In the “whatever can be transparent will be transparent (but not necessarily usable)” category we have this site from the UK: LIVE Alt Auction Search (ht to AltSearchEngines). Select the auction sites you’re interested in searching (alas, no eBay!), enter your keywords … … and off you go. Hunh? Not quite what I expected, but [...]
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Searching Across Auctions
March 28th, 2008 · Comments Off · Auction Markets, Usability
Tags:eBay·London·United Kingdom
Lazy Bloggers Blog Post: Things I’ve Read …
January 28th, 2008 · Comments Off · Lazy Blogger Blog Post
… that have been interesting. First, perhaps the most thoughtful (or at least, least shrill) recap on the New Hampshire / Clinton / Prediction Market hullabaloo: How to interpret prediction market results on elections An open (transparent) market in healthcare? Some good thoughts on the matter: Can openness transform health care? The Prism of User [...]
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 [...]
Goldilocks Doesn’t Live Here Any More
December 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off · Other Markets, Usability
In recent months the stock market bulls have used a powerful metaphor — that precocious little girl of fairy tale, Goldilocks — to help make their case that the market will continue to rise. Metaphors are always useful in arguments, and in this case the bulls have used a potent one freighted with meaning. As [...]
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