September 2008
110 posts
Watching the Growth of Walmart Across America →
This is an absolutely brilliant visualization. It makes me think about my own business. While mine is virtual and Wal-Mart is physical, that same linkage and growth from a position of strength is how I visualize Sympact growing.
Mobb Deep and Sigur Ros - a mix of Queensbridge...
Dear Web 2.0: It Is the Economy, Stupid!–Part 2 →
Sympact and its advisors are heeding this call because man it is ugly out there.
House Rejects Bailout Package, 228-205; Stocks... →
OUCH!!
This American Life-The Giant Pool of Money →
Having read David Carr’s review of this episode on how the current market dislocation came to pass, I am intrigued enough to pass it along to you my loyal readers.
Where Attention Flows, Money Flows →
Simple truths are good in times like these. Massively important concepts wrapped in simple truths are even more important.
“The increasing marginal returns of search advertising are now doing more than...”
– Scott Rafer
Greg Mankiw's Blog: If I were a member of... →
This pretty much did it for me. Can we all just acknowledge that no one has better information than Ben and Hank and that they are both are super sharp guys trying to do the best for the country. Please, please, no more Richard Shelby proselythizing about the free markets. There, as far as I can understand it, won’t be markets to be free if we can’t inject liquidity into the system. It...
WatchNPR: Couric Questions Palin on Russia and Foreign Policy
Ouch. This is brutal. I mean it would have been so much easier if they (Republican handlers) hadn’t bullshitted and suggested she had foreign policy experience. Leave that to McCain, that she is trying to defend this position is just horrendous.
Thinking About McCain →
I think that David Brooks put his finger on what’s been troubling me about McCain. At this point, 8:48, there are 35 comments on this article and I can imagine nearly all are calling Brooks an idiot for acknowledging McCain’s deeply positive character. Unfortunately, I am not sure that the 21st is set up for the Greatest Generation. I think it may be time for a new generation to assume...
omg-what are McCain and these republicans doing. Come on guys
Using Highrise and LinkedIn simultaneously leads to the realization that I need very little except my browser
World may be ending, but the Cubs look amazing. Big win in the 10th tonight
Probably worth a read this evening. George Dyson commenting on Taleb’s 4th Quadrant - http://tinyurl.com/47gta7
Ned Lamont v Joe Lieberman
“It really is a financial tsunami, and it could go either way,” said the multimillionaire telecommunications mogul who ran for the U.S. Senate in 2006. “It took Japan 20 years to recover from their buying binge. How long does it take us to work through excessive leverage? That could take years not months. This is our Katrina.”
It’s too bad that the Liberal establishment wasn’t able to...
The Associated Press: New home sales plummet in... →
Andy Kessler: WSJ: Clean Up Print →
Is making $2.2 trillion on a $700 billion investment socialism?
Can You Have Your House and Spend it To? →
Having read Taleb’s last EDGE piece on the 4th Quadrant, I would imagine given that this piece by George Dyson would be an excellent complement. I haven’t read it yet, but intend to by the end of the weekend.
“it’s not in fashion to say so, but gw bush was a different guy in speech...”
– Paul Kedrosky
“That’s where the fear builds in and makes for totally illiquid markets. Where no...”
– Bill Gross
“It’s a perfect storm. It started with Congress encouraging lending to...”
– Stephen Schwarzman
Move Over, Mr. Gekko | The New York Observer →
Don Draper was Gordon Gekko in his time. Unfortunately, I think this is wrong, though Don Draper is definitely a cool character. It is an interesting question, what will be the next huge scalable industry?
Senator Shelby, another free market savior
“Mr. Shelby went to the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and later to its law school. He stayed in the western Alabama city to become a trial lawyer and then a city prosecutor. He started his political career as a Democrat and was elected to the Senate as one in 1986. He quarreled with his own party over President Bill Clinton’s tax increases and other proposals. When the...
Reading Twitter via twitteriffic works well for me.
Headed to shea. Screw oil, let’s go cubs!
iphone+google reader
iphone+google reader+twitterrific=a whole new level of mobile productivity. Read all the way to the Mets/Cubs game last night. Amazing.
“Congratulations to the entire Silicon Alley ecosystem. Even in the face of an...”
– Roger Ehrenberg
Jim Bunning - Easy on the Rhetoric
“It’s financial socialism, and it’s un-American,” he said in his opening statement. On Friday, he offered a eulogy for the economy, saying, “The free market for all intents and purposes is dead in America.”
-Jim Bunning
Not that I don’t appreciate dissent, but an econ degree from Xavier and a Hall of Fame career in the MLB, limits ones qualifications for making these statements. The...
Dodge EV Car Revealed, Live! →
Saw this on CNBC today and knew something looked funny. Yes, Chrysler, one of the Big 3, has built a carbon copy of a car built by a VC backed company, Tesla, that didn’t exist 5 years ago. I mean no offense to Bob Nardelli and Tom Lasorda, they have a tough job running a money losing business with PE guys as their overlords, but this is just pathetic.
It may be time to let Chrysler die....
Greg Mankiw's Blog: Commentary on the Financial... →
I think this might be the definitive set of posts for understanding what’s going on. In fact, with this post I may have come to the end of my financial crisis postings.
Oh, and McCain still is doing a miserable job…I think I am voting Obama.
How close was the financial system to melting... →
Non-financial types, read at your own peril. This is going to take me another couple of runs and I was getting an education on just this scenario from a GS repo man on Saturday. That said, I think it is important to get a handle on what’s happening in the markets and this article can certainly be helpful.
The Pirate Bay Is Getting Into Streaming? →
Awhile back I twittered that perhaps I am ready to acknowledge that streaming, not downloading is the right way to consume entertainment media. I guess the answer is that it is a mix of both until the cloud is built out and connected via Wi-Max. In the meantime I thought it was interesting to see Pirate Bay, that bastion of file sharing, experimenting with streaming media.
Charles Krauthammer - History Will Judge -... →
Another point of view on the Bush presidency…and one worth considering.
Microsoft: Search Is Overrated. Please Buy A... →
Sympact has some amazing tech for making display ads even more effective. We’re also doing awesome things in email. Lets chat.
EconLog - Morning Commentary →
Sorry to continue to post these financial related articles, but as an NYC resident and friend to many of those affected by this crisis I can’t stop. For those of us trying to make sense of what’s happening, this article provides a nice set of thought starters to work through.
Technology Review: Blogs: Ed Boyden's blog:... →
This is really weird, but sort of compelling way to deal with a serious human blind spot.
Short Snapshot →
Not sure that the short ban really means much, except that the Banks are looking for someone to blame for their lousy management of risk.
The Post-Lehman World →
Heady times these, it may be wise to heed the words of a guy like David Brooks and his similarly metered and pragmatic ilk. It also is worth remembering that this was never going to end well. $1-$4 trillion in illiquid assets is not a simple situation to remedy.
Bad Bets and Cash Crunch Pushed Ailing AIG to... →
I can’t help myself. The evisceration of Wall Street is great reading. Enjoy.
Thanks to Garrett for this track suggestion. Enjoy...
Sitting by the Dock of the Bay: Your Data Center -... →
wild, but totally cool.
Does McCain Understand The AIG Crisis? →
This interview was a total disaster. I am with my dad on this one. McCain gets a presumptive Treasury Secretary now or begs Paulson to stay on and defers questions like this to that individual. He has no idea what’s going on.
