Oscar Barillas

Technology

Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) - How to Use Them and Why They Matter

Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) is a company strategy for setting goals and outcomes. OKRs increase alignment, transparency, and measurable outcomes.

Technology

Best Customer Help Desk Software 2020

Help desk software is a genre of tools that allow you to track and manage customer inquiries. This is a list of the best customer help desk software of 2020.

Biking

Types of Bikes: A Beginner's Guide

To educate beginners, I created this guide to explain the different types of bikes available to purchase.

Biking

Road Biking: China Camp to San Rafael

Brandon, Nick, and I biked China Camp to enjoy the outdoors and get some exercise. China Camp is one of my favorite places in the Bay Area.

Fintech

Want to Learn Payments? - Read Payments in the U.S.!

If you are interested in learning Payments, I highly recommend reading Glenbrook's Payments in the U.S. book to learn how all these systems work together.

Technology

Install Python 3 - A Beginner's Guide

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to install Python 3 on your computer. Python is a programming language that lets you work quickly and integrate systems.

Fitness

The Apple Watch changed how we exercise as a family

My parents' new hobby is to exercise and track their progress with the Apple Watch. They're able to track calories and see how far we walked as a family.

Fintech

Benefits of Becoming a Payment Facilitator (PayFac)

For SaaS companies and other technology providers, there are many key benefits of becoming a Payment Facilitator.

Technology

Best Free Icon Sets for UX and UI Design [2019]

In order to have a beautiful and functional platform or website, great attention has to be taken towards icons. These are the top resources to find icons for free.

Technology

Four Essential Products for UX Design [2019]

When designing a product or website, you want to have the right tools to help you get the job done faster. These are four products that are essential in any designer's toolkits for UX and UI design.

Fintech

Merchant Identification Numbers (MIDs) and their role in the Payment Industry

A Merchant Identification Numbers (MID) is a unique number or code provided to merchants by their payment processor.

Technology

TablePlus, a New Database Management Tool, is Awesome

Recently, I've been using TablePlus to run my queries. I've been pleasantly surprised by how easy to use TablePlus is. It's an awesome program and everyone should look into it. They offer a free version and a paid lifetime (perpetual) license.

What is a Payment Facilitator?

A Payment Facilitator is a service provider for merchant service prover that simplifies the merchant account enrollment process.

Food

IHOP's Coffee - Why is it so Good?

Every time I go to IHOP I'm always amazed by how good the coffee is. It's a controversial opinion but I honestly believe that IHOP's coffee is amazing.

Technology

Top Business Intelligence (BI) Vendors [Updated 2019]

This is a list of the top 20 Business Intelligence (BI) vendors in the market. This list is updated as of 2019 and includes a variety of small-large BI vendors. It's important to evaluate what use case you are looking to solve, as not all vendors will satisfy your needs.

Business Intelligence (BI) Tools - Build vs Buy

As a Product Manager or Business Leader, you often enter the world of Build vs. Buy when solving your business intelligence or reporting needs.

Travel

Marimba - Guatemala's National Instrument

The Marimba is a percussion instrument, similar to a wooden xylophone, played by two or more people. Growing up, I always listened to Marimba when I visited Guatemala.

Food

Costco's Viral Loop - The Ultimate Scavenger Hunt

Walking into Costco is almost like entering a scavenger hunt you didn't sign up for. Every turn in the labyrinth is designed to make you spend money on stuff you really don't need.

Technology

How to choose a business intelligence tool in 6 steps

In this post, we'll explore how to choose a business intelligence (BI) tool in 6 steps.

Technology

Wild Beyond by Strange Sevens - Game Review

In this post, I'm going to do a game review of one of my favorite games I'm currently playing, Wild Beyond. Wild Beyond is a new game released by Seven Studios that is really fun to play and battle against other individuals.

Wordpress

Use Let's Encrypt to encrypt your WordPress site

Here's a quick tutorial on encrypting your WordPress site using Let's Encrypt (free).

Tutorials

How to Quickly Plot Data with Python on your Computer

Here’s a quick tutorial on plotting data with python on your computer. Python is one of the easiest ways to plot and visualize data.

Travel

Trapped in Lake Tahoe? - Here's what to do when a Winter Storm Hits

You and your friends go to Tahoe for a day trip. Everyone is having a great time enjoying the slopes when a Winter Storm suddenly hits.

Travel

Yeti Presents - The Power of Story Telling

Yeti Presents is one of my favorite short stories I recently watched. In October 2018, I took a United Airlines flight to San Diego. I went down to San Diego to visit family and enjoy the sun.