Monthly Archives: July 2009

Can a prediction market game replace a series of meetings?

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

That was Justin Wolfers’s idea, some years ago, if you remember. Now, Adam Siegel of Inkling Markets is reviving the idea. I am only partially convinced.

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CrowdCast did duck Midas Oracle’s questions. Maybe they are afraid of us.

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

We asked: Does the CFO Magazine writer misinterpret the outputs of the CFO Prediction Market (which is powered by CrowdCast)? And then CrowdCast deployed their best effort to pedal in the mayonnaise and ignore the issue. Previously: CrowdCast = Collective … Continue reading →

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Financial Betting Overview

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Chris F. Masse
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Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2009

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2009 Via Hutch Carpenter Addendum: Hype Cycle for Social Software, 2009 I’ll try to get my hand on that one.

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Aquarium + Music

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Kuroshio Sea – The 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world Song is “Please don’t go” by Barcelona.

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BetFair’s chart widgets don’t go into feeds.

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Why the fuck would bloggers embed BetFair’s chart widgets if their blog readers can’t see these charts when using feed readers (like Google Reader)? Once again, we can see plainly the incompetence of the BetFair team when it comes to … Continue reading →

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The Yahoo!–MicroSoft deal

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Yahoo! = AOL

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If you are wondering about my new avatar…

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Mad Men YourSelf I indeed wear eyeglasses. However, I don’t have curly hair, but it looked better that way. I didn’t like the other hair propositions. Didn’t look cute enough.

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The one word missing in BetFair’s Michael Robb’s résumé

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Michael Robb @ LinkedIn: Summary I am a communications professional with a broad mix of experience. My strengths include media relations, campaign management, corporate communications, digital communications and creativity. Specialties Print, online and social media, digital and online PR, corporate … Continue reading →

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Offering HubDub for free on one hand. — Trying to sell FanDuel on the other hand.

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Hi Chris, As a member of Hubdub who’s predicted sports in the past I wanted to let you know about a brand new fantasy sports game we’ve launched this week. It’s called FanDuel – and it lets you play Fantasy … Continue reading →

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