“We don’t do focus groups,” he (Jonathan Ive) said firmly, explaining that they resulted in bland products designed not to offend anyone.
Jonathan Ive, Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, Apple, BBC News, July 1st, 2009
Yup focus groups suck for product design. Henry Ford knew it. His customers wanted a “faster horse”, they didn’t dream up [...]
There was sun, Larry got prime parking and connections were made.
MoTh #3 was a pretty decent success. There were people with apps shipping in the iPhone App Store, BlackBerry AppWorld and Android Marketplace. Various pros and cons of each platforms were discussed. Ok it was mostly therapy and commiseration. We even had a hardware person [...]
MoTh is happening Thursday, September 3rd, 4PM upstairs at the Heuther Hotel. On the patio if it’s nice and inside if it’s crappy.
MoTh is an informal monthly get together for the Wireless Community in Waterloo. Come on out if:
* you’ve built a wireless company (large or small)
* you’re building a wireless startup (large or small)
* [...]
Apologies, got busy and dropped the ball on making this a monthly event (MoFo). But it’s back and now regularly on Thursdays so it’s MoTh from here on in.
The point of MoTh is to build a stronger wireless community in Waterloo. From the original MoFo announcement:
Waterloo has a up swell of wireless companies, I guess [...]
We’re looking for a couple of people to join us at ParkVu.
ParkVu is developing software applications that deliver on the promise of the mobile Internet experience by giving users the freedom to access their data at any time from mobile devices. It is the developer of i2b, the first application to give BlackBerry users remote [...]
MOFO
Originally uploaded by petalum
A while back I mentioned building a Wireless Community of Startups, but this time less talking and more doing. So there’s MoMo (Mobile Monday’s), Wireless Wednesdays. MoTh just didn’t have the right feel so MoFo it is.
Waterloo has a up swell of wireless companies, I guess that really isn’t a surprise. [...]
An Anaconda Opportunity Originally uploaded byabsencesix
Sadly no opportunities for Anaconda’s but it was the best “Opportunity” picture I could find.So we’re looking for a couple of people to join us at ParkVu.
First role would be for someone with .NET skills to work on a long term consulting project. The project itself is pretty crazy [...]
1 year to the day Terry and I decided to do ParkVu full time, we’re pleased to announce our first application: i2b: the first application to let BlackBerry Bold, Curve, and Storm users remotely [...]
Dear developers of RIAs and internet services.
Please consider the impact on users and other apps when attempting to send/receive packets. As more and more apps require communication with the cloud, we have a responsibility to prioritize the user’s experience over the need to get info fast.
Behold the swanky digs of a capital efficient startup.
Really the Word of the Day should be a phrase: we need more whiteboards! We’ve since plugged up the window with another perfectly fitting whiteboard. But we’re out of whiteboard space.
