Author: Ethan Parker
It’s launch day! We are live in Google Play and the Apple App Store, folks! We’ve received some great coverage:
Wall Street Journal
Gigaom
Pando Daily
Mashable
BetaKit
Appshopper
And many more! We are super pumped for everyone to have a better experience with Craigslist in general, but especially on Mobile! It’s an exciting time to be alive.
Here’s a couple videos explaining how to use the app:
Author: Ethan Parker
I’ve said for a long time that business is just saying buzzwords with a straight face. Once upon a time there was a website called unsuck-it.com that blessed its readers with the hilarity that is the real meaning behind all those fancy phrases.
Adobe recently did this video. I wish business people were equipped with this device at every conference:
This is a message of hope. A call to action to software and biznass people everywhere. It doesn’t have to be like this. We can change. We can use words people understand.
Here are a few of my favorites from unsuck-it.com:
Synergy - working together
Granularity - detail
Make it pop - adding cliche elements to the design i.e. ribbon, drop shadow, lens flare
Ninja - adequate programmer
R&D - rip off and duplicate
Author: Ethan Parker
This week was the annual Boxworks conference. I was generously invited to attend by one of their Developer Advocates named Alex. I was so impressed! They had top-notch speakers. On stage here is eBay CEO John Donahoe and Marc Andreesen, founder of Netscape and Adreesen Horowitz.
Hard to find bigger names than those in tech. The event was held at the St. Francis hotel by Union Square in SF. Hard to find a nicer venue! Lunch was super delicious and I randomly sat down next to the IT head for Grameen Bank. She was great to talk to and did the signature “walk around with your badge turned in” move so she wasn’t bothered by unwanted attention. If you’ve ever been to a big event or trade show you know what I’m talking about. That’s why you’ve got to be friendly to everyone!
Grameen Bank uses Box to stay in touch with employees all over the world and share documents. She was excited to see some of the new features introduced at the conference.
In the Afternoon Clayton Christensen of HBS (Harvard Business School) spoke to us. What a captivating speaker. He was greeted by roaring applause at the end of his insightful remarks about why we buy things.
Then it was off to a breakout session about the future of mobile. Some fun facts:
15% of people would rather have their nose broken than lose their iPad.
25% of people check work email from their bed before they get up and go to sleep.
40% of people would rather go the dentist than lose their phone.
I even met the guy who is in charge of a few categories of the App Store at Apple. Scary! That’s Alan Greenspan status!
A very interesting trend discussed in the Mobile Trends breakout session was that of BYOD. No, not Bring Your Own DJ, or Dumplings, or Darts. Bring Your Own Device. Because people change jobs frequently and mobile devices can be quite expensive, many work places expect employees to have their own smartphone in order to use company apps, answer email any time, etc.
To top it all off there was a Weezer concert at night! They’ve been one of my favorite bands since I was 12 years old, what a rush!! Before they started playing I may or may not have spent some time behind the ropes of a certain area for some more delicious food (tiny burgers and tacos!! you shoulda seen them) and interesting company.
Here is the stage just before Weezer came on. My phone died or else I’d have some sweet footage for you!
Weezer was great. Overall Boxworks was a huge success and I highly recommend it to those in the industry. A very kind Box engineer and his girlfriend even gave me a ride to my car after the show.
For those unfamiliar with Box: “Box lets you store all of your content online, so you can access, manage and share it from anywhere.” - box.com
