Tag Archives: engineer

Mat Fogarty’s Xpree needs a mini Chris Hibbert.

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Company: Xpree – prediction market software Job Title: Senior Software Engineer Description: Xpree is a leader [*] in providing software to enable corporations to tap their collective intelligence.Â Using prediction market based technology , Xpree’s solution is a fun game … Continue reading →

Posted in Jobs - Careers - Hiring | Tagged architect, Chris Hibbert, DOM, engineer, experienced Software Engineer, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Prediction Market Software, prediction markets, Python, Ruby, Senior Software Engineer, United States, Unix system, web servers, Web services, XML, Xpree, XSLT, years software | 1 Comment

Proponents say the creativity and anonymous nature of a prediction market attracts respondents that would normally shy away from or ignore a traditional survey.

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Manufacturing Business Technology: [Adam] Siegel cites a real-world example of a router that contained a design glitch. Employees, including engineers, were asked about the number of critical bugs they thought existed in the product. “Some knew where the risks and … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Meta), Cases, Consulting, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged Adam, Adam Siegel, Chrysler, corporate prediction markets, engineer, enterprise prediction markets, Inkling, inkling markets, internal prediction markets, Manufacturing Business Technology, polls, prediction markets, private prediction markets, survey | Leave a comment

Robin Hanson is breaking the Internet.

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Via Gawker (which I’m paraphrasing), the New York Times warns us that there might not be enough Internet left for the rest of us! In a widely cited report published last November, a research firm projected that user demand for … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, The Internet | Tagged engineer, OvercomingBias, prediction markets, Robert Metcalfe, Robin Hanson, the New York Times | Leave a comment

A British man who bet Â£100 a decade ago that he would live to be 100 is preparing to pick up his Â£25,000 winnings this morning.

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

The Guardian: A man who bet Â£100 a decade ago that he would live to be 100 is preparing to pick up his Â£25,000 winnings this morning. In 1997 bookmaker William Hill offered Alec Holden odds of 250-1. But the … Continue reading →

Posted in Betting, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce | Tagged Alec Holden, Chris Dillow, engineer, GBP, Subliminal, Surrey, The Guardian, William Hill | Leave a comment

Google Reader vs. Yahoo! Pipes

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

I have raved many times here about Google Reader, so today it’s fair that I give a link to Yahoo! Pipes. (Especially since I said many times that My Yahoo! is complete crap.) I have not tested it yet —and, … Continue reading →

Posted in Information Technology, Resources - References | Tagged engineer, Google, JavaScript, Jeremy Zawodny, manipulation tools, Mike Linksvayer, online data sets, online data sources, Pipes, Unix, utilities using pipes, Web services, Yahoo! | 1 Comment

Sun MicroSystems Director: Thou Shall Blog.

Posted on December 30, 2006 by Chris F. Masse

Via Penelope Trunk, Tim Bray‘s Ten Reasons Why Blogging is Good For Your Career: 1. You have to get noticed to get promoted. 2. You have to get noticed to get hired. 3. It really impresses people when you say … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce | Tagged Director, engineer, Google, Penelope Trunk, Sun MicroSystems, technology adoption, Tim Bray | Leave a comment