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Martha Stewart switches from TypePad to WordPress (the open-source blogging software that powers Midas Oracle).

Martha Stewart switches from TypePad to WordPress. When will Marginal Revolution and Overcoming Bias (both on TypePad) switch to WordPress? I want a prediction market on that.

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When your annual growth is +444%, you’re not a Red Herring anymore.

YOU’RE A BLUE WHALE, RATHER. — This is from Silicon Alley Insider. Top 10 Blogs for October 2007 (U.S., Home and Work) Please view in a fixed-width font such as Courier. +——————-+———-+———-+—————–+ | Site | Oct-06 | Oct-07 | Percent … Continue reading

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Open-Source Blogging Software

Read & Write Web (excellent blog name, by the way ): To understand why Six Apart is releasing an open source version of Movable Type, we need to briefly revisit its past. Movable Type was once the darling of the … Continue reading

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The real story behind Word Press that the Media won’t tell you.

Matthew Mullenweg, the founding developer of WordPress (the open-source blogging software that runs Midas Oracle): One thing I’ve noticed about talking to certain types of [Press], particularly mainstream, is that they have a pattern in mind before they write about … Continue reading

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Incite the free-market thinkers into practicing prediction markets.

Psstt… You know of “open-source software”, right? (Disclosure: Midas Oracle is powered by Word Press, an open-source blogging software.) But have you ever heard of “open-source projects”???? Any examples??? If yes, then please put a comment below and state URLs, … Continue reading

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Does open source make sense for prediction market software?

I don’t have a definitive answer —so here’s my hypothesis. As I wrote on this CFM webpage, I use open-source software for most of my needs. And the text I’m typing for this story is treated by the open-source blogging … Continue reading

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Should we believe traders who make the most money? – NO.

Should we believe traders who make the most money, relative to traders with good statistical forecasting scores? – NO. Yet another PM post over there, at Overcoming Errors dot com (where the main error is to focus on bias and … Continue reading

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Professor Robin Hanson does NOT have a blog. – But if ever he came to blogging, shouldn’t he be using an open-source blogging software?

I can’t believe that he chose a proprietary solution (TypePad). Professor Robin Hanson should put his actions in accordance with his big mouth. If he professes the Wisdom of Crowd, then he should use Word Press, Live Journal or DruPal. … Continue reading

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