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- Central banks should set up prediction markets. — [LINK]
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Monthly Archives: December 2010
The redesign of the Gawker Media sites
Their focus is not on generating pageviews but on attracting (and retaining, I guess) new readers. – http://gawker.com/ – http://beta.gawker.com/ – Nick Denton interviewed by Henry Blodget @ Ignition – Felix Salmon on Gawker Media
Posted in Business, Business & Economic Models, Internet Strategy, Journalism
Tagged audience, Business, Gawker, Gawker Media, Henry Blodget, Ignition, Internet sites, Journalism, journalists, Media, media organizations, news media, news sites, Nick Denton, The Internet, web sites, websites, world-wide web
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Ron Paul: We need a WikiLeaks on the Federal Reserve. – [VIDEO]
Any comment Caveat Bettor?
Posted in Finance, News, Politics
Tagged Ben Bernanke, currencies, currency, Federal Reserve, Money, money creation, Politics, printing money, Ron Paul, US dollar, US government, US politics, WikiLeaks
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Tyler Cowen on what happens when human neurodiversity meets information technology – [VIDEO]
Tyler Cowen believes that the economy of the future will be increasingly of the mind, ordering the mind’s contents in new and unique ways. Tyler Cowen hates stories.
James Gosling speaks. – [VIDEO]
About the future of Java: James Gosling is “the father of Java”.
Posted in Information Technology
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Great interview of WordPress’s Matt Mullenweg
The interviewer asks all the good questions.
Posted in Business, Business & Economic Models, Information Technology, Software
Tagged Automattic, blogging, blogs, CMS, content management software, content management systems, Internet sites, Matt Mullenweg, open-source software, sites, Software, The Internet, web sites, websites, WordPress, world-wide web, WP
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Jed Christiansen is taken hostage by the Soviets.
Free Jed Christiansen…!!… So, he can blog again on prediction markets… and pump up the hype.
Why the neo-con term “freedom fries” never stuck – [VIDEO]
An academic point about the language… but also some good jokes at the end of her segment.
Posted in Humor, Politics
Tagged France, Freedom, freedom fries, French, French people, Humor, jokes, language, liberty
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Rand Paul soon on US Senate = a good thing for the libertarian message (lot more TV appearances starting 2011) – [VIDEO]
Posted in News, Philosophy, Politics
Tagged entitlements, Freedom, governments, libertarianism, libertarians, liberty, public debt, public deficit, Rand Paul, retirement, social security, taxes, US budget, US deficit, US government, US Senate
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John Stossel on WikiLeaks – [VIDEO]
Julian Assange is charged for “sex by surprise”. What a bunch of Swedish baloney.
Posted in News, Philosophy, Politics
Tagged CIA, disclosure, Freedom, governments, John Stossel, liberty, secrets, US government, WikiLeaks
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The Third International Conference on Prediction Markets
The Third International Conference on Prediction Markets Nottingham, United Kingdom