Great piece in the NYTimes about Norman Mailer, William F. Buckley Jr., and the passing of intellectual America. ~alex
Entries Tagged as 'America'
Infographic: An Analysis of the Sub-Prime Mess
February 1st, 2008 · Comments Off · Financial Markets, Information Design
There’s a great piece in the FT today that suggests one reason why the sub-prime fallout took everyone by surprise. It’s pretty common to hear people say – “the models were all wrong” – but what does that mean? And why is it important? As the article makes clear, the models were wrong in assessing [...]
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Usable Country Day
January 21st, 2008 · Comments Off · Other Markets
For those who haven’t read (or listened to) Martin Luther King’s I Have A Dream speech, it is remarkable, and certainly worth reading not only for the quality of its content, but its metaphorical power. Martin Luther King Jr. made civil rights accessible in a way few have (or can) by communicating clearly the past, [...]
Tags:Alabama·America·bank·California·Colorado·Georgia·Lincoln Memorial·Lookout Mountain·Louisiana·Martin Luther King·Martin Luther King Jr.·Mississippi·National Park Service·Negro·New Hampshire·New York·Pennsylvania·Rockies·South Carolina·Stone Mountain·Tennessee
Need a Vacation Home? Just Wait 25 Years
January 20th, 2008 · Comments Off · Fun, Other Markets
Yes, I am an Economist fanboy. Tis true. But it’s hard not to be when they spot trends I’ve been thinking about for years. For example: For a while I’ve been saying that as soon as the baby boomers start (ahem) visiting their deceased relatives – long vacations, to be sure – they’ll be selling [...]
Tags:America·Brookings Institution·California·Dowell Myers·Florida·University of Southern California·William Frey
Compared To What?
January 14th, 2008 · Comments Off · Healthcare Markets, Information Design
One of my favorite pieces of advice from Edward Tufte is that when presenting data you must always ask the question: compared to what? To quote Tufte: To be truthful and revealing, data graphics must bear on the question at the heart of quantitative thinking: “Compared to what?”fromThe Visual Display of Quantitative Information Any logical [...]
YooNew On TechCrunch
January 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Prediction Markets, Usability
Yoonew is a fascinating little site. They are a futures market for event tickets, and the main focus right now is on the Super Bowl. I think you have to be a little nuts to drop $300 or so on the possibility that your team could make it to the Big Game, but I’m sure [...]
Trust Me, I Have Friends
October 31st, 2007 · 2 Comments · Financial Markets
Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sites have an enormous user experience (and market) problem: how to help lenders pick trustworthy people to loan to. Banks often have whole departments dedicated to this. How is your average (monied) internet dude and dudette supposed to sift the righteous from the chaff? This is not unlike eBay’s problem – how [...]
Tags:America·eBay·given social network·internet dude·Lending Club·matching algorithm·nifty social networking features·P2P·peer-to-peer·social networking features·style solutions·United Kingdom·United States·USD
I Wonder … IEM, InTrade, eBay, and McKinsey
April 22nd, 2007 · Comments Off · Prediction Markets
A recent trip to London has constrained my time somewhat, but there have been some interesting articles/events/reports that I’ve wanted to highlight. So, here goes. IEM Goes Mainstream So much gets posted on Midas Oracle that it’s easy to miss some juicy bits. This one, about the IEM running prediction markets on who will be [...]
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