http://www.moneyandsoftware.com Adventures in software, finance and the intersections Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:27:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We recently completed an analysis of multicast sending performance.  Happily, Java and C performed almost identically as we tested different traffic sending rates on Windows and Solaris.  However, we noticed that the time to send a multicast message increases as the time between sends increases.  The more frequently we call send, ... http://www.moneyandsoftware.com/2009/09/18/multicast-send-performance/ MWD Trading is a small proprietary trading firm in SW Denver (Ken Caryl and C470).  We trade a variety of financial markets using a custom software system.  We are looking for an experienced system administrator to manage our trading computers.  Network performance is important to us; our trades depend on ... http://www.moneyandsoftware.com/2009/08/21/system-admin-wanted-for-trading-firm/ I want to be able to monitor craigslist for specific keywords. I want it to be web-based, super-easy signup, notify me of matches via Twitter, email, etc. Monitize it by showing google ads for whatever they are searching on, or by including ads in the notification emails. The only ones I can ... http://www.moneyandsoftware.com/2009/06/26/business-idea-craigslist-monitoring-website/ Generally, the JavaOne technical sessions were very good, but I didn’t have any interesting interactions with other attendees.  I posted on a few finance LinkedIn groups looking for other attendees who do high frequency trading, but didn’t get any responses.  Since I didn’t get anything out of the other attendees, ... http://www.moneyandsoftware.com/2009/06/09/javaone-trip-report/ From Jeremy Grantham’s latest letter: Let me end this section by emphasizing once again the difference between real wealth and the real economy on one hand, and illusionary wealth and debt on the other.  If we had let all the reckless bankers go out of business, we would not have blown ... http://www.moneyandsoftware.com/2009/05/13/bailing-out-the-banks/ MWD Energy is a proprietary trading firm in Denver, Colorado. We’re looking for a trader or quant familiar with market making strategies for equities. Experience with high-frequency statistical arbitrage or market making techniques is critical; we are not interested in speculative strategies. You should have experience with strategies that trade millions ... http://www.moneyandsoftware.com/2009/02/26/quanttrader-familiar-with-equity-market-making/ Concord Energy / MWD Energy is a small proprietary trading firm in SW Denver (Ken Caryl and C470).  We trade a variety of financial markets using a custom software system.  We are looking to hire an experienced developer to do a mix of trader support and development.  We’re serious about software ... http://www.moneyandsoftware.com/2009/01/26/java-developer-wanted-for-trading-firm/ My friends Thomas & Gina recycled their yard signs into a herd of dinosaurs for their son Sam's 4th birthday:  The T-rex and the triceratops are from Obama signs; the Stegosaurus is from a Mark Warner sign.      http://www.moneyandsoftware.com/2008/11/25/obamasaurus-and-friends/ {UPDATE: LinkedCells sold to FutureGlue, a Swedish software firm, a few days after I posted this.  Thanks to them from the LinkedCells team for making the sale and transfer process so easy.  Good luck!} LinkedCells is a software product that allows Excel users to easily share their spreadsheet data with other ... http://www.moneyandsoftware.com/2008/08/05/linkedcells-is-for-sale/ I posted a craigslist ad yesterday to get rid of a couple of old desktop computers that have been sitting idle in my basement.  Despite the machines being obsolete and not having monitors, I got 42 emails overnight from people who wanted them.  The responses were all over the place, ... http://www.moneyandsoftware.com/2008/04/18/donate-your-old-computer/