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The reference post can quickly help you create an Automator workflow to convert HEIC images to JPEG. Reference How to Create a Mac Quick Action to Convert HEIC to JPG

When drafting my travel notes, I needs to modify lots of photos I took during the trip. Thus I started to dig again with ImageMagick . Lucky, I found this blog from Amy Tabb that achieves exactly what I am proposing to do. Here is a example code snippet of adding watermark to an image via imagemagick. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 # step 0 - get all available font list convert -list font > fonts....

Last week, I am been encountered into the problem of allocating resource between different teams. Here is a quick guideline: Understand implications between different teams, and priorities. Work with stakeholders, run through all the options with them, and see if people agree or not. Keep the decision transparent. Don’t be helpfully unhelpful. Always generously providing support will lead others blind on their actual problem. Reference Float: Resource Allocation: 6 Steps Every Project Manager Should Know

TL;DR Early preparation and repeat communications are the keystones for high team engagement. A 2-days Hackathon is a good balance between team engagement, project complexity and business outcome. Sponsorship from external vendor is not essential, but good to have. Clear schedule and timeline will help all participant around when to do what. A Hackathon theme is necessary to guide team participations, even just ‘Have Fun’ is a good one. Post Hackathon communication is as IMPORTANT as the Hackathon event itself, especially for these who didn’t participant this time....