Category: Startups

• Why I really like This Is My Jam

  I love This Is My Jam. Period. This service, which only came out of private beta a few months ago, is as simple as it is effective.  This Is My Jam (‘TIMJ’) lets users select one track at the time (your “jam”) which will expire after one week. As a result, you tend to get recent…

  marcabraham

  July 12, 2012

  Music, Online Trends, Social Media, Startups

  Facebook, Music, Rdio, socialmedia, startup

• zeebox – the value is in sharing and discovery

  Like music, TV is another traditional medium that has gone social. Forget about ‘just’ watching a show on TV’ that is only half the fun nowadays. Watching something on telly is one thing, but the conversation around it on  social media such as Twitter and Facebook is pushing the way in which we consume TV…

  marcabraham

  June 6, 2012

  Digital Content, Social Media, Startups

  content, cross-platform, discovery, Rdio, socialmedia, Spotify, startup, TV

• Being able to say “sorry” – a great example by Balsamiq

  I guess people’s (in) ability to say “sorry” is not unique to the digital landscape. However, you do not have to be a rocket scientist to see that the web and social media have made mistakes and public relations disasters a lot more public and transparent. I am always particularly interested in one’s ability to hold…

  marcabraham

  April 26, 2012

  Online Trends, Startups, User Experience

  Balsamiq, startup, UX

• Pinterest – Another social media miracle?

  Over the last couple of months Pintrest seem to have become talk of the town in social media land and has been hailed as the latest great social media success. Pinterest is a virtual pinboard that lets you organise and share are all the things that you are interested in. A simple example of how…

  marcabraham

  March 12, 2012

  Online Trends, Social Media, Startups

  Pinterest, socialmedia, startup

• Slicing and dicing your online receipts

  Do you know that feeling when you have gone a bit crazy buying things online!? Not knowing what to do with all the receipts, delivery emails etc.? If these kinds of experiences sound familiar, Slice might be able to help you out (if you’re in the US that is – Slice is currently only available in beta…

  marcabraham

  March 1, 2012

  Startups

  payment, Slice