The Internet Makes me Pee LESS
by ilene - September 6th, 2010 4:01 pm
What is the internet doing for you lately? Tell me. Or just think about it. – Ilene
The Internet Makes me Pee LESS
Courtesy of Howard Lindzon
There is a useless debate on Le Web over Le Years whether the internet makes you smarter or dumber . Let me chine in on that:
COULD. CARE. LESS
I know what Le Web does for me. I hold my pee in longer. It could be my age and gynormous prostate but I think it’s engagement. I sit, I read, I am engaged, I hold in a pee.
Clay Shirky has the important stuff on the subject of ’smarter or dumber’:
The past was not as golden, nor is the present as tawdry, as the pessimists suggest, but the only thing really worth arguing about is the future. It is our misfortune, as a historical generation, to live through the largest expansion in expressive capability in human history, a misfortune because abundance breaks more things than scarcity. We are now witnessing the rapid stress of older institutions accompanied by the slow and fitful development of cultural alternatives. Just as required education was a response to print, using the Internet well will require new cultural institutions as well, not just new technologies.
What Does the Internet Make You do more or Less of…
Wall Street Meat – Andy Kessler
by ilene - June 26th, 2010 3:08 pm
Wall Street Meat – Andy Kessler
Courtesy of Howard Lindzon
One of my favorite interviews so far is this one with Andy Kessler who really knows the dark lessons of Wall Street.
‘It is a royal pain in the ass to manage someone else’s money’
I love his style of investing (trends), writing and his experience and candor is second to none for aspiring hedge fund managers and writers. In the interview he also talks about trend investing and his biggest winner.
Lot’s of lessons here:
Day Traders…Wired and ‘Tired’.
by ilene - March 28th, 2010 9:21 pm
Another view of the NY Times article recommended by Brett Steenbarger, New York Times piece on Day Traders 2.0 – ‘Wired, Angry and Loving it - Ilene
Day Traders…Wired and ‘Tired’.
Courtesy of Howard Lindzon
I was emailed recently by David Segal of The New York Times because he stumbled upon Stocktwits.com in his research for today’s New York Times piece on Day Traders 2.0 – ‘Wired, Angry and Loving it . David got the wired part correct.
In the spirit of ‘all press is good press’, we spoke a few times at length about trading, the markets, Stocktwits.com and David asked for some intros to traders that use our product.
If you talk to me as long as David did, you will get some good soundbites. On my end, I am never sure about the context so I am always crossing my fingers. Here is one of the quotes he chose:…