Somehow all my Princeton friends started taking personality tests a week ago to see if they had changed … Continue reading “Fun with personality types”

The road to hell is paved with good intentions! In public policy above all else, I have often … Continue reading “The power of unintended consequences”

The mother of an OLX employee called 911 in Argentina to report a robbery in progress across her … Continue reading “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 … Continue reading “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 … Continue reading “The art of hiring”

A few months ago I described the “Grinda Hypothesis” where I posited that social networks would be hard … Continue reading “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, … Continue reading “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 … Continue reading “Books that make you dumb :)”

We were evaluating webcams for doing video conferences over Skype between the OLX New York & Argentina offices … Continue reading “The Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000 and Orbit AF are great webcams”

Worry not, it’s my last post with these 🙂

Friends of rogue trader Jerome Kerviel last night blamed his $7 billion losses on unbearable levels of stress … Continue reading “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 … Continue reading “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 … Continue reading “Great Gaming PC”