Oh, what do we do with Thomas Friedman? The naif let loose in the big scary world? Last Sunday, he wrote about an amazing new factor in the global economy: people selling used clothing! How he missed eBay, I’ll never know, let alone the world of consignment stores and high-end charity thrift stores. This isn’t… [Read More]
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See my FinCon presentation on reporting for bloggers
At the Financial Bloggers Conference in October, I was on a panel of bloggers talking about research and reporting. If you’d like to see us, here you go:
Lies, damn lies, and misused statistics
Recently, I attended a presentation put on by a television network to promote a show that would be going in syndication on one of its channels. Everyone who attended received a t-shirt and a glossy booklet touting a new demographic study that would compare the characters to Americans nowadays. The results were really interesting. They… [Read More]
Fun at FinCon13
Last night, I went to a party held at a hotel rooftop bar across the street from Busch Stadium. The Cardinals won. How fun!
I’m joining the Yakezie Challenge
Later this week, I’m going to FinCon, a financial bloggers conference. One of the events caught my eye: a meet-up for members of Yakezie. It’s a network of personal finance bloggers, and one of the goals is for the members to support each other. And, to that end, they run the Yakezie Challenge, which is… [Read More]
