AboutIt Depends How You Ask the Question – The Asian Disease Problem
Which explains a lot of where we are today
Quotes are from Michael Lewis’ The Undoing Project describing the work of Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman an More...
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February 15, 2017
February 13, 2017
Don’t Believe the Experts
A frightening study
We know from recent experience that political experts don’t have a very good track record but we’d all like to think that a doctor’s opinion is a fact. This scary old story is from Michael Lewis’ new book More...
January 16, 2012
Borrow a Book with Your Kindle
If you're an Amazon Prime member and if you own a Kindle, you can borrow books "free" – one book per month, anyway. You do this through the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. You can go to the Library from your Kindle Fire directl More...
November 09, 2010
Grumby, Kindle, and the Flash Crash
Grumbys caused the flash crash of the American stock market on May 6th. Readers of Andy Kessler's Grumby knew this as early as June 11th when the More...
June 06, 2010
The Interpreter’s Tale – Now on Kindle
The pickpocket
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February 26, 2009
Kindle for Authors
Kindle ought to be the answer to an author's dream But, for now, it is an almost insurmountable marketing challenge. Read on to learn what I'm trying
No expensive software or hardware is needed to create a Kindle book. Assuming you can write to begin with, you can create a book wi More...
February 10, 2009
Kindle’ll Win Because Content is King
Stephen King's novella UR will be available exclusively on Kindle for at least a while as part of the introduction of Kindle 2. Mainstream content by famous authors is unlikely to stay exclusive to the device, but this marketing approach gives a hint of what's to come. Many of us will "n More...
January 31, 2009
Author’s Nightmare
12,000 pounds of books; six tons; eight pallets with three layers each containing 14 boxes; each box weighs 37 pounds and has 14 books in it. If you're doing the math you know that one pallet wasn't full. More...
February 04, 2008
February 01, 2008
Happy Hour
Next Tuesday, Feb 5th, I'll be a guest on the Happy Hour show hosted by my friend Cody Willard (2d from left). The show is on FoxBusiness Network every weekday from 5 to 6 PM; appropriately, it's broadcast from the More...