The internet can be a worrying place for some, and a wondrous one for others. Those who are new to the world of technology can often approach it with caution due to the bad press it's received. While it’s true that certain platforms have been attacked, this wasn’t necessarily due to its location, but rather its lack of security. Becoming confident with something means you hav … [Read more...]
Japanese Venture Capitalist Firm Pivoting to South East Asian Startups
Japanese venture capitalist firm, Sunbridge Global Ventures, is aggressively moving into the South East Asian startup scene, which has exponential growth over the last couple of years. Like many savvy incubator investors, Sunbridge Global has recognized the scene is to hot to miss out on. What is more, and unlike Japan in many sectors- it remains relatively unsaturated, as … [Read more...]
Getting Others to Talk About You
The biggest part of my new job as Community Manager for PicApp is to find people interested in what the company has built and get them to use it or at least talk about it. This has proven far more difficult than I ever could have imagined. Even if you have a great product, you have to find ways to cut through the noise to get their attention, and even then, most bloggers are … [Read more...]
Blogging Annoyance: Rant About Newsletters
Why would I subscribe to your e-mail newsletter that is just your RSS feed and here and there some special notes sent to my e-mail inbox when I already subscribe to your RSS feed? Sure, it makes your subscriber count go up, but it doesn't really help me in any major way. Sure, it gives you an opportunity to up sell me on some affiliate products or services you might have, … [Read more...]
Stay Away From the Obvious
I was talking to a friend recently and he wanted me to help him promote an article on a web development subject that was, in my mind, very old news. It was an article on xhtml tables versus divs. I knew what the article would say before ever even clicking the link and of course, after checking it out, I was right. I told him my thoughts on the article and he was a little … [Read more...]