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Tag Archives: Internet Usability
How do traders like (or dislike) the new Hollywood Stock Exchange?
Hollywood Stock Exchange Don’t expect Alex Kirtland to ask the tough and harsh questions, of course. (Our good friend Alex sells web usability services. His goal is to make friends.) The main bit of criticism seems to be that the … Continue reading
The redesign of the Hollywood Stock Exchange website
… as seen by our good friend Peter Seed. Interesting take.
Usability take of the day for collective forecasters
“It’s time to show most passwords in clear text as users type them.”
Posted in Internet Usability
Tagged Internet Usability, Jakob Nielsen, masking passwords, passwords, usability
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P2 = a revolution in blogging
As I told you the other day, I am very impressed by P2, a new interactive WordPress theme. I have not selected it for Midas Oracle (I chose WP FrameWork), but I think that P2 will influence a lot of … Continue reading
What prediction markets can learn from Twitter — REDUX
S-I-M-P-L-I-C-I-T-Y + C-U-S-T-O-M-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N Twitter is a very simplistic core. Around that core is a whole ecosystem that adds value to Twitter. You have a large choice of “Twitter clients”, and there are plenty of websites out there that complement the … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Internet Usability, Inventions & Innovations, Software
Tagged design, Internet design, Internet Marketing, Internet Usability, marketing, prediction markets, simple, simplistic, Twitter, usability, web design, web marketing, Web usability
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What prediction markets can learn from Twitter
S-I-M-P-L-I-C-I-T-Y If betting and trading were as simple and elegant as twittering (think of it as the anti-BetFair case), then we would be able to convert the whole Planet Earth to using and checking prediction markets —providing that prediction markets … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Industry), Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Internet Usability, Inventions & Innovations
Tagged design, Internet design, Internet Marketing, Internet Usability, marketing, prediction markets, purple cow, purple cows, remarkable products, simplicity, Twitter, usability, web design
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The Iowa Health Prediction Market is usable for the probability seekers.
Iowa Health Prediction Market Swine Influenza Prediction Markets I like how they use icons, and the way they display probabilities on that page. It is clear, and we can get the info real quick. Emile tells me that IHPM was … Continue reading
Smarkets want to attract bettors that are (allegedly) scared to death by BetFair’s complexity.
Smarkets TechCrunch Geek’n Rolla Pitch from Smarkets on Vimeo. Download this post to see the embedded video above —if your feed reader doesn’t show it to you. Smarkets – Blog post
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship, Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Internet Usability
Tagged BetFair, Betting, betting exchanges, bettors, complexity, event derivative exchanges, event derivative markets, Internet Usability, Jason Trost, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, simplicity, Smarkets, traders, trading, usability, videos
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Enterprise prediction markets: Usability innovation is the answer.
This past week, The Economist wrote on the yet-unfulfilled promise of prediction markets. At CrowdCast (ex-Xpree), we believe prediction markets are not yet mainstream because the current solutions are built on mechanisms designed for the stock market, not for the … Continue reading
Posted in All Best Posts Ever, All Guest Authors's Posts, Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Consulting, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Inventions & Innovations, Software
Tagged accuracy, Collective Intelligence, corporate prediction markets, CrowdCast, enterprise prediction markets, innovations, internal prediction markets, Internet Usability, inventions, Mat Fogarty, Prediction Market Software, prediction markets, private prediction markets, software for prediction markets, usability, wisdom of crowds
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InTrade and BetFair make it impossible for me to show you the expired charts on the Oscars 2009.
- UPDATE: Correction. Even though the Oscars 2009 is now a past event (it is midnight time, Pacific Time), InTrade has the prediction markets listed in their live section. Bizarre. They are still open. I wonder whether that means that … Continue reading