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Have You Thought About Bullet Charts Today?

February 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Information Design

Well, neither have I … but other people are. Here are some links for those of you interested in creating bullet charts. But first, an example of a bullet chart – Bullet Graphs for Not-to-Exceed Targets – Business Objects’ Bullet Graphs: A Good Idea, Implemented Poorly – Holiday Goodies – Google Chart API Challenge Charts [...]

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Public Prediction Markets Heuristic Review: Yahoo’s Tech Buzz Game

May 28th, 2006 · Comments Off · Prediction Markets

Who Is … Yahoo’s Tech Buzz Game, run by Yahoo Research, co-sponsored by O’Reilly Media, and based on NewsFutures technology, is a “fantasy prediction market for high-tech products, concepts, and trends.” Stock prices adjust based on trader buying or selling of the stock, and then the price is periodically re-aligned with its Buzz Score, which [...]

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Public Prediction Markets Heuristic Review: Smarkets

May 15th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Prediction Markets

Who Is … As the help section says: “Smarkets was created by Steve Odom as an experimental prediction market.” Traders can buy or “short” stock in Amazon products, and prices are determined by their Amazon sales rank. (Aside. I fully realize that shorting a contract on Smarkets, like on HSX, is not shorting in any [...]

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Public Prediction Markets Heuristic Review: CrowdIQ

May 9th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Prediction Markets

Who Is … CrowdIQ is new player in the information market field, and it has all the markings of a “Web 2.0″ play: they use open, REST APIs, the content is user generated, they have a low profit motive, no VC, they sport a blog, and they integrate with Google AdSense (market operators can get [...]

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