First of all, huge props to kickstarter – I’ve been in huge like with the idea idea since I first heard of it, and have been evangelizing it to entrepreneurial friends. BUT… it doesn’t work from Sweden, unfortunately! Just last week the new platform Fundedbyme was launched, and YAY now the awesome possibility of crowdfunding is also open for us Northeners!! Since it’s actually open for any international project submission, I simply urge you all…
"Crowdfunding – there’s a new player in town!"Author: Aly Chiman
Aly Chiman
When, If Ever, Will SaaS Crack Core, Mission Critical Processes In The Enterprise It’s no secret Software as a Service (SaaS) has generated tremendous excitement among many customers for its apparently transformational adoption model and ownership experience. Unlike client-server applications, SaaS delivers faster time to value often via a viral buying cycle as well as lower risk deployment. The early adopter focus has been on small and midsize businesses (SMBs) because SaaS makes it economical to…
"Transitioning from SAAS Enterprise to Cloud Computing"Sometimes debuging Drupal can get confusing. I blame the lack of oop (we want you so bad Drupal 7) , the lack of mvc, and some kind of evil gnomes plans to take over the world (but more on this latter). So in case you’re going crazy trying to figure out what goes wrong in some otherwise great Dru[pal module, here’s little function i got from an interesting article on lulabot about debugging Drupal: function…
"How to Debug Drupal :: debug_backtrace()"
In the book Chicken: High Art, Low Calorie is a fresh (or at least still warm) project by Siâron Hughes, language techniques in advertising is showcased in the graphic vernacular of fried chicken vendors in the UK. Hughes, a talented designer and illustrator, did not stop at cataloguing the star-spangled array of signage. She also interviewed the people behind brands such as Perfect Fried Chicken and Hen Cottage, most notably Morris ‘Mr Chicken’ Cassanova –…
"The Language of Fried Chicken: Techniques Used in Advertising"
Last week AdAge reported that Tropicana’s sales shrank 20% at the start of the year before rebranded packaging was pulled. Designs by Arnell Group were kicked before they hit the shelves and heartily jeered on their exit. Hence it joined the list for bad rebranding. Although recession squeeze must have played a role, it doesn’t seem to account for the whole story. Sales of refrigerated orange juice across the board only dipped 5% in the same…
"Club Tropicana Tops List in Rebranding Failures"