Monthly Archives: March 2009

“Chris F. Masse is a Fraud.”

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

“Chris F. Masse is a Fraud.” http://www.chrismasse.com/ Via mister Cowgill. UPDATE: The website is down, now. The text has been republished here.

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Google horror story

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Here.

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What Panos Ipeirotis didn’t tell you

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Panos Ipeirotis depicted my activism to blog about the tone of the news article on enterprise prediction markets published by The Economist —and its implications. The takeaway that his readers will get is that Chris Masse is on caffeine. The … Continue reading →

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Al Gore’s activism at work

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Will the .eco top level domain name be approved by ICANN?

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Mechanical Turk grades The Economist’s news article on enterprise prediction markets

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Panos Ipeirotis: Well, the average was a 5.8/10, meaning that the average detected sentiment was pretty much neutral with some hints on positivity. I acknowledge this result, brought to us by research scientist and university professor Panos Ipeirotis… who, 5 … Continue reading →

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Enterprise prediction markets… the next big thing —not.

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Niall O’Connor: A previous Economist article, that I have archived, spoke of how Napster was revolutionising the music industry. Another one, called Betfair a radical upstart. A recent article on Hulu discussed how it was “online videos new model.” By … Continue reading →

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What’s the big deal about the fluff on prediction markets in The Economist?

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Michael Giberson

Chris Masse has posted several times about the recent piece on prediction markets in The Economist. Among his recent grand pronoucements: “If you are a prediction market consultant, and have nothing to say about the negative piece from The Economist, … Continue reading →

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John Stewart unloads on CNBC… and Jim Cramer.

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c CNBC Gives Financial Advice Daily Show Full EpisodesImportant Things With Demetri Martin Political HumorJoke of the Day Video via Felix Salmon – The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – … Continue reading →

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Opacity versus Openness

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

There is much lying going on in the field of EPM software vendors. – They lie about the people they hire —many of the new employees are in fact part-time (at best). – They lie about their customers —some of … Continue reading →

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On second thought… I think Twitter is a great tool. It will enhance our global civilization. I am late to the Twitter party, I know, I know. I have just come the realize the immense value of Twitter after reading this:

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Chris F. Masse
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