User Experience (UX) Design: Part 1 As I prepare for the roll-out of my 2nd, full-time eCommerce website Uvestor.com, I’ve found myself very occupied with the homepage and ‘traffic funnel’ layout that is created for the site. I’ve had a wonderful growth process learning about user interaction and ‘user experience’ (UX) on sites as well as ‘user interface’ (UI) work with… Read More
Mobile Security Finally Growing? Isn’t it crazy to think that not too long ago cell phones didn’t exist? Remember how big they used to be? And all the text messaging that started about 4 years ago? According to Nielsen, 203 million out of the 263 million U. S. wireless subscribers pay for text messaging. They estimate that 57% of… Read More
eBay Sees Competition The recession has led to a number of new, smaller websites to grow that are providing similar — in many cases a better — service than the giant who invented online sales. Some of these sites have coined the term re-commerce, re-selling items that would normally just sit around. Several new sites, like Gazelle and… Read More
Greylock Hits Middle Age, Accomplished While most firms are struggling to survive, one if the oldest venture firms in the world is continuing to innovate and move forward. Maybe the firm has taken notes from some of its best startup’s, like Facebook (2nd round investor), and continued to change and adapt rather than sticking with the exact same philosophies. Greylock… Read More