploded throughout the US. Many people fear that with the growth of the virus comes the growth of racism and bullying of Asian Americans.

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To learn more, go to: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/fl-ne-coronavirus-school-bullying-20200229-xhx3xdaxtvgfxeg4fyhoqf4rya-story.html

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Brigette Muller’s Instagram is the definition of golden hour. Seeing how often she posts; it would be near impossible for her to not receive hate. She stated that she does not get hate often but when she does, she tries to see where the hate is coming from. By this she means investigate the message. Try to see if their comment actually involves you or is it just coming from their own personal insecurities.

She does like to make sure she hasn’t done anything wrong like stating or doing anything that could be perceived as offensive. Like most people, she also cares about what people think about her, but she wants to make sure others do not do it to the fault she does.

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To see how other social media influencers handle bullying, go to: http://thechilltimes.com/how-these-5-influencers-deal-with-online-bullies/

The COVID-19 pandemic is all that’s being talked about right now. It is a big deal and is unfortunately causing numerous societal disruptions. A large portion of the workforce is now working from home. Students are continuing their classes as home with distance learning tools. As a result of this, many new programs and technologies are being used to facilitate this. Zoom meetings is very popular right now for digital classrooms and collaboration between coworkers and for business meetings. Tools like these and many others are great for this situation and they allow people to get their work done with little issue. However, privacy issues arise from these tools. Administrators can monitor Zoom meetings within their organization without the employee or client’s notice or consent. Zoom meeting hosts can also tell whether their participant’s focus is on the meeting or not. These are some potentially privacy-invading features that we must be aware of. Many people are new to these tools and do not know of these features. Another concern is company VPNs, used by employees working at home to connect to the company network to gain access to resources they need. While this alone is not an issue, many people fail to realize that when they are connected to a company VPN, all of their internet traffic is transmitted through their work network just as if they were sitting in the office on their computer. The danger is that many users are unaware of this and continue to use their computer for personal use with the VPN connected, or even leave it connected after their shift is over. Users should be aware of this and always disconnect from the VPN when they access personal information over the internet or are done with work for the day to prevent their personal information from passing through the company network.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/what-you-should-know-about-online-tools-during-covid-19-crisis