gdp's Comments

the knackered hack : how to spell heuristics

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:49:23 +0000

"The teaching to children of how to apply rules of thumb may itself be a useful pedagogical exercise for our modern times, and perhaps is even a first order imperative; the kids would be better equipped to face a complex future than we turned out to be." Brilliance!

Michal Bohanes' blog : If I knew that, I wouldn't be here

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:06:19 +0000

Nice point! I basically agree. Though with my 'trained skeptic' mind, I wonder if it isn't defensible. When you have a job you take on responsibility set X for compensation package Y. Naturally, all else equal, you would prefer a job that equates set X with package 10*Y. Similarly, you may prefer a job with responsibility set X' and compensation package Y. So, when people say they wouldn't be standing here today, they may have in mind doing X' and making 10Y. The reason they don't just change jobs is that nobody is offering that! BTW, good job at writing a provocative post :)

Internet MKG 2009 : The future of our blogs

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:03:57 +0000

I heard a stat once that once an American goes to Europe the first time, there is a 70% chance he or she will return within 2 years. Maybe the blogs will be like that. Once you've done one, there's an increased chance you'll do another (or keep at it). I've done one blog post per week since 2005, and have no plans to stop.

Guinea Pig @ London Business School : It's Time to Say Goodbye..

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:59:34 +0000

Farewell, Guinea Pig!

The Oyster : 10 Great ways to improve your online presence

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 13:42:51 +0000

Where's the link? You have to share the love with whoever wrote that (where love=traffic :)

Polina's notes on Internet Marketing class : 4 Golden Rules of Blogging in IM Class

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 13:37:37 +0000

This is so meta. I love it.

Scott Hare's Blog : The future of online shopping?

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:08:08 +0000

Yeah, there's lots of talk about how the one thing missing from online shopping is the "social" experience. (Personally, I always shop alone, but I'm not representative of much :). Sure, I'd say bricks and mortar are safe. The big winners are the b&m crowd with their online channels. I'm confident in the future more than 10% of clothes will be bought online (which is the figure today in the US).

Meenu's Blog : Business Case Factory

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:58:25 +0000

Hi Meenu, She should have a look at ECCH. They're the world's largest business case library offering 58,000 cases from thousands of worldwide authors (incl. all the Harvard cases, all the LBS cases, and 1100 non-English cases) http://www.ecch.com/about/what-is-ecch.cfm http://www.ecch.com/about/case-authors.cfm

Untitled : Tumblr vs. Blogger

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:52:30 +0000

FWIW, for a low hassle blog, I like Tumblr. It's clean but techies can dig in and fancy it up. For more of an enterprise class blog, I love Wordpress on ones own server (I started on MovableType but left when their terms became too restrictive. This was a huge mistake for them. They've opened up since, but have lost gazillions of users to WordPress).

Untitled : Tumblr vs. Blogger

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:46:17 +0000

I think it's awesome we get to have this discussion and learn the pros and cons through experience! Anyone can feel free to switch platforms, of course, they just need to let me know (and redirect their loyal readers)

NYC Restaurants : Visualizing Data

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:30:45 +0000

Twelve comments! I'll make a 13th. Note to self: People do like the visualizations.

LBS Internet Marketing 2008-9 : Tumblr Link

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:37:28 +0000

Ha. Well, I guess that could be the topic of a PhD dissertation.

Internet Marcoting : Adwords Keyword Insertion

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:16:42 +0000

Great stuff ... very glad to see you all figuring things out and sharing.

Polina's notes on Internet Marketing class : More on Twitter - how Twitter search may kill Google

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:16:34 +0000

Nice, I've reblogged this...

Guinea Pig @ London Business School : Does Size Matter?

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:11:43 +0000

Good work, Guinea Pig!

Untitled : Nassim Nicholas Taleb: the prophet of boom and doom?

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:42:49 +0000

But that's Taleb's own point. He made it with respect to successful fund managers years ago. Full disclosure, he's a collaborator and co-author http://www.decisionresearchlab.com/mission.html

LBS Internet Marketing 2008-9 : Tumblr Link

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 12:53:49 +0000

True, others tried a $100 laptop and couldn't hit that price point. Suppose it depends what you wish to call a laptop :)

Week 1 : Exploring the Media Equation - Flattering computer user ...

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 08:50:31 +0000

Nice find!

Polina's notes on Internet Marketing class : Twitter - new marketing channel

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 08:48:41 +0000

I've posted some of your finds on my tumblr. Nice detective work! I agree that both those services seem a bit aggressive. The only reason we can get away with putting ads in blogs is that they only appear with the content (and under the content) and are easily ignored. Twitter Opt-in updates (a la Dell) seem to be the way to go for now.

Untitled : How much do people trust google?

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:17:21 +0000

m-w.com says of "monopoly 1 : exclusive ownership through legal privilege, command of supply, or concerted action 2 : exclusive possession or control 3 : a commodity controlled by one party 4 : one that has a monopoly