How to Use Geofencing in the Haunted Attraction Industry to Create Business Opportunities

October 8, 2018 | By Zakir Hossain | Comments Off on How to Use Geofencing in the Haunted Attraction Industry to Create Business Opportunities | Filed in: Technical Blog.

Are you exploring opportunities in haunted attractions? Are you trying to find new ways to increase your current business? Geofencing might be the next technological advancement that can help you. Haunted attractions have turned into big business. There is an explosion of haunted houses, hayrides, and mazes. More and more people are enjoying a good • Read More »

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Future Of Online Dating: AI-Assisted Arranged Marriages

May 9, 2018 | By Zakir Hossain | Comments Off on Future Of Online Dating: AI-Assisted Arranged Marriages | Filed in: Technical Blog.

AI-based matchmaking

I was watching a YouTube video about the Google Duplex, an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, that can make phone calls and converse with real people to set up appointments and reservations. The assistant is smart enough to understand the nuances of language. It can even use “mm-hmm” and other speech quirks to make conversations more • Read More »

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Analyzing Plot Structure of Novels Using Sentiment Analysis

March 23, 2018 | By Zakir Hossain | Comments Off on Analyzing Plot Structure of Novels Using Sentiment Analysis | Filed in: Technical Blog.

Most college education about writing is based on sentences. A few years ago, I took some literary writing workshops. The teachers and students were always talking about beautiful sentences. On the other hand, if you follow podcasts or blogs of genre writers, the emphasis is more on the novel plot structure. Most college classes seem • Read More »

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5 Benefits of Continuous Integration

March 13, 2018 | By Zakir Hossain | Comments Off on 5 Benefits of Continuous Integration | Filed in: Technical Blog.

Continuous Integration Benefits

Whether you are an enterprise or a startup, continuous integration (CI) can help you optimize your operation. Continuous integration is the concept of building and verifying code whenever there is a change. Most companies today use some form of version control (If you’re not using version control, you should look that up first). In a • Read More »

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Learning DevOps from Nature and a 125-year Old Food-Delivery System

January 30, 2018 | By Zakir Hossain | Comments Off on Learning DevOps from Nature and a 125-year Old Food-Delivery System | Filed in: Technical Blog.

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Nature has an advantage over us. It has infinite time to develop complex systems and make mistakes. So nature can go through the iterative process of trial and error and develop operations that are awe-inspiring. These complex systems are large in scale, yet they are based on simple rules. They are a DevOps team’s dream come • Read More »

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Work Hard and Play Hard: A Recipe for Disaster?

May 11, 2017 | By Zakir Hossain | Comments Off on Work Hard and Play Hard: A Recipe for Disaster? | Filed in: Technical Blog.

Whenever I see a startup website advertising the motto “We work hard and play hard!” to hire talent, I know it is a good idea to avoid that company. In 5 years, the company will have to either go through a culture shift or go out of business. Chances are higher of the later happening. • Read More »

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Omni-Channel and the Changing Face of the Retail Business

March 3, 2017 | By Zakir Hossain | Comments Off on Omni-Channel and the Changing Face of the Retail Business | Filed in: Technical Blog.

omnichannel

In the eCommerce solutions and retail business, everyone is curious about the new term Omni-Channel. It is a rebranding of the idea of cross-channel sales. Omni-Channel is used to create a seamless customer experience across physical and online stores. Influence on eCommerce Business Initially, eCommerce and physical stores were considered competitors. There was a consensus • Read More »

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