Why Do Web Startups Die? Lack of Alphalpha
Posted on Oct 27, 2006 09:33:50 PM
Internet startups are generally as successful as a nerd in a singles bar. Ventures that get off the ground rarely get knee-high. Why?
The biggest problem I’ve seen isn’t lack of talent, enthusiasm or even funding. It lies in skipping a critical early stage of development I call the “alpha-alpha” stage, or “alphalpha” for short. Alphalpha fits into that frantic time between the Product Requirements Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Alphalpha, Lack, StartupsBook Review: The Myths of Innovation
Posted on Oct 26, 2006 04:32:10 AM
Web professionals are well aware that we live in an age marked by an ever-increasing rate of innovation and change. Within the tech industry, we witness the endless buzz about the newest technological innovation of the week. Outside the tech industry, business publications trip over each other to cover the next innovative gadget, business model, leader, or workspace. With such wide-ranging use of the word innovation, how does it relate Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Book, Innovation, Myths, ReviewWhy Do Web Startups Die? Lack of Alphalpha
Posted on Oct 24, 2006 03:18:16 PM
Internet startups are generally as successful as a nerd in a singles bar. Ventures that get off the ground rarely get knee-high. Why?
The biggest problem I’ve seen isn’t lack of talent, enthusiasm or even funding. It lies in skipping a critical early stage of development I call the “alpha-alpha” stage, or “alphalpha” for short. Alphalpha fits into that frantic time between the Product Requirements Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Alphalpha, Lack, StartupsScalable Media Hosting with Amazon S3
Posted on Oct 21, 2006 05:15:18 PM
Imagine you have a small web site with big potential. You’re currently using a reasonably-priced web host that provides good value for the amount of traffic you normally receive. Perhaps you’ve even gone one step further, and are hosting your site on a dedicated server. But now your site has caught the attention of the blogosphere—you’re about to get much more traffic than you can handle with your current web hosting setup. ##1## Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted on Oct 20, 2006 10:37:59 PM
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Tags: Free, Notes, Paperclips, VectorSeven JavaScript Techniques You Should Be Using Today
Posted on Oct 20, 2006 07:21:21 PM
Whether or not your JavaScript is maintainable often seems to be relative to the task you’re trying to accomplish. You can follow best practices, or not, and sometimes you’ll be fine either way. Nevertheless, in this article, we’ll demonstrate seven techniques you can add to your daily code writing habits to make you a better programmer.
One thing to keep in mind as you go through these examples is that there Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: JavaScript, Seven, Should, Techniques, Today, UsingLearn My Illustrator and Photoshop Techniques
Posted on Oct 20, 2006 03:10:32 PM
Want to learn my Illustrator and Photoshop techniques that are commonly used in my design work? Please read the article, Vector Polishing Techniques that I just posted on Web Designer Wall. I have posted 9 Photoshop techniques on how you can add more depth, color, contrast, and texture into the vector art. The 9 techniques included: lens flare effect, dusty effect, rainbow, glowing lights, particles, color dodge, blurred, watercolor, and vintage texture. Some of them are commonly asked, such as the rainbow and particles effects appeared on N.Design. Let me know your thoughts on the article and don’t forget to Digg it.
Tags: Illustrator, Learn, TechniquesN.Design Studio - Blog & Design
Posted on Oct 19, 2006 07:16:50 PM
After several weeks of hard work, I finally completed rebuilding one of my projects, Best Web Gallery. Note, it is a rebuild, not redesign. I literally went to every single site in the gallery and re-captured the screenshots. Now Best Web Gallery is powered by the latest release of WordPress 2.3. Beside of the WordPress upgrade, I also added many new features such as image tooltip, different display modes (thumbnails, full Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Blog, Design, StudioBack to the User: Creating User-Focused Websites
Posted on Oct 19, 2006 05:57:28 PM
Since our earliest interviews with Web users, enormous progress has been made in shaping sites that inform, engage and build lasting customer relationships. Imagine searching for information without Google; finding a rare collectible without eBay, figuring out what ails you (at 3 A.M.) without WebMD, or getting the news you want delivered to your desktop without your favorite online newspaper.
We've all come a long way. That being Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Back, Creating, Focused, User, WebsitesFor and Against Microsoft
Posted on Oct 18, 2006 11:10:58 AM
Introduction I've been following the anti-Microsoft threads [on the WaSP mailing list] for some time, and feel the need to summarize what I feel are the reasons Microsoft SHOULD and SHOULD NOT support 100% of key standards in upcoming versions of Internet Explorer. As a developer who creates advanced, DHTML-based tools and websites, my wish is to see full standards support from Microsoft, but I am highly sympathetic to their reasons for not Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Against, Microsoft