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Before He Trades Video
This tongue-in-cheek music video, called "Before He Trades," re-makes a popular Carrie Underwood song as a trading reminder. Here is the direct link. From John Carter.
New Imaging Tools Will Change How You Access Information
Photosynth is a new technology from Microsoft. It is software that could transform the way we look at digital images. Using still photos (and more), Photosynth builds a breathtaking new form of composite image, and lets us navigate them. This service turns multiple photos of a scene or site — say, an art gallery or
An Early Sign of Economic Recovery?
I got to visit the Cowboys' new $1.1 Billion Dollar stadium, which opens next year. It is a lot bigger than the model in this picture. There is a lot of development happening here in Texas. Part of it is because of Oil & Gas money. I suspect that part also is an early sign
Weekly Commentary through August 22, 2008
The bullish arguments are that we still have a series of higher lows off the July bottom; and that the market is performing relatively well in the face of negative news. The bearish arguments are still almost everything else. On Friday, Oil was down 5 percent — great news? Not quite, it was still up
iPhone App (Hoax?)
This video is spreading quickly, and though speculation is that it is a mock-up, I found it to be quite compelling. Somehow I get the sense that it demonstrates a sliver of what's to come. My guess is that we will start to see data visualization applications, using similar technologies, that will enable users to
LiveScribe - All Things Fit to Print
I got a new gadget. It is a Livescribe pen that records both what it hears and what you write. From a small sample of using it about a dozen times so far, I am impressed; Livescribe works great, and delivers immediate benefit at meetings and seminars. I use it to review conversations and brain-storming