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Hot trends for April 15, 2008
Hedge Fund Videos (pfblogs.org)
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:02:20 PDT
Hedge Fund VideosHedge Fund Investment VideosOver the last year I have posted a fair number of videos about hedge funds. These videos describe ongoing trends in the hedge fund industry, niche issues, related bodies such as soveriegn wealth funds and specific stories of individual hedge funds. Here are the hedge fund videos I have published so far:Hedge Fund SalesWhat is a Hedge Fund?US Economy RecessionHedge Fund RiskSovereign Wealth FundsHedge Fund Trends Short Selling & LiquidityHedge Fund
Facebook’s Lexicon shows trends among its 70 million users
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:02:55 PDT
Facebook — and bear with me, because I’ve somehow already written three Facebook-related stories today — is launching an interesting new service for measuring what’s popular with its 70 million unique visitors, worldwide. It’s called Lexicon (here), and it analyzes popular words that appear in semi-public “walls” (also known as message boards), on personal profile pages, group pages and event pages. The chart collects words from across millions of wall posts each day and displays changes in wo
Ditch your Crystal Ball. Try Hiring Trends Instead...
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:05:21 PDT
Ditch your Crystal Ball. Try Hiring Trends Instead... What's happening in the Job Market? Employment Trends knows all. You don't need a crystal ball these days to know what's happening in the job market. Is the market for Controllers better than for Finance Managers? Are there more jobs for Project Managers in Java, .net, or Ruby? What's happening with the job market overall? So pack away your crystal ball, and check out Employment Trends by Simply Hired. Employment Trends allows you to gra
TD Bank Echos CLC
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:15:44 PDT
Today, TD Economics released a very interesting paper on the Canadian labour market in 2007. I was pleased to see it highlight many of the same general trends that Andrew and I emphasized: the sharp decline in manufacturing jobs, the increase in part-time work, the rise of self-employment, and wages barely outpacing inflation in Alberta. Parts of the TD paper seemed quite familiar. For example, page 4 contains this discussion of manufacturing job losses: . . . it is true that job losses have
Microsoft Implementing "Software Plus Services"
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:16:34 PDT
Microsoft has been talking about "Software + Services" (S+S) as its vision of the future for a while now (see related posts on S+S: Microsoft Platform Overview & Talking about Software Plus Services). People like Bill Gates and Ray Ozzie often talk about the applicable patterns and trends that exemplify this concept, even though they don’t always mention the moniker. And Microsoft’s execution on this direction is quite visible too. From continued investments on the desktop and enterprise s
Symposium Preview: Kevin Davis on Time-based Troubleshooting.
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:19:47 PDT
Symposium Preview: Kevin Davis on Time-based Troubleshooting. Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Kevin Davis, a senior consultant at NetQoS, will be presenting a few training sessions at Symposium about SuperAgent, the end-to-end response time module of the NetQoS Performance Center. This will include a training session about how to use time-based network metrics in troubleshooting. He talks about his upcoming training session below. In the session, I’m going to be covering the importance of using
Sexy Brides?
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:22:52 PDT
What do you think about this new trend?
Another Inconvenient Truth - Poverty in America
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:23:53 PDT
Two reports - one on high school graduation rates in America's largest 50 cities, the other on the rise in the number of food stamp recipients - highlight a growing trend of econmic inequality and poverty in America.
How to determine the most popular words on Facebook Walls
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:29:36 PDT
Facebook has just released a new trend mapping tool that lets you compare words or phrases that are popular on Facebook Walls.
OpenCourseware: Learning Beyond Classroom
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:32:18 PDT
Mahajan, Preeti and Vohra, Ranjana and Chakravarty, Rupak (2008) OpenCourseware: Learning Beyond Classroom . ICSSR Sponsored Seminar on “Trends and Strategic Issues for Libraries in Global Information Society” March 18-19, 2008, Organized by: Department of Library & Information Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
links for 2008-04-15
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:34:02 PDT
Sudden Debt: Crude Facts There’s a reason I’m long XOM for many years already. They make boatloads of money and oil will run out one day (maybe in a million years from now) (tags: stocks) Retailing Chains Caught in a Wave of Bankruptcies - New York Times You should see how many small mom and pop stores are closing down along the stretch of highway I drive everyday. Pretty scary! (tags: economy) This Post Was Brought To You By: Hector Trader’s Forex Trading Course: Learn the 3 SMA trend t
Facebook Lexicon Launches - Google Trends for Facebook
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:44:48 PDT
Facebook has just launched a neat new trend mapping tool, called Lexicon. Similar to Google Trends, it allows you to create a trend graph for different words and (two-word) phrases on Facebook Walls. It has a surprisingly slick UI too, with the scroll bar enabling you to zoom in and out to get different views of the trend line. You can compare up to 5 different trends by separating words/phrases with a comma. Although Lexicon compares favorably to Google Trends, it has some flaws. In our test
Futuresearch: Watch This Space
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:51:19 PDT
Back from lunch, it's time to talk search. Yay, something I know something about! My impending headache thanks you. Jeffrey Pruitt (iCrossing) will be moderating a panel of Grazia Ruskin (AMD), Jane Butler (Google - Sales), Jen Dorre (Microsoft), Lauren Coberty (Kodak) and David Kidder (Clickable, Inc). SEMPO is presenting this session. Hurrah! Sorry. She's new to the blogging thing. She meant "huzzah!". - Lisa] Jeff's going to start with an overview and then he'll ask the panelists two quest
The Short-Run Costs of Labor market Liberalization
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:51:29 PDT
Are employment growth and productivity growth negatively correlated in the short-run? If so, what does this mean for policy? Ian Dew-Becker and Robert Gordon use data from the EU to look at this question: Europe’s employment growth revived after 1995 while productivity growth slowed: Is it a coincidence?, by Ian Dew-Becker and Robert J. Gordon, Vox EU: As of 1995, Europe (the EU-15) had almost caught up to the PPP-adjusted level of US labour productivity, while its per-capita income ratio to
The Movies' Star Relationships: Hollywood’s 10 Most Successf
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:54:09 PDT
Ten Hollywood couples. Ten long-term relationships. These couples buck the current trend for quicky marriages and even quickier divorces.
AAA: Gas, diesel prices top records
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:05:16 PDT
Oregon's increasing prices -- an average of $3.492 for regular unleaded and $4.205 for diesel -- mirror national trends.
Off The Shoulder Dress Trends
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:06:29 PDT
Another big trend this year in 2008 is off-the-shoulder dresses. This look has flirty and sexy written all over it. Let it hang, show off your sexy shoulder ladies! One-shoulder dresses are being shown on runways and on numerous celebs as well.
The views expressed in this blog
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:23:21 PDT
The views expressed in this blog Posted by rapidshare1 in Zdrowie Blog today that we will be releasing the source code. Pop and Rock news, large list of artists\’ music and audio samples, interviews), reviews and {communicate post. Politically independent and non-profit, the Institute promotes its ideas through reports, instructions, events, media appearances, and its website and blog. With the record industry in a slump, games like Rock Band present a unique opportunity to sell new music dire
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:02:20 PDT
Hedge Fund VideosHedge Fund Investment VideosOver the last year I have posted a fair number of videos about hedge funds. These videos describe ongoing trends in the hedge fund industry, niche issues, related bodies such as soveriegn wealth funds and specific stories of individual hedge funds. Here are the hedge fund videos I have published so far:Hedge Fund SalesWhat is a Hedge Fund?US Economy RecessionHedge Fund RiskSovereign Wealth FundsHedge Fund Trends Short Selling & LiquidityHedge Fund
Facebook’s Lexicon shows trends among its 70 million users
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:02:55 PDT
Facebook — and bear with me, because I’ve somehow already written three Facebook-related stories today — is launching an interesting new service for measuring what’s popular with its 70 million unique visitors, worldwide. It’s called Lexicon (here), and it analyzes popular words that appear in semi-public “walls” (also known as message boards), on personal profile pages, group pages and event pages. The chart collects words from across millions of wall posts each day and displays changes in wo
Ditch your Crystal Ball. Try Hiring Trends Instead...
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:05:21 PDT
Ditch your Crystal Ball. Try Hiring Trends Instead... What's happening in the Job Market? Employment Trends knows all. You don't need a crystal ball these days to know what's happening in the job market. Is the market for Controllers better than for Finance Managers? Are there more jobs for Project Managers in Java, .net, or Ruby? What's happening with the job market overall? So pack away your crystal ball, and check out Employment Trends by Simply Hired. Employment Trends allows you to gra
TD Bank Echos CLC
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:15:44 PDT
Today, TD Economics released a very interesting paper on the Canadian labour market in 2007. I was pleased to see it highlight many of the same general trends that Andrew and I emphasized: the sharp decline in manufacturing jobs, the increase in part-time work, the rise of self-employment, and wages barely outpacing inflation in Alberta. Parts of the TD paper seemed quite familiar. For example, page 4 contains this discussion of manufacturing job losses: . . . it is true that job losses have
Microsoft Implementing "Software Plus Services"
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:16:34 PDT
Microsoft has been talking about "Software + Services" (S+S) as its vision of the future for a while now (see related posts on S+S: Microsoft Platform Overview & Talking about Software Plus Services). People like Bill Gates and Ray Ozzie often talk about the applicable patterns and trends that exemplify this concept, even though they don’t always mention the moniker. And Microsoft’s execution on this direction is quite visible too. From continued investments on the desktop and enterprise s
Symposium Preview: Kevin Davis on Time-based Troubleshooting.
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:19:47 PDT
Symposium Preview: Kevin Davis on Time-based Troubleshooting. Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Kevin Davis, a senior consultant at NetQoS, will be presenting a few training sessions at Symposium about SuperAgent, the end-to-end response time module of the NetQoS Performance Center. This will include a training session about how to use time-based network metrics in troubleshooting. He talks about his upcoming training session below. In the session, I’m going to be covering the importance of using
Sexy Brides?
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:22:52 PDT
What do you think about this new trend?
Another Inconvenient Truth - Poverty in America
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:23:53 PDT
Two reports - one on high school graduation rates in America's largest 50 cities, the other on the rise in the number of food stamp recipients - highlight a growing trend of econmic inequality and poverty in America.
How to determine the most popular words on Facebook Walls
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:29:36 PDT
Facebook has just released a new trend mapping tool that lets you compare words or phrases that are popular on Facebook Walls.
OpenCourseware: Learning Beyond Classroom
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:32:18 PDT
Mahajan, Preeti and Vohra, Ranjana and Chakravarty, Rupak (2008) OpenCourseware: Learning Beyond Classroom . ICSSR Sponsored Seminar on “Trends and Strategic Issues for Libraries in Global Information Society” March 18-19, 2008, Organized by: Department of Library & Information Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
links for 2008-04-15
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:34:02 PDT
Sudden Debt: Crude Facts There’s a reason I’m long XOM for many years already. They make boatloads of money and oil will run out one day (maybe in a million years from now) (tags: stocks) Retailing Chains Caught in a Wave of Bankruptcies - New York Times You should see how many small mom and pop stores are closing down along the stretch of highway I drive everyday. Pretty scary! (tags: economy) This Post Was Brought To You By: Hector Trader’s Forex Trading Course: Learn the 3 SMA trend t
Facebook Lexicon Launches - Google Trends for Facebook
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:44:48 PDT
Facebook has just launched a neat new trend mapping tool, called Lexicon. Similar to Google Trends, it allows you to create a trend graph for different words and (two-word) phrases on Facebook Walls. It has a surprisingly slick UI too, with the scroll bar enabling you to zoom in and out to get different views of the trend line. You can compare up to 5 different trends by separating words/phrases with a comma. Although Lexicon compares favorably to Google Trends, it has some flaws. In our test
Futuresearch: Watch This Space
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:51:19 PDT
Back from lunch, it's time to talk search. Yay, something I know something about! My impending headache thanks you. Jeffrey Pruitt (iCrossing) will be moderating a panel of Grazia Ruskin (AMD), Jane Butler (Google - Sales), Jen Dorre (Microsoft), Lauren Coberty (Kodak) and David Kidder (Clickable, Inc). SEMPO is presenting this session. Hurrah! Sorry. She's new to the blogging thing. She meant "huzzah!". - Lisa] Jeff's going to start with an overview and then he'll ask the panelists two quest
The Short-Run Costs of Labor market Liberalization
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:51:29 PDT
Are employment growth and productivity growth negatively correlated in the short-run? If so, what does this mean for policy? Ian Dew-Becker and Robert Gordon use data from the EU to look at this question: Europe’s employment growth revived after 1995 while productivity growth slowed: Is it a coincidence?, by Ian Dew-Becker and Robert J. Gordon, Vox EU: As of 1995, Europe (the EU-15) had almost caught up to the PPP-adjusted level of US labour productivity, while its per-capita income ratio to
The Movies' Star Relationships: Hollywood’s 10 Most Successf
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:54:09 PDT
Ten Hollywood couples. Ten long-term relationships. These couples buck the current trend for quicky marriages and even quickier divorces.
AAA: Gas, diesel prices top records
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:05:16 PDT
Oregon's increasing prices -- an average of $3.492 for regular unleaded and $4.205 for diesel -- mirror national trends.
Off The Shoulder Dress Trends
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:06:29 PDT
Another big trend this year in 2008 is off-the-shoulder dresses. This look has flirty and sexy written all over it. Let it hang, show off your sexy shoulder ladies! One-shoulder dresses are being shown on runways and on numerous celebs as well.
The views expressed in this blog
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:23:21 PDT
The views expressed in this blog Posted by rapidshare1 in Zdrowie Blog today that we will be releasing the source code. Pop and Rock news, large list of artists\’ music and audio samples, interviews), reviews and {communicate post. Politically independent and non-profit, the Institute promotes its ideas through reports, instructions, events, media appearances, and its website and blog. With the record industry in a slump, games like Rock Band present a unique opportunity to sell new music dire
