The future of shopping (The Economist) Mohamed Hamad Mar 21, 2021 Always Be Learning The pandemic has upended the way people buy—online retail has soared as high-street shops and malls close. Brands are now racing to exploit one of the most important weapons in the battle for buyers: their customers’ data.
The lie that helped build Nintendo Mohamed Hamad Jan 10, 2021 Always Be Learning The story of a man, a lie, a video game handheld, and a business empire.
Why you should be getting paid for your data (NYTimes) Mohamed Hamad Oct 19, 2019 Always Be Learning Ever since I started working in the social media and digital marketing space, I’ve been warning people around me of the negative consequences of the […]
Edward Snowden MSNBC full interview Mohamed Hamad Sep 30, 2019 Always Be Learning For the launch of his new memoir “Permanent Record”, Edward Snowden talks to Brian Williams of MSNB’s the 11th Hour in an exclusive interview from […]
Chris Coyier: Thinking like a Front-End Developer Mohamed Hamad Jul 29, 2019 Dev 2 Dev Chris Coyier from Css-tricks.com, takes a peek at what front-end development has become these days. Starting from what the role is, where we sit, and […]
SVG Will Save Us, Sarah Drasner @ #PerfMatters Conference 2019 Mohamed Hamad Jul 22, 2019 Dev 2 Dev SVGs are one of the most underutilized technologies on the web. They can be the most performant, flexible, and accessible image formats. In this session, […]
How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time | Baratunde Thurston (TED) Mohamed Hamad Jul 15, 2019 Always Be Learning Baratunde Thurston explores the phenomenon of white Americans calling the police on black Americans who have committed the crimes of … eating, walking or generally […]
The world is poorly designed. But copying nature helps. (Vox) Mohamed Hamad Jul 8, 2019 Always Be Learning Biomimicry, the design movement pioneered by biologist and writer Janine Benyus, explained with 99% Invisible. Watch on YouTube
You’ve been training AI for free (The Verge) Mohamed Hamad Jul 1, 2019 Talkin Tech Modern AI needs tons of data for training and quality control — and a lot of it is coming from human beings, whether it’s contract […]
Writing Code You Won’t Hate Tomorrow (Coding Tech) Mohamed Hamad Jun 24, 2019 Dev 2 Dev As developers we write code every day, but we frown at it a week later. Why do we have such a hard time with code […]
How Smartphones Sabotage Your Brain’s Ability to Focus (WSJ) Mohamed Hamad Jun 17, 2019 Talkin Tech Our phones give us instant gratification. But there’s a cost: loss of attention and productivity.
A mind-blowing explanation of the speed of light | Michelle Thaller (The Big Think) Mohamed Hamad Jun 10, 2019 Always Be Learning Light exists outside of time. – The only things that travel at the speed of light are photons. – Nothing with any mass at all […]
Google’s social app failures (and their comeback plan) (TechAltar) Mohamed Hamad Jun 3, 2019 Talkin Tech Google has no social media apps anymore and they are struggling to establish a popular chat app as well. How come they can’t seem to […]