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Entries from December 2010

China: A Workers Paradise? Economic Deniers Say “Yes”

December 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Economics

Sat next to a very nice and talented artiste/wordsmith at dinner tonight. In addition, this person was also a big fan of Michael Moore. As one could expect, the usual paradoxical inverse relationship between hours spent in academic/formal study of Macroeconomic theory and strength/rigidity of position on optimal resource allocation shone brightly. As one could […]

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Another Setback for Seattle Metro PR: The Beatings on Buses Continue

December 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

As someone who started riding Seattle Metro buses during the Nixon administration, and who even allows his own precious children to enjoy the joys of communal transport, I don’t want to overstate the danger presented by taking (or waiting for) the bus. If you look at the statistics, riding the bus in Seattle is no […]

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Robert Scoble on Geeky CEO’s: Right Idea, but It’s Data not Gadgetry that Matters

December 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Robert Scoble’s most recent post about technology and cars is thought-provoking but IMHO lacks what geeks are supposed to like most — and that is data. With that in mind, let me provide some documentation into why people buy cars, fully reinforced with supporting data backed by large sample sets and geeky things like regression […]

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Sundar Pichai on Chrome OS: Broad Innovation More Important Than Individual Product Success

December 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Sundar Pichai, Vice President of Product Management at Google was interviewed by Bloomberg TV today. In the brief piece, the Bloomberg people raise the issue of overreach by Google, and if free is the right price for an OS (Rob Enderle says no.) Pichai stresses the importance of innovating, and interestingly that “We completely expect […]

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