had my first design meeting with the programmers and established the timeline to get the game produced by end of march 2010. Looks like it will have a combination of the qualities of Risk and the card game prototype I designed as a proof of principle. I cant wait to play it.
Category: research
Profitable ETF trading strategies: reflection theory and its implications on back testing
A simple explanation of reflection theory comes from the mathematical field of set theory and statistics. The theory can be made as complex as you want it to be, based on your interest in statistics and math, but the essence of it is intuitive and has some interesting insights for back testing your systems in […]
Design versus planning: what to do when you don’t know what to do
The scientific method has been responsible for the most extraordinary improvement in mankind’s standard of living. Since the Enlightenment and the Renaissance, it has been responsible for every major advance in human understanding and technology. The scientific method relies on a positivists worldview, which can be said to value certainty, control, objective reality, and planning. […]
A Reflection on Crafting Qualitative Research Questions
In chapter 7, Creswell (2009, pp. 129-132) identifies the following general procedure and considerations for crafting qualitative research questions. 1. Ask one or two central questions followed by no more than 5 to 7 sub questions 2. relate the central question to the specific qualitative strategy of inquiry 3. begin the research questions with the […]
Developing emotional intelligence: a challenge for 21st-century education
In many organizations with a strong hierarchical culture, we place a premium on the deep insights and reflective learning of our most senior leaders. In these organizations it makes a lot of sense in conventional times to value their insights above all others. It would be normal in this kind of organization when faced with […]
Structuring “Voice” for academic reseachers
My mentor sent me an intriguing link concerning an evolution in the standards, structure, presentation and style for online articles published in the CELL network of 2000 scientific journals. here are the essential new proposed standards, which would be a great way for us to prepare lesson prep materials for our college . I will […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: the best book on trading
A friend of mine who is seeking to develop his skills as an equity trader asked what book on trading he should read if there were only one. I started to think about the different masterpieces I have read and have applied in my own trading. There are masterpieces of fundamental analysis, of technical analysis, […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: Experiencing the Zero-State
For me, achieving the zero-state is a necessary precondition for trading at my peak. In other essays I have described it as a place where adjective pairs of mental states cancel each other out, leaving only a moment of pure being. It is the space between the words that we know, a moment and a […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: Trading From the Zero-State
One of the most important qualities of the professional trader is the ability to manage your psychological state. Psychology is such an important component of shorter term trading that it can make all the difference between success and failure. In my own trading, the essential state of mind I must be in to trade at […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: finding an edge in market classification
One of the most common quests for trading excellence early in a trader’s career is the search for an all purpose, robust trading secret which can be used to guide the trader through all markets, in all time frames, in any conditions, regardless of the instrument being traded, the size of the position, and your […]