Saturday, June 18, 2011

Work-related posts from my online scrapbook

MY TAKE ON WHY GELMAN AND STERN DON’T LIKE STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE (AND NEITHER DO I NOR SHOULD YOU): Statistics and data interpretation.

POPULATION VS INDIVIDUAL IMPLICATIONS OF DISTRIBUTIONS: Statistics and data interpretation.

Statistics, networks, and other fun finds on the web: Research papers.

Usability – it’s in the very small details: Example of usability in packaging.

A CASE FOR CONSULTANTS: What consultants do.

BP CEO'S BAD PR: Sailing during the Gulf oil spill

THE CURRENT INTERNET CULTURE WARS IN ONE PICTURE: Is the internet good or bad for society and is that relevant?

Nostalgic reading: Ogilvy on Advertising, by David Ogilvy: A book most business majors should read, even if they don't want to work in advertising or marketing.

OBSERVATIONS ON MICHAEL LEWIS'S "THE BIG SHORT": Notes on a review of the book, not on the book itself.

Lehman Brothers Repo 105: Video about the financial shenanigans of LB

COMMENT ON "FAIL FAST" by and investor, and not in favor.

SETH GODIN ON "FRIENDS" IN SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook friends are not like real friends.

VENTURE CAPITALISTS VS WALL ST: Tom Perkins defends his corner of finance.

THE 3Cs OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR: I don't infantilize my students or oversimplify my courses.

Pringles Extreme: Caveman Ad: really good storytelling in one picture.

The Joneses - Educational movie, wrong moral. Influencer marketing is not as bad as this movie portrays it.

IN DEFENSE OF MISSION STATEMENTS: real mission statements, that is.