July 2009
6 posts
“While markets are supposed to ensure transparency by showing orders to everyone...”
– Traders Profit With Computers Set At HighSpped - NYTimes.com
One mistake I’ve seen repeated over and over again in this recession is the conflation of “deregulated” and “poorly regulated.” In my opinion, very few to none of our industries were deregulated to the point...
Week In Review
The last 7-10 days were pretty great all around, so I figured I’d recap it for those following along:
Finally found an apartment in Los Angeles for Colleen and myself. Colleen arrives in LA on the 21st and we move in on the 25th.
Went with my Dad to Germany where we stayed in a great hotel, drove the autobahn, and, most importantly, made the pilgrimage to Nurburgring for the F1 race....
Colleen Dilenschneider →
Colleen has started her own blog… and I like it!
She’s been writing a bit about non-profit stuff, which is an appreciated break from my standard tech news. If you’re interested in non-profits, museums, Colleen, etc, check it out.
AppStoreHQ gets a shout-out in the New York Times →
appstorehq:
We’re web guys to the bone, but there are a few old media outlets we pay attention to and the New York Times is top of the list. So we were understandably stoked to get a nice mention in today’s Gadgetwise:
“Of course, there is another option. Give consumers better tools to sort through the stores themselves. One stab at that is found at the Web site App Store HQ. In addition to...
Fast Company: Why the Microgrid Could Be the... →
Back in December, ‘08, I wrote about what I called the “P2P Grid.” This month’s Fast Company includes an article about the same concept, which is apparently taking off as the “microgrid.” Would love to see the government change their stance and put some pressure on utility companies to get this rolling.