geekitarian

I like this article on working hours and flexibility by Jeff Haden.  I think a lot of it is true. http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140109125746-20017018-how-to-make-your-own-rules-at-work?trk=eml-ced-b-art-M-1&ut=3Fz2vNHL3Zq641 I just read a different article, this one on Big Data (which I won't link); it was discussing how 2014 is the year for enterprise investment in Big Data.  Basically it was an article about nothing.  It's easy to talk about Big Data.  It's easy to collect lots of data.  It's easy to store lots of data.  Actually doing something useful with it is a challenge that eludes most companies... 70% of organizations plan to deploy big data projects in blah blah blah buzzword buzzword blah blah... honestly it doesn't really matter unless you figure out some way to use it. Is it bad that my favorite parts of when my wife watches "The Bachelor" are the complete and total mental breakdowns?  Does that make me a bad per...

Ouya I'm not a gamer, but this idea could really shake up the game industry.  The basic idea is that it's a very accessible console for independent developers. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console Interested to see how this goes.  Getting into just about any real console as a developer is difficult (and costly); that low (and cheap) barrier is a big reason why the iPhone and Android platforms have attracted so many developers.  Offering a $100 console built on open source / available technology that anybody can develop games for is an obvious idea, but as far as I know, nobody's done it to date. AMC and Breaking Bad AMC and Dish Network are currently in a few big fights; there are a lot of details but you can find them pretty easily.  The interesting thing that's coming out of this is the fact that while AMC is no longer available on Dish Network ( as a Dish Network customer, it's a move I'm less than thrilled ...

A few good trading blogs worth checking out: Felix Salmon's blog - http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/ blog with a business basis, contains useful news on trading and regulation. Quantitative Trading - http://epchan.blogspot.com/ Ernie Chan's blog, author of Quantitative Trading - blog with a strategy basis. Coding the Markets - http://etrading.wordpress.com/ Good blog with more of a technical basis, and good book recommendations.