Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

The money has been sent! – PayPal

Slight post. I am not a UX expert, like kids @hyperakt [shameless plug for my friends], but I am sure that the way PayPal does things is not good. I can live with the busy design and small buttons, but … Continue reading

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Enterprise Architecture – what is it good for?

I was at a meeting with a potential customer once, where we discussed moving forward with a social portal project. Their process – despite having some great people (!!) – compels them to spend months and years discussing how things … Continue reading

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Headaches – it helps to know what kind they are

I have been spending a lot of time thinking about shapes and sizes – as it relates to business, recently. But a more immediate thought occurred to me today as I was downing 2 advils at 4PM, “I wish I … Continue reading

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Can you spell bubble with a ‘G’?

More froth – http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/groupon-readies-for-an-i-p-o/ What’s the rush for an ipo for a well-capitalized company? Fear that the market isn’t going to be there… Share this:Share

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RT @smartbear – What did they do before you came along?

I know it is cheesy to just repost what at least 48 others (as of this writing) did, but Jason’s post - What did they do before you came along? affected me deeply today. And if I am going to post … Continue reading

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Door handles – color tells the tale

How do you know who are your office Connectors? Whose door gets opened and closed dozens of time a day? Would you care if you knew? A lot of highfaluting and important-sounding stuff gets written about office culture, team building, … Continue reading

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Lost sale – a tale of a forgotten password

“Online interactions should mimic real-life experiences as much as possible” – from a Colleague’s conference abstract With all the talk about customer/user experience, businesses sometimes forget that ALL interactions matter, and that friction built in any phase of the transaction … Continue reading

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Posters, passions, and honing your skills

Experimenting on customers on customer projects is rarely fun and almost never good. Experimenting for a good cause, and then using these skills for your customers – perfect. It sounds great, sort of. First, push the customer to adopt the … Continue reading

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[SYNTHETIC-WORLDS] Greenland Open Beta

Always wish I had more time to participate in such activities. Anyone has a chance to try and let me know? Sent to a [SYNTHETIC-WORLDS] mailing list: A main goal of the synthetic worlds initiative at Indiana University is to … Continue reading

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Highrise feature request

Now that I am a paying customer for highrise (highrisehq.com) I can request features, right? :) I am trying to figure out how best to use the “deals” feature, and it would be really great if I could surface emails/notes … Continue reading

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