#NFTsummer A few weeks ago, we interviewed Xixi Huang (AW#17) in Mandarin and as the AppWorks Fellow who helps us out on the blockchain side, Xixi has a lot of ideas that are worth sharing to a bigger audience. Here's his interview in English:
西西 (Xixi) 黃士晉 is an AppWorks #17 alumni and co-founder of Rydeit. His mission is to bring the applications of blockchain to everyday life because he believes that blockchain can make the world a more fair and better place. As an AppWorks Fellow, he is responsible for guiding founders to think about blockchain and providing insights on blockchain-related investment deals. Before AppWorks, he led his previous team to build more than 10 dapps, including famous games in Taiwan such as 柚子打魚 and Shrimp.Finance. Within a month of launching these games, they had amassed over NT$ 100M (~US$ 3.5M) in transactions. His favorite pastime is traveling with his grandma, and his ultimate goal is to persuade her to buy Bitcoin!
Check out what Xixi has to say about blockchain and NFTs.
#NFTevolution
I started to learn how to write smart contracts in 2016, and learned the entire logic of ERC-20 for tokens and ERC-721 for NFTs. While I was learning about NFTs, I realized that the combination of NFTs with video games was very fitting. In video games, the treasure and equipment you collect becomes virtual assets as NFTs. And the process of using smart contracts to exchange items was very efficient on the blockchain.
At the end of 2018, I designed and created a zombie video game, integrating the concept of playing and drawing cards and packs. Within a pack were 3 NFTs with zombies on them. As a player, the more cards with zombies you collect, the higher your score, and the more tokens you can ultimately earn. From this game, I got connected to other game manufacturers and publishers who were also interested in creating virtual game assets through NFTs. We all had the same idea -- NFTs can bring more meaning and value to the players.
However at the time, many people in the market still believed that tokens and games were riddled with fraud. Since the lifecycle of video games can be short, many traditional gaming companies in the end didn’t find it worthwhile to learn how to integrate NFTs or blockchain into their games.
While the nature of NFTs hasn’t changed, the market has evolved. People’s curiosities are growing, more applications are being developed, and more creators are cropping up. I think now is the right time to start talking to companies about how to integrate NFTs or blockchain into their businesses or games.
#NFTplayground
I think there are many opportunities to start a business these days, and people who want to start one should think about coming to blockchain. Not only is there a huge opportunity but the possibilities are endless. And within blockchain, NFTs currently offer the biggest opportunity. However, it can also pose a new challenge to the team’s endurance, because while easy to obtain traction and users with NFTs, the challenge lies in retaining them.
Similar to other blockchain applications in the past few years, when a new concept is invented, it’ll be flushed with many early users. However, because the surrounding infrastructure wasn’t in place, it was difficult for founders to make valuable extensions or applications. And many of these users don’t actually care about these blockchain products and they are only trying to leverage the ecosystem to make a quick buck. Once they earn all that they can, they will move on to another project.
Right now working on NFTs, you can collect a lot of data in a short amount of time and also make some income to keep you afloat. Founders should seize this opportunity to understand these users, then modify and optimize both their products and mentality to retain them.
Since there’s no geographical restriction on blockchain, I would encourage founders to look beyond your country and region in expanding your NFT products. Also, since blockchain is closely related to finance, if you don’t have a good pricing strategy (or token economics) for your NFT products, the prices might fluctuate greatly. You need to be prepared and remind your users of the risks, otherwise you’ll ultimately get scolded!!
#NFTera
This year, I finally consider myself an official NFT collector. I pay special attention to NFTs with contemporary significance, such as Hashmasks. It signals to the public that NFTs are not just for collecting but that game mechanics can also be applied to interact with users. If we look back ten years from now I’m confident to say that the project that really brought the NFT wave in 2021 would be Hashmasks.
In addition to veteran projects like Hashmasks, other collections I care a lot about are related to Metaverse, such as The Sandbox. I believe that the world will become more and more decentralized and virtual. It is very likely that the next generation will be immersed in a virtual world like Ready Player One, so I am also very optimistic about NFTs in digital worlds like The Sandbox.
The possibilities are endless when it comes to NFTs. Right now, few NFTs are connected with our daily lives. For example, I bought a Hashmask. If I want to show it in my apartment, I might still need to print it out. In the future, how will we connect NFTs to the physical world? I believe they can be applied in many ways, including frames, wallets, cars, house deeds, leases, etc. These products in daily life can be combined with NFTs. We just haven’t opened our imagination yet. It’s hard to imagine that only 20 years ago we were having a hard time believing in the power of the internet.
The development of science and technology not only relies on infrastructure, but also the user's learning curve. The world needs to talk about blockchain more, so that everyone will gradually become familiar with it and it’ll continue to evolve.
If you're a founder working in blockchain or NFTs, welcome to apply to AppWorks >> https://bit.ly/3w0WyIl
fitting data 在 J帥 Just Tri Facebook 的最佳解答
【有些酸痛是無可避免的:Sebastian Kienle】
今看到Sebastian Kienle這影片,內容是他用了個新產品要測100km計時測驗裡,身體的排汗狀況,不過結果還得等,而他也不是個像Lionel Sanders喜歡強調功率等數據的人,就是咻咻咻的騎完了,該影片結束!
重點是我切的時間在5分10多秒處,他講了他騎完後有背痛,且指的是下背處....
所以啊,其實常聽到很多人說,騎完車後這痛那痛的,是不是要應該要Fitting?要改設定?要如何如何的?我都會先反問,你多久沒騎了?多久騎一次?是酸痛?刺痛?目的就在區分出,那些是正常該有的酸痛?那些是不必要的?後者才需要想想該怎麼解決。
因為即使到世界頂尖的PRO,一樣騎完100km(2時18分)還是會有些無可避免的酸痛的,尤其這幾個月因疫情關係,相信Sebastian也很少出門,甚至更很少用比賽強度真的在戶外開個100km了,肌肉這東西就是用進廢退,久沒操他,自然就酸痛了,何況單車有很大一部份是在與阻力對抗,想要更AERO,就得犧牲舒適,兩者都是取捨的,不可能有完全不酸痛,速度又咻咻叫的。別的不講,罰站2小時都會腳酸了,何況要開2小時強度。
最後片尾約8:40處提到,很多人問他該怎麼保持訓練動力(how stay motivated in these times?),並詢問他建議?
他說,你不需要一直保持動力啊(thers's no reason to be motivated all the time),做些你喜歡的事情吧(do something what you really enjoy),不需要一直訓練一直追逐目標的,像些5分鐘最大瓦數類的都是 #狗屎(....some five minute personal best power, it's all bullshit),真難得聽他爆粗口XD...... 總之,你不需要刻意去追求些什麼,保持運動很重要,但ENJOY也同等重要!
這跟我常講的答案差不多。
問:J帥,不想練怎麼辦?
答:那就不要練啊!
不過認真來講,你可以不用隨時保持動力(stay motivated),但隨時保持健康很重要,Stay Healthy, Stay Strong.
J帥與Sebastian Kienle一同關心您。
https://youtu.be/CtOR_oDsnEQ?t=315
fitting data 在 Mina 安米娜 Facebook 的最佳貼文
其實我最喜歡從事資料分析工作 除了可以穿運動服上班跟不用見客戶之外
就是「資料分析可以在各個產業活下去」
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個人淺見
目前在台灣企業光靠資料分析當作主業務還是很難獲利
大部分都還是靠接案為主
接案時,客戶往往對資料分析沒有過多的了解,衍生很多問題
包含:
1.資料收集不全
2.對機器學習過多美好幻想
3.亂壓時程
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data scientist 工作不太像是產線作業員
並不是投入多少時間 模型的成效就會成正斜率成長
有時候它會是低平原線過某個threshold才會有爆發性突破
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參加datacon讓我驚艷的地方就是不完全是講給管理職聽
也有很多厲害的前輩居細彌遺分享建模過程/資料篩選/轉碼過程/建模構想/踩過的坑等等
感動大大們無私的奉獻
其中我想分享的是jazz 大師的投影片
清楚比較資料分析在各個產業的含金量與開發成本考量
資料各產業資料好玩程度,個人淺見大約是:
電商>醫療>製造>金融
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電商:顧客在網站上所有行為基本上只要一次請好外包廠商整合後 資料就會每天乖乖進資料庫
由於顧客喜好跟過去資料相性很大 使用Collaborative Filtering就可以建立不錯推薦系統等等
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醫療:jazz大師投影片中提到醫療支付我是不熟,但我覺得臨床試驗/健保資料庫資料已經有很多好玩的地方,含金量高(容易做出預測力好的模型),只是要看你們單位願不願意買單
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製造業:早期人們沒有資料收集的概念,要知道這🐔台會不會壞掉,只有兩個欄位時間/是否有壞,
模型選擇也比較有限failure analysis/Probability distribution fitting/time series 想要有其他變項也要看公司是否願意花錢買sensor(嗚嗚)
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金融:可能是因為在地方阿嬤(本人)的年代資料限制多 或是軟體綁手綁腳
有一種巧婦難為無米之炊的淡淡哀傷
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Jazz大大投影片連結🔗
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#datacon