gdp's Comments

Paul Kedrosky: Infectious Greed : Guide to Writing About Greece For People Who Can't Bear To Write About Greece

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:46:31 +0000

I think you're supposed to mention Iceland or Ireland

Paul Kedrosky: Infectious Greed : Puzzle: Buy, Sell, Profit -- What?

Tue, 7 Dec 2010 18:34:06 +0000

i suggested to paul that he post the missing dollar riddle next. the discussion on that should be even more hilarious/sad

Paul Kedrosky: Infectious Greed : Puzzle: Buy, Sell, Profit -- What?

Tue, 7 Dec 2010 05:36:09 +0000

I keep looking at this and keep coming up w/ $2 no matter how I look at it and can't figure out how it could be anything else. But it's so obvious I feel like I must be missing something really simple that will make me feel like an idiot.

Paul Kedrosky: Infectious Greed : The Second Serve Problem

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 09:06:11 +0000

what is this "km/h" ?

Feld Thoughts : Give More Than You Get

Thu, 8 Jul 2010 19:24:26 +0000

Great comment from Micah. There's a special breed of the get more than give person that really gets my goat. That's the person who's always "too busy" to help, but never too busy to ask. They don't last long w/ me.

Paul Kedrosky: Infectious Greed : Data Fun with Isner/Mahut Marathon Match

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:36:45 +0000

fwiw, my strategy would have been to hit more return winners earlier in fifth

Paul Kedrosky: Infectious Greed : Data Fun with Isner/Mahut Marathon Match

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:10:53 +0000

What's the average games per grand slam match? 40? Was wondering how many "match equivalents" they've played in third set so far - about 3?

Feld Thoughts : An Example of Failing At Marketing Using Twitter

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:25:43 +0000

weird, brad, i sent you the original tweet saying that. i would guess this is not district 9 marketing, but instead just twitter spammers keying on @bfeld and a trending topic like district 9

OnlyOnce : New Shoes

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:38:15 +0000

love this post, Matt. so easy to forget to do this. and now i'm wondering if it's too late to get new shoes before my half marathon in two weeks.

http://www.jeffnolan.com/blog/ : Sam Maloof, 1916-2009

Tue, 26 May 2009 07:45:16 +0000

Just read this a couple of weeks ago: http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1717-sam-maloo...

Feld Thoughts : Tennis Mini-break

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 00:03:14 +0000

i had a sweet stan smith

OnlyOnce : I Don't Want to Be Your Friend (Today)

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:36:36 +0000

Facebook has addressed a big chunk of these very important issues w/ friend lists. I have about 400 FB friends and ~40 of them in a list of "Real Friends" - i make that my main feed and i only see status updates from them on my homepage. hopefully soon that filter can be applied to the highlights section too. when a new request comes in, FB asks if i want to add it to a list as part of the accept process. i suspect we'll see more granularity in terms of applying permissions to groups to address some of your other very valid concerns. I'm about to make another group called "business only" for people who i don't want to reject their request and alienate, but also don't really want them seeing any of my personal updates - the situation you describe with the persistent contact of yours.

PeteSearch : Why I love long pointless books

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:46:00 +0000

Not exactly the same type, but have you read The Pillars of the Earth?

http://www.jeffnolan.com/blog/ : Asymmetrical Follow: A Core Web 2.0 Pattern

Tue, 9 Dec 2008 09:13:56 +0000

wrt to Twitter specifically, I've been thinking for a while that there are two different businesses here w/ very different use cases and requirements. One conversational in nature, one broadcast. I don't think there's anything inherently negative about that, it just makes social dynamics a little muddled when they are both combined in one unified platform.

PeteSearch : 10 tools definining the future of email

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:09:56 +0000

looking forward to seeing what you're up to, Pete! Another one worth taking a look at is Gist - they are doing some interesting stuff. In webmail, Zenbe is innovative. And Xoopit is doing a lot around images/files in email.

Feld Thoughts : Declaring A Jihad on My Weight

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:20:22 +0000

i somehow completely missed the first line of your post.

Feld Thoughts : Declaring A Jihad on My Weight

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:58:53 +0000

Also, I'm guessing you watch Californication?

Feld Thoughts : Declaring A Jihad on My Weight

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:31:09 +0000

BTW, all the little things really add up. Changing a double latte every day into a regular coffee or Americano is a delta of almost 2 pounds worth of calories in a month.

Feld Thoughts : Declaring A Jihad on My Weight

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:20:15 +0000

Brad, I second Dov's comments about SparkPeople being a great site. It is especially useful and addictive if you're a stats/information junkie.

http://www.jeffnolan.com/blog/ : Just Get This Election Over With So Things Can Go On As Usual

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 02:02:16 +0000

i am of the camp that believes as long as we have the type of two party system we have in place, there's virtually no way for a candidate to make it to the top of that heap without being pretty much more of the same. it's just impossible to become that candidate without being an accepted and accepting part of the system. now, maybe, just maybe, someone sacrifices all that political capital once he or she gets elected. but that's something we can only know after the fact.