Technology

5 Articles I Wish I’ve Written

Every once in a while I come upon an article or a blog post that I say to my self – “I wish I was the author of that one”. So I decided to share 5 of the ones I’ve read again recently. The authors do really deserve a shout out for their work. I do believe you will find them as interesting as I did and learn something new. They are quite lengthy, but are absolutely worth it. Enjoy!

How Technology is Hijacking Your Mind — from a Magician and Google Design Ethicist
The psychology behind the design of the most popular web sites on the web and how we get played just like a magician misdirects the audience.

Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future
The evolution of the human brain explained in a very interesting and down to earth way.

Learn to Sell
No matter what career one chooses to follow in life, the one skill everyone needs is to ‘sell’, wheather it’s an idea or product, it’s a life-long skills.

What is Code
A must-read piece for people who still believe that computers work in reality and how a ‘rock’ (the computer processor) imitates what we consider ‘thinking’.

How Shazam Works
This article will tell you about how music fingerprinting works and how is it possible for Shazam to be so accurate even in a noisy club.

Ivaylo Pavlov

I blog about interesting tech, programming and finance in real life.

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