Looking forward to seeing anyone who wants to talk about SPAM in Charlotte Weds, November 11 at 11:30 :
Working with a Ghostwriter
Used to be the word "ghostwriter" conjured images of a wily hack with a battered Olivetti sitting at a Hollywood swimming pool coaxing confidences from a star.
October Book Lust
This month's Book Lust column has guest reviews by a couple of StockTwits friends on financial matters as well as a review of Harvard professor Sander's book on Justice, which I originally heard about on the Diane Rheme Show. Buddha's Brain combines two of my favorite subjects while two other books address the current economic crisis. Please submit your suggestions for November's column.
Read More »End of Email?
High Frequency Trading in Jobless Recovery
A Special Place for Spammers
I've been waiting for a good case study to illustrate what I've been saying about spam filtering over the last several months.
Spamhaus: Cyber Crime Fighter
spamhaus In September I had the pleasure of being a Twitter panelist on how to avoid the spam filters when emailing. This is the third time I've spoken formally on the subject (if you consider tweeting "formal"). By this third presentation, it struck me that spam is like porn, everyone thinks they know it when they see it, but few can define it in their own words. Looking for the most succinct explanation, I turned to the Spamhaus Project
Read More »Dan Ariely 3 of 3: Trust and Healthcare Reform
In the first of this three-post series I offered a sound file of Dan talking about the limits of rationality when devising and regulating public services.
Dan Ariely 2of 3: Trust and the Meltdown
Last week I set the foundation for today's installment, complete with a sound file of bestselling author Dan Ariely's talk to our Business School Alliance in Charlotte. This post will make the most sense to those who read that first.
Do Your Stats Stack?
Great tables in Epsilon's Email Trends and Benchmarks study released this July. Great for benchmarking.