Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back. This is SPM Bars Exclusive Interview with one and only Saumu Bovi, a mother aspiring future leader, mamake, umi... Nassasha. Nassasha! Yani, Saumu skuzoda kwenya industry, alianza kama kizazi flanivi, mungu akam jali, akam pa baraka, akam pa elimu, babaga kashikam kono, akam mulikeza, akam pa masomo, bora, maisha bora. Leo hitro ka zungumze naya tujiwa safari, liku avipi, maisha yaki alianze wa api savanendoto yaki, nita guavipi. Nawana na pendeza kama mwishimunda, wenda, akua mwishimunda in 27, wenda pia kuna kitu nbana panga, kuna kitabu flania nbana andika, adaku zunguze mwisha yake, na challenges eme yake. Nipi fusa kuzungumze nayan, wei kama mteza maju SPM Bars, wei ziku faedika, wei ziku pata, elimu, modern bilitatu, kutokea, kwa Saumu Bovi, umtiotu wa foma gavanana Nairobi, Mike, Mbuvi, Sonku. Kwanza, mze tunom tumbo tunom mwishimus kuzote, natunom Enzi. Enu vizuri sana, piya zizi tunom penda natunom Enzi, ame kwa keongozo yake kizuri, kwa atahi generation umpia. So we love him and always appreciate him.  Okole. Umimina unime zaliwa mombasa, palikos general, waza ziwa mwalipatana okuwa kuale, ulikuwa mwadogo yo wakati, kisha pundo uli zaliwa ni kaenda kwanza bungoma, alafukisha ni kaishi malindi bungoma kule western, kisha ni kailewa malindi dendun kakuja badae Nairobi, kushi na mzek, sababa pundo at least mzele ko ame, ame di kaza kafika mahali tagete ni, angeweza now to support us and always be there for us. Sababa wali jaribu sana, bengu alini pata ikuwa mdogo, sasa yo ikabidi hakuje, hakuje Nairobi kutafuta maisha, na I'm really happy for the sacrifices he made for us all. Of course we mentioned mzee lo pata ikuwa mdogo, mzee mwanya likuwa kujana mdogo, likuwa miyakangapi. Mzee likuwa miyakandiywa na memaliza fomfo, likuwa miyakana kumina, nani kumina tisa, kumina tisa? Yes. Kuskuna ili changa motro kurei's family in domana kambiya mwende bungoma, kaka bungoma kikidogo, akaruna Nairobi kutafutia nini? Yes, kutafutia sisi. Na pia, alikuwa na dedication kwa that he would do something better for his children because alikuwa na takatu kuna maisha bora kusinda ili maisha mebi alikuwa me, maisha alikuwa mepi tia, akuwa na takatu kuna changa motro zini, ili piti ya kikuwa mkubwa, domana alikuwa nani Nairobi kutafutia maisha. Yes. Kuskuna tia wala na sema maisha, siyo maisha bora, bora maisha lakini kwa maisha, nira kudua mebi, mza zia mbalichi kwa sacrifice wewe kama sa umu, kama fast, dota suja kusaya, kweza kukushikamkono, kus sacrifice kudya Nairobi, mazingiri ilikuwa mepi, maisha ilikuwa mepi, changa motu na mbalikuwa na piti ya, ama mlai piti ilikuwa mepi?  So kulikuwa na changa motu miki, zi zingini na tunakosa, lakini ii yuki dogo tukotuna appreciate because we never slept hungry, thank God, alafu piya tulikuwa bado, tulikuwa na struggles, these are normal struggles because hatu kuwa bado na, hatu kuwa na, like a good financial stability, lakini, tuliweza ku, apu apu tulieza ku, shikana we accepted the life tulikuwa tunahishi at that time, na tunahishkuru mungu sana kwa, pahali ali tutuwa piya. Yes. Sa umu, kuna struggle mingi, kuna kukosa kula lunch, kuna, kula breakfast pakea ke, kuna changa motu mimi kutukwenda shule, kutupata mimi mavazi, ma somu, eli umu.  Sasa isu changa motu ni, ah, getting good education elikuwa shida, sasa nge na enojo mama, lkuna struggle piya, baba lkuna jaribu piya, True.ingina general election general election .... 2 7 ..... .... ... .... basu post election humahat ka muna habu kusama Ako wana kompetition sana, baka ukuna kwa nambawana baka wana chokata zi hini na ta Nei za kwa sa kwa na kwa na sule lafu Uku omombas, ukumalinti kuli kwa na a lot of peer pressure Unapata marafiki wastiana wana achasha yule wana takak ulewa by 14 So ahwa kwa na naka mama somu niza pelekam tu pahali ama Ha wali kwa na kuli kwa nabidiana ya ni kwa yo Edge grappo luku wa shanza, kwa yun gia kuwa izi Kujidunga izi mashindano, mostly in omombasa na it was like a lifestyle wengi na onakuja kamawa mevuta, bangi, darasani, you know? And it wasn't like... So I wanted, I was really praying and craving for like a better life, better education. Kusabili kuwa challenge sana kuwa kwa tikeyo mazingira. Mazingira? Yes. Na ima ni was aswako ni wa tuwamba wa lukuwa medami ni sana masomu na fucha ya ku. Yes. Ili kuwaji was aswaka eza kuku make sure we komasa omu na pata, the best education. Unakua focus all the time. Na huku distracted, whatever happening around you. One thing na appreciate sana was aswako ni kusababu. Anything they were going through, at least it wasn't affecting me kusababu wa ijaribu. Whatever they can just to make sure, whatever was going on in our lives that time, couldn't affect me mentally. So nili kuwatu sana, I would have time to focus na mamboyanguna masomu na masomu at that period. Yes. Yes. Ok, grow up. Of course, ulkul enjoy life ya ku. Ya utoto. Ya primary. Ya primary mostly. Was aswako lukuwa na una komasa omu ni ima tuwamba wa e maybe. Tu kumishkilia aga usada kuja kubalisha mazingira yao. Mazingira, ya ni kama familiar? Ah, ok. Kitu chaman na nikuwa wa likuwa na nipatia support kuwa. Chitoshani likuwa na taka kufanya badae kusababu wa likuwa. I had so many dreams when I was growing up. So sa, at least they were very supportive wa likuwa. So mimi ni ikona taka kwanza ni ikona taka kubadilisha mazingira yao mahali na sumia. Na my dad did all that he could and made sure it was possible. Kusababu yon do time likuwa na Erobiya katafta maisha. Now he was able actually to get me to Nairobi to have a better education. And I really thank God for that. Ya. Miki mimi ya kuilu kwa kwa? Kili mimi tuki grow up kumukum doga unata kuwa pilot, unata kuwa engineer. Mpiga picha pala, sbjul kuwa anata kuwa na ni. Una jwe, the more we na grow up, the more vitus na kujas na change. Kusababu you stop thinking, because sometimes when you're young you become deligional. Mini likuwa na penda sana, likuwa nikuwa ni kwa mboga unata admaia malawia sana. And then from being a lawyer nikuwa anata kuwa admaia wanaabari. Nikuwa sana, una jwe likuwa nuna, alafu nu kona wanaabari ni wa rainbow sana. Nikuwa nlikuwa na taka kwama na bari. So sa nili kwa na takatisha sana niki Change from being a lawyer nikuwa sana na taka kwama na bari. So sa niki maaliza ata fom fo na nili kwa sana na taka kwama na bari. Bakata kuna kati, babanguwa kanduwa taka kwama na bari. Kwa ni akani ambia basi, nita kupatia nita kupatia namba ya liyan mulia kumenta na kumbukia. So by the time kabla ata niki, kusabu nili chikwa yo maz communication jaykwat. Lakin ni kafikam ahalini kwa sana. It's not something that I was really passionate because every time I would find myself in leadership in school Marani mekwa, prefect Marani, campus nikakua student leader And I wanted now to involve myself with the public so that I can use whatever I have gone through in life To inspire and mentor the young generation that is coming in That is actually us and other people behind us So I want to change in the public relations because it will really help me with even my personality Something because I like socializing with people around So I want to, because I want to be in leadership, but I really want something that will really involve me And to feel that there is a change I am doing to this world There's something I'm contributing to bring change in this world I want to summarize for us your childhood life before Fike High School Because mzazi, Baba mzazi alko me toka kuna kutafuta, mekwa chana familio ingine makazin zako Orozo father love, mzazi kwa mbali kama mzazi Kuna wupu eke, wuna feel like, ah, si saidi eki Kusama reizi alafia, bewa kuhishi, Baba kukenda kutafuta Woking anana ma somo, mandu kuzako, sibling zako, kuhishi under one roof When I was young, growing up ilikuwa It was challenging kabisa, lakini wazazi wali kuwa Wata Babangupi aki wan Nairobi, lakini he would make a point at least kujakuni ona Bada mezitatu anakuja naniona, o sometimes kama ako free anakuja He'd visit me ata kuna tema I remember I was growing up with cousins It gave me that support because wali kuwa na mimi Apo nili kuwa na ile ma pains We get to overthink too much that we don't appreciate the little things in life And I thank God that I came from a very healthy family Mentally because that is one thing that is really challenging in this generation I got that love, I got that support because of the people around me So na shkuru sana kusababu, kusababu skwizi I don't have so much pain kusababu Sisi sayi tuna ukiyangali a janashonia Why people are like this is because they have so much pain and trauma Against what they grew up going through So for me, I feel like I'm really at peace Because I had that love around me Ata kama Baba li kuwa busy, he tried his best He had to make sacrifices but he tried his best to be present in my life So I wouldn't say there's anything I regret about bringing it It was a very humble and it made me the woman I am right now Because I can socialize with everybody from any level of living In many sa idea sanata kujua kusi na watu Popote naenda na jua kwa adapt Because na jua ni mepite isi maisha It's easy for me to live with people Ata ni kapele kuwa, ata ni sai ni kapele kuwa gaza Na jua how to I know how I'll adapt and try and live according to the means of that place Na nashkuru sana for that Because I really thank my parents and I thank God for being there for me You have the best memories? Any best memories? Maybe the parents? Dad? The best memories about dad is that Even if he was so busy and he was in Nairobi when I was young Na kumuka kuna time ali kuja kuni on na Ala fuza sayo kati mamangu kwanza li kuwa na pesana ni ni Ali kuja kuni on na kwanza li kuwa ni kama me toka Meeting mombasa ali make sure me driving baka malindi Kisha aka pigia simu ni keenda kumuna Ala foka toa I think that the first time ni li on na pesa mingi ivo Ali na piya, shikahi Ini ako ya school fees na ya matumizi ako Ala foka ni aka nepani ni Na hi ununu nue simu ni kanunu nuiwa simu kadogo Sisa bada time ya ni baka tawatu kuni Iyo area o li kuwa na danini me toka kuiba Kusababu life started changing now Kusoka kuwa iyo Kwa it was really a humble place li kuwatu na ishi So that was one of the first thing kwa zi nili Nili shanga wene mzazi ange toka mechoka Lakin ali made that sacrifice to drive And come to see me And then siku anma on na pesa Like a lot of money like that Nasa iyo ono jwe tia elfimoza Elfimoja iyo wakati li kuwa na dama na sana Sisa li kuwa meni peya Nikama li kuwa meni wakati elfunga piya Elf tala tini Na kumbuka na iyo wakati Kunda li nuliza umeku wa nambaga pii shule ni Nikambia namba 1 bada Uku waso ila waso mi Ha ha ha ha ha ha Waso ila waso mi Wawu na nidisa waso kompetition Aka nibaba sisa na di Na kumbuka kinebibu na sasa li kuwa Na li kuwa mechoka lakini hi reeling Waso inamef感anda F Curling muma Nika ni kata ni iya Mama pii rikuwa na strags Naka li kuwa na kibanda Na uza wuku alaskan Kani afu na enge Naka li kuwa na meikunili Yulea thamiili Taka kaka baa reina Afu kama miatano Yo esa, li kuwa Wa nii apuswia Naka ni sarapis me to have a lot of principle because I was raised with well integrity integrity and I I appreciate it was um sonic He's putting so much struggle so that we can have a better life, you know, yeah


UX is one of the fastest growing and most in-demand tech jobs at the moment. In this video, you're going to learn a seven-step process that you can follow today to get started and become a UX designer. The first step is having a good understanding of the basics. UX stands for user experience. This is how a user, who is a person like you or me, interacts and feels about a product that you make. Every company in the world wants people to use the product that they're great and, as a UX designer, it's your job to make something that's simple to use, solve a clear problem and put the end user at the centre of the design process. UI stands for user interface. User interfaces are what you interact with on a day-to-day basis. We all know them, we all use them. Everything you see on a computer screen is a user interface. It's the presentation layer to the application. I've seen a large shift over the past 10 years towards what's known as design systems or design languages. A design system is simply just a collection of components that are used to build websites. The goal is reusability. Accessibility means what you design and develop is usable to all people, regardless of disability type or impairment. A great example of accessibility being used in real life is the London Underground. If you go on over to their website, you can download an accessible version of their tube map and instead of colours being the different lines, there's actual textures on here so there might be some dashes or dots and it really helps people with visual impairments to tell the difference. UX design process is also known as the user-centred design process, UCD, and is essentially how you make a great digital product. UCD is split up into four stages and it's all about understanding the problem you're trying to solve and testing with actual users along the way. The first step in the UCD is research. This is where you really understand the problem that you're trying to solve and who you're solving the problem for. There are lots of different UX techniques that you can use to understand your users. Creating personas allows you and the team to keep the user at the centre of the design process. Personas are the answer to the question, who are we designing for? Personas are not just made up out of thin air, they are created by researching information about your audience and summarising it in the creation of one or more persona sheets. UX tasks such as user interviews and surveys can help with research for persona creating and give you some valuable insights you can use during the design process. Your main task during the research phase is to develop a realistic vision of your user. These insights enable you and the team to create user-friendly products based on real-life feedback. The next step in the UCD process is the design phase. This is where you're going to get down on paper and initial design for the project you're working on. The quickest way to get started is to use pen and paper. I normally have a kick-off meeting with designers and other team members to sketch out some initial ideas. The level of detail you need to go into is very low. Don't be afraid to draw boxes and scribble lines for text. The idea is to see the big picture. The small details can come later. Over the years I've found it better to get collaborating early on in the project and make others feel like they're part of the design process. When working on paper, it's much easier to throw away and make changes. Once you have an idea of what you're going to create, the next step is a basic prototype. The goal should be to have something usable and test it early on with potential users. Having a workable prototype early on is also a great thing to show stakeholders within the business to make sure that you're on the right track. There are a few really good tools that you can use to create prototypes and in the next section we're going to discuss them in detail. The next step is testing and this is vital. The difference between the first design of your product and what makes it into the world can sometimes be night and day and this is all down to user feedback. Just imagine your first design is a draft and then once you start showing it to people and getting feedback this will change. There are a lot of different techniques for gathering feedback on your design. If you work for a large company you may have in-house testing facilities. Normally there will be someone from the business who has a list of tasks for the user to perform. This can be quite eye-opening as you get to see how your design performs in real life and assume it becomes obvious where the problems are. If you want to do some testing online there are plenty of places to go to. I'll mention these tools in the next section. All you need to focus on is that once you have a design the goal is to keep improving based on user feedback. This feedback will be invaluable and can be a little heartbreaking too if I'm telling the truth when someone sees your design and it's shown to be unusable. The next step after you have incorporated all of this feedback into your design is the development process. Your design will be broken down into small pieces and every little detail discussed as a team and documented ready for development. A lot of people ask do you need to know code to be a UX designer? You may get a lot of different answers but from my experience you don't. Personally I know the basics of HTML and CSS and that's about it. As a junior designer you don't need to know code as this is actually a different job. In every place I've worked as part of the team there are actual front-end developers who specialize in this. A front-end developer will take your design and make it come to life. They'll put it together in code for whatever type of product you're working on. If you design a website then this will be HTML, CSS and JavaScript. If you're designing an app then this will be different. There may also be Java developers which can be confusing because Java and JavaScript sound the same but they're actually two entirely different code languages. Many tools I've built have had multiple front-end and Java developers working together over many months to create. This is why I believe you don't need to know code. It might be nice to know but it certainly isn't necessary. Once your product has been developed and launched to the world there's still one more thing to look at and that's analytics. When you create a website for example there's a tiny bit of code that you get from Google that you can put on your website and this tracks all the interactions. This is so useful as a designer to see how things are going. You can see things like how many people visited your site, where they clicked, where they came from, how long they spent on each page and find out where they leave the site from. Now is the time to collect all of this data and package it together ready for improvements for everyone. As a designer this is really fun and interesting and it's a step not to be forgotten. The user-centered design process is a loop. All of your analytics can now go back into the research phase to discover new problems and things that can be improved on your site. You can keep making your product better and better and now have a framework to do it in. Okay, now you know the basics of UX and what a designer does day to day next is the part you've been waiting for. Let's get you up and running with the best design tools. In this section we're going to look at some of the best tools for UX designers on the market. There are hundreds of tools out there so I'm only going to talk about the ones which I've personally used. The great thing about most of them is the free or they offer a free trial and you can get up and running quickly. Let's start with my favourite design tool, Figma. Head on over to figment.com and sign up today. The best thing is for you that it's 100% free. Figma is used mainly for UI designs, designing websites and apps. I use Figma for all of my design work and prototypes. Prototyping is built into the tool itself and is really easy to learn. If I'm designing a website I'll put together a detailed prototype of all the pages in Figma and share this with the rest of the team to get feedback. Figma produces a shareable URL for the prototype. This doesn't share any of the design assets, just a clickable prototype. When you work as a UX designer there will normally be other designers that you work with and Figma is really good for collaboration and sharing design files. With the free version up to two designers can work on the same file at the same time and for collaboration this is great. One of the great things about Figma is that it's opened up its software to extensions in the community tab and you'll find lots of great resources. The Reven fully completed design systems to get you started. One other thing I found really useful about Figma is that you can import design files from other tools. This saves you recreating all your artwork and it normally does a great job. I've put together some tutorials where I walk through creating a website in Figma and if you're interested the links in the description. Adobe XD is Figma's biggest rival. You can find it over at Adobe.com forward slash products forward slash XD. XD again is free for personal use and for professionals and small teams it has a small monthly cost. I've used both XD and Figma and there isn't much to choose either way. They're both really good. The benefit of Adobe XD is that it's created by Adobe and they have an amazing track history with design tools. You can guarantee that XD is going to keep getting updated regularly and there's going to get better over time. Within XD you can create designed prototypes and has really good integration with the other Adobe tools. If you're familiar with Photoshop, Illustrator or Premiere this may be the best for you. There really is no in the standard UI prototyping tool and it's up to you and your colleagues which one works best. As a side note, if you're keen to get started with either Figma or Adobe XD I have a full UX design course with plenty of example projects where we walk through and design websites in both tools over at AnthonyCombo.com I'll mention more about this later but it's got everything you need to start designing today and some great example projects for you to work along with. Sketch is another UI design tool similar to Figma and XD. You can download a 30 day free trial over at sketch.com Figma, XD and Figma, Sketch is Mac only and once the free trial over there is a one time fee for the software. This is still great value and I know plenty of teams who still use Sketch. A couple of years back I used Sketch to design Barclays.co.uk and the tool was great. It was one of the pioneers for digital design tools specific for UI design. Sketch has prototyping built in and some great calibration features. The mirror mode is great where you can preview your mobile or tablet design right on your device. One of the best things about Sketch is the developer handoff where you can share your design with a single link. The developers can open this link and check it out in a browser. They can inspect elements and even export assets. This is extremely useful in a real world project environment. If you have time, check out all three and see which one works best for you. There is no right or wrong and they are all pretty similar to use. You won't have trouble using one over the other and you'll pretty soon get the hang of things. Now that you have your UI designs it's time to test it out. Check out usability hub. This is one of my favourite online user testing platforms. You can sign up today and try it for free and see what different type of tests they offer. If you were designing something simple like a logo for example you could set up a preference test. This is where you show multiple variations of the same design and ask a user to choose which one they prefer. It's a great way to get lots of quick feedback on something which is a straight up choice. If you have an email list you can send out a link to the test and the feedback will normally come quite quickly. It's a really good way to provide evidence for any design decisions and base your choice on data. If you don't have an existing audience to send your test out to usability hub have a panel of over 170,000 users that you can recruit for a dollar a response.  Design surveys help you make confident decisions by collecting user feedback. You can ask multiple choice questions and even show your design when the question is displayed. This way you can ask the user about certain elements on your page. Another test you can run on usability hub is a first click test. This is where you ask the user to perform a task and then show them your design. usability hub will then provide a heat map so you can see where users clicked. This is awesome to see if you got the placement right for important elements and make sure your site is easy to navigate. You also get a breakdown of how long users talk to make this click so looking at the speed lets you know if this is an intuitive location. If you already have a website then CrazyEgg is an unbelievable tool that will help you understand how users interact with your site. For every new site I build I get CrazyEgg in store from day one. This way I can make sure the site is behaving like it should and any problems will be quickly discovered. CrazyEgg tracks user sessions as they browse your site and allow you to watch them back. It provides heat maps of where users viewed and clicked. Nothing beats watching a user interact with your product and it gives you a different viewpoint. By watching multiple sessions you will soon see a pattern of how users behave. Users may not view entire section of your content that you may have put a lot of time to and they also may miss the main call to action on the page. By watching sessions and discovering these floors you can improve your site and repeat. Another amazing tool is A.B. testing. CrazyEgg can analyse your website and allow you to offer the users who visit your site to slide variations. A.B. testing is the survival of the fittest in the digital world. If you can generate more sales for your business by changing the colour of a button or an image choice then this is game changing. CrazyEgg handles all of this for you and you can make the changes via the interface pretty simply. At the end of the test you will get a breakdown of which variation won. You need to define before you do the test what successes such as purchases or clicks to a certain page but this one is one of my favourites. When you apply for a job as a UX designer the most important thing is your portfolio. I want you to take away something from this section and that's the saying it's not personal it's business.  As a junior designer you don't have a wealth of experiences so your portfolio it's the digital representation of you. This is all a hiring manager will look at and most of the time it may only be for a few seconds. If you have 30 applicants you can't afford to read for every word in the portfolio it's more about the overall sense you get from it. It's obvious who has put the effort in and who hasn't just by viewing for a few seconds this is where you're going to stand out. Rather than leave this up until the last minute we're going to get set up now so we can build towards something. To begin let's start with the basics you need an online portfolio. When I started I used to put my design files on a CV on a USB stick and hand it out at events. This is when USB sticks were expensive how I envy you. Now it's easier to have your portfolio on a website and keep it updated. Don't worry you don't need to know how to build a website you don't need to. There are plenty of ready made templates and builders out there that are fantastic. For this process let's make things simple and stick to Adobe portfolio. If you already have a creative cloud account with Adobe then great it's free. If not you can sign up and publish a website for free within 60 days. I've used many different hosting platforms over the years auto made names and done everything myself plenty of times. Trust me it's a lot easier just to sign up for something like this with Adobe. Yes we're pressing other content management systems you have more control but at the end of the day it's the actual content within the portfolio not the flashy website itself that's the most important thing. If you head on over to portfolio.adobe.com and click get started for free you'll be able to preview and click a ready made theme. The best thing is that you can change your theme anytime if you change your mind. Each one of these themes has been designed carefully by Adobe for the specific purpose of hosting your portfolio. They all work responsibly across desktop tablet and mobile and are nice and simple. Choose the one you like and get started. You can even assign it a custom URL such as yourname.com One reason I also like Adobe portfolio is that it combines well with Behance. If you check out Behance.net you'll find lots of design inspiration from amazing designers around the world. It's a place where you can showcase your work and discover new artists. If you already have a profile on here your work can be shared with Adobe portfolio and pulled straight into your website. Behance is free to sign up and another place where you should be building your online presence with your work. The reason we've set up our portfolio so early is that it should be the goal to make the best possible portfolio. Each project you make is a reward for all the hard work you've put in. All the learning you're doing needs to be documented. Your portfolio is not just a finished work it's a living document that showcases your journey. Remember it's not personal, it's business.  Your portfolio is all they see and it's up to you to show them the work you put in by making the digital representation of you as good as the real thing. Now it's time to dive right into the fun stuff with some example projects. I've found this is the best way for beginners with no experience to get started. Having an example brief and project to work with helps you structure your work. What's up guys? I hope you're really enjoying this short course so far and I'm just interrupting to say check out AnthonyComboy.com so in this section we're talking about example projects and I've put together a full UX bootcamp over there and there's 17 briefs in total but there's six really detailed websites and apps which we design together. So each project has a brief and we look at the brief then we look at some competitors which are similar to the brief and then you follow along with me and Adobe XD and you watch me actually design the website and as a design I just talk through some principles of graphic design of UX design through practice so it's not really boring and it's not like one of these massive theory courses it's like a practical course so at the end of it you're going to design your own version of these six websites which is similar to mine but I'm going to give you the confidence to put your own spin on it and put your own things in there but all the images are in there all the text is in there and you're going to get experience of designing some websites and apps and with those example projects and the bootcamp of designing around the practical and there's lots of theory in there as well so I talk about graphic design fundamentals UX fundamentals and there's a section in there where I talk about how to get a job so I've been on the interview Tybal loads of times on both sides I know what employers are looking for and I explained to you just in clear honest language about what people are looking for and how you can stand out maybe go above the rest it's not your typical bootcamp like everyone else is selling but it's because I've got so much experience I've designed this from scratch to tell you in real life how to then go and get a job so you follow along with me those six projects it's really fun and you're going to feel a lot more confident at the end of it because my goal is not just to make you a better designer but it's to build your confidence up that's really one on one I want you to be independent and go away from it and have a great career but I want to give you that base knowledge which you probably won't find anywhere else you might find the theory but you won't find how to apply it in real life when you actually get a job and I'll give you lots of tips and tricks so check it out at antonycomboy.com enjoy the rest of the video let's go in this step we're going to look at how to present your work and make sure that you stand out when applying for a job this is where a lot of designers don't do themselves justice and being honest I'm definitely including myself in this when you apply for a job you need a portfolio that represents you to the best of your ability and it's easy to forget or just rush at the end of every project or piece of work that you do it's important to write a sure case study this is why we set your portfolio before doing any work we're going to create this as we go along a lot of the time you may be tempted to just put in a picture of the finished designs into your portfolio or a link to your prototype when applying for jobs a case study done well is simply a documentation of the process you've gone through to come up with the design this includes problems that you're trying to solve sketches you've made wireframes and early initial ideas include any details of any problems you've solved along the way this is really good in the description I've dropped a link to a great medium article called 6 case studies done right this shows 6 really good examples of how to do this and structure it well don't be embarrassed to include versions of work that didn't work out this is all about telling a story your persona and user flow diagram that you created in the last step should go in here along with the design work it's really important when applying for a UX designer role that you show more than just UI design skills UX as a skill set has loads of other deliverables that you could include in addition to your designs UX planet has a great article called a complete list of UX deliverables by Nick Babbage that shows you all the other examples such as mood boards analytics and usability reports not every task is right for your project but it's better to show some other deliverables to make you stand out from everyone else the key thing here is to show a journey and tell a story you will have learned things along the way in every project take time in your writing to use gremly.com to make sure that your spelling, punctuation and tone are all in check this is a wonderful tool that I'm actually using free right now to do this script you certainly don't want to spoil your great work with spelling mistakes and I can't count the amount of times that I've done this personally over the years another great place to host your write-up is on behance.net this is perfect to share your work with the design community and find lots of inspiration a lot of designers write up their project on here and you will see some good examples of how to structure them it's really important to always see what other designers are doing and some of the best in the world are on behance you might even make some new friends and get some feedback on your work it's always cool to check what the community is doing as well when presenting your work you can actually use a video it's not something I've seen many designers using to the full capacity I'd rather have a watch a video than reading something and that's just being honest your phone probably has a decent video camera and for writing up don't always do a short video talking about the project don't worry about production quality I've spent loads of money on a fancy studio and most of my successful videos were either me filmed outside on my phone or a presentation made an eye movie like this with simple words on a screen if I were to see a video of a designer talking about the work it would make me more inclined to call you for an interview I don't know why, it just feels more personable you can of course still write up your work but a short video of you talking about the project would make me more inclined to call you for an interview but a short video of you talking about something goes a long way this is a step that almost all designers neglect you need to present yourself to the world so that others know you exist you are a brand and it's time the world knew about you this is something that you can work on throughout your career but let's get started right now everything you do in this step is extra and will help you stand out when applying for a job the first thing to do is sign up for a LinkedIn account this is 100% free and LinkedIn is a professional networking platform although it started out as an online resume it's much more than that and has grown in the last 5 years it's positioned itself as a social media network for professionals and it's a great opportunity for you there's a real lack of quality content on LinkedIn and any post that you make has the opportunity to reach thousands of important people in the business world just doing a simple search for head of UX can pull up hundreds of millions and add people to your network if they accept you will see future posts from them don't be shy here the goal is networking we'll talk more about this in the next step finding a job but just know for now LinkedIn is your most powerful tool for being part of this design community whenever you create a new project in your portfolio feel free to stand out a status update to LinkedIn share something you learned as an update or write an article from time to time the key thing to remember is that nobody knows you exist until you produce something this isn't personal it's just the truth in the digital world there are other social media platforms for you to share your work but the most important ones are Behance, LinkedIn and YouTube I mention in YouTube because there's lots of potential here the key is to share something that others find useful don't make it all about yourself the best way to learn is to teach so if there's something cool that you learned in Figma or Adobe XD then make a short video on poster you can share videos on LinkedIn and YouTube and remember these are evergreen and live forever and people will be finding these in years to come so for now stop building up a body of work for each project you create remember to document it in written and video format and share it even spending half an hour a week you'll soon grow up a library of content that you can grow throughout your career in the next and final step we're going to see finally how you can break into the industry and get that first job this is my favourite step of all and it's the hardest if you've put in the hard work to learn the basics create a portfolio that's got some sample projects in it have an active LinkedIn account then it's time you made the next step here's the secret get your foot in the door before you even have a job my first job was with Wired magazine in the UK and there's pretty much a 0% chance that I would have got that job by applying on the website or through a job board as a junior designer your biggest asset is you and your work ethic to compete with thousands of other designers on paper is pretty much impossible and unfortunately this is where most people give up not you, not today in the UK we have work experience which is an internship in most of the world and it's where you volunteer at the company for a few weeks to get some experience before I got my first job at Wired I was lucky enough to have already interned a Vogue magazine, GQ and Ferrari all in the same building the only thing I was paid for was lunch money and tube fare I stayed in a hotel until I ran out of money and then into a hostel I travelled to London every summer from Liverpool for three years and made as many connections as I could I only found out about the job in Wired so I had the range to actually intern there and the first day I arrived they needed a full-time junior designer I was given the role because I was already in the building this is how the business world works a lot of the time it's who you know not what you know unfortunately the great news for you is that it's never been so easy to make connections from home on LinkedIn you can send out messages to UX designers from across the world all you need to do is a quick search for UX designer filtered by people and location and then hit connect you can personalise your invitation to connect with a message and it's something I suggest you always do try searching for head of UX and send a few nice carefully omitted messages with a link to your portfolio and ask if there are any intern programmes available this is all about putting in the work not being put off by a rejection and a slice of luck along the way if you try enough people then eventually this may lead to an opening from there once you're inside the company then it's time to put in the work network and find out how to get a junior role by asking people in the company this work for me and I've seen it work for others too I also know how hard it is to get a junior role and how tough it is getting rejected by company after company looking for experience my only answer to this is make them an offer they can't refuse take all the friction out the hiring process and get your foot in the door before you even have a job what's up guys, I hope you enjoyed the video so the next steps are if you're really serious about learning about UX design head on over to AnthonyComboy.com just check out the bootcamp there's loads basically I've designed it so I can take you from where you are now to where you want to be which is a UX designer we design example projects together I explain to you everything about the UX design process the user design process and basically everything you need to know it's a foundation course which is just as good as you'll learn in university so it's everything I've learnt over the past 15 years I've packaged it together so I'm an award winning designer so you can trust that all the knowledge I've got I've lived from the very best companies in the world so I've designed websites for Wide magazine Rogue magazine BBC.co.uk which is one of the biggest websites in the world I've designed lots of fashion websites Spring Studios which does amazing work does some work for Cisco and I just know what you need to do so if you check it out AnthonyComboy.com it's got everything you need we go through amazing briefs we design we have fun and we just build your confidence up that's what it's all about so if you feel like UX is something that you want to go into it might be a profession for you then check it out it'll give you a good base level of knowledge and you can go on to do further things from there but it'll set you up the right way rather than just learning from other people or you don't know whether they've had the real life experience or not that's something I can guarantee to you and we're going to have fun together so check it out AnthonyComboy.com I can't wait for you to start your new career so let's get going


The top hiring seasons for teaching English abroad When planning a new career teaching English overseas, one of the most important factors to consider is when is the best time of year to get hired in your chosen destination In some areas, the demand is so strong that you can find a job at any time while in others there are certain windows when the majority of hiring is done Making sure you get your timings right can make a big difference to your logistical planning and the startup costs you will need The worst case scenario of turning up in your dream location only to find that no one is hiring is certainly one you want to avoid Hiring seasons for teaching English in Asia Private language schools year round Due to the huge market for qualified EFL teachers across much of Asia, you can generally find plenty of available jobs in private language schools throughout the year This is certainly true of the most popular destinations such as China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam If you can't wait to get started on your TEFL journey, applying for private sector jobs in these countries might be your best bet Public schools. 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There are several countries in the Asia region that employ large numbers of foreign teachers to work in state run schools One of the biggest and most popular options is the Epic program which recruits thousands of native English speakers every year to work in public schools in South Korea The application process is completed over the spring and early summer for start dates in August and September There are also a smaller number of start dates in the first three months of the year Another big employer in this category is the JET program in Japan which employs several thousand foreign teachers Applications close on December 1 for start dates the following autumn Other specific hiring windows for public schools in Asia include Taiwan, where most teachers are hired following the Chinese New Year break and Thailand which has two distinct windows in May and November Hiring seasons for teaching English in Europe Private language schools main season is September-October Secondary season in January Throughout much of Europe, you will find plenty of available positions during the above windows as an estimated 50% of teachers in private language schools leave their positions during the summer break alone To take advantage of this, the best approach is to be on the ground in your favorite destination ready to attend interviews in person If you time it right you should be able to apply an interview for multiple positions and then choose the one that suits you best Public schools Various In comparison to Asia, there are a relatively small amount of opportunities to work in the public teaching sector in Europe The main exceptions are government-run recruitment programs that operate in France, TAPF program, and Spain, cultural ambassadors program The application process for these programs is completed by March for start dates in September Two other up-and-coming options that you might want to consider are Turkey and Russia Both of these countries have a rapidly growing market for foreign teachers and jobs are typically available at any time during the year Hiring seasons for teaching English in the Middle East Private language schools year-round This sector is considerably smaller than most other regions due to fewer countries and relatively small populations There are typically no set windows for recruitment in private language schools across the Middle East so you can apply at any time Public schools Various In the most popular countries such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates Oman, and Qatar, most positions are filled in advance before you leave your home country The application process is completed during the spring and early summer for start dates in August and September There is also a smaller recruitment drive later in the year for start dates in January, February, or March Hiring seasons for teaching English in Central America Private language schools main season is June-July Secondary season in January-February In most countries, you will need to be in the local area ready to interview in person during the above hiring windows if you want to pick from the best positions There are notable exceptions to this in two of the most popular countries for teachers in Central America Mexico has one of the largest markets for foreign teachers in the region and jobs can usually be found at any time of the year In Costa Rica, another popular destination, many schools interview in advance during December for start dates in January Hiring seasons for teaching English in South America Private language schools Main season is February-March Secondary season in July-August As with Central America, the majority of teaching jobs in South America are filled locally following a face-to-face interview For the best opportunities, you should time your arrival to coincide with the above hiring seasons When are you heading off to start your TEFL adventure? Apply now for your TEFL TESOL certification course and start teaching in a matter of months Speak with an ITTT advisor today to put together your personal plan for teaching English abroad Send us an email or call us toll-free at 1-800-490-0531 to speak with an ITTT advisor today


Okay, this video is part of a series. This is probably the fifth or sixth video in the series. The first five or six were all on basically shell scripts and doing stuff from the command line to get addresses, maps, location, GPS coordinates. Now we're gonna move on into a more interactive GUI interface that can be used pretty much anything with a modern web browser, whether it be a phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop. And again, we're gonna be using the Google API. All the source code that I make is free and open source, but do realize you're using a service out there that does have limitations and restrictions. But we're gonna work with something very basic today. We're just going to ask the computer for our location. If there's a GPS device connected to the computer or phone or tablet, it will use that to get a highly accurate address. You'll get our GPS coordinates to give us an address in response to that. If not, just like my desktop here, you'll get a general location of where you are based on what ISP server you're connected through. So let's go ahead. This is the basic webpage here. Just have a start button, but let's look at the code before we click the start button. Okay, so here we have basic header for HTML. I'm gonna be using jQuery just to grab some information from the server. You don't have to do that. You can use standard JavaScript, but I just find it easier to use jQuery. And then we have some very basic JavaScript here, not a whole lot. We'll look at that in a moment. And then we have our main body of our GUI here. We have a form, which is basically just our start button. And then we have an empty div tag here called output that we will output our GPS coordinates and our address too. And as you can see from our button here, our start button, when we click get lock for get location, it's gonna run that function. So click and then it's gonna run this function right here. So on click, do this. There's different ways to do that, especially since I have jQuery running, but old fashioned way here. Okay, so we click that. The first thing we're gonna do is gonna say, just an if then statement. If navigator geolocation is available, then do these three lines of code. Else, pop up this message. Basically, pretty much any modern browser is gonna handle this, but if for some reason your browser does not accept the functionality of geolocation, it's gonna let you know with an alert box. So if your browser is able to get your location, then do these three things. First, we're gonna create a variable called options. Now that options is basically some plain text. It's some JSON information, three bits of information in here by bits.  We're gonna set high enable high accuracy to true. Again, on a desktop like I'm running right now, I don't have a GPS look device on it. So that's not really gonna make a big difference, but if you have a GPS device on your phone or tablet, which you probably do or even hook to your computer, this will make sure it gives you your exact location. Without that, it's gonna try to get a quick location and it'll be general within a few blocks of where you are most likely. But we want as accurate as we can, so we're gonna enable high accuracy. Then we're gonna say maximum age 3000, I'm sorry, 30,000 milliseconds. And as you can see from the note up here, 60,000 milliseconds, so that'd be 60 seconds. So 30,000 would be 30 seconds. Basically the saying is get our location, but I don't want anything older than 30 seconds. We're gonna set the time out to 27 seconds, so try for that long and then give up. Should happen within a few seconds. So if we get to that, that's something's not right. Next, we're gonna create another object and we're gonna say our geolocation. Again, we checked our navigator geolocation up here and then we're gonna put it into a variable here just to shorten up the next line if we use it more times in the future. And what navigator geolocation is, again, is it's a browser functionality to be able to get your location coordinates. Now we're gonna create another object called watch ID. Again, everything on the left side of equal signs can be called whatever you want, but we're gonna say, okay, take our geonavigator, our navigator geolocation and watch its position. So we're saying ask the browser for our position. So far, everything we've done is within the browser. We're not really going off and using a service outside of our browser. So if the browser has a functionality, everything should be done. We're saying browser, we want you to run, try to get the location. If we're successful, we're gonna run this first function, show location, which is up here and we'll go to that in a second. If it fails, it's unable to get your location. We're gonna run our error handler function, which is right here. And we're also gonna pass it these options, which is this right here, which is our accuracy and time out information. So let's say we ask the browser, what is our location? And we pass that information and it fails for whatever reason, access denied because it's going to ask the user, do you want the browser to give your location to this application? And they can say yes, no. And it can say remember this for later on or not. So it might be that the user says no, I don't want to give you my location. And it can also just be unavailable or for some other reason. So we'll get error messages if there's an error. So that's all this function does here is it outputs messages, depending on whether it's error one or error two. Okay, next option, things are successful. The browser, we ask the browser for a location. It asks, the user is okay if I give this application to your location, they say yes. And the browser is able to get your location, whether it's a GPS unit coordinates or it's getting it based on your ISP server. Okay, so if that's successful, then we're gonna go up here. We're gonna run this function, show location. We're gonna pass it the information into a variable called position. And then we're gonna say, okay, let's get the latitude. So we're gonna say, look at the position, look at its coordinates and get its latitude. And then we're gonna do the same thing for longitude. Look at the position, look at its coordinates, get the longitude and put that into that variable. Now we're gonna pass it to another function or say get the address, latitude and longitude. And that would be down here, get address. And this is a function I created and we're passing it those information. We're gonna continue calling it latitude and longitude. And then we're gonna use the get function. This part of jQuery is the part that I have jQuery running in this application for, although I could have used it in other parts. And this is just saying, look at this address and get the data. And again, I actually wrote this script a while ago and I'm actually putting the variables in line here. You can also put them in a JSON format, which is probably a little cleaner. But basically we're saying, look at this address, which if you've watched previous tutorials, we used the same exact address in the first tutorial. And it's gonna give us some XML, as you can see right here. You can also change that to JSON if you want to get the JSON output. But we're gonna get that data and we're gonna run this function. And all the data that's been given, all the text that's been given by this address we're gonna put into a variable called data. And then we're here, we're gonna say, okay, look at the data and find in there any line that contains formatted address. And for each of those, we're gonna run this function here. And we're gonna create a variable called unit data. And we're gonna say, look at this function with the information that we've passed and get the text. So basically we're looping through the data each line. So basically this line, if you're familiar with how I usually do bash loop while loops, this is like while read line. We're saying while read line here, read the text and put it into this variable. Okay, and now we're gonna say, this is a little more jQuery here. We're gonna say, find the object, the element on the page that has the ID of output. So pound output means ID of output, which is our div tag down here. And we're gonna say, look at that and make, basically clear out any text in there and replace it with latitude, the word latitude, and then the actual latitude. New line, longitude, and then the actual longitude, new line, and then we're gonna append to that, the unit data, which is actually the formatted address up here, right? And then we'll return false because it's not returning anything to the function that called it. Okay, so now that we did all that, let's go ahead and we will hit start. And since it's the first time I'm running this page on this computer in this browser, it's saying, hey, do you want to use your computer's location? This website, this application wants your users, your location, allow it or deny it. If we say deny, we'll get one of those error messages created in the error handler. If we say allow, we get our latitude, longitude, and we get an address. And that is how you get your basic latitude, longitude, and address. Now, it will remember, like if I refresh this page and click start, it doesn't ask permission again. If for some reason the user wants to remove the permissions from that application or website, we can click here and say clear these settings for future visits. If I hit F5 or refresh and click start, it asks again. So the user has complete control over whether your computer gives this application permission or not, and they can take that permission away at any time. But at least Chrome, I think most browsers, you can go in and manage your settings and block or allow, but I think most will, by default, once you allow it, it will remember those settings for future use, which is nice, you don't have to ask every time. I mean, it will ask if they clear it out. So that is getting latitude and longitude and the actual physical formatted address for your location. And that's it for this tutorial. We're gonna get some more gooey stuff, more visuals in the coming weeks, but I just wanted to show you the basics of getting your latitude, longitude, and address. And again, the latitude and longitude part is using your browser, we're not using a service like Google, the address is what we're using Google for, and you can use other services if you'd like as well, but just realize that this first part you can pretty much always get, no problem, this part, there are restrictions, you know, you're getting information from somebody by their rules, there's other websites out there, or you can create your own database if you want, although that'd be a pretty big database. Anyway, as always, I thank you for watching. If you like this video, please like, subscribe, and comment, and share, and as always, I hope that you visit my website, filmsbychrist.com, that's Chris the K, there should be a link in the description. All the source code in this series is up on GitHub, under my username, metalx1000, so github.com forward slash metalx1000, and maps and locations, the name of the repository, the first part of the series was all these bash scripts, here you can get all those there, and everything in this GUI HTML and JavaScript series, we'll be under HTML here, the one we just did was the one called addresses, there's the code, and as always, I hope that you have a great day. Okay, this is an introduction to filmsbychrist.com. I'm Chris, that's Chris the K, that's me right there. My daughter, Amber, and my wife, Jennifer. We pretty much live in the swamps of Florida. I'm a firefighter by day, as well as by night, we work long hours, but that's not why you're here. You're here about the videos I put up on YouTube. These videos are mainly about computers and programming, which means most of my videos look something like this, and if that's what you're interested in, great. If not, that's all right. I do videos on other topics too, such as video editing, special effects, photo editing, 3D design, and music creation.  So I ask that you take the time to go to my Patreon page and look at different levels of rewards you can receive for different levels of backing. There should be a link in the description of this video if you're watching it on YouTube. Otherwise, you can visit patreon.com forward slash metalx1000. And I thank you for your time and your support. Have a great day.


So we are at the end of our session. What we have described within this session is the basic concept of FreeR2S, starting from main components of it, then basic features. We describe to you a little bit the APIs which are available here and then its implementation within the FreeR2S Cubemix and SD libraries. We state a bit of the configuration, describe the memory allocation and then we switched into the main components of the operating system starting from scheduler, then tasks, then all inter-task communication components which are available here, so queues, semaphores and signals. Then we state a bit for the resource management and we discussed a bit about mutexes, software timers and some advanced topics like hooks, stack overflow protection or gatekeeper task. We demonstrate to you as well basic features, basic components which allows you to debug the operating system within the IR and the GCC environment based on Eclipse and then we say a few words about the low power support called tickless mode which is implemented within the FreeR2S application. I hope you enjoyed this session. I would like to recommend to you some other training materials you can find on our web page, www.st.com. slash stm32education and within the MOOC section you will find the list of the components which are available on our web page, on our YouTube channel. You can find there some tools related trainings and as well microcontroller related trainings. I hope you will enjoy them as well. Thank you for watching this session.


What's going on everyone Sam here late in sports cars ripping one box of 2020 a Panini prism football multi-pack for Gregory M. Good luck here Greg. Let's do it man Let's go pack by pack here So veteran base does not ship out of this all of your rookies inserts and Numbers they're like color stuff does though Greg. There's no vet base green keelin Cole Andres swift rookie nice for a loose on the rookie for the Rams Do what who is it? Wow Trubiski and Kishan Vaughan Yeah, someone said Joe. I said the true blue did One two fifty two fifteen the non-auto That is Joanne Jennings silver pat Pete Josiah de Guara Cole Komet nice one there red white and blue green Matt Ryan Nate Stanley on the rookie base. That's solid. You got a good red white and blue coming up It's gonna be Trayvon digs on the rookie nice one there for the Cowboys. There you go, Greg green emergent chase young rookie Jacob Eason van Jefferson rookie another starter for the Rams wide receiving core right now and Jeff Acuda for the Lions nice one. He's having a bounce back here He's actually kind of like a lot green AJ Tyrell rookie for the Falcons nice one there fireworks Zeke and Joanne Jennings be Jordan Love red light and blue Tyra Taylor green and Julian Blackman is Lynn Bowden jr. I'm one of my leagues. I had a ETN Wilson Chad Johnson Michael Hacey Wilson jr. ETN Henry and Ramon Dre So and I can only play three of my AJ Tyrell nice one there So I had three of you had Wilson ETN Andre and who Henry yeah, yeah, and I was starting Ramon Dre and Henry and the one and two and then ETN in the flex Wilson on my bench not bad But I didn't have a great wide receiver for so I traded ETN and Kenan Allen for model Who's the backup for the Bears? Colleen Lerbert, right? Yeah That's not bad. That's a good trade juju. Deandre Swift emergent Brian Edwards, right there. It helped me out. Yeah Upgraded my water here from Kenan Allen to Jalen Waddle. It's not bad and we've got Jacob Eason rookie for the Coles Green Marshawn Lattimore Michael Warren, there's a Jordan Brooks Nice one there that is a Seahawk rookie say Juan Barclay Josh Allen Zach Baum Michael Audre Moudier Broncos and last pack see a borrower or two or a server green Juwan Jennings Julio Jones and Alk Albert Okawaban on Albert Oh, I should say much easier and Ban Jefferson That'll do it for your break there Greg. Thanks as always my man. We'll get him right out to you, buddy


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I'm getting into this The guy who was wreaking havoc in week one before he got hurt Zadaria Smith is back. They said he practiced He had a full practice this week, which is a great sign for the game in London. That is a great a great get old Catril, okay. So you got a okay got to pronounce that ie right there. Oh, I got you next time man. What's up, Carnell What's up, Clyde appreciate you man Just him making a salad. All right, man. Enjoy that salad man. Oh Appreciate that wise AJ. What's up, man? But yeah, we get Zadaria Smith back man We get Zadaria Smith back and it's not like the pass rush department was lacking at all But to get somebody back that was a quality pass rusher that only makes the team better That only makes the team better. What's up, Terrence? What's going on dusk, but yeah That only makes the team better. So Zadaria Smith being back is a great thing. That's a great thing It's a great thing. Hey appreciate that car nail man. Thank you Um, so yeah, I'm glad Zadaria Smith is back. So that improves the pass rush that has just been going absolutely crazy On on teams this year. It's been like the pass rush has been crazy. That's been helping the secondary The pressure has been crazy. That's been helping the secondary. The sacks have been crazy That's been helping the secondary. The interceptions have been crazy. That's been helping the offense It's just it's just been crazy, man. And it's been crazy in a good way. It's like We we got so much to be happy about right now and we can only hope it just continues, man We can only hope it continues. It's um, it's been great, man I've been making me so happy and it makes just having a team that you see is going out there and a team that's out there Hungry at team that's out there competing a team that's out there just just being ferocious It makes watching football watching your team watching our ravens. It makes it even more exciting, man It makes it even more exciting Um, because these dudes have just been like vicious, man They've been vicious and what I was saying last week If we don't have the number one defense in the league, I don't care I don't care as long as they keep up keep doing what they've been doing.  What's up ravens analysts? Um, why do you own other football teams jersey if you're ravens fan because i'm a fan of the game and I don't I don't ever think wearing another team jersey is that serious. It's just not it's just not that serious to me That's something that I don't care about. I know a lot of people they They get offended.  I don't think that makes you that don't make you a fan of another team I'm just a fan of the game of football period. I'm a ravens fan first Y'all already know that everybody knows that but I don't think it's that serious wearing another team jersey It's not I don't think it's a big deal. Some people think it's a big deal, but not me. Um, but yeah, that's it No, I didn't I didn't see the queen of england thing. I didn't see yet. I had to look it up But yeah, it's just been making football so much more exciting watching the ravens play because they just been on it man They've been on it. The defense has been hunting. They've been attacking. They've been just going man. They're just going. Yeah, uh, Catril, you already know man It's like, okay, if it's like saying, oh, yeah, if you wear nike, then you can't wear adidas If you if you a fan of nike, you not allowed you're not allowed to wear adidas If you a fair fan of jordan, you're not allowed to wear a rebox It's like now that I just that's not me. Um, but anyway Yeah, man, it's it's it's good man. It's been things have been going good Now with this team with the jaguars coming up it is who said it's a trap game. I know somebody just wrote that Um, where'd it go? Where'd it go? Where'd it go? Where'd it go? Where'd it go? Where'd it go? I know I just saw it. What's a what's going on missus steal your girl Somebody just wrote it Somebody just wrote it. Oh my boy flex from jersey. What's up j money? Um, did I have 2k subs last month? No, no, we had a five last month. I think five Um, but yeah with this this game against the jaguars coming up. Is it a trap game? I think so I thought last week was a trap game too. It's crazy That's it's it's kind of it and it's kind of scary. That's why I don't I don't overlook any of these teams And I really hope baltimore doesn't either because jaguars they could like I said, they could catch fire at any time What's up, erica? Erica was here this morning too. Some of y'all were here in the video this morning So appreciate y'all coming through in a video early in a video today too or right now today too Um, but yes, it can be a trap game, but if that defense keeps doing what they do They they won't be trapped and we don't want them to be trapped Yeah, the jaguars they they they got some talent on both. They got jalen ramsey a j buye That's gonna be tough man. That's gonna be tough jalen ramsey and a j buye They got both of those guys man. That's it's tricky. It's tricky. He said we might have lost the game last week with hogan Stay there. See that's the thing with hogan.  He got them 10 points. So he got them on the board, but then Uh, he did throw that pick too. So shout out to bowser, man Shout out to that guy getting his first second his first pick of his career That was great, man. Seeing that just made me so happy for him I love when rookies come through right away, man, and we just have not been used to that recently We haven't been used to that recently as ravens fans. We haven't had rookies make a big impact right away Or really any impact at all. Look at matt elam Look at matt elam. Look at uh artha brown. Look at uh kafusi. He got hurt. Look at camele career He just he was terrible last year. Um, just we haven't had that man We haven't had it where a lot of a lot of rookies come in and make an impact right away So just seeing the impact that these rookies of this class are having man Look at marlin humphrey. They they had this dude out there. He was he was doing good They had him on aj green for a couple of plays. They had him on the other side They had him doing good. He was out there balling, man And I know he played a limited amount of snaps. So don't get me wrong. I don't I don't overlook that Um, but he was out there doing this thing. He almost caught a pick too He almost caught a pick and it looked like maybe if tony jefferson wouldn't have hit the receiver Maybe marlin might have been able to bobble the ball and catch the pick. Who knows? But he did get his hands on the ball and it was great. Uh, great just Great timing great jumping great all of that stuff. Oh, justin boy said Tim williams did beat joe thomas for that last play and that does say a lot Yeah, one of the best left tackles in the league and he got beat by a rookie Tim williams could it be that he was tired and tim williams had a little Had a lot more energy could be but joe thomas is obviously conditioned for Uh for the length of an nfl game because you know, he's been playing, uh 10,000 straight snaps Shout out to joe thomas man and them browns man. Shout out to them guys, man um Wow, it's crazy. John more said it was his first time going to baltimore Oh next week in second watching ravens live. Oh, that's what's up, man That's what's up.  I can't wait till bowels of cj and tim williams starting I mean, it's Man, it's It's exciting man. It's so exciting being a ravens fan. Oh really quick before we get into that Because we could talk about this defense all day the way it's been going. Um Shout out to uh Well, not shout out for that but tarence west is hurt right now Tarence west is hurt. Mike hudgens is Mike hudgens is at blake bottle sucks Well, I mean he's been having a bad year back couple years, but All it takes is one game to get back on track and we don't want that game to be us So we can't sleep on him but tarence west is injured. They said it's his calf right now Um before it's funny because john harbaugh. He tried to hide it. He tried to hide it. Um During the game, uh, it was the pick Was it the bowser pick? I don't remember which interception it was and you know what it's crazy I can't believe i'm even saying that I don't remember which interception it was That's weird. It feels weird to say that because we haven't been able to say something like that in so long I don't remember which interception it was. That's crazy, man It don't even feel right, but it feels good either. But anyway, like I was saying I don't remember which interception it was but it was an interception or a turnover that we caused That got us we ended up getting in the browns territory and tarence west ran it into the end zone He ran the touch to score score the touchdown But then in the second half he didn't really play much he didn't really play much and He didn't play much and john harbaugh said oh, it's because he had a big workload Um early in the game I said, okay Whatever He doesn't usually do that John harbaugh doesn't usually go away from the starting running back and go to the two backups From a big workload. He doesn't usually do that So that kind of had me scratching my head a little bit But then it came out today that tarence west has a calf injury And I see a lot of people saying oh, it was eric it was the eric guero pick. Okay. Appreciate that john Um, but yeah, alex collins, man He was a guy that a lot of us well at least myself I told y'all I didn't know about him when they did the whole thing and they they um, they took off jeremy langford They they waved them, but now he's back on the practice squad But they waved jeremy langford and put and promoted alex smith Um, they I mean not alex smith alex collins. They promoted him to the active roster I was scratching my head. I was like like what? like I know about langford, but I don't know nothing about this collins guy. I don't know anything about him and I was wondering but then last week during the game he He showed me what he can do and y'all remember this too The offensive line that he was playing behind For the majority of the time he was he was running the ball. No marshal yonder No marshal yonder Marshal yonder wasn't even out there most of the time. He wasn't even out there because he had got hurt So now uh, we we're going to this next game with a full game without marshal yonder But I know it. I mean it ain't over some people thought it was over because marshal yonder gone for the season But it's not and don't forget band bradley, too Don't forget band bradley, too. I I can't sleep on him. He's nice special teams guy and the dude could hit man Don't forget him. But Just going forward with alex collins If he gets safe instance, terence west stays hurt say say he stays hurt It's not gonna be good for him man because the way alex smith was running He was running hungry man and shout out to to hardball hardball still stayed with him after the fumble Do y'all remember the last time hardball did that? When the last time he stayed with somebody after they fumbled?   He hates fumbling. He hates it, but alex collins fumble I almost thought the place should be reviewed, but it wasn't Um, I'll say ray rice man. You had to take it back to ray rice. Wow throwback Um, but the let the hardball hates fumbling with a passion. I remember when um Lorenzo Talafiero a couple years ago He was running running running fumbled the ball.   I forgot about him Mike said alex collins remind me of marion barba Boy, justin boy said I wish the ravens were bringing avery williams because he can hit and he used to go to your old high school Or what is he like a undrafted free agent or something? Bernard Pierce. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Bernard Pierce. He had enough issues though as it is and then he went to Jacksonville still had the issues and That was it. His NFL career is over. Yeah, we I was I was um Just talking about our running back situation. We might have to do another video on this. Oh, are we lagging? Why is it lagging? Is it still lagging? Okay It feels like it's going a little slow, man. Is it going is it lagging for y'all? Y'all let me know, man Is it lagging? I don't know man either way um with I remember back in the day um Oh, it's not lagging. Okay. Good. I remember I was watching old highlights from when we when we had ray rice We had tory smith. We had bolden um Ray Lewis air read loading out of trail sucks. We had defense wise We had um Is it lagging again? No, it's not lagging. I don't think so. But anyway defense wise we had Some of if not the best At every single position. I mean defense wise We had yeah, willis mcgahey We had one of the best pass rushes in the league to rail sucks. We had one of the best defensive tackles in the league Lodi nada. We had one of the best linebackers in the league ray lewis. We had I Not one of the we had the best safety in the league air read We had like We had some of the best at every position and on the defense man Every position on the defense and all our teams were stacked. Yeah, we've had guys like matt burrk come in But now our pilot help us get that super bowl ricky williams man.  He man. We have not had a back like ray rice since Ray rice since ray rice Because the thing about ray rice Um, if we had good receivers back in the day, we would have won more super bowls and yeah, that's true um, the thing about ray rice was that He was your every down back. He could do it all man He could do all man. He could do it all Appreciate that hooli old jones, but you got to keep it clean man. He got to keep it clean But ray rice could do everything he could catch he could yeah jacoby jones. Yeah, man Ray rice could catch he could block he could break tackles He could shake you a little bit if he had to you get your stiff arm Everything man ray rice and he was the home run hitter too He'll break off the long run for a touchdown ray rice could do everything We haven't had we haven't had a back like that Since him we haven't had a back that can do everything since him No, he didn't do good his his last season. No, but just before that in the in the wonder years the good years Who was better running who's a better runner back? Jamal Lewis of ray rice I say ray rice I say ray rice um Because I just felt like he could do more of them. Jamal Lewis was more powerful. Jamal Lewis was a beast now And this is close. It's close. Remember marlin brown. Yeah, minding your favorite old receiver Marlin brown good old marlin brown man My how to how the mighty had fallen and the reason why marlin brown fell off It wasn't even any fault of his own, but it was just a numbers game. It was a numbers game. That's all it was um When we got steve marlin brown was already down on the depth chart and we we got steve's miss senior He just went down then we got somebody else and he went down again. We we we drafted somebody else I think chris mo or something like that, but It was just he just kept falling down on the depth chart and that was it man That was it Um, this ravens defense has given up fuel points in two games compared. Well, okay, that's cool But that's just it's just two games. I would I would chill for it with that for now I'm not comparing them to the 2000 ravens defense. It's too early. It's too early for that Um, they would have never made the playoffs and won a super bowl if it wasn't for the fourth and 29 That's true things a lot of things might have been different And that that was a bad spot.  Oh, could be could be I don't know could be Ray rice was a beast. I miss yeah, we all do man I He was nice, man He was nice Or if we had an offense, we could have easily probably one three four Yeah, that's true because the defense did their thing all the time the defense would always do their thing Always do their thing trucking troi palomalu. Who remembers? Oh ray rice But yeah, ray rice he man, he was nice man. Alice is gonna be good. Yeah, he looked really good last week, man He looked really good. He looked comfortable. He looked like he I mean I know they said he had a great week of practice But man this dude looked like he he looked like he had been on our team already The guy looked so comfortable. He looked he kept and I loved when running backs fall forward Oh, alex is ricky williams. Hey, he can be ricky williams as long as he don't got the fumbling But yeah, one thing that I liked about him He yeah, he looked like he can move too. He can move and he's solid solid guy He's not a speedback like shady mccoy or Darren McFadden or He's not he's not Jamal Charles He's not one of those backs that you got to do pitch plays with or run to the outside But he can he looked like he can and he looked like he he can obviously run off the middle because he was doing a great Job of doing that But he can he looked like he could run to the outside too. He looked like he got some a little decent amount of speed I don't know. I'm gonna I'm gonna see him this week. I'm gonna watch him this week You know, we're gonna see you we say oh carnell said he want to see him star versus the jaguars If tans west is hurt it looks like he might Obviously him a buck alan but um It looks like because he they were giving him a lot of chances last week a lot of runs a lot of runs Open a crease and alexa run. Hey, that's what it looks like man That's what it looks like. So we'll see man bucking west doesn't have that fourth gear Terrence west no terrence west is not um He's not your home run hitter Say if you get perfect blocking And not every running back is going to be a home run hitter Um, joe has to be better looking off the safety. Yeah, that's true. They just got to get he's coming along Now with flacco because y'all know how much I I'll get on flacco y'all know that already y'all know how I will get on flacco quick Let me make sure let me see what time it is Oh Okay That's my seventh. Okay. I got about five minutes left.  He said it actually Um, but y'all know how much I'll get on flacco, but he has been For a guy who did not practice Um, who only practiced like a week before the season and who's had his back injury Joe flacco has been doing pretty good man He's been doing pretty good. Now the interception against the browns That was it on him? not Not really It was more, uh, was it carlos dunlap? I mean against the bingles bingles bingles, excuse me Well against the bingles the defensive lineman. Some people say he didn't hit it. I thought he hit it But if he didn't hit it, he definitely threw off tarence west because tarence west I guess he thought the ball was coming at a certain angle a certain timing that threw off tarence west timing Tarence west got hit in the hands with it, but it bounced off and then the linebacker, uh Then the linebacker caught it. So yeah, that that wasn't really on flacco But he's been playing pretty good. And then, um Last week against the uh the browns The the interception was just it looked just like a miscommunication.  Uh, yeah, just in point exactly man. Um, so he has been He's been doing like he's been doing really good, uh after the injury But I mean we played the bingles and I mean the bingles they got some corners now We played the bingles and we played the uh the browns So browns corners, uh, I don't really know much about them. I don't even know who their corners are now Not that I think about it, but he's been doing this thing. So let's see if he continues I just want to see I want to see flacco build I want to see really this whole team build. I want to see this team build on everything build on the last game Keep it up. Keep it up. Yeah, you're right car now. I want I want to see them just continue to improve I want to see flacco get better. I want to see the the running get I want to see everything just continue to get better That's what I want to see. Yeah, they got jacks got ramsey and aj buye So this will be a nice little test for us. Nice test. It's going to be a tough game, man Tough game not sleeping on these jags at all, man. Can Cannot If this is a home game for them and like I said before these these guys, um They I think this is this is like a jaguars home game because they play in london so much like they live there or something um So yeah, jags this week got to focus on jags this week You know, we got still is next week, but Jags this week jackson veal jaguars man a tough one Yeah, bachar needs to step up. He needs to start catching passes, man If flacco I felt for flacco because he hit bachar a pair of men like right on the money dropped Just dropped that doesn't help your quarterback Especially one coming back from an injury who hasn't been with the team It doesn't help him at all when you drop in passes like that. It doesn't help that It doesn't help him at all So bachar got it. He got to tighten up man. Mr. Still your girl said bachar gonna get a hundred yards next game Okay, I will look forward to it man I will look forward to it So yeah, we'll see man, but anyway, I appreciate y'all man. Thank you Um, appreciate y'all watching if you haven't make sure you subscribe to the youtube channel Um and leave a like on the video if you haven't done so already too I mean make sure you follow me on twitter instagram snapchat all that good stuff Appreciate y'all man appreciate y'all. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you This was fun as it always is but yeah, just a quick little recap. Um We got zadaria smith back. He is healthy Um Terrence west he his calf is injured right now, but I feel like going going in there with alex collins and uh And buck allen. I think we'll be fine there Um, IFC said NFL so born. I enjoy it Um, and then Joe flacco said it's back now to a hundred percent But as long as he just keep on playing keep on getting better We'll be all right anyway. Appreciate y'all man. Thank you, and I'm out man. Y'all have a good day too, man Thank you. Appreciate it. AJ. I see y'all