Aquatic Inference Engine

moriza
I’m helping to organize an (un)conference in New York City focused on entrepreneur-ing in the financial services space. Anyone who might be interested for whatever reason is invited to participate. We’re just getting started, and to join in or watch for updates you should head over to our BarCamp page BarCampMoneyNYC.
More details as they develop…

I encourage you to check out danah boyd’s thought-provoking post Who clicks on ads? And what might this mean?
danah makes a lot of good points and asks great questions in her post. She touches on the notion of a diverse advertiser ecology, but then sort of subsumes it in an observation about the anti-consumerist attitudes [...]

Essjay NZ
The only thing we know is that everything will happen. — Lloyd Blankfein
We have met the enemy, and he is us. — Walt Kelly
This was a reply to Darren’s post, but it got so long that I decided to throw it up here.
The issue is managing your identity online, what this smart blogger calls [...]

Today’s Word of the Day (WOTD) is catchpole. The WOTD always includes a contemporary example of colloquial usage. I noticed today’s example was, in fact, someone’s name. One “Liz Catchpole.” Further, she worked for a financial institution and was commenting on the issue of personal debt. Finally, this is what a Google search on “Catchpole [...]

I submitted an idea to the improve Snap contest. I invite you to check it out and vote your conscience.
http://contest.snap.com/thread/422

Hurry! Voting ends March 15!