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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: July 2004
We’re Hiring a Programmer/Consultant
We at log are hiring! Position: Programmer/Consultant Location: Lisboa Job type: Full-time log is looking for a Programmer/Consultant with the following profile: – One or more years of experience with open-source technology; – Knowledge of Perl; – Interest on Internet … Continue reading
Creating a Company: Real World Experience
Loic Le Meur is the founder of U-blog. His company has been acquired/joined by Six Apart (blog application MovableType creators). Some of his experience in founding and managing U-blog has been documented and can be found here. It’s full of … Continue reading
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Portugal Enters the RFID Wave with Dog-ID
InformationWeek as an article about a company that won a government contract to install RFID tags on Dogs In Portugal. Portugal’s agricultural ministry is implementing an animal-tracking project in order to comply with an european mandate for identification of dogs, … Continue reading
Tagged RFID
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Google will be worth 28% of the Portuguese GDP
No suprises as google anounces it’s IPO share price between $108 and $135 per share. Expensive? Probably. Portuguese newspaper Diario Economico is reporting that if Google reaches it’s maximum valuation it will be worth 28% of the Portuguese Gross Domestic … Continue reading
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The Swedish Girls Pizzeria
A last-minute invitation from one of my best friends to have dinner at a home-made style pizzeria owned and operated by two swedish girls, with a wonderful see view in a 35º C summer night sounds like an irresistible proposition. … Continue reading
New Typeface Helps Dyslexics
Wired writes about a new typeface called Read Regular that helps dyslexics distinguish characters more easily online and in print. Many typefaces use the same format for b and d, or p and q and this makes them difficult to … Continue reading
Tagged Accessibility
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Follow-the-Leader Strategy
Online search leader Google created and launched Gmail. Then followers Yahoo! and MSN buy e-mail and search related companies Oddpost (amazing interface!) and Lookout respectively. Will Google be able to maintain it’s leadership? For how long? If they continue to … Continue reading
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Six Design Lessons From the Apple Store
Jesse James Garrett (bio here) partnet of Adaptive Path has written an article on the way Apple stores are designed He identified 6 lessons to learn from the design: 1. Create an experience, not an artifact. 2. Honor context. 3. … Continue reading
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Potential Uses of RFID
A good article on RFID usage is available at the Technology Review site. The articles shows some RFID implementation examples from baggage to tires to beer industries. RFID is slowly entering our lives. The price must still come down to … Continue reading
Weekend Reading
Some of the links I’ve been reading this weekend: – Ceguera a los banners: cómo se produce este fenómeno psicológico. – Y de repente… desaparece: La volatilidad de la identidad de la marca… – Good Experience Site and Good Experience … Continue reading
