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Trying out site search engines. www.Jrank.org is absolutely free and looks interesting.  See, it’s not all Google.

After two great years at Emailvision, it is time for new adventures.

Stay tuned.

Like leaves on a tree
SaaS apps rustle in the wind
All part of the cloud

This was sent to Pollenizer, a company I just got to know.  It’s what every job application aspires to be when it grows up.

This is a good interview where Gary Vaynerchuk shares his personal story coming to the US and starting his business.

Dogbert rules

Let’s hope the retroactive price hike on Tesla Roadsters isn’t a sign of panic from a company about to go bust. Unfortunately, pissing off 400 customers who already put down their 50K deposits, by raising the cost of the vechicle they signed up for - is a sign things are not going well. 

Either that, or chairman Elon Musk isn’t a believer in word of mouth and ambassadorship… and quite frankly, he must be.

Gary Vaynerchuk may be annoying to the point where you want to tell him to just shut up.

But he’s also a guy who not only knows a Syrah from a Merlot or a [insert wine of choice], but also how the world is turning in terms of marketing, brands, viral, word of mouth and [insert web 2.0 buzzword of choice]. 

Listen to his annoyingly hyperactive analogy between web 2.0 and giving a presentation. Clever, clever.

What’s the use of hedonic regression when measuring CPI? Let’s say I buy a new laptop computer at the same price as my old one, but it’s twice as powerful. According to the arbitrary guidelines of a hedonic regression model, prices must then have fallen, driving CPI down. But, in nominal terms I spent the same amount of money for a laptop. I’m pretty sure I can’t even find one on the market with the components I got last time even if I wanted to. 

It seems to distort the fact that I spent a certain amount of money buying a computer, period. 

Ah, you say, but with this new and sleek machine you must be twice as productive, or derive twice the pleasure. Well, you know, what if all I do is e-mail and play Tetris? How am I more productive or experiencing stronger sensations of pleasure now, because I have more empty disk space?

I think The Illusions of Hedonics, is well worth reading. 

If math worked like economics, 1 + 1 would in fact be able to equal 3, if you could prove you got an extra 1 worth of pleasure out of it.

I want to share a quote from a book by Dan Kennedy, with you.

“… the vast majority’s interest in improving, but only if doing so requires no change, discomfort, or initiative. That’s why, in every field, a few out-earn the huge ‘mediocre majority’ by giant margins.”

Blunt, and true.