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Tag: soccer

Of soccer and crowds

I’m reading The Wisdom of Crowds and Soccer in a Football World and thoroughly enjoying both.
Wisdom is the first book of any length that I’m reading entirely in electronic format, and so far I’ve found the experience to be unremarkable. In a good way. Once I’ve settled in the medium fades away and I’m totally immersed, as I [...]

Potential reading

Thanks to the Amazon Kindle app for my iPhone I’ve been reading a bunch of sample chapters. Books I’m considering reading in full:

The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
The Long Tail by Chris Anderson
iCon Steve Jobs by Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
How Soccer Explains the World by Franklin Foer
Soccer in a Football World by [...]

Germany vs. Turkey live feed

The television feed of Germany’s dramatic victory in Euro 2008 was disrupted during the game on account of a power outage in Vienna. Per UEFA contracts all international TV feeds went through Vienna. The Swiss, however, had their own, separate, local feed for the game (since it was in Basel) and at least Germany (perhaps [...]