toby

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by toby 18y ago
* Working on my second book for O'Reilly * Speaking about, and generally pushing for more interest in Open Data * Putting my entire life in a semantic graph: http://blog.kiwitobes.com/?p=73 * Trying to figure out what programmers can do a
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by toby 18y ago
The problem is that most people spend the money they have, expecting more possessions to improve their subjective well-being. There are some exceptions to the "money doesn't buy you happiness" rule, my favorite of which are: - Spending a lo
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by toby 18y ago
Thank you. I actually did this same simulation (I have the Python code if you want it), and got about 80% for Obama -- this was a couple of weeks back. I sent it around and people rightly pointed out that the states are definitely not indep
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When we assume that kids are less literate, it involves a willful kind of ignorance(esquire.com)
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by toby 18y ago
Yes, you're absolutely right. I didn't realize your question was semi-rhetorical.
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by toby 18y ago
You buy a car for $20,000. A year later, the Bluebook tells you it's worth $10,000. Who got the $10,000 that you've "lost"? When your portfolio "dropped" today you didn't gain or lose anything. You still own the same tiny fraction of some c
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by toby 18y ago
I thought the same thing when I read this article. It's actually the exact formula described by Tim Ferris. - Establish yourself as an "expert" in some field - Sell information products about how to make money in said field - Make far more
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The "excluded middle" of technical books(blog.kiwitobes.com)
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by toby 18y ago
I know a number of non-developers who have had an idea, pulled together a team with no funding and built pretty impressive products, which they've then used to raise funding. The reason they pull this off is because they don't expect 50% ju
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by toby 18y ago
I really appreciate the feedback (I'm the author), I definitely expected this sort of response as I was writing it. I think I got a lot right when I set the level but having seen it in the wild there are things I would have done differently