Monthly Archives: August 2009

Who is FoolsGold?

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

That guy/gal left pretty smart comments on our good doctor Pennock’s blog… If you know who is FoolsGold, contact me.

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Listing Our Thinkers — Who should I add in the list?… Seeking your input…

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Midas Oracle = Internet Strategy + Collective Forecasting Our approach: Organic Marketing Objective Predictions Contact: cfm |-at-| midasoracle |.|-com-| Our Inspiration: Chris Anderson Michael Masnick Matt Mullenweg Matt Cutts Marissa Mayer Paul Graham Marc Andreesen Guy Kawasaki Seth Godin Robin … Continue reading →

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Prediction Markets and Public Policy: New ways to harness the wisdom of crowds

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Prediction Markets and Public Policy: New ways to harness the wisdom of crowds – (PDF file) – by Matt Burgess Victoria University and the Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation recently launched iPredict.co.nz, New Zealand’s first real money … Continue reading →

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Bookmark the links to the video posts on a social bookmarking service, and watch them when you’re at home, after work.

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

That would be my answer to this: Or you could download them from YouTube on a USB flash drive, and bring your memory stick with you, going home.

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Are IBM Smarter Cities prediction markets too smart for people?

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

IBM Smarter Cities prediction mechanisms 20 prediction lines Only one socially generated prediction is over 50%. UPDATE: The first version of this post used the term “prediction markets”, because that is how Spigit brands these mechanisms, but, on a closer … Continue reading →

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Simple Healthcare Observations

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Jason Ruspini

As always, Nate Silver does an excellent job of processing the news, but his recent analysis of government health insurance polling neglects a crucial part of the question: willingness to pay. Why take pains to accurately portray a public policy … Continue reading →

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French TV anchor will launch a collective forecasting website.

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Patrick Poivre D’Arvor (alias “PPDA”) is said to be planning a social prediction website. Will it be powered by a prediction market technology, or else? Mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma. UPDATE: A new play-money betting operator opens … Continue reading →

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InTrade still can’t spell “blogging”.

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

The InTrade “Gazette”

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Using Google Chrome browser to access BetFair

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

We are told to use: http://www.betfair.com/Index.do

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Why you should *not* install your business in Monaco

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

The Principality of Monaco (“une principauté d’opérette”) is not a place to do business: – Monaco has a single ISP, which has a legal monopoly. So, when that ISP is down, all the businesses are barred from operating online. Impossible … Continue reading →

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