Intelligence For The Social Enterprise

Welcome Back BYTE BYTE -- It's time! BYTE, the most venerated tech media source of all time, is back! Authoritative, trusted and deeply technical, BYTE set the bar for tech coverage for decades. 5 Ways to Make Readers Give you their Sweet Comments Websites like Cracked and Listverse get more reaction from their audience than any other website on the internet. And why is that? Let’s face it, we all enjoy reading interesting and weird stuff about anything. While websites focused on designing and development, as compared to the most commented websites, are a little dry when it comes to discussions. Why? 1. SCHOPENHAUER'S 38 STRATAGEMS, OR 38 WAYS TO WIN AN ARGUMENT Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), was a brilliant German philosopher. These 38 Stratagems are excerpts from "The Art of Controversy", first translated into English and published in 1896. Carry your opponent's proposition beyond its natural limits; exaggerate it. The more general your opponent's statement becomes, the more objections you can find against it. The more restricted and narrow his or her propositions remain, the easier they are to defend by him or her. Use different meanings of your opponent's words to refute his or her argument.

First 'true' quantum calculation performed An international research group has for the first time demonstrated a quantum algorithm that performs a true calculation, without needing to know the answer before the start. The team's 'phase estimation algorithm', they say, is a central quantum algorithm which achieves an exponential speedup over all classical algorithms. It's a key sub-routine of many other important quantum algorithms, such as Shor's factoring algorithm and quantum simulations. "Before our experiment, there had been several demonstrations of quantum algorithms, however, none of them implemented the quantum algorithm without knowing the answer in advance.

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4 Ways to Integrate B2B Social Media into Marketing Plans B2B marketers have long known that to succeed with social media they can’t view it as a stand alone campaign or tactic, but must integrate social media into their marketing plans. Here are four suggestions for doing just that. 1. Eat I was raised on the Standard American Diet and became a vegetarian in high school, at the age of 17. I survived on veggie burgers and grilled cheese until I got to college, where my artsy school offered vegetarian and vegan options every day in the cafeteria. This allowed me to maintain my diet while putting off actually learning to cook for another four years.

Webinar: Understanding the Hidden Power of the Social Customer « Radian6 - Social Media Monitoring and Engagement They are vocal. They want incentives. And when they’re looking for help, they want to hear from you. This is a social customer. In yesterday’s webinar with author Becky Carroll and our own David Alston, we explored this customer mindset and the opportunities they possess for growing your business. How to grow and use fresh herbs from your herb garden We are located at Grasmere, in the North West of England, as far North as Newfoundland, but with a mild damp climate, due to the Gulf Stream. We vary rarely have extremes of hot or cold.The soil is well drained. It's nearly midsummer right now, so it stays light till after 10pm and day breaks around 4 am, so there is lots of daylight, which the herbs love. At White Moss House I grow rosemary, sage, bay, lemon balm ( melissa) sorrel, chives, fennel lovage, marjoram ( oregano), apple mint, peppermint, sweet cicely, borage and lavender.

10 Secrets of the B2B Social Business Superhero 10 Secrets of the B2B Social Business Superhero Posted by Joshua Paul on Tue, Oct 11, 2011 @ 08:47 AM Spoiler Alert: I have it on good authority that true superheroes (the ones with superhuman powers) don’t really exist. Luckily, if you keep this fact under wraps, you can use the following social business superhero secrets to make you and your social business strategy look superhuman to your company and customers. Secret #1) Put Customers' Goals at the Center of Your Social Business Strategy