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The software I use on my MacBook Pro 17″

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

If you use some great software packages (utilities or applications) missing in this list, let me know. Thanks. Appreciated. Operating Systems: Linux – Ubuntu – Apple Macintosh OS – Apple iPhone OS – MicroSoft Windows Open-Source Software Packages: Open-Source Software … Continue reading →

Posted in Information Technology | Tagged Apple, applications, Information Technology, iPhone, Linux, Macintosh, Macs, Microsoft, PCs, Software, Windows | 7 Comments

I am going to switch from MicroSoft Windows to Apple Macintosh OS.

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

The biggest mistake I made in my life was to stick for too long to MicroSoft Windows. I should have switched to Apple Macintosh OS (or, alternatively, Linux Ubuntu) long ago. I am going to buy a MacBook Pro 17″, … Continue reading →

Posted in Information Technology, Inventions & Innovations, The Internet | Tagged Apple Macintosh OS, Linux, MacBook Pro, MicroSoft Windows, Ubuntu, usability, user experience, Windows 7, Windows Vista | 5 Comments

Justin Wolfers should have his own Wikipedia entry.

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Any Wikipedian out there willing to start off his page? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Wolfers – Robin Hanson, Tyler Cowen, Steve Levitt, and even Don Luskin and Robert Scoble, have their own Wikipedia entry. Why not Wolfers???… I realized that when I updated my … Continue reading →

Posted in Midas Oracle Administration, Resources - References | Tagged Acknowledgments, author, co-author, Discover Your Inner Economist, Don Luskin, Donald Luskin, economist, Eric Zitzewitz, Free Software Foundation, Friedrich August Von Hayek, Google, information aggregation tool, James Surowiecki, Justin Wolfers, Linux, Midas Oracle, prediction markets, Professor, Robert Scoble, Robin Hanson, Steve Levitt, Tyler Cowen, Vernon Smith, Web Consortium, Wikipedia, Yahoo! | Leave a comment

Do Google’s enterprise prediction markets work? — Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google – (PDF file – PDF file) – by Bo Cowgill, Justin Wolfers, and Eric Zitwewitz – 2008-01-06 – VIDEO — Bo Cowgill on Google’s enterprise prediction markets — O’Reilly Money:Tech … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Analysis (Market Efficiency), Analysis (Meta), Business, Cases, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged accuracy, active trader, advanced researcher, anonymous trading, architect, Bo Cowgill, CDA model for their markets, CEO, Chief Economist, computer-aided facility management systems, corporate applications, corporate prediction markets, crowd-wisdom applications, demographic networks, Doug Banks, economist, efficieny, Enterprise prediction market consultant, enterprise prediction markets, Eric Schmidt, Eric Zitwewitz, Eric Zitzewitz, event derivative markets, event derivatives, gas prices, Google, Google Using Prediction, Google's enterprise prediction markets, Google's prediction exchange, Google's prediction markets, GPS, Hal Varian, high profile applications, Ilya Kirnos, implicit social networks, internal prediction markets, James Surowiecki, Jed Christiansen, Justin Wolfers, language networks, Linux, Michael Giberson, open-source software, Patri Friedman, Piaw Na, prediction markets, Prime Minister, Private, private prediction markets, real estate management group, Robin Hanson, Social Networks, social/professional networks, software engineers, software-and-consulting model, the New York Times, Tim Harford, Trader, ubiquitous communication technology, United States, USD, value applications, Zubin Jelveh | 18 Comments

And the award for the most technology advanced software vendor goes to… the envelope, please…. QMARKETS in Israel. … [Cheers and applauses in the crowd.]

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Via Bo “Grandizer” Cowgill, QMarkets: Reliable Enterprise-Grade Software Qmarkets was written from day one as a site for massive use by a large number of users & organizations. As such, Qmarkets is fully scalable in design (relying on Drupal’s core … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Information Technology, Software | Tagged A-Plus, AJAX, Ajax Library, Apache, content management system, discussed technologies, Drupal, enterprise-grade site, Israel, JavaScript, Javascript Library, JQuery Javascript Library, LAMP, Linux, Open Source Technologies, PC Magazine, PHP, prediction markets, qmarkets, Reliable Enterprise-Grade Software, secure hosting services, Software, source technologies, telco-grade web sites, web server | Leave a comment

Can you think of another name to add in this list?

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Acknowledments – Friedrich August von Hayek (an economist who introduced, among other things, the concept of the market as an information aggregation tool in The Use of Knowledge in Society, and the 1974 co-winner of the Nobel Prize in economics); … Continue reading →

Posted in Midas Oracle Administration | Tagged author, co-author, Discover Your Inner Economist, Don Luskin, Donald Luskin, economist, Friedrich August Von Hayek, Google, information aggregation tool, James Surowiecki, Linux, Midas Oracle, prediction markets, Professor, Robin Hanson, Steve Levitt, Tyler Cowen, Vernon Smith, Yahoo! | 1 Comment

BETFAIR SOLUTIONS DIRECTORY WEBSITE REVEALS THE LITTLE TRUTH THAT THE PREDICTION MARKET PEOPLE KNEW FROM DAY ONE —THAT IS, SINCE 1988… 19 YEARS AGO FROM TODAY.

Posted on December 11, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair Solutions Directory: BinarySoft BDIâ„¢ is a revolutionary new way to trade on Betfair. It uses binary prices, which are much better suited for trading than decimal odds and are also the most natural and intuitive way of expressing odds. … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Meta), Software | Tagged BetFair, BinarySoft, In Force, Java, Linux, Mac OS X, Market Trading, MicroSoft Windows, operating system, Praktica V2.1 Digital Camera, prediction markets, TradeFair, windowing system | 2 Comments

The PopSci PPX prediction exchange organizes many socially valuable play-money prediction markets.

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Popular Science – PopSci’s PPX: Consumer Tech and Entertainment SYMBOL NAME PRICE CHANGE % CHANGE APPLEPC iPhone Increases Apple’s Computer Market Share 52.00 1.00 1.96 BLUBY09 Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD Format War 73.75 -0.75 -1.01 DRMRIP Major Record Labels Drop DRM … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged Alli, Diet Drug Alli, India's Manned Mission, Internet radio, iPhone, Linux, location, Mac OS X, Major, Major U.S. Hurricane, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Football League, North America, Olympics, ORION NASA's Orion, Record Labels Drop, soccer, SPCHOTL Space Hotel, Stem Cells, United States, V-22 Osprey, Viacom, Web Trends | Leave a comment

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

HandBrake

Posted in Information Technology | Tagged Linux, MicroSoft Windows, MPEG-4 | Leave a comment

The New Hampshire bloggers + Their X Group at Inkling Markets… or is it really??

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

In his interview with Don Marti of Linux World, Adam Siegel of Inkling Markets mentioned a “New Hampshire” group blog that drives traffic to its DIY political prediction markets. – Blue Hampshire – A progressive online community for the Granite … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), X Groups | Tagged Adam, Adam Siegel, Chris Masse, Don Marti, Linux, New Hampshire, online community | Leave a comment

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