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I may once again be in Beijing but I’m still mostly on Vancouver time…

Yesterday I wrote the CFA Level 2 exam. I doubt I passed…

After the authorship apocalypse of recent weeks, I actually looked inside Google Labs to see just what author rank was saying about the content I’ve self published online…

I was actually down in Mexico for a series of meetings, it just so happened the meetings were at the El Dorado Royale resort in the Riviera Maya. It was regarded as a really good trip by everyone I talked to, though some like me probably ate and drank a little too much, but I think that is par for the course for these all inclusive resorts…

Most people online are obsessed with popularity. A lot of time and effort gets spent trying to become more popular. How can I get more followers? How can I get more likes? How can I get more fans? How can I get more hits? How can I get higher rankings? How can I sell more widgets? With all the time and effort spent obsessing over popularity, you’d think more time and effort would be spent contemplating Quality…