Monthly Archives: December 2010

Julian Assange interviewed by John Pilger – [VIDEO]

John Pilger in conversation with Julian Assange from John Pilger on Vimeo.

Posted in Journalism, News, Philosophy, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The contract is designed so that it is almost impossible not to break the Google rules.

- “If your subscribers are clicking on adverts and not buying, then you are in breach.” – Disabled Account FAQ – AdSense Help. – The debate on “Sacked by a Google algorithm”.

Posted in Ethics, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Barack Obama re-election prediction market – [PREDICTION MARKET CHART]

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics, Predictions - Forecasts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Apple will be the number one platform for a long time from a developer perspective, they have gotten so many things right. And they know what they are doing and they call the shots.

“Android is growing, but it’s also growing complexity at the same time. Device fragmentation not the issue, but rather the fragmentation of the ecosystem. So many different shops, so many different models. The carriers messing with the experience again. Open … Continue reading

Posted in Business, Information Technology, Inventions & Innovations | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

John Tierney won a $5,000 bet with Matthew Simmons.

“I called Mr. Simmons to discuss a bet. To his credit –and unlike some other Malthusians– he was eager to back his predictions with cash. He expected the price of oil, then about $65 a barrel, to more than triple … Continue reading

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Betting, Prediction Post-Mortem, The Global Economy | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sometimes, hard work doesn’t necessarily equal success. – [VIDEO]

Organizational Behavior Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer: “Your peers are sometimes your competitors.”

Posted in Business, Business Administration, Psychology | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

New York cultural periodical the Village Voice has named @discographies, an anonymous Twitter account that publishes 140-character reviews of the life work of musicians and bands, as its music critic of the year.

Sign of times. @Discographies.

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A great website with plenty of videos about art

http://www.artbabble.org/ [Download this post to watch the embedded video, if your feed reader does not show it to you.]

Posted in Art | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Circumcision of babies should be forbidden by law. – [VIDEO]

Circumcision is an abomination.

Posted in Ethics, Politics, Science | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

10 questions for Ray Kurzweil – [VIDEO]

Posted in Inventions & Innovations, The Global Economy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment