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Hi! I'm André Ribeirinho, an entrepreneur from Lisbon, Portugal. I've co-founded Adegga.com, an online wine community and also the AVIN (an ISBN for Wine). My Startup
Adegga is an online wine community where people can discover new wines through the opinions of other people.
Monthly Archives: May 2003
Playing at Work
What is it like to work at Pixar. Pixar is the company behind “Toy Story” series and other major animation sucesses. Improving productivity by fun.
Tagged animation, productivity
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Wi-fi at the Garden
I’m posting from a garden! Very nice. Maybe we should be thinking of new types of notebook screens. The ones that exist are not suitable to use outside. Maybe some sort of outside-oriented techonology like TOUGHBOOK SERIES should be used. … Continue reading
Tagged wireless
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A new browser: Firebird
I’ve just installed and started do use Mozilla’s Firebird browser. First opinion is very positive. It’s a browser with a very good speed on loading pages. Very quick indeed! But the detail I like the most is Tab Browsing. This … Continue reading
Tagged open source
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Color and E-Commerce
Color matters everywhere we go. Trust is built by good design & color. Website should be no different. This text excerpted from the book Color Voodoo for E-Commerce is a good introduction to the color subject.
Tagged e-commerce
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The Business Benefits of Web Standards
I’ve been reading a lot on the Web Standards Project. As you can read on this article web standards let you deal with some commom problems for web developers: diversity of browsers, accessibility and maintenance. The article also discusses how … Continue reading
Tagged standards
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Japanese Culture vs European Culture
I always thought that the Japanese have a very closed social environment in which they comunicate primarily via web and mobile phone. Reading this interview I was able to consolidate my thoughts on this. Telecoms and ISPs are big businesses … Continue reading
The Amazon Way
Again amazon is again delighting its customers. Offering release-date delivery of the new Harry Potter book amazon made another one of it’s great marketing moves! In order to meet impatient demand for the Harry Potter book online retailer Amazon.com is … Continue reading
Tagged e-commerce
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The Microbus
I thought I had to put this post on the general category but as I was making the choice I found that user experience would be more apropriate! Why? Because owning and driving a WV Bus is an experience in … Continue reading
Posted in user experience
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Small Business Customer Service
Customer Service: Your Best Shot at Standing Out is an article that focus on customer service options for small businesses. “Provide the best service in town, and many customers will want to give you their business–regardless of the cost.“
Tagged customer service
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Drop-Shipping
Cut Start-Up Costs By Using a Drop-Shipper (What is drop shipping?) is a good guide to find out how you can outsource packaging and distribution of your products. I’m not a good suporter of drop-shipping because you loose a bit … Continue reading
Tagged e-commerce
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