Shared Learnings
Pollenizer’s Linkopedia for the Week ending, 03/07/2011
Let’s take a look at this week’s Linkopedia. Google Ads Preferences - Make the ads you see on the web more interesting - http://goo.gl/0xknt Blog Post titled "What is a good goal?" - http://www.dragonflyeffect.com/blog/what-is-a-good-goal HBR Blog post titled "How to...
read moreStartups first test: Does anyone care?
Part of what Pollenizer does regularly is to reality check new ideas by just putting them out there. It's the fastest way to find out if anyone cares and what they think. I copped some flack on Friday for tweeting out a link to a site called Noble Village. This was...
read moreMarket Based Businesses: Hunger on Both Sides
Lots of businesses I see are market based, meaning there is a buyer and a seller. As I've written about before, these businesses are great once they are established, but are hard to get there. One thing we search for is hunger on both sides. What I mean by this is...
read morejQuery Window Resizer Plugin
This is my second in a series of jQuery plugins that I am sharing. You can check out the tooltip plugin from my first post here. I've recently been paying more attention to the mobile space and trying to build websites whose layout changes at different resolutions....
read moreGamification of Brainstorming
I've been reading the book Gamestorming which is about adding gaming to work to get better results. It's good though it's a lot more about using games in workshops and brainstorming situations. A few things I've learned reading it; Stop being critical in the early...
read moreKim Chen and Giving
This is a thanks to Kim and a sorry to my followers. Part 1 Friday night, with a beer or two from celebrating the farewell of Bruno and Oliver from Pollenizer and 3 years of Silicon Beach Drinks, I stood on a wobbly chair to give an impromptu speech for 1 minute. In...
read moreFEO – Facebook Essential Optimisation
OK FEO is a stupid term I just made up but Facebook optimisation is serious business. Everyone is marketing through Facebook Pages (and Groups) these days but how much thought are people putting into optimising them? When you create a Facebook page you need to give it...
read morePollenizer’s Linkopedia for the Week ending, 26/6/2011
Let’s take a look at this week’s Linkopedia. Blog Post titled, "How to Force Good Customer Service" - http://melbournegeek.com/2011/03/how-to-force-good-customer-service Blog Post titled “What happens to user experience in a minimum viable product?” -...
read morejQuery tooltip plugin
Today is my first installment in a series in which I will showcase a collection of jQuery plugins that I have made over the past few years. I will be posting one plugin each week over the next two months. This will also include the plugin template that I use and a...
read moreWhat’s your story?
This blog post by Mitch Joel is a good reminder that you should never forget the story behind your product. As customer development managers and marketers, it's easy to fall into pushing your product to the detriment of your story. You're so desperate for a email...
read moreToby, What have you been up to?
Ever wonder what everyone is up to? Every week we will be posting two-minute videos showcasing what each team member is working on and general musings on the job. This week: Toby Skyring Will you be next? Stay tuned.......
read morePollenizer’s Linkopedia for the Week ending, 19/6/2011
Let’s take a look at this week’s Linkopedia. Japanese home-style dining at Wafu, specializes in organic products which are also vegan and vegetarian friendly - http://www.wafu.com.au Lytro is transforming light field technology from a scientific theory into a...
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