Ubers new patent wants to spot drunk passengers

Uber's new patent needs to spot alcoholic travelers Uber's new patent needs to spot alcoholic travelers In case you're too flushed to even think about driving, you may likewise one day be excessively smashed for a Uber. This month, the ride-sharing organization looks to patent innovation to decide a traveler's degree of collectedness, as indicated by another patent application documented with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.Uber said it has no quick designs for what it would do with the innovation, however the thought itself brings up prickly moral issues about how much wellbeing information a privately owned business like Uber ought to have on us.Typos and how you hold your telephone would flag your collectedness levelsFor those of us who have had a couple to drink, the ascent of ride-share mammoths like Uber hosts made leaving the gathering more secure and with nobody the savvier about what number of mixed drinks we have quite recently brought down. The protected innovation would no longer keep your balance level a hidden issue. The innovation would make decisions dependent on t he edge of how you hold your telephone and what number of mistakes you make to foresee whether you are smashed, and change your ride experience accordingly.If you never make an error, and out of nowhere you can't quit making ones in your solicitation for a ride, the framework would decipher that conduct as uncommon. The tech would utilize your previous excursion conduct to distinguish how the client movement of the current outing demand goes astray from past (or 'ordinary') conduct for that client. If the innovation sees your conduct as exceptionally strange, the client may not be coordinated with any supplier, or constrained to suppliers with experience or preparing with clients having a bizarre express, the patent states.The advantages of Uber having this data are more clear to see. No driver appreciates managing hostilely alcoholic travelers, and getting a heads-up could assist drivers with settling on more secure decisions. The advantages for clients are less clear. Is this data that you have a sense of security with Uber having? The organization doesn't have the best reputation with protection delicate information. In 2014, Uber's information penetrate uncovered the private data of in excess of 100,000 drivers. Uber likewise once had a God View highlight to screen clients progressively without their consent.In an announcement, Uber said is it despite everything settling on the eventual fate of its patent: We are continually investigating ways that our innovation can help improve the Uber experience for riders and drivers. We document patent applications on numerous thoughts, yet not every one of them really become items or highlights.

Practical Tips For Holiday Job Hunting

Functional Tips For Holiday Job Hunting The special seasons and the year's end are as of now times that the vast majority of us consider more unpleasant than different seasons. Be that as it may, for a few, the pressure isnt from finding the ideal blessing its from getting yourself jobless. Regardless of whether it is the aftereffect of end-of-year cutbacks or you have been scanning for a vocation for quite a while, this season is testing when there isnt an ordinary check underway. Dave Ramsey, the budgetary person, just gave us 7 Practical Tips for Dealing With Job Loss at Christmas and his proposals are really down to earth whenever of year: cut back your spending change your standpoint adhere to your daily practice discover occasional work get imaginative open up to your family put the special seasons in context Dont Give Up You can keep up the pursuit of employment during the special seasons and have an immense bit of leeway in light of the fact that there are such a large number of systems administration openings. Gatherings and social occasions are extraordinary approaches to interface with individuals without making arrangements. Transitory occupations can without much of a stretch transform into full-time and in the event that they dont you despite everything have that check and more work understanding. Numerous a temp specialist becomes supervisor later on so dont rebate the humble position. The thing I like about Dave Ramseys tips is that they bode well. At the point when you are searching for a vocation, you should do each one of those things and not imagine that everything is the equivalent. It isnt the equivalent and that is acceptable in light of the fact that it gives you a fantastic chance to improve things. Its like disposing of the garbage in your home so you can clean it and begin once again with the beneficial things you chose to keep.

Carey Hosts Ibm Hackathon For Baltimore Public High School Students

Main navigation Johns Hopkins Legacy Online applications Faculty Directory Experiential studying Career sources Alumni mentoring program Util Nav CTA CTA Breadcrumb Carey Hosts IBM Hackathon for Baltimore Public High School Students The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School hosted a daylong hackathon, or intensive computer programming expertise, for Baltimore City Public Schools students on November 22, 2014. The occasion was sponsored by IBM and arranged in cooperation with Carey Business School college students and Carey Net Impact, the varsity’s service and community management organization. Over forty students from Western High School and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute came together to develop software applications using IBM’s Bluemix platform. “IBM Bluemix is a cloud-based mostly platform as a service (PaaS) that enables app builders to rapidly construct and deploy their apps in a easy, intuitive means,” stated Michael Digafe, a 2014 Carey Business School Global MBA alumnus who works for IBM. He came up with the thought to deliver dozens of novice programmers to his alma mater, which made this a special event as a result of IBM’s hackathons aren't typically open to highschool students, Digafe noted . The present Carey college students whom Digafe engaged to help plan the hackathon weren't certain how the high school students would respond. Dan Givol, a Global MBA scholar and occasion co-organizer, mentioned he and his colleagues had a “Field of Dreams second” when dozens of teenagers started arriving that Saturday morning when out of doors temperatures were within the 20s. Students proceeded to work for practically nine hours straight. “We gave them the choice for longer breaks, and to cease, but they all chose to maintain going,” Givol observed. At the top of the day, the students had built a stay app that pulls information from Twitter, analyzes it using Watson (the IBM computer that won on Jeopardy), and returns the results through textual content message. Johns Hopkins students â€" representing the Carey Business School, the Whiting School of Engineering, and the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, in addition to Carey’s joint Design Leadership program with the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) â€" served as mentors to the highschool college students all through the occasion. STEM â€" which stands for science, expertise, engineering, and math â€" is a critical area of focus for high colleges throughout the nation. Otilio Baez, computer technology schooling specialist at Baltimore City Public Schools, pointed to the significance of hackathons and comparable apply environments that demand actual-world STEM pondering. The Western and Poly students who participated come from various STEM applications similar to biomedical sciences, the district’s CISCO networking program, and laptop science. “Here they get to blur the line between concept and follow and lengthen what they’re doing in the classroom,” Baez said. Over the course of the day, he noticed college students with minimal coding expertise applying their knowledge from different STEM fields and getting used to the Bluemix software program. “These kinds of experiences are invaluable after we discuss preparing them for postsecondary success and being truly career- and faculty-prepared.” Students tweeted their experiences throughout the day, and their posts can be discovered by trying to find #hackcarey on Twitter. Posted 100 International Drive

Join The Aba Women Rainmaker Webinar Today

Developing the Next Generation of Rainmakers Join the ABA Women Rainmaker Webinar Today Holland and Hart partner Andrea Anderson and I are serving as the panel for an ABA Women Rainmaker Webinar today at 1:00 CDT. It’s not too late to sign up. You can sign up here. As of yesterday 143 lawyers had signed up and some were men so I assume the webinar is open to any ABA member. We asked for questions and received many in advance of the program. Before I left for the airport yesterday I tried to share my thoughts on as many questions as possible. I wrote responses to 18 questions that I will share with you here.   1. How valuable is online marketing? Answer: Very valuable. On-Line marketing has leveled the playing field for younger lawyers. In 2019 it’s not what you know. It’s not who you know. It’s who knows what you know. On-line marketing, especially including a blog, has geometrically increased the number of potential clients who can know what you know. 2. What is the proper balance between individual relationship outreach and profile building? Answer: It depends on your strengths (are you a “people person” or a maven who likes to share information?) It also depends on your stage of career. Early in my career, I spent 80% of my client Development time on profile building. Later I spent 80% of my time on relationship building, especially with existing clients. 3. How to make sure you get the clients referred to you? 4. How to get client referrals? Answer: One way is to anticipate problems, opportunities and changes that impact potential clients and get that information to the influencers. My construction law practice was an industry based practiced. The executive directors of contractor associations were influencers. 5. How to bring up partnership tracks in a firm that has no specific track. Answer: Let the managing partner and/or executive committee know you want to become a partner and ask how you will be judged and how you will know if you are on the right track. 6. Do you have an example of a business plan you can share? Answer: The blog I posted on Tuesday includes a link to a webinar I did on preparing a business plan that works and it includes the template used in the webinar. https://www.cordellblog.com/law-firm-leadership/challenge-for-fast-growing-law-firms/ 7. New partners in firms where most clients are institutional and deeply personal to older partners. Ideas? Answer: Do something the older partners are not doing. A lawyer I coached several years ago created an internet radio show. Create a niche within the older partner’s niche and become the “go to” lawyer in that sub-niche. Figure out new areas of law. Lawyers I coached became “go-to” lawyers in data privacy, equine law, fashion law IP, sports law, and most recently marijuana law. 8. How should I structure remuneration for new partners? Which business model is best? Answer: It depends on what the firm wants to reward and why rewarding it is important to the firm. When I coach law firm lawyers, we have group and individual coaching. In Andrea’s law firm almost all of the group I coached are still with the firm and they still get together at firm retreats. Her firm valued teamwork and group effort. I believe many lawyers do not want an eat what you kill compensation system, but at the same time those lawyers want to be compensated for bringing in the clients. 9. My client base is mostly insurance carriers. Do you have suggestions? Answer: I have two. First, be a speaker at as many insurance events as possible. Second, build a personal relationship with the insurance men and women and help make their job easier. 10. Can you share any advice on navigating gender stereotypes while trying to network and bring in business? Answer: Andrea might be the better person to answer this one. That said, my advice is to be authentic, be genuine, be the person you really are. My second piece of advice is to believe in yourself. I’ve coached hundreds of women lawyers. Many have outperformed the male lawyers in their firm once they believe in themselves. I’ve written about it here: https://www.cordellblog.com/career-development/women-lawyers-self-confidence-key-to-your-success/ and here https://www.cordellblog.com/client-development/how-the-super-lawyers-keep-getting-better/ 11. Any advice on responding to RFPs. Answer: Read carefully and make sure to respond to what the potential client believes is important. Figure out some way you can add value beyond what is expected. 12. When law is a second career, how can you leverage your relationships from your first career and turn them into clients? Answer: You have a competitive advantage. Clients want lawyers to understand their business. That is your advantage. Now you have to demonstrate you are also a great lawyer. Write for industry publications and speak at industry events. 13. How do you convert contracts and colleagues into clients? Answer: Anticipate their legal problems, opportunities, and changes before they have thought about them and write or speak on the subject. 14. Does the same advice apply to women who are already partners but need to rebuild or reinvigorate their practice? Answer: To reinvigorate yourself, I believe you have to answer the “what” and “why” questions and then think creatively about the “how.” What do you want to accomplish now? Why is accomplishing it important to you? What do your potential clients need now? Why is it important to them? 15. How do you continue to make rain when a lot of your referral sources are retiring? Answer: One way is to write and speak on the most current legal topics. Another way is to hang out where the younger referral sources hang out. In my experience, younger referral sources would rather be at home with their families than to be at events and dinners. So, creating content and using social media to distribute it is another alternative. 16. What are the most “bang for your buck” marketing activities? What are the must do? Answer: It depends on your strengths. Take the StrengthsFinder survey. I wrote about it here https://www.cordellblog.com/client-development/client-development-what-kind-of-client-development-efforts-suit-you-best/ including a report on my top five strengths. Had I known my top five strengths I would have politely declined when an older partner told me I had to be in Rotary Club. 17. How do I identify the business development activity with the highest return so I can prioritize that? Answer: I always made a list and attempted to identify high return low investment of time. For each lawyer it is different. For me, it was writing a monthly column for 25 years in an industry publication. A lawyer I coached found sports and sporting events was the highest return. A lawyer I coached in Canada uses social media to share information in his field of law. Each of you will figure it out. Sometimes it will be by trial and error. 18. How much time should be spent on business development v. billable work? Answer: I always tried to spend 500 hours a year on business development and my own development and I counted everything, including seven hours to take a group to a Cowboys football game, an hour reading a book on marketing while the TV was on in the background. I practiced law for 37 years developing a national construction law practice representing some of the top highway and transportation construction contractors in the US.