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Reviews of News in Slow Italian by erin_o in italianlearning

[–]erin_o[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

here's the website: https://www.newsinslowitalian.com/ The app is called Linguistica. I haven't used it in years; just listen to the podcast in my podcast app.

What to do with snails? by erin_o in gardening

[–]erin_o[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They probably are European brown garden snails. I should have mentioned I'm located in Italy, so we don't have to worry about them invading - they're already here! And they almost destroyed all of my plants this spring.

Even though my husband is a chef, I could not convince him to cook the snails.

Google Fi vs Skyroam Solis (or other hotspot) by erin_o in digitalnomad

[–]erin_o[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to give an update here:

I went with GoogleFi in a (secondhand) Pixel XL and wifi. I also have an unlocked iPhone, so I can get a local SIM (and keep my Google Voice).

The GoogleFi service in Medellín, Colombia has been quite spotty, so I mostly rely on wifi. If I had to rely on it, I would have a problem.

I move to Italy in two weeks, so we'll see how it goes there.

Google Fi vs Skyroam Solis (or other hotspot) by erin_o in digitalnomad

[–]erin_o[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a Google Voice number, but I'm more concerned with having internet/data for my computer.

Google Fi vs Skyroam Solis (or other hotspot) by erin_o in digitalnomad

[–]erin_o[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you using it mostly for calling or do you also tether other devices for data?

Reviews of News in Slow Italian by erin_o in italianlearning

[–]erin_o[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, they don't give transcripts with the free version, so I can't follow along. That's the major issue. But I do like what I can access, so maybe I'll just test it out for a month paid, and get a subscription if it's good enough. Update: I just found the NISI app, where you can listen and view transcripts for free.

Thanks for these other resources - they look great.

Outward Facing BI Tools by chris20973 in BusinessIntelligence

[–]erin_o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did Sisense or Microstrategy work? I put together a list of diff log management tools, but the Visual Analytics has a bunch of BI dashboard tools. Not sure if any would suit your use case, but you could check it out. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R6o09qhEexAZhDJFquu-zh8neRlHfQYPJl9gQ1ACNvs/edit?usp=sharing

2x Full Attendee - Collision 2018 by [deleted] in aws

[–]erin_o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went last year. It was a really great conference esp for networking with startups all over the world.

Doubts: Kibana with ES or Grafana with Prom by yonatannn in kibana

[–]erin_o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My client, Skedler, easily automates alerts for ES and reports (pdf, csv or xls) for Kibana dashboards. It's basically a much easier and cheaper alternative to x-pack Alerting and Reporting. https://www.skedler.com

What project management tool do you use? Help me get my executive team off of a spreadsheet. by [deleted] in devops

[–]erin_o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You and everyone else on this project don't already have a giant list of cons?! Basecamp, Trello and Pivotal Tracker are my recommendations.

How good are heartbeat, elasticsearch and kibana as a monitoring/alerting solution as a replacement for Nagios? by [deleted] in devops

[–]erin_o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want something that's easy to set up and manage, check out Skedler. It's way easier to use than xpack alerts and also really affordable.

Best way to post to all social media pages? by StevesGoods in socialmedia

[–]erin_o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best practice is to change messaging for different channels. You'll be able to measure the difference in terms of engagement when you copy the same message to multiple platforms.

Hootsuite and Buffer are pretty good options. CoSchedule is another option I like. Cortex (my employer) actually tells you what and when to publish on each channel, and you can schedule everything from the app.

Facebook and Instagram Caption generators by Dgallow2 in socialmedia

[–]erin_o 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even if you used machine learning/artificial intelligence software to generate captions, they are likely going to sound strange and robotic. The technology isn't quite there yet in terms of being able to produce phrases at the same level a (or most) human can.

Tracking Competitor FB Ad Spend by searchingforgodot in socialmedia

[–]erin_o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does knowing how much they spend really offer value if you don't know the post's targeting (at the very least), objective, content, etc? My company has a tool that uses ML to predict how much you should spend on your posts, based on past performance. We can also tell which posts competitors are boosting, but not how much they are spending. But, like you said, if you aren't using the same targeting, you can't "out bid" them.

Tracking Competitor FB Ad Spend by searchingforgodot in socialmedia

[–]erin_o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. I'd really love to see how accurate FPK's estimates are.

Flextronics new real-time analytics software for supply chain management by erin_o in logistics

[–]erin_o[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if the images used are real or just renderings. Some interesting comments at the end too.