I recently saw that Amazon is running a smart promotion where they give away one paid app every day on the new Amazon App Store for Android. This is an incentive to get Android users to try out their version of an app store marketplace to compete with the one Google provides on all Android [...]
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The Amazon App Store
Posted by Eric Friedman on April 24, 2011
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2011/04/24/the-amazon-app-store/
Cloud based documents
Cloud based document editing and viewing simply make more sense. Google understands this well and introduced their office suite to the next generation of email users (gmail) to their offering with a very simple, yet effective way by including a “view” link next to the dreaded “download” link in any viewable document. This was no [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on March 21, 2011
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2011/03/21/cloud-based-documents/
Rate Limiting as a business model
I think the idea of Rate Limiting usage as a business model is very interesting. I recently read that Google is going to begin charging for using their Prediction API for a fee monthly plus usage. Another popular example is Twilio, which charges based on usage of their API. I could be using this [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on January 14, 2011
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2011/01/14/rate-limiting-as-a-business-model/
Chrome OS notebook CR-48
A few weeks ago I got a nice holiday present from the folks at Google – a new CR-48 Google Chrome OS Notebook. I of course immediately unboxed it, pictures are below, and started using it. I told the kind folks at Google in my application that I would be a solid beta tester giving [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on January 10, 2011
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2011/01/10/chrome-os-notebook-cr-48/
Foodspotting has acquired Eat.ly
I am very excited to announce that Foodspotting has acquired Eat.ly I am extremely proud of this sandbox project created by my co-founders and friends Mike Singleton, Sam Huleatt, and Sam Brown Below is the final goodbye page we posted on Eat.ly notifying our users on 12/17/2010 We began working on Eat.ly in the fall of 2009 as [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on December 17, 2010
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2010/12/17/foodspotting-has-acquired-eat-ly/
All web services are in the hospitality business
Last year I had the pleasure to listen to Danny Meyer speak at the USV Portfolio Summit. Oncer per year USV asks the CEO’s from portfolio companies and other executive management to come for a day of information exchange, reflection, updates, and introductions. Over a great lunch Danny Meyer, author of Setting The Table and [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on December 13, 2010
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2010/12/13/all-web-services-are-in-the-hospitality-business/
Watch America Vote on foursquare
I got the chance to work with some talented partners on a recent voting visualization which tracked voting check-ins on foursquare on a voting map. (its also embedded below) When we first conceived this idea, it was setup to accomplish three major things Encourage civic participation through the distribution of the I Voted foursquare badge [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on November 2, 2010
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2010/11/02/watch-america-vote-on-foursquare/
Pivot our startup! Eat.ly
At the end of last year a group of friends came together to create a web service we all wanted to use called Eat.ly – a quick way to track and share food photos on the web via email. The idea was born based on the observation that most people can’t remember what they had [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on September 14, 2010
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2010/09/14/pivot-our-startup-eatly/
Reading Books Electronically
I have been reading books for the past year and a half via mobile phone on the subway. I also read regular books but I have finished more of them electronically. My app of choice has been the kindle on iphone and android. Most people do not realize you can get many of the benefits [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on September 8, 2010
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2010/09/08/reading-books-electronically/
ABD, Always Be Deploying
The famous scene in Glengary Glen Ross has Alec Baldwin directing his team to “ABC” or “Always Be Closing.” Its an epic speech and I have included it below for context. I modified this mantra slightly for tech companies: ABD always be deploying. One of the most important things a company can do is ship [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on September 7, 2010
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2010/09/07/abd-always-be-deploying/
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