Category Archives: Business

Review: Myth of the Rational Market

Posted on Aug 26, 2010 by sim

I’ve long had the opinion that the financial markets are far from rational, and that the media, companies & market participants themselves dealing with them as rational – and, worse, rationalizing every strange market movement – is nothing short of … Continue reading →

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Most apps don’t make money. So?

Posted on Jul 26, 2010 by sim

One of the recent annoying trends in the mobile business domain has been the attitude towards apps. Most of the media extols apps as the next big thing, the gold rush everyone must get at now or miss billions of … Continue reading →

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Mobile extremism & ignorance good for nobody

Posted on May 24, 2010 by sim

Ever since the iPhone launched some years ago and ended up being, by most measures, a big success, I feel the tech press has been getting increasingly mean. And I don’t like it one bit. These days not a day … Continue reading →

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Comparison of online book ordering; welcome to another e-commerce backwater

Posted on Apr 20, 2010 by sim

When in the US, e-commerce was pure bliss already ten years ago. Stuff was cheap, came to your door fast and reliably and the whole shopping experience was just good. In Finland, to understate a little, things were not so … Continue reading →

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Don’t trust the gurus

Posted on Nov 13, 2009 by sim

I enjoy a good management book as much as the next person – oh, wait, probably a bit more as I actually do enjoy reading them. Anyway, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that they often promise a whole deal … Continue reading →

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