It’s all going terribly wrong for Upwork. In what was supposed to be the power merger in the freelance industry has now become a case study of what NOT to do. The short back story is that Elance and oDesk merged into Upwork. It was slated and hyped to be the next greatest thing for […]
There’s a saying that “all good things must come to an end.” Throughout my life, I have found that to be more often true than not. Over the past year I have been using Elance to supplement my client base that tends to be cyclical in nature. Elance was effective in augmenting that client base. […]
Today Apple revealed its new iPhone and Apple Watch. The first thing that struck me, despite all the hoopla over it, was the fact that the Apple Watch was named just that: Apple Watch. It wasn’t iWatch. What this tells me is that Apple is now starting to move away from the “i” branding (ie […]
Opened my email up today and got an offer from Skype and Starbucks. Here’s what it said: Here’s how: Fill out the form below. Sign into Outlook.com, then link your Skype and Outlook.com accounts. Send an IM to any of your Skype contacts from your Outlook.com inbox. Check your inbox in a few weeks to […]
Funny how sometimes even the smallest things can shock you (ie 16 x 16px). The other day I was surfing around, usually with 15 tabs open on Chrome, and I was hunting to go back to elance. I skimmed my bar 3 or 4 times and I couldn’t find the elance tab. Low-and-behold they changed […]
I just wrote about how difficult things can be on Crowdsourcing sites like Kickstarter. Then comes along companies, and ideas, like Jaunt’s and Giroptic’s 360cam – which passed its $150,000 goal in its first day on the site. WOW. But, the bigger question is… are 360 degree cameras here to stay or can we expect […]
Went to my first conference through Meetup.com last night at the Hilton DoubleTree Hotel on Sukhumvit 26 (Bangkok). Interesting thoughts by the presenters and I enjoyed the venue. What I came away with from it was this: It’s a lot harder than it looks. I was always under the notion that it was a […]
Browsers play a pretty important role in our industry. So, we’re sensitive when a new one comes rolling-out. Supposedly, the latest iteration from Firefox is “the biggest update in a while.” The new design is leaning more and more towards a chrome look and feel. It is becoming more simplistic in design, less cluttered, a […]
Microsoft XP was on my computer, and used daily, up until March of 2014. It would still probably be my OS of choice had I not changed computers. It’s a great OS, and like the millions of others using it I saw no reason to change. Then I got a new computer that had win8.1 […]
I’m upset – yesterday there was a conference on how to leverage a business using gamification principles. Something that I should be acutely aware of as gaming was my former industry. But, I missed the conference. Bummer. I’m thinking that this may give UX guys something to think about.
