Business as an Investment
I finished my reading of Mike Maloney’s Guide to Investing in Gold and Silver, partially to get an idea of how he got started in the business of bullion. He’s actually had several businesses throughout...
View ArticleApple and Advertising
In the beginning, Apple Computer was a hobby in Job’s garage, advertised through computer hobby magazines. Dedicated hackers were busy building their community, and Apple was one of the hobby friendly...
View ArticleReviewing and Creating Job Applications
Today, the EECS department sent out a mailer which advertises 2 open positions to the Intro to Programming course, which I am teaching. When I asked the department if they had funding for the...
View ArticleNotes: Quantopian
The finance industry is very secretive. Not only about what they do (so to avoid strategy/capability leak to competitors) but also in who they are. Consequently it is difficult to get hired. The best...
View ArticleIdea: e-ink Poster
I’ve noticed that many companies are paying an enormous expense to have animated advertisements. They pay for huge billboard-sized signs bright enough to be seen during daylight. Previously, the...
View ArticleMy Career Forks
Over the past couple months, I’ve busied myself with finding offers of other employment. IMS (now Zodiac Inflight Innovations) has not given me the career growth that I initially anticipated. I find...
View ArticleGoogle Uprising
I had an interesting thought today as I was surfing the net about business culture and eXtreem Programming. I ran across a news item about Guido van Rossum finally finishing up a his first project...
View ArticleNotes: Bitcoin Exchange
Plan for an international fully electronic exchange. * Objectives - eliminate latency arbitrage . secretize info All bids submitted cryptographically? with market clearing at fixed intervals (once a...
View ArticleBidding to establish Terms of a Contract
As a preliminary, I feel obligated to mention that writing a contract only protects yourself on paper. The real world has such complexity, and with innumerate contingencies, that any contract will fail...
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