I look forward to speaking at the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors' 2009 Winter Conference, Jan. 20-22, in Orlando, FL. Some of the highlights of the event: a private equity forum, for private equity firms that want to showcase lower middle market companies. There is also a Deal Expo for discussing active Read More...

Last night, I participated in a panel with Columbia University’s Center for Career Education. One of the ideas that came up was keyword-optimizing your personal profile/resume. Most obviously, to do this, you should study the resumes of your peers. Theda Sandiford also observed, "Google Analytics has a tool to suggest keywords. Once Read More...

Over the past few days, I've gained a massive amount of respect for comedian and TV commentator (Fear Factor, UFC) Joe Rogan. One of the things that has impressed me most is his very raw, open, heart-felt blog. I was especially touched by this passage in this post commenting on the death of former UFC Read More...

I first learned of vision boards a few years ago, but I never actually started using them myself until this year. They were discussed briefly in The Secret, and Oprah featured them in her follow-up show, The Secret Behind The Secret. She made headlines with her vision board on election day when she told an Read More...

A fascinating event occurred on Twitter today. In short, someone cracked a joke about a new 3rd-party Twitter application. Someone else took it seriously and blogged about it on ZDNet, creating a wave of misplaced mass hysteria. Brian Ambrozy has the whole story in more detail, but I especially appreciated his Twitter-style summary:

Hay guys, Twitterank Read More...

Following are my notes from the first panel of Friday's min-conference, "GAME THEORY/PLAY MONEY", sponsored by DIGRA-NY. This is a new initiative to bring together the NY games community. The conference looked fascinating, but I unfortunately had to leave after the first panel.
BIOGRAPHIES OF SPEAKERS:

James Grimmelmann is Associate Professor at New Read More...