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‘Speed vs Scale’ decisions | Is there a silver bullet?
Speed (of execution) A task is completed quickly when it is finished in a short amount of time. The solution will have multiple shortcuts. It might not be the most automated or scalable solution to the problem but solves 90% of the problem. Tasks that prioritize speed fall under the category of MVP (minimum viable…
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Why(How) should Canadian banks target new immigrants?
Introduction New immigrants play a vital role in the social, cultural, and economic fabric of Canada. From history to the present day, immigrants have helped shape and define the Canadian identity. In this article, I want to discuss why new immigrants are important to Canadian banks and the different ways in which banks can target…
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Concept | How to get more hours from your smartphone battery?
Problem Statement Smartphones have become a ubiquitous presence in our lives. On average, people check their phones 58 times per day spending a staggering 3.25 hours on their phones every day. Smartphones have also improved in their performance and functionality in the last few years. Despite this massive gain in popularity and functionality in phones, one major…
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Concept | Imagining native image editing options in Windows OS
Images and videos have become the favorite content types in this digital world. Most of the data created by users are images, videos, and audio produced from mobile phones and shared via social media. Operating systems, on the other hand, have not improved to handle the images, video, and audio content types natively. Native actions/commands…
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ChatGPT and the future of Machine Learning models
I got my first PC in the early 2000s. It was an IBM machine with Microsoft Windows OS on it. It was very special to me and it had a profound impact on my childhood (mostly in a good way). I remember spending time on the PC listening to songs, drawing paintings in MS paint,…
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Trip to India – November 2022
I got a chance to travel to New Delhi, India this month. It was a 7-day visit with lots of meetings and tons of agenda items to cover. Meeting the C2FO India team and my friends in New Delhi was fun (and frankly that was the one thing that kept me going!!). Key learnings/reflections from the trip:…