February 2010
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The Hurt Locker Is Going to Win The Oscar for Best...
Regarding this post from last week, my classmates and I built a regression model that correctly predicted the Best Picture winner 82% of the time, beginning in 1970. According to our model, Hurt Locker is far and away the favorite, blowing Avatar out of the Pandoran sky.
Along the lines of New York’s “Seducing Oscar” cover story a few weeks ago, I also give Hurt Locker the...
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“Somehow you need to organize yourself so that, if someone steals your stuff,...”
– Jay Rosen, at the MBA Media & Entertainment Conference panel on “The New Business Model for News: A Look at New Emerging Revenue Models in Journalism”
Jay sat on this panel with Dick Tofel, former Asst. Publisher at the Wall Street Journal, now at ProPublica, and Nick Bilton from...
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“As money becomes completely digitized, infinitely transferable, and...”
– This month’s Wired cover story.
The Future of Money: It’s Flexible, Frictionless and (Almost) Free
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“To hear Jon Corzine tell it, Meg Whitman is either deceiving us or deceiving...”
– Romano/Hirsh on the rise of the CEO politician (via newsweek)
The MBA President (W) was a disaster. Clearly the CEO politician is as well. (via evangotlib)
Hey now, even though George W. had an MBA I don’t think it had much to do with his governing style or priorities.
I think Corzine is...
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WatchFast-moving lava on Mt. Pacaya, outside Antigua, Guatemala.
Quite handy for roasting marshmallows and melting, well, everything in its path.
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“God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God...”
– Malcolm
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