Monthly Archives: April 2009

Robert Shiller: Insurance, hedging, risk management, efficiency, etc.

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

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The Wikipedia community is voting on migration to a new (anti)-copyright license.

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

As instructed by Mike Linksvayer at the Creative Commons foundation, I have just voted “YES“. Please, if you have done at least 25 edits on Wikipedia, go there and vote “YES”. Please, blog about your vote, and make sure all … Continue reading →

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Eric Crampton blogs…

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

… at “Offsetting Behaviour (because pedestrians matter too)”. As Canadian as the fish they open for you right at the table in that brand-new Canadian restaurant on Fifth Avenue. And spot the header image and give me a ring if … Continue reading →

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Google’s Marissa Mayer talks at Stanford.

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

AWESOME. I am watching the talks right now, and I am dowloading them thanks to Video Download Helper on FireFox. (I will later put them into MP4 thanks to MPEG StreamClip.)

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Other than AdWords, advertising does not work on the Web.

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

That what I thought when I first read that RickRolling / YouTube story.

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The truth about (enterprise) prediction markets

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Paul Hewitt: [...] In virtually every case, the prediction market forecast is closer to the official HP forecast than it is to the actual outcome. Perhaps these markets are better at forecasting the forecast than they are at forecasting the … Continue reading →

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When you ask for money, you get advice. And when you ask for advice, you might get money.

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Chris F. Masse
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Did the use of enterprise prediction markets by HP impress you?

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

It didn’t impress Paul Hewitt… UPDATE #1 — UPDATE #2

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How to kill Google’s (alledged) monopoly? = How to steal the collective intelligence fire from Google?

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Let me explain to you my headline. – As you all know, the print newspaper industry is contracting like a melting ice cube planted in the middle of the Sahara. – Many Old World’s thinkers put the blame on Google. … Continue reading →

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Max Keiser: “Je suis un artiste incompris.”

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Max Keiser: [...] What I think PirateMyFilm will bring to the copyright reform party is the idea that films and music can be collectively financed, i.e., crowd financed, with both the artistic creator and the art consumer participating in the … Continue reading →

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