Tag Archives: software packages

Exchange for trading digital bits

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

New York Times You would trade both the bits and the way the software packages deal with those bits —the problem is that you need standards. -

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BetFair Developer Program use Joomla! as their blog software (and CMS).

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

“How do you know that, Chris?” Easy. The distracted BetFair guy who manages their blog forgot to give it a name, so the name that appears in my feed reader is, “Powered by Joomla!”. Another prediction market firm (located in … Continue reading →

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In a Google search of five keywords or phrases representing the top five news stories of 2007, weblogs will rank higher than the New York Times’ Web site.

Posted on February 5, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

The blogs won the bet. In a Google search of five keywords or phrases representing the top five news stories of 2007, weblogs will rank higher than the New York Times’ Web site. The bet has been expired on the … Continue reading →

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New information technologies for the friends of prediction markets?

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

My opinions on three recent IT announcements: — #1. GOOGLE KNOLS – Bullshit. There is no tapping into the wisdom of crowds —contrary to Wikipedia. Why would Robin Hanson (for instance) write on prediction markets for a Google-owned webpage when … Continue reading →

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Blogging Software = Freedom to write in any form and shape you want

Posted on October 27, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Harvard University professor Edward Glaeser: [...] Blogs and columns are quite different, and The Marginal Revolution illustrates what can make blogs exciting. Mr. Cowen and his collaborators post to the website with astonishing regularity. Their blog posts are often brief … Continue reading →

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How To Make Money With Prediction Markets

Posted on September 10, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

How To Make Money With Prediction Markets — Speculating On The Real-Money Prediction Exchanges (Betting Exchanges) Beware that it requires skills, knowledge, wisdom and velocity to be profitable, on the long term. – List of the main real-money and play-money … Continue reading →

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Software for Internal Prediction Markets – InTrade-TradeSports? – BetFair? – Google?

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

If these firms decided, one day, to make their software for prediction markets available for organizations’ internal use, then it would be “a great step for humanity”. P.S.: The problem is that the software vendors of “internet gambling” systems can … Continue reading →

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Software Programs for Forecasting + Vertical Directories

Posted on December 14, 2006 by Chris F. Masse

Since the field of forecasting does indeed encompass prediction markets, I would suggest to the prediction market software vendors to try to get indexed in this directory, Forecasting Principles. (There aren’t many software packages listed, I’m a bit surprised.) The … Continue reading →

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