• Dec222008

    UMS: Site Review Podcast Episode 3

    Posted by Gene in Design, Blogging

    We’ve got episode three of our weekly site review podcast for you to check out. Now that I think about it I didn’t post Episode two here either.

  • Dec192008

    When marketing ideas go wrong.

    Posted by Gene in Marketing

    Check this out “meat scented” perfume by Burger King. Now who were the ad wizards that came up with that one?

  • Dec092008

    UMS: Site Review Podcast, Episode 1

    Posted by Gene in Design, Blogging

    Okay, perhaps some of you don’t know that we run unmatchedstyle.com, it’s a design review website and gallery focusing on sites built using web-standards. We’re rolling out a weekly video podcast where we will be reviewing a few of the better websites that make their way onto the site each week. It’s only 10 minutes so hopefully that won’t take up too much time. Head on over there and see what you think.

  • Dec042008

    UMS Interview

    Posted by Gene in Design, Web Development

    New interview up on unmatchedstyle.com. This month we’re talking with Dan Rubin, a graphic designer, web developer, musician and Apple enthusiast living and working in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (US). He’s a founder and principal of Webgraph (a design and branding studio), co-founder of Sidebar Creative (a design collective) and Sinelogic (UI and usability consulting) as well as a web standards consultant, author and speaker. Dan also writes his blog SuperfluousBanter.

  • Dec022008

    Not for Sale

    Posted by Gene in Business

    DiggI’m really happy to see a site like Digg announce they are in it for the long haul. It seems like every week I read about some start-up or another getting acquired or going down. I know raising venture capital is possible and then it’s always possible to get rich by turning your company over to the highest bidder. But, if you are inventive enough to come up with an idea that’s as great as DIGG and you are so close to actually making profit with that company then why wouldn’t you go for it? What ever happened to starting up a business and trying to make that business profitable so you could live and work and grow old together?

    In an interview with BusinessWeek, Digg Chief Executive Officer Jay Adelson says the popular news aggregation Web site is no longer for sale, and the focus of the company is to build an independent business that reaches profitability as quickly as possible. That means the four-year-old startup will dial back some of its expansion plans, instead prioritizing projects that generate revenue and profit. (from BusinessWeek Online)

    I know it’s insane to think of bootstrapping your business venture and working hard to see it turn a profit in today’s world and all. Why wouldn’t you want to have a company make a profit without owing any outside investors anything in the end?

    Also, You can’t just write off Digg’s decision to not sell as a result of the economy/recession, so don’t even go there…

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