Tag: technology

• Site review: Thread

  Thread looks like the perfect site for fashionable men or those who perhaps want to become a bit more fashionable. It was founded by serial entrepreneur Kieran O’Neill who explained to GQ at the end of last year what Thread is all about: “what’s special is that you have access to the exact same stylists that celebrities or wealthy […]

  marcabraham

  November 18, 2014

  Digital Content, eCommerce, Startups, Technology

  eCommerce, fashion style, FashTech, Online, personal stylist, startup, technology

• Find similar fashion through Cortexica visual search

  Last week, I went to a great talk by Alex Semenzato, who works as a Business Development Manager at Cortexica and is founder of FashTech. In his talk, Alex explained about the visual technology as developed by Cortexica. He discussed this technology in the context of fashion products, making the case for how visual search […]

  marcabraham

  November 10, 2014

  Data, Digital Content, eCommerce, Startups, Technology

  eCommerce, FashTech, search, socialmedia, startup, strategy, technology

• User stories revisited, learning from Gojko Adzic

  As Gojko Adzic is currently drafting his book titled Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve your User Stories, I picked up the following useful tips from his latest draft: Card-Conversation-Confirmation – The book assumes that readers are familiar with the concept of “Card-Conversation-Confirmation” (see Fig. 1 below) and the “INVEST” model (see Fig. 2 below). Both assumptions made […]

  marcabraham

  October 8, 2014

  Agile, Book Reviews, Product Management, Technology, User Experience

  Agile, book, lean, productmanagement, technology, UX

• App review: Do

  I guess we all know how frustrating it can be to have to sit in meetings that just feel like a waste of time or that could have been dealt with in 30 minutes (instead of 3 hours). I know that there are quite a few apps out there which help us to run more productive […]

  marcabraham

  October 5, 2014

  Google, Startups, User Experience

  design, Google, startup, technology

• A sneak preview of the Avegant Glyph

  Even though it has yet to launch, I’m very intrigued by the design and promise of the Avegant Glyph. The “Glyph” is a new headset (see Fig. 1), set to launch in early 2015, which integrates Avegant’s core “virtual retina display” technology into a headset. Even though the design of the Avegant Glyph looks similar to the Oculus […]

  marcabraham

  August 8, 2014

  Mobile, Online Trends, Technology

  3D, gadgets, technology, wearable