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Comment on Is Perfection Killing Your Execution? by Marc

Marc — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:30:52 +0000

Yeah i agree, it’s just plain frustrating and not even close to acceptable. We have many flaws usability flaws I will admit openly. Not as frustrating as wanting to do more than you have time to! Grrrr! (at my own tail)

Comment on Is Perfection Killing Your Execution? by Gary Barber

Gary Barber — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:27:34 +0000

However you never want to have a web application that frustrates people and makes it hard for them to do want they want to do with their data. Removing that level of frustration is not perfection.

Comment on The Digital Spring Clean by Farhan Rehman

Farhan Rehman — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:27:18 +0000

Interesting…
It’s often been said that the clutter in ones physical space, be it work, or home, is a reflection of the cluttered thoughts in ones mind, and so cleaning out the mess, and chaos helps set a clean, tidy and organised mind. It’s like walking into a neat and tidy office, and finding it really easy to get work done
I’d never considered the analogy electronically… It has got me thinking - that the more we “store” online, the more cluttered we get..
Perhaps having all your unlimited wasteful email does ultimately just slow us down, when we could be freely flying through the wind, with no baggage weighing us down.. Will have to think and reflect upon what you’ve said, and see how I can begin to get my electronic “house” spring cleaned too!
Thanks for a great post

Comment on Smart Company - Australia’s top web 2.0 entrepreneurs by Marc

Marc — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:59:45 +0000

Thanks Leah, definitely a bottom 10 in Spelling Weekly magazine!

Comment on Smart Company - Australia’s top web 2.0 entrepreneurs by Leah Maclean

Leah Maclean — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:55:05 +0000

Congratulations Marc!!! You Grant and, as you so elloquently put it, your team desearve this accolade. Saasu not only has a great product but you also have a fabulous attitude and philosophy.

Love the fact that you look up to your piers … normally you look down at piers unless of course you are on the water and sometimes you get to look at them. I presumed you meant your professional peers

Comment on Government Guarantee is Not a Low Deposit Rate Certainty For Banks by Marc

Marc — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:07:28 +0000

I think the drawing of deposits is less about about the asset value of a bank and more about it’s liquidity position. The government as “Lender of the last resort” would be a good strategy for dealing with a run on a bank. Nationalising any asset feels like an Government act just as panicked as the depositors taking money out of the bank. Just provide the liquidity or guarantee on a while needed basis under continual review until the panic passes or is dealt with through other actions.

Comment on Government Guarantee is Not a Low Deposit Rate Certainty For Banks by Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:05:49 +0000

“Why not step in at the ninth hour and save the odd bank that looks like collapsing but only if all other avenues have been explored”

The run on the Northern Rock in the UK convinced the UK government that the ninth hour is way too late to step in. If the government waits for the run to happen and then steps in they find themselves having to nationalise a virtually worthless business.

Personally I really don’t like the idea of governments propping up failing private businesses like this but in the circumstances I don’t see any alternative.

There need to be some really serious enquiries into this mess. People like Gordon Brown and Henry Paulson need to be brought to account over why they failed to act earlier. Paulson in particular should be facing some very serious accusations of negligence especially re the Net capital rule.

Comment on The Short Selling Ban - Regulator Legal Liability? by Marc

Marc — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:30:00 +0000

We closed all our CFD positions back in April. We were up 27% since Jan1 for the year on our model trading and we decided with the recession/depression risk our capital would be better in the business. For me this is all about a step backwards in market development, that’s the crux of my worry.

Heh we are due for a Laksa!

Comment on The Short Selling Ban - Regulator Legal Liability? by Sean Carmody

Sean Carmody — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:04:29 +0000

Marc: thanks for the link! As I understand it, the exemption that allows options market makers to short sell for hedging purposes does not apply to CFD brokers. This means that if a client wants to close out a long CFD position and the broker has it hedged with other CFDs rather than stock, the broker may be unable to close out the risk. Hence “phone trades only”. If you were stuck with a long CFD position that you couldn’t close out, I can’t imagine you’d be too keen on using CFDs again in the future. I can’t help thinking that this does not bode too well for the future of the CFD market.

Comment on Iran. Nothing For The World Food Programme by Marc

Marc — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:13:00 +0000

hass, I think you’re mixing food aid with military support - completely different topic. WFP funds aren’t going to military aid you know that. I don’t see any of these reasons being a good excuse for no funding. making excuses for the lack of funds by reconciling against events of the past points is not how anyones God would like us to operate. As for literacy for women, life expectancy and US sanctions that might need to be another post

p.s. i changed the title, think it was too rough, took on board what you said.