A trip into the mind of Wajdi

It does not take saying too much, introducing the topic or blabbing for 10 minutes. Mindfulness, straight to the point and in few simple steps: Plan your day ahead. Your tomorrow starts today Sleep on time, enough to get 7-8 hours of rest Meditate right after waking up. 15 - 20 minutes should do the trick. Breath & slowdown, having prepared for your day, no need to run after the clock It is what it is, don't argue with what you can't control Breath, deeply..., when bad things happen. Exercise. Long walks are useful if you can't hit the gym. I will comeback to add or remove stuff. Different things work for different people. Try and see for yourself. Section and detail of the  Column of Marcus Aurelius , Rome, 177–180 AD, with scenes from the  Marcomannic Wars

Being pro-technology and innovation working in the digital world, I often get excited about new tech and quickly find myself installing and testing new apps and software. The digital space of taking notes and managing a todo list has been exploding with new comers, from the Evernote, to Notion, passing by Google's Keep... I've tried them all. Distraction.. has a logo Reflecting on all of this, those tools have their merits, I can't deny the advantages they bring to the table for some users. However, these apps, as any other digital product, have a mission: harvest engagement, keep you using them, depend on them, never leaving, nor switching to other competitor's app... Which becomes an issue for someone trying to have flexibility, with less distractions. a distraction from doing the actual work you need to be done. Loaded with multiple features, such as adding images, emojis, links and so on, and now with embedded AI to help you write, note taking has never been so dist

Before reading this, go ahead and read the below reference articles I listed at the end. So to apply myself to the previous post's mission statement (aka: write more often, about any topic of personal interest...etc.) I have some time on my hand here and I had a subject I long wanted to vent about. If you didn't know, I have spent a good portion of my professional life working for consulting companies. Overall it was 2 distinct companies operating in 2 different continents/countries. Pythagoras Emerging from the Underworld', oil on canvas painting by Salvator Rosa In-between, I have lived on the other side of the service contract, aka being the client. With this combined perspective, I have developed somehow a personal view on the value of consulting as a service, and as an economic agent, with a certain level of expected contribution to economic growth and development. In recent years, I have pondered the value proposition of tech vendors, consulting services, and the ROI

Writing on this blog has consistently served as a means to regain focus, delve deeply into intriguing topics, and hone the organization of my thoughts and ideas. Over the years, I've taken several breaks from blogging to concentrate on personal development, acquire new knowledge, and, more recently, dedicate all my time to focus on new professional endeavors. On a few occasions, I have included in my posts brief mentions of current pursuits that pertain to my professional life. Some were links to courses I was teaching, while others addressed less technical and more business-oriented topics. My most recent post was published a year and four months ago. In the meantime, I have accumulated around 14 drafts that never reached completion. Some topics proved to be rabbit holes, requiring extensive research to produce a worthy post. Others were merely distractions that I ultimately set aside. Over the past 16 months, I have reflected on the necessity, value, and purpose of writing on the

  Open Banking 101: from a costumer’s perspective Following the first part of this article series about Open Banking, this second part is built a little bit different. We have seen in the previous part a straightforward definition of the concept of Open Banking, the regulatory background and it’s expansion and development throughout the world. I’ve wanted for the second part to focus on the advantages of Open Banking from a customer’s perspective.  It’s true that most of the public content online about Open Banking generally discusses this innovation from a bank or a fintech point of view, and usually it doesn’t present any arguments or explanation for the average person who will come across an account aggregation request without necessarily knowing what is that. So why would an “average joe” accept to share personal banking information with a third-party company? Below are 4 major advantages to switch to an Open Banking costumer experience. Enjoy the illustrations ! So what’s Open Ba

T he banking and financial services industry has undergone a significant transformation due to the rapid advancement in technology and digitalization.  This paradigm shift has paved the way for Open Banking, which has revolutionized the way banks and financial institutions operate.  The introduction of Open Banking has provided an opportunity for banks to offer enhanced services, leverage customer data in new ways, and drive innovation in financial products and services.  Open Banking has brought about a new era of collaboration between traditional banks and fintech startups, and data scientists are playing an essential role in this new landscape.  Image by pch.vector on Freepik However, with the opportunities come risks. The sensitive nature of financial data requires banks to ensure the security and privacy of customer information. Therefore, regulatory bodies have implemented guidelines such as the PSD2 (DSP2) to safeguard against potential threats and provide an operating context f

 Sometimes you start playing with an idea, time passes and you end up with a project that you need to finish. I am sure this is not the case with most people, however this describes perfectly the process with which I've made the StyleZ app . I have always been fascinated by the applications where neural networks are used, outside of the traditional context. One of the ideas that were proposed to utilize such technology is style transfer. The Scream by Edvard Munch In this post, I will explain the steps I followed to implement and deploy a Neural Network Style Transfer App. The ideas is not to make a technical post, but to lay out the process to take a very small project from an idea to production Neural Style Transfer Neural style transfer is an optimization technique used to take two images, the first a content image such as the image of a person, a building or any other image or photo, and the second a style reference image (such as an artwork by a famous painter for example), a

#KohLanta : Finale de la saison 2021 Koh-Lanta est aujourd'hui un programme incontournable du paysage audiovisuel français. Cette émission inspirée du “Survivor” polarise les réseaux sociaux et suscite à la fois l’excitation, la joie et parfois la **colère** de ses milliers de fans. Comme dans la vraie vie, où la nature humaine avec ses *qualités* et ses *défauts* se dévoile face aux épreuves, les **communautés** et les alliances se forment.  Et souvent  la “trahison” et la “déception” se manifestent  (tiens, c’est comme si je te décrivais un épisode lambda de #Kohlanta 🧐)  Dans cet article,  je joins l'utile à l'agréable et je partage quelques insights interessants, pour montrer que, comme dans la vraie vie (et exactement pareil dans #Kohlanta), les communautés sont souvent la formation sociale la plus **dominante** dans les interactions humaines et que le fait de partager la même vision/personnalité ou les mêmes opinions, joue un rôle important dans la formation de ces

 Here is my latest twitter storm about the death of Data Science..  Enjoy!       "The sexiest job of the 21st century" they said. Every time journalists and uninformed idiots hit the like button for a new buzz word, the whole domain falls victim of its own success. ⬇️ — Wajdi 📈 (@wajdi_bs) April 25, 2021 I have been doing what I do for a while now. When I was a student, #BusinessIntelligence was the hot thing out there. We even had a club in my school dedicated to this topic ( I never liked the idea, b/c those involved were a bunch of idiots with -50 IQ) ⬇️ — Wajdi 📈 (@wajdi_bs) April 25, 2021 Most companies suffer from the old inefficient practices and haven't successfully made the transition. But let's not focus on that. After that, #BigData started to become hot. I remember myself going through the shittiest tutorials and documentation to ⬇️ — Wajdi 📈 (@wajdi_bs) April 25, 2021 I now know not to trust/ follow an online tutorial without checking wh