More new on Money Terms
Another bunch of new pages on Money Terms.
Firstly I finished off last weeks insolvency related definitions with …err.. insolvent.
Once again news stories suggested some new pages: CLO, CBO and CDO, as well as mean reversion.
Living in Sri Lanka, it is hard to be unaware of window dressing or creative accounting.
Finally, historical cost and current cost accounting, as nuts-and-bolts pieces I had been delaying for too long.
Change of licence
at 7:51 am on Wednesday, 9 May 2007
Sharp eyed readers may have noticed a subtle change to the Creative Commons licence notice in the side bar. The logic is quite simple. I do not, at the moment, intend to directly make revenue from this blog. I do intend to use it to spread my ideas and to enhance my reputation. So I should encourage people to reproduce my material, as long as they attribute it. (more…)
Stumbleupon sucks
at 7:35 am on Wednesday, 9 May 2007
Sorry for the title, but it matches what people search for. I have been seriously trying out “web 2.0″ social networking for the first time and I got very annoyed. (more…)
Economist deflates some hype
I am not always nice about The Economist, which I feel is not as good as it once was. However, their chief information officer, Andrew Rashbass seems to be as independent minded and analystical as one could wish, deflating technology hype, and being amusing while doing it.
Funny search query
at 8:43 am on Friday, 20 April 2007
Someone got to a page on Money Terms that explains a metric for airline’s capacity by using the following search at MSN search “google airline seats”. Obviously someone had been advised to “google” for the term (more…)
The future of newspapers
Judging by this interview, it appears that at least one major investor in newspapers in the US is over-optimistic about the impact of the internet. It reflects the same problem as the trends we have seen in British newspaper circulation. (more…)
The amazing Slashdot dupes
IT website Slashdot, is well known for repeatedly posting the same stories. Most readers no longer even comment on this — or even notice. I am therefore keep an online record of the worst examples . (more…)
Guy Kawasaki’s blog numbers do not add up
at 10:14 am on Sunday, 28 January 2007
There is something that does not really stack up about the numbers in Guy Kawasaki’s review of his first year of blogging. (more…)
Ten effects of DRM
For those who do not know, DRM is the technology that prevents users from taking copies of various types of videos, audio and even written material in electronic form. It is an abbreviation of Digital Rights Management – and its your rights they are managing. (more…)
I baked a site
at 6:49 am on Monday, 22 January 2007
My most successful website, Moneyterms used to run on Wordpress. I have found it linked to as an example of Wordpress running something other than a blog. However things changed. (more…)
