robhyndman.com — @rhh

“I’m very confident we’ve modeled correctly”

January 6, 2008

I know this is important for campaigns, but the campaign should keep this stuff away from the media. People want meaning, not data.

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Scoble Erased

January 5, 2008

Scoble erased by Facebook blah blah blah blah controversy criticism victim feel sorry blah blah blah snore zzzzzzz.

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A few years ago we saw Damien Rice at Convocation Hall, touring on “O“, as much an act of pure genius as anything I’d heard ’til then. Like many others, I’d been captivated by The Blower’s Daughter, and the opening lyric of that song, “And so it is …”, never failed to make me weak […]

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Interchangeable?

January 4, 2008

“Interchangeable”? I think the word you’re reaching for is “fungible”.

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2008 Resolutions

January 4, 2008

Ethan: “Can we resolve in 2008 to not over-inflate already inflated egos, and maybe, just maybe exercise the critical thinking and analysis that the Blogosphere holds (or past-tense?) so much promise for?”

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“Canadian Digital Music Sales Outperform the U.S. – Again”

January 4, 2008

Once again, the facts are not a friend to CRIA, or Minister Prentice’s plans for Canadian copyright law.

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I Love the Torontoist

January 4, 2008

I don’t think it’s just me – the Torontoist is pumping out loads of great content.

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She’s Ba-ack

January 4, 2008

Antonia is blogging again. Happy. Very happy.

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Meltdown in Hollywood

January 4, 2008

If you’re one of those people who think it’s a good thing that we have so much celebrity news, and who were glued to their TVs watching every detail of the death of Princess Diana, you are no doubt thrilled that yet another celebrity is being sacrificed alive on the altar of unrestricted media access […]

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“You’d have to have a heart of stone”

January 4, 2008

David Brooks is right. By any measure, Obama’s victory in the Iowa caucuses is a profound and moving accomplishment. But it’s not just this result that matters. Obama’s insistence on staying positive has changed this campaign. No doubt many factors have contributed to this campaign being less negative (not, admittedly, never negative, but certainly less […]

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