Viewing profile — lifeofanalysis

Your URL is broken -- has extra dots at the end.

Interesting co-incidence. Just last week, I sent out an email to my friends, saying that I want to teach mathematics to their kids by a math-by-email service, kinda like the chess-…

Check out the National Stye Guide and the average field position plots around the middle of the article. This is great visualization.

This analysis is an opinion without proper analysis. There could be many other structural reasons. For instance, my gut says that the poverty is increasing even though the growth i…

I want to bring in a funny point here. Am I the only one who thinks iPad Air screen is too small (not talking about the quality of the screen, which is excellent, no doubt) for rea…

This short interview is quite inspiring. Here is a choice quote: "I did not bill Intel for consulting hours spent on those aspects of the i8087 design that were transferred to IEEE…

This is good because it solves a problem for small borrowers/lenders in a nice way, just like micro lending does, but this would not work for larger amounts. Over the last 10 years…

No, no such thing for me. I like to be the independent, incorruptible voice. Besides, I would hate dealing with employees. Man's gotta know his limitations. :)

It was very sophisticated analysis. But let me emphasize two things: - When you start, you are taking a leap into total emptiness. You explore a thousand different avenues, most of…

There is obvious up trending of terms like 'big data', 'predictive analytics' and 'data mining'. I have worked in this area since 1998. So here are a few thoughts: - Good analytics…

Setting up an email server is a non-trivial task. I am in a rush right now so I can write a more detailed response. But I hope others will chime in and provide some links to suppor…

Let me answer the question you asked, and, then the question that you did not ask. The fastest and dependably assured way to make a million dollars to build a product/service that …

Thanks for putting it so well. It is mental jujutsu. You leverage your opponent's strength against herself.

I did not say that they have 20 sales people for VIP. I said they could hire 20. I also did not say how many customers they have for VIP. I was doing a what-if analysis of sales ex…

Could be. But unlikely. See my detailed comment below.

I want to help clarify this valuation. I think it is not clear from the article why Mullenweg (CEO) suddenly thinks they are capital constrained. Let's do some back-of-the-envelope…