April 2021 — Makto Mine

Some brain hacks that a Neuroscientist or a Psychologist knows.

by Md Kawsar Munna | Apr 30, 2021 | Psychology

We often read about so-called “brain hacks” – help, advice, and guidance aimed at improving the brain. But how can we know which tips really work? I spoke with leading neuroscientists and asked them to share their favorite brain hacks that they implement in their daily lives.

1. To remind yourself to do something: Place the object somewhere unusual. Have you heard about a brain hack of putting a knot in a handkerchief for remembering something?

You can use the same method; put something in an unusual place for reminding yourself that there is something you need to take care of.

It doesn’t matter whether the object is something relevant or not, because the fact that the thing isn’t in its usual, normal location will be enough to remind you what needs to be done.

2. When you find yourself getting stuck on a problem: Go and do something else instead. Let your mind wander instead of allowing it to fall asleep or merely daydream.

For example, you can try taking a walk; it’ll fuel your mind with the energy it needs, making it alert, which will help you in coming up with a few solutions for the issue at hand.

3. To remember difficult lists: Use the ‘Memory Palace’ technique. The ‘Memory Palace’ is an ancient Roman and Greek technique used to memorize difficult things, such as lists of names by linking or mapping them onto memorable imagery.

We are naturally good at remembering pictures or images but not lists of numbers. And that’s exactly why the Memory Palace technique works; it takes advantage of that innate type of memory which we are good at, using it to form associations.

For example, try to come up with a story about the thing which you are trying to remember or make it a song that maybe rhymes.

4.To efficiently learn something new: Use your motor system. While you are learning something, try putting it in as many neural function modalities as possible.

For instance, when you are trying to learn new material or information, write the notes down. Even if you won’t read them again, the fact that you activated your motor system by writing those notes down will help you to remember the information in the future.

Our motor system has a powerful interaction with sensory stations in our brain, which are essentially more cognitive stations. So when you engage those circuits, you fortify memories onto parts of your brain.

5. If you don’t have a strong sense of time: Offload the information to a planner. Keeping a planner will allow you to offload the knowledge of the timing of all things you have to do throughout the day.

6. The brain optimization hack: Give your highest-performing time to your most demanding task(s).

Evidence indicates that when the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain which involves rational decision-making, gets depleted in energy, your ability to make logical decisions as well as rationality itself decreases.

To know when your brain is at its optimal performance to make sound decisions instead of deciding things when you are already burned out or exhausted.

7. To improve your cognition: Perform activities that produce precise movements or play sports.

Playing sports which demand producing precise movements towards dynamic targets (ping pong, tennis, etc.) can be one of the best things you can do.

The link between action and cognition is worth noting, so by improving your ability in performing spatial actions, you will be boosting your cognition.

8. To create context: Link your memories together. Usually, it’s difficult to remember bits of information that are out of context. However, when you try to link your memories to one another, you will have a much easier time remembering them.

9. To avoid wasting time: Schedule your time in advance so that the following day you won’t waste hours on deciding what you should do next.

10. Work on developing a growth mindset. A growth mindset is a very useful brain hack; it emphasizes the possibility of growth and changes rather than focusing on ability or capacity.

Even short exposure to it can enhance your capacity for change as well as your motivation and willingness to adapt and learn.

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Ways that you can increase your survey response rates. That’s it for today’s brain hacks.

Ways that you can increase your survey response rates.

by Md Kawsar Munna | Apr 30, 2021 | Information

What is Survey Response Rate?

The survey response rate is the number of people who responded to your survey divided by the total sample.

PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED / PEOPLE YOU SENT IT TO = SURVEY RESPONSE RATE

Many people confuse survey response rate with survey completion rate. These are not always the same thing.

If your survey allows incomplete responses or doesn’t adequately set up restrictions on things like open-ended questions and selection criteria, you could end up with incomplete responses.

This outcome requires you to create both a Response Rate and a Completion Rate.

Why is Survey Response Rate so important?

Response rate is the percentage of your sample that has participated in the survey. The more people in your sample size that complete the survey, the more trustworthy your data becomes as it is more representative of the population.

But the reason it matters to online survey creators like yourself is a little more complicated.

Because online survey platforms use advanced targeting, and because many of these platforms pull survey responses from different panel providers and data farms around the world, different samples can contain wildly different potential response rates.

These differences can slow down your results and jeopardize how trustworthy the final results are.

1. Allow an escape: Not all survey providers are created equal. Some will tout high survey response rates by not letting users escape surveys once they have begun. This may increase completion rates, but will drastically lower data quality.

2.Keep it short: No one likes to take surveys forever, especially on a smartphone. So in order to get thoughtful responses at a high rate, keep it as short as possible. Take the survey yourself. Can you complete it in 5-10 minutes? If not, you may want to shorten it a bit.

3.Keep It Simple: Sometimes, getting great consumer insights requires survey-takers to do more than just answer a multiple-choice question. If you have more complex questions, consider simplifying them as best you can. For example, instead of sending users to your new website, provide pictures or videos that they can respond to.

4.Provide Good Directions: Ensuring all your questions are easily understood reduces escapes and will get you better responses.

5.Be considerate of survey respondents’ time: Let them know how long the survey will take to complete.

6.Show a progress bar: Respondents want to know how much longer the survey will take.

7.Optimize surveys for all devices: Nothing spikes escape rates faster than people not being able to read your survey. Make sure it works on all platforms and screen sizes.

8.Hit the target: Casting a wider net doesn’t always guarantee you will reach a relevant audience. Make sure you are targeting your survey appropriately.

9.Don’t Over-Target: Using unnecessary targeting can both reduce the pool of potential respondents and reduce your potential response rates. Be judicious about which targeting criteria you use. Think ahead to the insights you will gain and be sure you plan to use all targeting you add.

10.Ask relevant questions: Take care when writing survey questions that the audience you have selected has all available information to be able to answer. For example, don’t ask for opinions on the beach if you are not sure the population has ever seen the ocean.

11.Add screening questions: One great way to ensure you get qualified respondents is to add screening questions to qualify all respondents on certain essential criteria.

12.Avoid “Yes or No” Screening Questions: The fastest way to blow your response rate is to ask questions your respondents can’t answer. So make sure your screening question acceptance criteria don’t rely on “Yes” or “No” answers. Instead, ask something only a qualified person would know. This will help ensure that your survey respondents meet your criteria for a sample population – versus just looking for an incentive.

13.Keep question length short: It is best to keep each question under 140 characters to keep users engaged.

14.Avoid Matrix Questions: Matrix questions can be useful for getting a broad spectrum of opinions on a variety of subjects while only using up one question. So what’s the problem? Well, Matrix Questions take up a lot of screen space and require users to sort through a variety of questions and answers, which has been shown to increase escapes. Better to steer clear if you can avoid it.

15.Avoid Open-Ended Questions: Open-ended questions are a great way to gain insight into a particular response–as a way to gain more detailed perceptions. But users always prefer tapping to typing, especially on mobile devices. And from a reporting standpoint, open-ended questions can be harder to gain insights from once the survey has concluded. So use them sparingly.

16.Try Unique Question Types: While Matrix questions can cause response rate issues, other unique question types like Sliders or Star Ratings can keep users engaged. Just don’t overuse them.

17.Shuffle Answers: Want to keep users engaged from beginning to end to avoid drop-off? Try shuffling the possible answers to each question.

18.Keep It Fun: Adding media files like pictures and videos can be a great way to keep users engaged. With Pollfish, users can add media files to Single/Multiple Selection, Rating, Slider, Open-Ended, Ranking, and Matrix questions.

19.Use Survey Logic: Another way to keep users engaged while adding a degree of powerful dimension to your survey is to use survey logic. Survey logic allows question branching, where you can ask a screening question, and then ask different sets of questions based on the answers. For example, let’s say you are launching a beer company. You may want to start by asking “Do You Drink Beer?” If the answer is Yes, you can get insights into their beer preferences. If the answer is No, you may want to learn more about why they don’t like beer so you can offer more enticing product choices in the future.

20.Don’t Repeat Yourself: Redundant questions can increase escape rates and annoy survey takers. Ensure you are asking unique questions. This will improve the consumer insights you get as well.

21.Don’t Use Jargon: Avoid using terms that are big in your field but that the average person wouldn’t know. Perhaps have a friend outside of your industry read through your survey first before launching if you are unsure.

22.Consider Branding Your Survey: Surveys from reputable brands get higher response rates. Some brands prefer to remain anonymous as existing brand perceptions can sometimes skew survey responses. But if response rates are a problem, consider adding your logo to add credibility and make respondents excited to join your study.

23.Try Promoting On Social Media: Most social platforms have native poll features, and in many cases, you can just share a link to your survey with your friends, groups, lists, and more. This can be a great way to distribute a survey.

24.Email Your Survey To Your Customers or Network: Response rates will likely be higher among people who know you and your brand. If applicable to your goals, start by emailing your survey to your existing customers or your personal network.

25.Buy Survey Respondents: If you are having trouble getting responses for your survey from friends or existing customers, you can consider buying survey responses from several available providers (Pollfish included). If the company is doing it right, you should be able to link up any existing survey you have and access their network of survey respondents easily.

26.Use A DIY Survey Tool: Most DIY Survey Tools allow you to create the survey and distribute it through their existing network, making it easier to get responses fast. The best ones will let you do both for one low price (wink wink).

27.Use A Survey That Has Worked Well In The Past: If you have a survey that has generated great response rates and powerful consumer insights in the past and you want to distribute it to a larger audience, don’t be afraid to explore your options. Pollfish partners with all major survey providers, giving you the power of over 600M engaged, real-time respondents worldwide.

28.Make Sure Your Survey Is Optimized For Mobile: One big distribution challenge is ensuring users can access it on any device. If you post a link on social media, for example, and your survey is not optimized for mobile, users may not be able to read it.

29.Make Sure Your Survey Provider Is Only Counting One Survey Per Person: Some survey providers don’t protect against the same survey being taken multiple times.

30.Use The Correct Language: If you are going to target around the world, be sure to use the correct language.

31.Research Regional Info To Be Sure Your Targeting Is Correct: Asking localized questions to an audience that is too broad is a surefire way to create confusion and alienate survey takers.

32.Use Tight Targeting, Where Needed: If your survey is meant to be local and you really want to target a tight local area, give it a try. Your survey response provider may not always have enough responses in the area, but if they can target down to Zip Code, Census Division, or Congressional District, you’d be surprised how often you can get the targeting you want. This will reduce your costs and provide better understanding and response rates among this more representative population.

33.Don’t Settle Due To Fees: If you are trying to reach a specialized audience but your survey audience provider is charging additional fees, shop around.

34.Add An Exciting Title: Get respondents excited to participate in your study with a great hook.

35.Make Them Feel Special: Survey respondents are more likely to complete your survey if they feel like the info they are providing will be put to good use. Make sure to explain the importance of the feedback you are getting from them with a quick note.

36.Outline Benefits To Customers: This is similar to making people feel special but slightly different. People like to feel like their responses will benefit them and customers like them so outlining the benefits to customers vs. the benefit to your company’s bottom line is a good way to go.

37.Sweeten The Pot: Incentives can be a powerful way to increase survey response rates. But BE CAREFUL. The wrong incentives can reduce data quality, increase faulty responses and produce untrustworthy insights.

38.Avoid Cash Incentives: While the most powerful incentive for most people is money, cash incentives for surveys create a market of professional survey takers rushing to complete your survey so they can move on to their next payday.

39.Avoid Airline Miles and Gift Card Incentives: Much like cash incentives, airline miles, and gift cards create similar issues with fraudulent responses. Ensure that, if you choose to use these incentives, your survey platform provides some sort of fraud monitoring to screen out low-quality results.

40.Keep Incentives Small: To avoid professional survey takers and other low-quality responses, keep incentives small, but enticing. One way researchers do this is by offering entrance to sweepstakes or giveaways. This way, users know there is only a chance of incentive.

41.Use App-Based Incentives: Mobile apps provide a great low-stakes incentive for market researchers to entice survey participation. That’s why Pollfish partners with app publishers to deliver surveys inside popular mobile apps. App-based incentives–extra lives in games, access to premium recipes–offer cash savings instead of a cash-based transferable incentive.

42.Phone A Friend: As suggested above, it is a good idea to have a friend take your survey. Make sure someone within your organization takes a look, as well as someone that you know who fits into the target population.

43.Test Survey Distribution Links: If you are distributing a link to your survey on your own, make sure the link is working.

44.Find Social Link: If posted to social, visit the platform, find the link and click to ensure it is functioning. Make sure the post is clear and any imagery looks as you expect.

45.Send Test Email: If you are sending via email, send yourself a test email before sending it publicly.

46.Be Sure To Preview: If you are using a DIY survey platform like Pollfish, make use of the Preview feature to look at your survey before you send it.

47.Consider Your Survey As A User: Try to put yourself in the shoes of the user. Go through the entire process like a user–whether that means visiting social media and finding the link or opening an email. Consider your titles, subject lines, imagery, and any other promotional materials. Do you feel excited to fill out the survey? Are you completely clear on how to fill out the survey or how long it will take?

48.Check-Out Survey Templates & Sample Results: If you want to get a glimpse of professionally approved best practices, including improving survey response rate, check out survey templates and samples. Your DIY survey platform should offer them, or you can find them by searching.

49.Get 24 / 7 Service & Support: If you are using a DIY survey platform, see if they offer 24 / 7 service and support via chat or phone. Have them take a look over your survey to check for any response-rate-boosting best practices you may have missed.

50.Hire An Expert: Unsure about the best way to create your perfect survey? Our support team can help check your survey and make sure it is perfect before you launch. But if you need more detailed expert assistance, you can hire a market research expert to build your survey for you.

Thanks for your time.

How do I decide or taking important decisions wisely?

by Md Kawsar Munna | Apr 29, 2021 | Knowledge

The way to make the right decision is more important for those who often have to make different kinds of important decisions.

There is more or less indecision in the process of making big important decisions. We are familiar with the term indecision. We have all had this problem at some point.

Some may be less, some may be more.

Lack of confidence in one’s ability to make the right decision, and lack of knowledge of the basics of making the right decision in any matter, cause many to suffer from indecision or often make the wrong decision.

These problems are especially prevalent when making important decisions.

Today you will be informed about the main ways to make the right decision and the methods to get rid of indecision. But before that, let’s find out what kind of people make the wrong decision most of the time.

Who makes the wrong decision?

Basically, two types of people make wrong decisions. The number one group of people is those who are afraid to decide anything. Thinking too much makes your head hurt, but even after thinking so much, you are afraid to come to a conclusion. Then, when the time is near, something works out discussion is something that is often bad.

And the people of group number two are very brave or very restless. They don’t care if they need to make a decision. A lot of ‘hold the board – hit the nail’ type. Small or large – any task they want to get over quickly. They say, “I work first, which will be seen later.”

Although this attitude is necessary in some cases – if it becomes excessive, the loss is greater than the gain. And for some, as a baby gets older, he or she will outgrow this.

Basically, these two types of people make the wrong decisions most of the time. Think carefully – do you have any of these two? And keep reading the way to make the right decision and the way to get rid of indecision. To be successful in any field of life, you must know how to make the right decision.

Here are 5 ways to make the right decision and get rid of indecision:

While researching ways to make the right decision, we searched through various websites, journals, and magazines and found a total of 5 ways – which can be useful for everyone. So let’s find out the 5 ways.

01. The goal must be clearly defined:

Many people decide exactly what goal they want to achieve – without considering it well. This increases the likelihood that the decision will be wrong. Now, many may say, does anyone think of making a decision without knowing the goal?

It is true that people have a purpose in mind when making a decision. But often that purpose is not clear. It is important that the goal or objective is clear enough to make the right decision.

Let’s give an example. Suppose Assad has just finished his studies. Now his goal is to get a ‘good job’ and earn ‘good money. It must be a goal – but it is clearly stated or ‘ clearly defined’ is not.

Now, remember, Assad, got a good job, and a good salary. But after a while, it turned out that he was not enjoying his work, and from there he could not learn anything new – so that he could improve further. Day by day his needs increased, he got married, he had children – but his income did not increase in that proportion. In the beginning, the money that seemed good at first now seems to be very low.

After all this time, Assad realized that he had made the wrong decision. So that you can easily understand the matter – so I have chosen a common example. But behind every one of our wrong decisions is the lack of this clearly defined goal.

Now let’s talk about how to set clear goals. That means solving this problem. Come back to Assad’s words. His goal was a good job and a good salary. But if he had set more specific goals, he could have made better decisions.

For example, what he really wants to do in a job, what kind of position he wants to work in, what he really wants to learn from the job, and how much money he wants to earn from it – if he had considered these – he would not have been in danger later.

Maybe he should have gone out after studying English – in which case he should have used his education – he should have been looking for a job so that he could enjoy the job. It was also necessary to calculate exactly how much money is needed to support the family nowadays and for future financial security. Maybe he needed to earn around Tk 50,000 a month.

His decision to start a new family was also wrong because he did not do this calculation. So no matter what you decide to do, it is important to know exactly what you are going through. Then it will be much easier to make the right decision.

02. Write down the details before making any major decision:

Even if we don’t realize it, we spend our whole day making decisions, big or small. Get up in the morning and take a bath with hot or cold water, what to eat for breakfast, what clothes to spend the day after – these are all small decisions. There is no need to spend too much time behind these decisions.

But when it comes to making big decisions – such as starting a business, changing jobs, enrolling in a university, or choosing a course of study – you need to think deeply and carefully. And it is important to write down the details involved in the decision. Many of us do not consider this work unnecessary. But if you do this, the chances of making the right decision will increase a lot.

Writing down the facts or issues involved in the problem and solution will reduce the chances of some omissions in the decision-making process. If you have a written recipe in front of you while cooking, there is no possibility of omitting any ingredients during cooking, just as there is no possibility of omitting any ingredients even if the issues involved are written in front of you while making a decision.

What to write?

# Goal:

As I said before, before you make a decision, you need to know exactly what you want from there – the goal and purpose. If you decide on a page what goals you want to achieve – write them down – then the matter will become much more detailed and clear.

# Pros and cons:

Any decision will lead to some good and some bad results. If you leave your current job and move to a new one – in addition to gaining some benefits from the new job, you will lose some of the benefits of the current job. After receiving a new job offer, it would be better to stay in the previous one or join the new one – if you want to make the right decision, you must make such a list. In English, it is called the ‘pros and cons list’.

Write the good side of joining a new job on one side of the paper, the bad side on the other side. It is better to spend some time in solitude while doing this. Write down whatever comes to your mind. When you finish writing, consider the good and bad aspects and make a decision. This will greatly reduce the chances of your decision being wrong.

03. Consider other factors involved in the decision and keep in mind the long-term consequences:

A decision can affect many things. As well as what looks good in the short term, it may not be what it looks like in the long term. Let’s go back to the example of Assad mentioned in point 1. When he first decided to take up his job, it was not a matter of job satisfaction or professional satisfaction. Because of this, he was in danger later.

When he joined the job, he did not think about whether he would like to do this job or not. Or whether he can learn something from it that will advance his career. He got into trouble later because he did not consider these issues related to the job.

Many of us are inclined to make many decisions and then get into trouble. There are other factors to consider when making a decision. If necessary, you can write these down. One of the great advantages of writing is that when you sit down to write, you remember a lot of things that just don’t come to mind when you think about them.

In addition to the issues involved, the long-term consequences of any decision need to be considered. What is a good decision today that may have bad consequences tomorrow? So before making a decision, one has to think about the long-term consequences of the decision in addition to other issues related to it.

If Assad had thought about marriage and children a few years before he decided to take the job, he might have been looking for another promising job. Where there were opportunities for rapid improvement in career and financial condition. As a result of making decisions without long-term thinking, many people are in danger.

Before making a big decision, try to figure out where the impact will be after a year. Sit down with a pen and paper if needed. Write the decision in the middle. Write around him the issues involved in the decision. Now think about how the decision can affect some issues as well as at what time. What will be the effect after 1 month ?, What will it affect after 1 year? What will happen after 2 years? – Keep thinking like this.

It may seem a little strange to read the matter. But then when you sit down and make a big decision and consider things in writing like this on a piece of paper – then you see, there are a lot of things catching your eye that don’t catch on. If you make a decision in this process, you will see that your decision is going much better.

04. Don’t indulge in emotions:

Those who make more emotional decisions actually make the wrong decisions most of the time. I’m not saying that emotion is a bad thing. Emotion is actually a much bigger inspiration. Happiness, love, Maya, ambition, self-confidence – all these emotions make people great.

But the decision to prioritize emotions is often wrong. We often make big decisions in our lives because of our emotions – which in a short period of time leads to our downfall.

Only by being angry do we end up in many relationships, which leads to grief for the rest of our lives. Again, many people get emotional and get married without thinking – and most of the time that decision is proved wrong. But then there is nothing to do. The study, job, business – in these cases, giving more priority to reason than emotion increases the chances of making the right decision.

When you think with emotion, you see only the bad or good aspects of many things. But honestly, everything has its ups and downs. When you become emotionally blind, you only see the side you want to see. On the other hand, if you think logically, you will see the good and bad aspects of any subject. This will make it easier to make the right decision.

# Tips 1:

Before you make a decision, if you see that the emotion behind the decision is working too much, stop the decision-making process for that time. Taking a break will reduce the effect of emotions and you will be able to make a thoughtful decision in a cold head.

# Tips 2:

Whether emotions are good or bad, do not make any emotion the main factor in making decisions. Good emotions obscure the bad aspects of decision-making, and bad emotions do not allow good aspects to be seen. So take some time to make a decision based on good emotions. When the level of emotion decreases then make a thoughtful decision.

05. Seek the advice of the right people and do your own research:

It is always a good idea to seek expert advice when making decisions. If you come up with something out of the ordinary, then they have to re-think their position. But one thing to keep in mind is that the person you are seeking advice really wants the best for you, and he or she has the knowledge and experience to make that decision.

Don’t take anyone’s advice just because you are older. You may want to seek advice from someone who has never filled out a tax form. In this case, if he gives you any advice – and you decide according to that advice – it is more likely to be wrong.

So it is very important to choose the right person for advice. One thing to keep in mind in this case, to not rely too much on the advice of others in making decisions. If the decision is wrong then the guilt will be put on the person giving the advice and the relationship will be ruined. So, no matter how much advice you take, make the decision at your own risk.

In addition to taking advice from experienced and well-meaning people, do some research on what you want to decide. Look at books, look at magazines – that is, take as much knowledge as you can about decision making – this will greatly increase your chances of making the right decision.

Last words:

If you know the right decision-making methods and can use them to make the right decision most of the time, then you will be free from the curse of indecision. It will build your self-confidence. In fact, this lack of faith leaves people in indecision. We are not saying that following these procedures will make you the right decision in all matters.

But instead of making decisions without thinking or thinking too much, your chances of making the right decision in the process will increase a lot. Whatever decision you make, you can make that decision through a tidy process. And you get a good idea of what the consequences will be. You will understand how to go about each step, and which ones need to be done and which are not.

The key to success in life is to make the right decisions. And to make that right decision easier for you – that’s why I’m writing this. Even if this article helps you a little in making the right decision – then we will think that our purpose is successful.

Thanks

The beginning of the most popular search engine GOOGLE

by Md Kawsar Munna | Apr 29, 2021 | History, Information

Google! The most popular search engine in the world.

But how did Google’s journey begin? Who first came up with the idea of launching something that would make people’s lives a thousand times easier!

Introduction:

Google was started by two young students at Stanford University in California, USA, who were doing their Ph.D. at the time. Their names are Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Google was created by these two people – now one of the most valuable companies in the world.

Tamara Manner, a computer scientist, was at Stanford at the same time as the two Google founders. This feature will be a part of my recollection of how his two friends Larry and Sergei came up with the idea of a new type of search engine in the early days of the Internet.

Revolutionary change

In the mid-1990s. Two postgraduate students at Stanford came up with the idea – which later revolutionized the Internet world of human civilization.

Sergei Brin said, “We have always felt that such an initiative has business potential. But at that time our idea was to create a very good search engine and reach as many people as possible. ”

In the words of Larry Page, “Our mission was to streamline the world’s information, where people from all over the world could enter, benefiting everyone.” I thought it would be a great thing for the whole world. “

Larry laughed a lot. Besides, he was very intelligent and funny. Sergei, on the other hand, was a little serious. But they both deal with their confidence as they choose to embark on their play activities. Maybe it was a part of their personality and maybe that’s why Google has become such a different place.

Larry Page was born in Michigan. And Sergei Brin was born in Russia. However, both parents were academics and both came to Stanford to pursue a Ph.D. in computer science.

They first met in 1995. At the time, California’s Silicon Valley was a place of great potential. In Silicon Valley than the vibrancy of creation. Something new is being born everywhere. Everything is possible. One of the best things about the mid-1990s was that you could get a lot of great and attractive job offers at any one party.

Everywhere then start-ups – it means starting a new business, almost like an explosion. One-fourth of the graduate students at the time were start-ups. That was a wonderful place for a computer scientist.

Tamara worked in the same office with Larry Page and three others at Stanford. “When you meet Larry, you meet Sergei – because they’ve always been together,” he said. Even then, their friendship was not straightforward. ” Both later said that when they first met, they did not like each other at all.

New start:

In 1997, Page R. Brin launched a thesis project – How to Improve the Search for Different Pages on the Internet. Search engines say there was almost nothing then. Although it’s hard to imagine now, the process of finding something in the early days of the Internet was very chaotic and troublesome. If you want to find something then you have to rely on a hand-made index or index! Besides, there was no other way then.

“The world of the internet was so small back then that when someone clicked on my webpage, I kept logging in. What a thrill – someone clicked on my webpage!”

Page and Brin realize that when someone is looking for a webpage, it’s not just about being relevant, it’s about whether it’s valuable to previous users. For example, when you’re searching for ‘how to make a chocolate cake’, you’re not just looking for a page that has the word chocolate cake on it, you want that page – the page that other people have judged to be the best chocolate cake.

From this comes page ranking, algorithms – a new idea! Detailed information about this algorithm will be available in the second installment of Google Adopt!

This algorithm was used in a search engine called Backrub – it was launched by Page and Brin in 1998. Originally, this backbone was the predecessor of Google!

GOOGLE’S FIRST OFFICE!

The following year, Page and Brin left the Stamford University campus. They raised ১০ 1 million with the help of friends, family, and a few investors, and started their own company. Its office was in Menlo Park, California, in a friend’s garage. From that garage office, Google is one of the biggest companies in the world today!

by spelling mistake, ‘Gogole’ became ‘Google’!

Backrub was so popular at the time that Stanford’s internet often crashed, unable to cope with the pressure. At this point, its two founders, Larry and Sergei, thought the company needed a new name.

That’s why everyone sat in a ‘brainstorming’ meeting to hear the ideas of different people. The decision taken at that meeting has now become a legend in the age of information technology. That’s where the name Google was suggested. That name is written on the whiteboard of Stanford University.

The name was GOOGOL – a mathematical word – meaning 100 zeros on the back of 1. But there was a spelling mistake in writing that – unintentionally, or who knows – maybe on purpose! GOOGLE! But that misspelling (‘G Double and GLOE’ / GOOGLE) eventually survived.

The Google.com domain name was registered on September 15, 1997. Creation is a new chapter!

Introduction to GOOGLE – DOODLE!

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অতীত ভোলার উপায় কী? কষ্ট কমানোর জন্য কি কি করতে হবে?

by Md Kawsar Munna | Apr 28, 2021 | Psychology

অতীতকে ভোলার চেষ্টা করা বা অতীতকে মনে পড়া দুটোই খুব কষ্টকর অনুভূতি । শুরুতে সবথেকে সহজ উপায়টা বলে দিই।

জোর করে অতীতকে ভোলার চেষ্টা করাটাই বন্ধ করে দিন। এছাড়া আর কিন্তু সত্যিই কোনো উপায় নেই। কারণ আপনি যত ভোলার চেষ্টা করবেন তত সবকিছু মনে পড়বে।

এবার কিছু কথা বলি। সাথে পুঁথিগত কিছু উপায় সমূহ। প্রত্যেক মানুষের অতীত থাকে। কিছু ভালো , কিছু খারাপ। ভালো অতীত আমরা ভুলতে চাইনা।

তা বেশিরভাগ সময় মনে পড়েনা। বা মনে পড়লেও আমরা খুশি হয়ে যাই।তাই তাকে সযত্নে মনের গভীরে লালন করি।

কিন্তু খারাপ অতীত স্মৃতিকে আমরা সবসময় ভোলার চেষ্টা করে আরো বেশি করে মনে করতে থাকি। স্মৃতি এমন জিনিস নয় যা চাইলেই আমরা মুছে ফেলতে পারি। তাই ভালোর সাথে খারাপকেও রেখে দিতে শিখতে হবে।

কষ্ট কমানোর জন্য কি কি করতে হবে?

অতীতকে ভুলতে হবে না। ভালো খারাপ যেমনই হোক না কেন তা মেনে নিতে শিখুন। কারণ যা ঘটে গেছে তা পাল্টানোর ক্ষমতা কারো নেই।
কিন্তু চাইলেই বদলে নিতে পারেন নিজেকে।সুতরাং নিজেকে বোঝান ‘যা গেছে তা যাক’, যা আছে তাকে নিয়ে বাঁচতে শিখুন। হতে পারে অকারণে অতীতকে আঁকড়ে ধরে রেখে নিজের অজান্তেই সুন্দর একটা ভবিষ্যত নষ্ট করে ফেলছেন আপনি।
সবসময় খারাপ দিকটা না দেখে জীবনের ভাল দিকগুলিও দেখুন। ভাবুন যে ঘটনার কথা ভেবে আপনি কষ্ট পাচ্ছেন তা না ঘটলে আর কী কী ক্ষতি হওয়ার সম্ভাবনা ছিল। কাজেই নিজেকে বোঝান যা হয়েছে তা ভালর জন্যই হয়েছে।
শুধু খারাপ নয়, আপনার চারপাশে ভাল থাকারও রসদ রয়েছে প্রচুর। এবার খুঁজতে শুরু করুন সেগুলি।
অতীত তো চলেই গেছে, তাই বিগত ঘটনা নিয়ে অযথা ভেবে আদৌ কোনও লাভ আছে কি? ভেবে দেখুন। অতীত ভেবে কষ্ট পাবেন নাকি ভবিষ্যতে কীভাবে ভাল থাকবেন সেটা নিয়ে চিন্তা করবেন, এই সিদ্ধান্ত নিতে হবে নিজেকেই।
কথাতেই আছে ‘আউট অফ সাইট, আউট অফ মাইন্ড’। সেসমস্ত বিষয় আপনাকে অতীত নিয়ে ভাবতে বাধ্য করে সেগুলো থেকে নিজেকে দূরে রাখুন। সেটা কোনও মানুষ হতে পারে যেমন বন্ধু বা আত্মীয়, অথবা কোনও ছবি বা উপহারও হতে পারে। যা আপনাকে জোর করে অতীত নিয়ে ভাবতে বাধ্য করে সেসব বিষয় থেকে নিজেকে সরিয়ে নিন।
হার জিত , সন্মান অসম্মান, প্রেম বিচ্ছেদ এসব নিয়েই জীবন। জীবনের বিভিন্ন রূপগুলোকে স্বাভাবিকভাবে মেনে নিতে শিখতে হবে।
নিজেকে বিভিন্ন গঠনমূলক কাজে ব্যস্ত রাখুন। নিজের শখের কাজগুলোকে প্রাধান্য দিন।
পরিবারের সাথে, বন্ধু প্রিয়জনদের সাথে সময় কাটান। মন খুলে কথা বলুন। বিশ্বাসযোগ্য সমব্যথী কাউকে সব খুলে বলুন। কষ্ট ভাগ করলে কমে যায়।

যখনই অতীত তীব্র যন্ত্রনা দিতে এগিয়ে আসবে তখনই বর্তমানকে আঁকড়ে ধরুন, ভবিষ্যৎকে সুন্দর করার পরিকল্পনা করুন। অতীত হারাতে থাকবে।
নিজেকে সময় দিন। সময়ের থেকে বড় ওষুধ আর কিছু নেই। সময় দিন। ধীরে ধীরে সব স্বাভাবিক হয়ে যাবে।
খুব বেশি মানসিক অবসাদ হলে বা বিষণ্ণতা গ্রাস করলে অবশ্যই চিকিৎসকের সাহায্য নিন।

এবার চলুন আপনাকে একটু ভিন্ন জগত থেকে ঘুরিয়ে আনি কিছু ফ্যাক্ট জেনে নেই । যেগুলো আপনি প্রতিদিন মনে করবেন এবং সেভাবেই চলবেন । দেখবেন আপনি অতীত ভুলে সামনের দিকে এগিয়ে গেছেন বহুদূর .

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হঠাৎ মাথা ঘোরার কারণ এবং করণীয়

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কিছু কেনার সময়ে বা দর করার ক্ষেত্রে এই কৌশলগুলি মাথায় রাখা উচিত।

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ডাক্তার জিভ দেখে কেন?

কিভাবে বুঝবেন আপনার কাছের মানুষ মানসিক রোগী কি না?

ঘোড়া যেখান থেকে জল পান করে, সেখানে জল পান করুন। ঘোড়া কখনও খারাপ জল পান করে না।
বিড়াল যেখানে ঘুমায, সেখানে আপনার বিছানা পাতুন। বিড়াল কখনও অপবিত্র, নোংরা জায়গায় ঘুমায় না।
যে ফল পোকা ছুঁয়েছে তা নির্দ্বিধায় খান। পোকা কখনও বিষাক্ত ফল খায় না।
পোকাপ্রাণী মাটিতে যেখানে খনন করে বাস করে, সেখানে গাছ লাগান। ভাল গাছ পাবেন।
পাখির সাথে একই সময়ে ঘুমোতে যান এবং পাখির সাথে একই সময়ে জাগ্রত হন। আপনার সমস্ত দিন স্বর্ণের শস‍্যে কাটবে।
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অনেক শান্ত থাকার চেষ্টা করুন আর অল্প কথা বলুন। আপনার হৃদয়ে দেখবেন নীরবতা আসবে, আপনার আত্মা ও মন শান্ত ও শান্তিতে পূর্ণ হবে।

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মানুষ সৃষ্টি মাটি থেকে, কোরআন এবং বিজ্ঞান এর প্রমাণ ও ব্যাখ্যা

by Md Kawsar Munna | Apr 28, 2021 | Religious

কোরআনে, আল্লাহ প্রকাশ করেন যে মানুষের সৃষ্টি একটি অলৌকিক ঘটনা। প্রথম মানব সন্তান আল্লাহ মাটির মধ্যে তৈরি করেছিলেন, তারপর তিনি এই মাটির কাঠামোকে রুহ দান করেন।

‘মানুষ মাটির তৈরি’—এ কথা সর্বতোভাবে হজরত আদম (আ.) সম্পর্কে প্রযোজ্য। তাঁর সৃষ্টির পর তাঁর সন্তানদের জন্ম হয়েছে তাঁর ঔরস থেকে। সেটা হয়েছে, নারী ও পুরুষের বিশেষ ক্রিয়ার মাধ্যমে। কোরআন বিষয়টাকে আরো সরাসরি বলেছে—‘মানুষকে সৃষ্টি করা হয়েছে সবেগে স্খলিত পানি (বীর্য) থেকে।’ (সুরা : তারিক, আয়াত : ৬)

“আপনি তাদেরকে জিজ্ঞেস করুন, তাদেরকে সৃষ্টি করা কঠিনতর, না আমি অন্য যা সৃষ্টি করেছি? আমিই তাদেরকে সৃষ্টি করেছি আঠালো মাটি থেকে।“ [৩৭:১১]

আদি পিতা আদম (আ.) ও তাঁর সন্তানদের জন্ম প্রক্রিয়ার এ পার্থক্য বুঝতে না পারার কারণে কোনো কোনো অবিশ্বাসী অহেতুক কোরআনের বক্তব্যের ওপর আপত্তি করে। সুতরাং কোরআন যেখানে বলেছে, ‘মানুষ মাটির তৈরি’—কথাটা নিজ স্থানে সত্য। আবার যেখানে বলা হয়েছে, ‘মানুষকে সৃষ্টি করা হয়েছে বীর্য থেকে’—এ কথাও নিজ স্থানে সত্য। উভয়ের মধ্যে পার্থক্য ও বৈপরীত্য নেই।

তবে পবিত্র কোরআনের আলোচ্য আয়াত থেকে একটি মৌলিক সত্য জানা যায়। বিষয়টি হলো, মানুষের মূল উপাদান মাটি থেকে প্রস্তুত হয়েছে। এ উপাদান প্রস্তুত করতে তাতে সুনিশ্চিতভাবে পানি ঢোকানো হয়েছে। কোরআনের এ বক্তব্য অকাট্য ও চিরস্থায়ী। আজ অবধি কোনো মতবাদের সঙ্গে এ বক্তব্যের সংঘাত হয়নি, ভবিষ্যতেও হবে না।

কোরআন বলছে, মানুষের সৃষ্টি একটি অলৌকিক ঘটনা। মহান আল্লাহ কাদামাটি দিয়ে প্রথম মানব সৃষ্টি করেছেন। তারপর তিনি এই কাদার কাঠামোকে রুহ বা আত্মা দান করেছেন। ইরশাদ হয়েছে, ‘স্মরণ করো, তোমার প্রতিপালক ফেরেশতাদের বলেছিলেন, আমি মানুষ সৃষ্টি করছি কাদামাটি থেকে। যখন আমি তাকে সুষম করব এবং তাতে আমার রুহ সঞ্চার করব, তখন তোমরা তার প্রতি সিজদাবনত হয়ো।’ (সুরা : সাদ, আয়াত : ৭২-৭৩)

কোরআনের এ বক্তব্য আদি পিতা আদম (আ.)-এর গঠন প্রক্রিয়া সম্পর্কে। তবে পিতার এই জন্ম-উপাদান বংশ পরম্পরায় ধারণ করেছে সন্তানরা। তাই বর্তমানে যখন মানষের শরীর পরীক্ষা করা হয়, তখন দেখা যায়, মাটির অনেক উপাদান মানবদেহে বিদ্যমান। জীবিত পেশিতে আধুনিক গবেষণায় দেখা গেছে, প্রায় ৯৫ শতাংশ কার্বন, হাইড্রোজেন, অক্সিজেন, নাইট্রোজেন, ফসফরাস ও সালফারসহ সব মিলিয়ে প্রায় ২৬টি উপাদান পাওয়া যায়। কোরআনের অন্য আয়াতে আরো পরিষ্কারভাবে বলা হয়েছে, ‘আমি তো মানুষ সৃষ্টি করেছি মাটির উপাদান (মাটি জাতীয় উপকরণ) থেকে।’ (সুরা : মুমিনুন, আয়াত : ১২)

আমরা দেখি, আধুনিক বিজ্ঞানের পাওয়া এ তথ্য পবিত্র কোরআনে ১৪০০ বছর আগে প্রকাশ করা হয়েছে।

বিজ্ঞান থেকে যদি ব্যাখ্যা করা হয় ->

আজ কখন মানুষের শরীর পরীক্ষা করা হয়, এইটি খুঁজে বার করা হয়ত যাবে যে পৃথিবীর মাটির অনেক উপাদান মানব শরীরে বর্তমান আছে। জীবিত পেশীতে প্রায় ৯৫{65d74b771b6ceff07eaefc19ffed56e0ab6ea89ffc0f0b38516c35f1ac414386} কার্বন, হাইড্রোজেন, অক্সিজেন, নাইট্রোজেন, ফসফরাস এবং সালফার সহ সব মিলিয়ে প্রায় ২৬ টি উপাদান পাওয়া যায়, কোরআনের অন্য একটি আয়াতে বলা হয়েছে:

“আমি মানুষকে মাটির সারাংশ থেকে সৃষ্টি করেছি।“ [২৩:১২].

নিচে একটি ৭০ কেজি মানবদেহে প্রাপ্ত উপাদানের পরিমাণ দেয়া হল।

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