Nixon/Frost Liveblogging

I can't imagine this is that interesting. It was pretty easy to do, and kind of cool. It updated in real time. It has better purposes then commenting in real-time about 30 year-old interviews. I've seen Neil Best use it in Newsday to host his live chats. Click on the Green circular arrow to replay.

Frost/Nixon

I'm watching the Frost/Nixon interview, my sister got it for me for christmas. I'm interested to see how it compares to the movie. Sometimes, art can bring more truth then the truth itself, or at least can seem to. I'll have to see and compare.

It may make the movie anti-climatic, or conversely, more interesting.

Of finance, pyramids, me and krugman

Now I don't think he read my post below. But it sure feels cool to pretend that he did.

The Madoff Economy

A column by Brooks on Gladwell

Lost in the Crowd

Nothing could get me this excited -- except for watching the Nixon/Frost interviews that my sister got me (the real interviews).

Of finance, pyramids and ponzi

I am not well versed in economics. Because of this, when I read or listened to how people were making money in their investments, it often sounded like a large pyramid scheme. Maybe I am better versed then I thought.

Give the people what they want

No, not the The Kinks

Tom Friedman wrote this today:

Over the years, Detroit bosses kept repeating: “We have to make the cars people want.” That’s why they’re in trouble. Their job is to make the cars people don’t know they want but will buy like crazy when they see them. I would have been happy with my Sony Walkman had Apple not invented the iPod. Now I can’t live without my iPod. I didn’t know I wanted it, but Apple did. Same with my Toyota hybrid.

This theme is talked about in this Malcolm Gladwell talk about the invention of chunky tomato sauce. The key is that nobody would have told you that they wanted chunky tomato sauce, but they did. This is more interesting than Friedman's ipod analogy -- because technological innovation is always happening, and is expected.