Monthly Archives: March 2011

David Pennock on Predictalot — [LINK]

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

… in Freakonomics.

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Analysis (Meta), Collective Forecasting, Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Exchange & Market Designs, Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Mechanism Designs | Tagged bets, Betting, betting markets, David Pennock, event derivative markets, event derivatives, exchange designs, Freakonomics, market designs, Mechanism Designs, Predictalot, prediction markets | Leave a comment

Christchurch, New Zealand, as the 2011 quake hits — [INCREDIBLE PICTURE]

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in News, Science | Tagged 2011, Christchurch, earthquake, New Zealand, quake | Leave a comment

BBC on France, the French, French politics, and Nicolas Sarkozy — [VIDEO]

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Politics | Tagged BBC, France, French politics, information, News, Nicolas Sarkozy, Politics, the French | Leave a comment

Freedom ends when it comes to criticizing Islam. — [VIDEO]

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Read it all. Islam et menaces sur la liberté d'expression par enquete-debat

Posted in Politics | Tagged America, Cairo Declaration, censorship, Chariah, Chariah law, Europe, European politics, European Union, free expression, free media, free speech, Freedom, Islam, Islamic law, liberty, Media, Mohammed, Muslims, political correctness, Politics, religion, religions, United States Of America, US politics, world politcs | Leave a comment

I do not trust John Battelle. And I don’t need to know what my “friends” are doing near the spots I visit. — [RANT]

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

John Battelle: “Trust me on this.” I don’t trust him. His iPad predictions were way out of the stadium. As for “Color”, location does not matter much in my life. UPDATE: John Gruber confirms it’s crap. UPDATE: Confirmation, “Color” is … Continue reading →

Posted in Information Technology, Inventions & Innovations | Tagged Color, friends, geo-localization, John Battelle, location, locations, places, smartphones, social graph, social network | Leave a comment

The W.P. Carey School researchers proved that prediction markets could work as a model-selection tool… — [LINK]

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

… “and they also believe that such markets could become all the more powerful by replicating market trends, such as mirrored investing and program trading.“

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Analysis (Meta), Collective Forecasting, Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Economics, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged analysis, bets, Betting, betting markets, Economics, event derivative markets, event derivatives, prediction markets, Research | Leave a comment

The Android operating system is rotten to the core. — [INFOGRAPHIC]

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Trail of lawsuits related to Android (right-click for larger image):

Posted in Business, Information Technology, Inventions & Innovations | Tagged Android, copyright, Google Android, GPL, GPL licenses, intellectual property, lawsuits, operating systems, patents, Software | 9 Comments

Ian Ayres: Unlocking the power of incentives — [VIDEO]

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Ian Ayres on carrots and sticks:

Posted in Economics, Psychology, Research | Tagged Behavior, carrots, Economics, human behavior, human motivations, Ian Ayres, incentives, motivations, Psychology, sticks | Leave a comment

New York Times is going to fail, big time. — [CHART]

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Too expensive. More.

Posted in Business, Business & Economic Models, Business Administration, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Journalism | Tagged content, digital journalism, digital media, Internet content, Internet Marketing, Internet sites, Journalism, journalists, marketing, Media, News, news media, news sites, sites, websites | Leave a comment

Excellence and secrecy form the basis of Apple’s innovation culture. — [VIDEO]

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Business, Business & Economic Models, Business Administration, Inventions & Innovations | Tagged Apple, excellence, great products, innovation, innovations, innovative culture, inventions, new products, new software, Secrecy, secrets, Steve Wozniak, trade secrets | Leave a comment