Blogs about: Greatmindsofourtime
Featured Blog
Markets, Firms and Property Rights: A Celebration of the Research of Ronald Coase
[via GMU (see registration info & conference details)] If I could be in Chicago, I would definitely be attending this two days conference. Friday, December 4 to Saturday, December 5, 2009 Universi… more →
Kempton - ideas Revolutionary
Multi-Touch Systems
kempton wrote 2 days ago: Have a look of “Multi-Touch Systems that I Have Known and Loved” by Bill Buxton. Pay spe … more →
Bill Buxton at BIF-5
kempton wrote 2 days ago: Bill Buxton at BIF-5 (30 mins talk, video) – “Leading designer and Microsoft principal r … more →
A simple lesson from railroads
kempton wrote 1 week ago: From the insightful article “Buffett, Railroads, and the Lessons of History” by Alice Sc … more →
Bill Gates & Warren Buffett: What industry do you think is going to produce the next Bill Gates?
kempton wrote 1 week ago: From CNBC (transcript and video) (emphasis added), “QUESTION: Hi. My name is Katrina Gankena … more →
Warren Buffett & Bill Gates on CNBC
kempton wrote 2 weeks ago: Here is a link to an online video of the complete CNBC Town Hall Event “Warren Buffett and Bil … more →
Dyson's bladeless fan
kempton wrote 2 weeks ago: James Dyson is one of my most admired inventor and entrepreneur. Here is an article from Guardian ab … more →
Alice Schroeder @ Motley Fool: Buffett's Biggest Weakness
— 1 comment
kempton wrote 3 weeks ago: Interview with Alice, part 1 “One Big Misconception About Buffett”, part 2 “Buffet … more →
Warren Buffett and the Crisis: 'Brilliant Moves Interspersed with Some Surprising Errors'
— 1 comment
kempton wrote 3 weeks ago: From CNBC, “Alice Schroeder’s authorized biography of Warren Buffett is now available in … more →
Late Bloomers
kempton wrote 3 weeks ago: After I mentioned “Late Bloomers: Why do we equate genius with precocity?“ in this Chinese blog entr … more →
What the Dog Saw - Malcolm Gladwell
— 2 comments
kempton wrote 3 weeks ago: Thanks go to Leona for mentioning Malcolm Gladwell’s new book ”What The Dog Saw: And Oth … more →
Warren Buffett's trains (Burlington Northern Santa Fe) & model-trains
— 2 comments
kempton wrote 4 weeks ago: Have a listen to what Warren Buffett said on CNBC live about his decision to buy the remaining share … more →
BetterManagement TODAY Book Review - "The Snowball" by Alice Schroeder
kempton wrote 1 month ago: Read my review of The Snowball (with book excerpt) here. … more →
Steven N. S. Cheung's original insight on common property rights is unfortunately overlooked (re 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences)
kempton wrote 1 month ago: I have been reading the ideas of Steven N. S. Cheung for many years and have even written a few blog … more →
Rose Friedman Dies at 97 - Two lucky people are now together
kempton wrote 3 months ago: “Two lucky people are now together.” – as someone put it touchingly I am deeply saddened to re … more →
Berkshire Hathaway Transcript 2009 Annual Meeting with commentaries
kempton wrote 7 months ago: OWH has the most detailed Berkshire Hathaway “transcript”/”play by play” for … more →
Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - Great minds our of time
kempton wrote 7 months ago: The psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced “CHICK-send-me-high) has influenced my th … more →
Experience Design - Bill Buxton @ MIX09 Keynote
— 1 comment
kempton wrote 8 months ago: Bill Buxton is one of the people I respect very much and he was the first person I picked, for fun, … more →
Outliers: Book Title Chinese Translation
kempton wrote 8 months ago: Book title translation (in this case, Malcolm Gladwell’s “Outliers: The Story of Success”) is … more →
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life - What a great read
kempton wrote 11 months ago: I’ve finally finished reading/reviewing and picking “best of” pages from the 960 p … more →
