Archive for June, 2006

3d desktop UI research prototype

Came across this interesting video on the prototype. I’ve love to see more of this kind of research. This prototype looks quite advanced with weight physics and mouse gestures.
However, this is still pretty much based on the mouse as UI control. One thing I’ll really like to see is new ways of interaction and […]

User testing can be a waste of time and money.

User experience is the new big buzz word in today’s software and web applications. As the market starts to get saturated, it is harder for consumers to distinguish the differences between companies. Software and web applications cannot compete on functionalities alone, hence they start promoting their great user experience to be ahead of the pack. […]

Where is the Yahoo browser?

Browser war 2.0 is between Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!. Influencing the browser can bring huge benefits to the underlying company. You can set the default search engine, start page and plugins. Google is the big supporter behind firefox. Google is the default search engine. Now they are starting to release value added plugins such as […]

More business resources for entrepreneurs

Video and podcast from top US business schools.

Harvard business school - http://video.hbs.edu/videotools/portal/showcase
MIT Sloan - http://mitworld.mit.edu/index.php
Standford - http://edcorner.stanford.edu/
Wharton - http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/

Can people be taught to be entrepreneurs?
My answer is no. It is the same as asking “Can people taught to be a designer?”. I think the entrepreneural passion needs to be born with, just like the designer […]

Debugging Javascript on IE

Everyone should know about Firebug for Mozilla by now. I had the problem not being able to use ‘console.log()’ on IE.
Here’s a quick solution, a wonderful package log4javascript by Tim Down.

I used wrapper class to switch between the two on different browsers.
if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf(”Firefox”) == -1) {
// Create the logger. “mylogger” is the unique name […]

What will be the web3.0 boom?

Web 1.0 - the boom of information publishing
This is the boom for publishing information on the net from a few big players, and searching of information from those publishers.
e.g. Yahoo, CNet, Google, MSN, Excite

CMS
Ecommerce
Webring
3 levels drop list navigation
ASP, J2ee
Open source projects were still babies - drupal, phpBB

Web 2.0 - the boom of The Long […]

Essential business books for web entrepreneurs

Blue ocean strategy
Seeing what’s next
The 10 day MBA
The tipping point
Selling with NLP

Ever since the web1.0 boom, I’ve been preparing myself for starting up my own business. I’ve been selectively choosing the books that will add value to me. The knowledge gained from these books are well worth the time and money, and I will tell […]




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