Archive for November, 2008

21Nov

Digg’s Recommendation Engine

Posted by Jeff as Blogs, web 2.0

We’ve been developing filtering technologies based on behaviors and expressed likes/dislikes. It’s hard stuff and one thing is evident, relying on a single mechanism or ideology for recommendations is a strategy fraught with risk. If you rely on active participants, people training the recommendation engine, you simply won’t get the data inputs necessary to deliver [...]

I couldn’t help but notice the symbolism of imported manufactured goods piling up in ports alongside piled up recycled goods destined for offshore ports to be made into finished goods. The symbolism being that at the same time the flow of goods is halting, so to is the flow of dollars leaving the American economy [...]

19Nov

Priorities

Posted by Jeff as Uncategorized

Two stories caught my attention this morning, the first is one about California state legislators traveling abroad while the Assembly and Senate were called into special session to deal with that massive budget crisis that California is in. These people sure do travel a lot… but seriously, do our state representatives really need to travel [...]

18Nov

I Am a Bond

Posted by Jeff as Uncategorized

Curious about bonds? Here’s a great little video that explains 4 basic types of bonds, Schoolhouse Rock style.

18Nov

#MotrinMoms

Posted by Jeff as Uncategorized

Johnson & Johnson took a stick and whacked a hornet’s nest over the weekend. They released a viral video ad featuring a story of a new mom using one of those sling devices to carry around her baby and how it was making her back hurt so she took Motrin (a J&J product) to relieve [...]

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18Nov

Deja Vu All Over Again

Posted by Jeff as Uncategorized

WTF, can’t these people use twitter to send out a message on planned maintenance… unless this wasn’t planned?

18Nov

Cuban PIPE

Posted by Jeff as Uncategorized

The linked post is a great explanation of the Mark Cuban insider trading case announced by the SEC yesterday. Also, it’s worth pointing out that this is a civil case as opposed to a Martha Stewart criminal variety that could result in jail time. While many no doubt would be pleased to see Cuban locked [...]

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17Nov

Live @ MS Online Live Launch

Posted by Jeff as Uncategorized

Microsoft is hosting a blogger roundtable today here in SF around the U.S. launch for their Online Services.

16Nov

Satellites

Posted by Jeff as Interesting Stuff, Wireless

Phoneflix has completely changed my interactions with Netflix. Now, wherever I am I can open it on my iPhone and manage my Netflix queue. It’s as random as while watching television or at the car wash or even sitting is a movie theatre watching previews. TweetDeck (and Thwirl before it) accelerated my twitter usage. Yammer’s [...]


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