March 2008
19 posts
The state of our digital union
This morning’s social media breakfast and other recent conversations (Scoble on Tue night) have convinced me to start collating data and opinions on the state of our digital union. Stay tuned !
Jumping on the FriendFeed wagon
After hearing everyone, including Scoble in-person last night, give FriendFeed a big thumbs up I figured I should give it a try. Find me at : http://friendfeed.com/fredericguarino I’ll report back on how FF works for me as a user. James Gillmore aka FaceySpacey made an interesting comment on FB last night and asked why/when FF would add HelloText.com to its feature sets. PS :...
Japan: URL's Are Totally Out →
riordan: (via Waxy) Very innovative indeed ! Let’s see who takes the plunge first in the US market
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Check out NoNeck's latest videoblog on becoming a... →
I met NoNeck on March 16 at BarCampNYC3 and am slowly taking in the sheer awesomeness of his projects and general outlook on life. Check out his site and spread it forward !
Rick Astley tracked down and gives his thoughts on... →
(via riordan) i for one remember Rick Astley in his heyday -)
Robert Feinberg on the roots of the current... →
excerpt : “We have lapsed into a kind of mercantilist/feudal model. It is similar to the Dutch East India Company that was government sponsored and traded with the backing of the government. The only entity that can compete with a GSE is another GSE. We have tended to multiply them because the GSE has become the answer to every problem that crops up.”
The Week That Shook Wall Street - great reporting...
Amazing must-read Page One article from wsj.com on the fall of Bear Stearns (will try to find a non-premium access page) : - ” Bear Stearns’s board of directors was whipsawed by the rapidly unfolding events, in particular by the pressure from Washington to clinch a deal, says one person familiar with their deliberations. “We thought they gave us 28 days,” this person...
Why is Greenspan not being called on his...
Granted I’m posting on Tuesday about a weekend FT article but it’s worth reading Alan Greenspan’s column “We will never have a perfect model of risk”. Some choice excerpts: “The most credible explanation of why risk management based on state-of-the-art statistical models can perform so poorly is that the underlying data used to estimate a model’s structure are...
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Great post and comments at Lazerow.com on... →
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NY Tech scene is alive and well ! MashMeetNYC and...
To anyone who’s doubting it or still has a chip on the shoulder vis a vis our West Coast friends by the bay, the NY Tech scene is alive and well and bustling (even in the first months of a recession) ! Great local ideas/companies keep getting funded and the energy level remains sky-high (fingers crossed). Friday night the Mashable crew put together an amazing MashMeetNYC with a great...
NY State in limbo as Spitzer hasn't resigned...
What can be added to the non-stop coverage of the Spitzer train wreck since yesterday afternoon but utter disbelief as he still has not resigned ! I’m all for the “private matter” angle except if you’re Eliot “I’m a Steamroller” Spitzer, holier amongst the holies…. It’s 5.30pm EST, 24 hours after the NY Times’ bombshell...
BarCampNYC3 is coming March 15-16 ! →
BarCampNYC3 is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees. The event doesn’t cost any money, but there is a price: all attendees must give a demo, a session, or help with one. Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn are welcome and...
Boeing vs. EADS and the $40 billion contract - a...
In a stunning upset, the US AirForce decided to award a $40 billion refueling fleet contract to a consortium of Northrop Grumman and European contractor EADS. Boeing, the incumbent contractor, can appeal the decision. A few comments on this incredible news: - For the same refueling bid, Boeing was fined for corruption of an AirForce buyer (Darleen Druyun who was sentenced to jail time) and had...
The Deutsche Post & the French employers union...
Huge scandals have surfaced in Europe’s largest economies in the last few weeks, Germany and France. Deutsche Post’s highly paid CEO is guilty of tax evasion and Germany’s tax authorities are pressuring Lichtenstein’s banks to open their books. France’s employer union/lobby was due to pay 1.5 million euro in retirement to an executive guilty of million-euro cash...
1 more from The World-Japanese scientists are designing an 8cm heat resistant paper airplane to be flown back to Earth from the ISS-will …
Tonight's US primary results
The MSM, blogosphere and Twitter will be a-flutter with election results tonight on what could be the tipping point for this election cycle. Having been in France for a few days and just catching up today, it’s interesting to see predictions and analyses of the next phase in what has so far proved to be a fascinating primary season. Whatever comes out of tonight, the best summary of...
