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Designing for All: A Guide to Accessible Color Palettes

As a graphic or web designer, you know that colors are not just for aesthetics; they play a critical role in user experience and accessibility. Ensuring that your designs are accessible to everyone, including individuals with visual impairments, is not only a best practice but a necessity. This blog will

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Networking
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What are the WCAG Guidelines and How Do I Make Sure My Website is Compliant?

Ensuring that your website is accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities, is both a legal obligation and the foundational pillars of design best practices. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) provides a standardized framework for making web content accessible. But what exactly are these guidelines, and how can you ensure that

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Culture
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How to win a hackathon

Competing at a hackathon is a lot of pressure, especially for someone that is just starting out. When I first began competing, I started in my second year of university. In first year, I underestimated hackathons – I didn’t think they could provide me with any benefit.

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Networking
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6 steps to successful email networking

If you’re a recent grad like me, you probably already know all about the importance of networking. Building your network and reaching out is a great way to get to know other people in your industry that are killing it, get some valuable career advice and potentially secure a job

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AI
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New GTP-3 AI tool takes autocompletion tech to a new level

Artificial intelligence research lab OpenAI, just released their latest product known as GPT-3. The San Francisco based company has a mission to create AI products that benefit all mankind. OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman has led other venture backed projects like the Multi Agent Interaction environment.

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Startups
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How To Take Advantage Of Emerging Technologies During Quarantine

It’s an incredible time to be alive. We’ve heard of dozens and dozens of stories about young college dropouts starting companies in their garages and turning them into billion dollar companies like Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Google and on and on. And we’ve all been told that we too, are only

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Culture
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Why Many Profitable Startups Were Created Out of Recession

2020 has come, and has brought with it a plethora of new challenges – the most pressing being the COVID-19 pandemic. The coronavirus disease has certainly made its presence felt, not only in terms of fatalities, but also by forcing some of the world’s leading economies to a halt. This

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Inspiration
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How Anyone Can Change The World

We’ve all been told, at some point or another, that we could “change the world.” We’ve heard it from parents, teachers, in public speeches and even in the Pokemon theme song. It’s a message that’s so simple that a child could understand it, but it’s also very confusing.

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Culture
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How Will Contactless Commerce Evolve?

The term ‘contactless commerce’ has been thrown around for quite some time, specifically since digital payments tools like Apple pay have been introduced into our economy and changed the way we perform our transactions. However, contactless commerce and its definition have evolved throughout the pandemic.

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