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Re: Google’s cross-platform advertising strategy is in shambles

randomwalker — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:40:43 -0000

The expression is "X is a shambles," not "X is in shambles." Shambles is a singular noun in this context. Nobody uses that word anymore, but the expression has survived.

Re: The Price of my Dreams - $60 a Week

randomwalker — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:24:49 -0000

This is brilliant. My time is very valuable to me, and this is something I'm going to look into. For now, I've figured out how to make healthy food in just 3-5 minutes. And I save on grocery shopping time by stocking my fridge once in two weeks. And I make a trip to the sandwich shop down the street once a day. The down side is that it doesn't taste that great and I don't get as much vegetables as I should.

Re: DEMO 08: High tech hitchhiking appears, with Mapflow’s iPhone app

randomwalker — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:08:27 -0000

I wrote about this idea five months ago :) Props to Mapflow for commercializing this.

My take on what Mapflow will need to do to succeed.

Re: Polls vs Markets

randomwalker — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:22:57 -0000

In addition to what andy said, intrade *has* been getting tighter in the last few days -- it's now around 55-45 obama, not 60-40.

BTW, Andy -- a three point lead by itself doesn't mean much, you need to know confidence intervals to turn that into probabilities.

Re: Venture capital: Still white, still male, but getting better (maybe)

randomwalker — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:22:44 -0000

I did think an attraction to risk-taking behavior is a pretty important quality in a VC, but you know more about the subject than I do. I haven't even met with any VC's yet. And yeah, I have nothing to say on the subject of race.

I guess your last statement pinpoints where we disagree -- I say if some people are happier/more productive in some professions, let them be :-)

P.S Disqus needs some UI improvements! If I make a mistake logging in, it takes me to a registration widget and I lose my comment (unless I want to end up creating a second account). This is the second time :(