- The Devil's Lunchbox shop recently opened on Etsy selling "six-packs" of Crackadamia cookies for $25 plus shipping, but some question the value of a $4 cookie.
- The challenge is to convince customers that spending $25 for 6 cookies is a good value, when money is tight. Some suggestions include celebrating the high price as reverse psychology, comparing the cost to other expensive but less satisfying purchases, and using marketing strategies like contests and multi-level marketing to drive sales.
When you\'re committed to performance improvement and training and facing the most significant economic down-turn in decades, what do you do? Money is tight. Financing is tight. Companies are being forced to trim expenses, including people. Management is holding the line on any discretionary spending.
So, how do you make the most of the training dollars you do have .. and find funding when you don\'t.
When you\'re committed to performance improvement and training and facing the most significant economic down-turn in decades, what do you do? Money is tight. Financing is tight. Companies are being forced to trim expenses, including people. Management is holding the line on any discretionary spending.
So, how do you make the most of the training dollars you do have .. and find funding when you don\'t.
Superwise is a Time Reporting & Project Management tool for Project Oriented IT Companies, highly focused on the financial side of the project as well as resource utilization
Running With The Big Boys / ADI 2015 / Louisville, KYMartin Pazzani
The former VP Marketing for Smirnoff, Jose Cuervo, Black Velvet, Famous Grouse, Highland Park, and many other brands -- now a member of the craft distilling industry -- gives advice on effectively competing as a small craft distiller in a world of giant, global, mega-brands.
Up sh** creek without a paddle? Need a pedicure but don't want a human touching your feet? Like a bit of porn with your pizza?
You're in luck - there's a franchise to meet your needs. As you’ll see from this collection of 20 franchise concepts that made us go: “No! Surely not?” Then we checked them out and they all exist – or did exist until recently. Really.
Then again, ten or twenty years ago, we thought dog walking and washing franchises were wacky. Now they’re mainstream.
Do these kinds of franchises prove any viable business can be franchised, no matter how offbeat? Are they simply innovative and original – tomorrow’s dog washing franchises? Or are they exploitative, bringing discredit to the franchising industry as a whole?
We’ll let you be the judge.
A common criticism of franchising is that because it seeks to systemise and standardise, it can be too boring and beige. These franchises prove otherwise!
Superwise is a Time Reporting & Project Management tool for Project Oriented IT Companies, highly focused on the financial side of the project as well as resource utilization
Running With The Big Boys / ADI 2015 / Louisville, KYMartin Pazzani
The former VP Marketing for Smirnoff, Jose Cuervo, Black Velvet, Famous Grouse, Highland Park, and many other brands -- now a member of the craft distilling industry -- gives advice on effectively competing as a small craft distiller in a world of giant, global, mega-brands.
Up sh** creek without a paddle? Need a pedicure but don't want a human touching your feet? Like a bit of porn with your pizza?
You're in luck - there's a franchise to meet your needs. As you’ll see from this collection of 20 franchise concepts that made us go: “No! Surely not?” Then we checked them out and they all exist – or did exist until recently. Really.
Then again, ten or twenty years ago, we thought dog walking and washing franchises were wacky. Now they’re mainstream.
Do these kinds of franchises prove any viable business can be franchised, no matter how offbeat? Are they simply innovative and original – tomorrow’s dog washing franchises? Or are they exploitative, bringing discredit to the franchising industry as a whole?
We’ll let you be the judge.
A common criticism of franchising is that because it seeks to systemise and standardise, it can be too boring and beige. These franchises prove otherwise!
In the rush for likes, views, and followers, we are afraid to offend anyone. We play it safe. We want to be "well-liked". Trouble is, all the likes, fans and followers in the world don't amount to diddly squat without a legion of passionate advocates. We're living through the meh economy – a market is saturated with polite mediocrity. It's time to wake up. It's time to take a stand. It's time to transform ourselves, our companies and our causes. Your industry is due for a little upheaval. Seek out unsettling influences. Better yet: Be one. Let's create big red Kool-Aid Pitchers of awesomeness that makes our fans bust through walls and say "Oh hell yeah!"
This talk covers plenty of actionable ideas for spreading your ideas – from soundbites to powerpoints to social media to media relations. You'll leave with a head full of creative ideas, a spring in your step, and the fire in your belly rekindled.
A short description on how to generate more ideas until you reach your breakthrough idea.
Learn more about lean with The Joy of Standards, available on Amazon in paperback, Kindle and iPad (Kindle App).
https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Standards-problems-effort-problem/dp/1523372680
NCompass Live - August 4, 2021
http://nlc.nebraska.gov/NCompassLive/
Concerned about climate change but not sure what you can do? Help your library "go green" by leveraging the secret super power of small, rural and under-resourced libraries everywhere: the make-do mindset! Forget LEED building certifications, we’ll show you how your library can adopt systems that align your shoestring budget with tips on everything from sustainable programming practices, operational approaches, environmental partnerships, as well as easy (and cost-saving!) eco-friendly swaps based on the experience of one library’s mission to be a community leader in reducing its environmental impact.
Presenter: April Griffith, Library Director, Eureka Springs (AR) Carnegie Library.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
1. Devil’s Lunchbox Value Reframe Analysis Prepared by Boyband @ Global Strategery, Inc March 30th, 2009
2. The Situation Devil’s Lunchbox opened its Etsy “crack shack” on March 30 th , 2009. The shop features “six-packs” of Crackadamia™ cookies for $25 (plus shipping and handling). While overall excitement seems high, there are some people on the interwebs who seem to be questioning the value of a $4 cookie.
3. The Challenge In these tough economic times, how do we convince crazy peeps that forking over $25+ for 6 cookies is a good idea. A few well-thought ideas…
4. Shamelessly celebrate the Crackadamia™ as the world’s finest $4 cookie. This is a crazy, yet classic piece of reverse psychology. By championing a seemingly whack price point you actually end up creating more desire and talk-value for your product. Check out Carl’s Jr’s $6 burger for inspiration.
5. Remind people what they pay for other dumb stuff that isn’t even half as tasty. Sure, some people might balk at the very thought of 6 cookies for $25. But let’s consider some of the other options currently available online. Consider the following…
10. Compare your crack to other, more expensive kinds of crack. Crack is a delicacy. But this cookie crack is far more cost-efficient than other cracks currently on the market.
11. According to WikiAnswers, a large rock of crack cocaine costs $40, considerably higher than the cost of 6 Crackadamias™.
13. My sources tell me that getting a BJ from a crack ho on Interstate Ave in Portland, OR, can cost up to $50. Talk about a ripoff!
14. Reward your “crack hos” with the chance to win free crack. Think about throwing all commenters into a weekly pool for a free shipment of cracks.
15. Enable your readers to become crack dealers. Give your BMC fans the ability to put “order now” buttons on their own blogs. Dealers who drive the most traffic can be rewarded with free crack.
16. Open up your books. Drop some knowledge on people. Show ‘em that each Crackadamia™ is made with $1 in premium, raw materials.
