May 2009
5 posts
But It's Not Google
Introducing Bing via the NYT:
Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, said Thursday that he liked Bing’s potential to “verb up.”
Debating "Marriage Equality"
This WNYC interview with Stephen, David, James & myself came out pretty well, I think. I’ve been getting some great feedback from people so far; would love to hear more.
New York is close (but not close enough) to passing a marriage equality bill that will make gay marriage legal in the state, due in no small part to Gov. Paterson and state Assemblyman Larry O’Donnell. ...
WatchTony B did an awesome job on the Brian Lehrer show last week talkin’ NWC & Jelly!
Totally Out of Context
From an AP story about some sort of lame-o Donald Trump controversy:
Miss California USA can retain her crown after questions arose about semi-nude photographs taken of her as a teenager…
”We’ve reviewed the pictures carefully,” Trump said at a packed news conference at Trump Plaza in New York City.
The other half of this story is much more interesting. One of the...
Pushing for Retail Investors (redux)
I’m excited today to follow up a post of mine from a few months ago. In it I point out how a new set of startups say they are helping retail investors make better decisions, but are in fact basically encouraging bad advice. However, just yesterday TechCrunch reviewed MarketRiders, which, while early, could be everything I hoped for. The site encourages simple, low turnover asset allocation...