Indias CoWIN platform for covid vaccinations & digital certificates have been made open source & any country can adopt it. It's API enabled & allows access of certificates from multiple channels including @WhatsApp, @digilocker_ind and @SetuAarogya or on
The 1st episode of our mini-series of web3 explainers is here: DeFi explained, by @nateliason 💥 What is DeFi, where do yields come from, what is protocol-owned liquidity?! We tried to make this reallyyyy accessible so try sending it to your parents...
@Blockworks_ CORRECTION, it was: "Gaming naturally has strong metaverse connections. I think the next wave of the Internet will be a more open world."
I made $0 online in 2019. 3 years later: - 100M+ impressions - $1.7M in online income - 4 successful revenue streams What changed? I started writing online every day. Here's my simple 4-step process. [Short 🧵]
20 non-obvious techniques for better conversations. Lead more interesting and meaningful discussions with everyone you meet. via @AndrewWarner, host of 2,100+ podcast interviews. ♻️Share 🔖 Bookmark 🗣️ Tell a friend
@ChiThukral - @nateliason's SEO courses on Teachable - @GrowthTactics' free resources on their site - @productled's on-demand course - @coreyhainesco's @SwipeFilesco community & resources - my content marketing course, but that's sometime next month
All you need is to know how to draw a line & an imperfect curve/ circle If you think about it, that's all it needs to draw almost anything you can imagine! @jjude's boy explains this beautifully in this short video :) Stealing this to use it in my workshops :P Check it out 👇
Seven reminders from the movie #TheTwoPopes: 1. Truth may be vital, but without love, it is unbearable.
Vaccines work but not instantly. Polio elimination took years and that was with an extremely pro-vaccine public who couldn’t wait to not get polio. Just because the vaccines aren’t working on your timetable doesn’t mean they don’t work.
I want to move to Europe with a tech job. Where do I start? Here:
@kelseyhightower The people that "believe" in crypto are fairly irrelevant. The people that want to make money on it are what's driving it. As terrible as I believe the outcome will be (accelerated concentration of wealth/power), I really don't see crypto stopping/failing.
Twitter is free university. But even 100k-impression tweets aren't seen by 99.95% in a day Imagine what's shared & missed in a YEAR Here are 100 of the most useful & educational resources shared on Twitter in the past 365 days:
Astute observations on #Bitcoin By @Chris_arnade No dividend Zero recovery No maturation asset So it has no “value” beyond markets assigned price that ignores risk of zero knockout. 1/
@ebakerwhite The moment you use any info any where in the virtual world there goes your privacy. Our world is hungry for information about others but no body try to add value or improve their own self.
So Ola Electric is now valued more than Hero Moto Corp. Not a single unit sold till date. Either Heromoto goes 2 to 3x from here or Ola Electric valuation tumbles (not likely). Can't price in for future so much.
Another video from my series #technologystories where I talk about seven biggest happenings in the world of #technology in 2021 - from #Crypto, #Metaverse & #NFTs to 'The Future of Work'. Watch my video on Top Tech Events of 2021 to know more :
Top 21 TED Talks of all time that will change your life A THREAD:
I hope those MBBS and MD doctors who are prescribing Azithromycin or Doxycycline or Amoxycillin or sometimes both or all three for #COVID19India know this 👇🤌
The Year in Review Template by @anthilemoon: • A 15-page Google slide deck • Takes ~ 1 hour to fill in • Video walkthrough available for @ness_labs members
Here’s your chance to self-promote: Tell us what newsletter you're writing. Drop a link to your substack, carrd, convertkit or mailchimp landing page. get set! ready! go!
Nehru & Bose were comrades & good friends.When Kamala Nehru was critically ill with TB in Europe, Nehru was in prison in India. Bose happened to be in Europe. He rushed to be by her side until Nehru arrived. When she passed, Bose remained with Nehru & Indira till her cremation.
Three officers: Maj Gen AC Chatterjee Maj Gen Zaman Kiani Brig Habibur Rahman One slogan: Itmad (Faith) Ittefaq (Unity) Kurbani (Sacrifice) Four brigades: Gandhi Nehru Abul Kalam Azad Laxmi Bai You can’t celebrate #NetajiSubhashChandraBose without celebrating pluralism.
When people ask, i wonder and smile
Time for another one: Why read the Bible in Hebrew? Today's example is from the story of Joseph. Let's look at how the echoes of that gripping story can be heard throughout the Bible. A thread (for non-Hebrew readers too!) 🧵 1
Everyone wants to grow their newsletter audience in 2022. But hardly anyone knows what actually works. Last year, I got insider-access to how 1k+ newsletter operators & media brands grew their email-lists. 🎁 Here are the top 18 channels, tactics & strategies to try in 2022...
Dostoevski's 'Grand Inquisitor' is vivid description of terrible way modern Church would mistreat Jesus were he to return to earth. My fantasy: Disillusioned by modern "Christianity", Jesus would choose to live & preach with the homeless in East LA.
Elephant trunk is so powerful that it can uproot biggest of trees. Yet so sensitive to pluck a blade of grass. The wisdom lies in knowing when to uproot a tree and when to just touch the grass.
Top 7 tech trends to look out for.
No matter your title, no matter your seniority, no matter your industry… There are two characteristics that separate good and great. The first is critical thinking. And the second is bias to action. So hard to find, so hard to teach.
A thread compilation of 27 basic practical things we can do in our individual capacities to counter RW radicalization and propaganda. Request you to comment and add any other suggestions/resources you may have.
How to generate 100 ideas to write about in 30 minutes - even if you think you have nothing to say (THREAD):
What's the worst Twitter feature for you?
How do we harness our inner drive? First: Cultivate the skills of exploring, finding interests, sparking curiosity, and diving deep. More exploration to find good match quality, where your interests and skills collide.
The desire to do so is the thing. You want kids to CHOOSE to explore and dive deep, so they get captured by the thing. Then, the work comes. Is hard work vital? Absolutely. But what we miss is…
Here are generic examples of questions that can help make progress in a dialogue: - "Why do you think that?" - "How do you know?" - "What evidence do you have?" - "But what about...?"
There are only 3 types of leaders • competent, not confident • confident, not competent • competent AND confident Only the last have "executive presence" aka Gravitas Let me explain here 👇
People do get confused between the purpose of a preventive health check up and seeing a doctor for evaluation of chest pain. Here is something I've tried to put in a simple Algorithm. #CardiacHealth #MedTwitter #preventivemedicine #Chestpain #heartattack #RiskFactors
These Email Opt-In Tips Helped Me Get Up To 52.1% Opt-In Rates With email as the highest revenue channel for creators, getting people onto the list is the first step. Here are 9 steps & 🔥 tips to build a high converting landing page in @ConvertKit 👇
And then selling them was easy. It wasn't really even selling. We just explained how Segment the product fit into their problem and their approach. It was all backwards from how I noobishly expected sales to work. And it was phenomenally more effective, not just for sales. 6/14
NBA Owner Makes Insane Comments About China Oppressing The Uyghurs
Expectations matter. If you're running a marathon and expect it to feel easy at mile 20, you're in for a rude awakening. If you expect it to feel awful, you’ll be prepared to grind; perhaps on a good day you’ll even be pleasantly surprised. This is true for all hard things:
@nathanbarry @damengchen 10 Lessons learned: 1. Focus on niche 🎯 2. Be near your potential customers 👪 3. Cold emails still work 💌 4. Ask right questions ✅ 5. Do things that don't scale, even if it's 100s of Skype calls 🚀 Continue in the comment 👇
What were your favorite new apps (new to you at least) that had a big impact in your work life in 2021? For me it was @mmhmmapp for presentation and DaVinci Resolve by @Blackmagic_News for video editing.
I spent over 1,000 hours learning to write effectively— because college completely failed to teach me. Here's everything I learned distilled into 11 tweets (that you can start applying today):
Here's a simple toolkit to help improve sleep:
It's no surprise that to experience 'peak experiences' as Campbell called them or "flow" as others refer to them, research shows that you need something in the sweet spot of challenge & skill. Something just beyond what you're capable of, not too far, not too easy.
I have one simple message: - Pay off your debt - Build an emergency fund - Invest 50% of your income You’ll be ahead of 95% of people.
@DonaldClark Students recall more from reading summaries of chapters than reading chapters. So you could cut the lecture by 80% & read it twice as fast (but this is the education game, not learning 😏)
it makes me very uncomfortable that so much new technology (especially ai, not trying to evade blame) naturally benefits authoritarian governments more than democratic governments. have to fight this hard.
