Ideeli.com is another popular flash sale site, as is RueLaLa.com. I’m surprised that Net-a-Porter.com , a high end fashion retailer with a mens focused site called MrPorter.com , hasn’t launched a flash sale site, although they do have a site called OutNet.com that mimics many of the attributes of a flash sale site. MORE
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VentureBeat published an analysis I did of Steve Jobs’s Thoughts on Flash. Since I used to work at Macromedia, the creator of Flash, now part of Adobe , I wanted to share my broader perspective and biases in this matter: I am a proponent of Web architectures and open standards. Eight years ago I was involved with Flash. I use both Flash/Flex and HTML/CSS/AJAX. Tags: Adobe Apple Flash Steve Jobs VentureBeat MORE
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This is another reminder of just how fast flash has gone from promising consumer technology to mainstream enterprise building block – primarily fueled by the proliferation of virtualization, BI, and Big Data coupled with the rapid decline in flash pricing. Despite all of the exit activity, we are in the early innings of this market – stay tuned for more fireworks… enterprise infrastructure flash MORE
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Last week another Austin-based flash buying Groupon competitor launched, named Spreadsy. Like Ron Conway , I truly believe that the social commerce/flash marketing space is a megatrend that’s here to stay. Tags: Consumer coupons flash buying spreadsy They join other Austin competitors Adealio , Localiter , eDealTickets , and coming soon a similar offering from ValPak (the people who mail you those blue envelopes with coupons). MORE
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The post Startup Opportunities Flash Sale – Today Only For $0.99 My newest book, Startup Opportunities: Know When to Quit Your Day Job , is available via Kindle for $0.99 today. If you are a fan of my books, a friend, or just someone who is interested in startups, buy a copy today. MORE
I’m sure I have better things to do, but I did some work on the Bidsketch screencast tonight. I didn’t get too far with the actual video or the script, but I feel pretty comfortable with the software now. Reading the screencast lesson posted by Ian Ozsvald in the Academy, I came across this this excellent [.]. Before Launch Everything Else MORE
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Instead, the original vision has quietly been realized by Adobe Flash. Site operators (notably, Youtube in 2005) discovered Flash was the best way to get in-browser video. The growth of Internet video cemented Flash’s position as a ubiquitous browser-plug in. Most of my developer friends reject Flash as “ an animation system, with a crappy scripting language “ They were probably right 3-4 years ago, but not any more. MORE
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Customers actually responded more favorably to “last-minute deals”, flash sale concept than they did to “everyday low prices”. Here’s a brief guide to organizing and running a successful ecommerce flash sale. Ecommerce Flash Sales: The Basics. What is a flash sale, exactly?
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VentureBeat published an analysis I did of Steve Jobs’s Thoughts on Flash. Since I used to work at Macromedia, the creator of Flash, now part of Adobe , I wanted to share my broader perspective and biases in this matter: I am a proponent of Web architectures and open standards. Eight years ago I was involved with Flash. I use both Flash/Flex and HTML/CSS/AJAX. Tags: Adobe Apple Flash Steve Jobs VentureBeat
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