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Four Pillars: Of markets and conversations

June 7th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Four pillars

It’s been an interesting day.
Marshall Kirkpatrick’s blog gave me some views on what Google and Feedburner are up to. Google Video for Mac. The deal between Feedburner and Geffen.
I got to BL Ochman’s blog via David Terrar to find this story about eBay. One of the world’s biggest marketplaces taking blogs and wikis seriously. Maybe [...]

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Four Pillars: On trust and sharing

June 7th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Four pillars

Coding The Markets, via a comment on one of my recent posts, pointed me at Larry Harris’s book and associated website called Trading And Exchanges. As expected I’ve ordered the book and look forward to reading it.
Harris makes a nice distinction between trustworthiness and creditworthiness.
Something still niggles me though, above and beyond what I stated [...]

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Four Pillars: More on trust and confidence

June 7th, 2006 · 7 Comments · Four pillars , Uncategorized

First of all, thanks for the comments and the e-mails after my last two posts. It’s good to see the snowballs rolling, gathering momentum.
Why am I doing this? Not because I’ve suddenly become some male-menopausal closet philosopher. But because trust and relationships and identity are integral components of any market, particularly financial markets. Software has [...]

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