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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 2005
New books: Hedonist’s travel guides, 37signals and Entrepreneurs
Two different book orders have arrived today on the (snail) mail. For us, we ordered two travel guides. A Hedonist’s Guide to Madrid and A Hedonist’s Guide to Lisbon. We decided to buy these new guides after having a good … Continue reading
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Skype’s Afillitate Program
Its nice to see that old methods still apply. In it’s early days, Amazon’s Affiliate Program was an innovation that helped the company spread it’s brand online. Following that example, Skype is launching an affiliate program in order to increase … Continue reading
Tagged e-business
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(By now) RSS is probably the best term
I have to agree with Marc Hedlung that by now it’s too late to change the term RSS into anything more understandable (like Alerts which I suggested). By now, some big players are already moving into RSS. BBC has a … Continue reading
Why you can’t use PayPal on Amazon.com
I have a few euros on a PayPal account and was planning on buying a few books. But Amazon.com (Earth’s Biggest Bookstore, they say) doesn’t accept them. I though that there should be a good reason for that. And there … Continue reading
Tagged e-commerce
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Reboot (pre-conference) podcasts
From yesterday, 2 pre-conference podcasts are available. This will allow speaking participants to introduce themselves and talk about what they’ll be presenting. For the listener is a great way of being prepared for who and what you’re going to hear. … Continue reading
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Football, The Championship and Benfica
Benfica is 2005 Champion. After a rather disappoint championship from all teams, Benfica has been crowned only at the last game of the season. They needed a draw and they got a draw. The country is celebrating and also some … Continue reading
Why is Google following a portal’s strategy?
Google personalized homepage is having a wow! effect on the comunity. Not because it is something new on the Internet, but because for Google it is an completely different approach. A few years ago people talked about how personalization was … Continue reading
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Lunch at the London Borough Market
This post from the del.icio.us guys reminded me how I wish I could eat at the Borough Market everyday. Fresh meat, fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, all taken from the stand and cooked directly. And what a garden for a middle … Continue reading
Tagged lifestyle
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Rough Guide to Copenhagen
Rough Guides are my favourite travel guides. For every city or country visited I have a Rough Guide. Since we’ll be in Copenhagen soon she ordered The Rought Guide to Copenhagen on Amazon. Yesterday it arrived. It’s really one of … Continue reading
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