The road to hell is paved with good intentions! In public policy above all else, I have often … Continuar leyendo «The power of unintended consequences»

The mother of an OLX employee called 911 in Argentina to report a robbery in progress across her … Continuar leyendo «Be grateful you live in the US!»

While on the topic of hiring, my friend Auren just wrote a great article as to why great … Continuar leyendo «The power of great people (why “good enough” won’t cut it)»

A lot has been written about the science of hiring: finding candidates through referrals, having multiple interviewers, getting … Continuar leyendo «The art of hiring»

A few months ago I described the “Grinda Hypothesis” where I posited that social networks would be hard … Continuar leyendo «Google’s Loss is Murdoch’s Gain»

I would very much like the deal to go through and actually succeed! For the sake of innovation, … Continuar leyendo «My take on the Microsoft – Yahoo deal»

Virgil Griffith analyzed the top 10 books listed on Facebook by students in a college versus the average … Continuar leyendo «Books that make you dumb :)»

We were evaluating webcams for doing video conferences over Skype between the OLX New York & Argentina offices … Continuar leyendo «The Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000 and Orbit AF are great webcams»

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Friends of rogue trader Jerome Kerviel last night blamed his $7 billion losses on unbearable levels of stress … Continuar leyendo «Rogue French trader Jerome Kerviel was forced to work 30 hours a week!»

I was having difficulty connecting to games both on the Xbox 360 and with my PC, but ever … Continuar leyendo «The Dlink DGL 4500 and 4300 are the best gaming routers on the market»

I just bought a Dell XPS 420 with a 512Mb Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT, a 3.0 Ghz Core … Continuar leyendo «Great Gaming PC»

I have always been a huge fan of Maria Sharapova – not only because she is drop dead … Continuar leyendo «Go Masha!»