Category: Technology

• Stop losing stuff with Tile

  I was really intrigued when I found out about Tile, an app that helps users find their lost items. People talk a lot about the “Internet of Things” and Tile is a tangible example of this concept. So what is Tile? A small hardware device – A “Tile” is a small white device that you…

  marcabraham

  August 1, 2013

  Mobile, Social Media, Technology

  gadgets, mobile, socialmedia

• Developing my own product – Where to start measuring?

  So I had designed and developed a minimum viable product for my HipHopListings iOS app. I had worked very closely with Alex the developer, designed the mobile workflow and outlining the way I expected users to interact with HipHopListings on their iOS devices. I tested, tested and tested. It led to some critical bug fixes…

  marcabraham

  June 20, 2013

  Agile, Apple, Digital Content, Digital Strategy, Measuring, Mobile, Music, Product Management, Technology, User Experience

• Mike Lynch and his lessons learned

  

  Last week I went to talk by founder Mike Lynch founder of Autonomy, a very successful software business that got acquired by Hewlett Packard last year. Since that acquisition, Mike has been involved in all kinds of battles with HP and its CEO Meg Whitman. Luckily that’s not what this talk focused on. Instead, Mike shared…

  marcabraham

  June 10, 2013

  Digital Strategy, Startups, Technology

  Mike Lynch, productmanagement, startup, strategy

• Developing my own product – Creating a Minimum Viable Product

  Now that my efforts to develop the HipHopListings iOS app myself had not provided me with the desired results, I decided to seek help. I got as far as creating a basic app version of my existing HipHopListings (‘HHL’) blog and installing it onto my phone. However, it became pretty clear very quickly that Apple…

  marcabraham

  May 22, 2013

  Agile, Apple, Digital Content, Digital Strategy, Mobile, Product Management, Social Media, Startups, Technology, User Experience

• How supermarkets are becoming entertainment platforms

  Over the past year or so supermarket giants such as Sainsbury’s and Tesco have started venturing into entertainment content. A good example is supermarket giant Tesco which acquired We7 (digital music) and Blinkbox (video on demand) last year. Its UK competitor Sainsbury bought online entertainment platform Global Media Vault and Anobii (eBooks) around the same time. I wondered about…

  marcabraham

  May 20, 2013

  Amazon, Digital Content, Digital Strategy, eCommerce, Online Trends, Product Management, Technology

  Amazon, cross-platform, eCommerce, Lovefilm, Netflix, streaming, TV