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Second Life Imitates Real Life, Triggers Real Estate Crash

April 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Lazy Blogger Blog Post, Virtual World Markets

Here’s a fun story from Reuters: Linden to increase land supply, drop prices.
(Okay, perhaps not a “crash,” but fun to say.)
~alex

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Interview: Gong Szeto of OptionsHouse

February 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Financial Markets, Information Design, Interviews

Mention Gong’s name in New York and most people know him as a premier designer, one of the guiding lights of Rare Medium (back in the day). Mention his name in Chicago and most people associate him with OptionsHouse, an up and coming retail options brokerage where he is the Director of Product Design. [...]

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HubDub Arrives

January 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Other Markets, Prediction Markets

There’s been a bit of a news storm about the launch of HubDub at the DEMO conference. And deservedly so. Much of the feedback from the prediction market industry watchers has been positive.
And I agree with their assessment. There is much to be said for HubDub. But perhaps the most important thing [...]

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Prediction Markets as Content, Part 2

January 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Prediction Markets

Back in April I started talking about how Prediction Markets will be part of many news organizations’ “citizen-generated” content strategy going forward.
To quote myself (which seems kind of a rude thing to do, doesn’t it …?):

It seems as if no self-respecting news organization can ignore the Web 2.0 movement these days. Many now have some [...]

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I Wonder … IEM, InTrade, eBay, and McKinsey

April 22nd, 2007 · No Comments · 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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When Zero is a Positive Number, And Other Fun

September 5th, 2006 · No Comments · Information Design, Usability

If there are unemployed information designers, it is a shame. Here is some of the tiny, yet annoying things I’ve come across on market information sites that could easily be improved by someone who understands some of the basics of information design, particularly interactive information design.
Lets start with a rather new entrant into the [...]

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