Freedrive, SmartBargain instant meta analysis
What these two have in common is alignment with big players before they get the big funding round. SmartBargains knows where to buy (Gordon Brothers Group) and sell (AOL), while… Read more »
SmartBargains, a B2C firm, gets big funding
“SmartBargains, an online shopping site that features discounted brand name merchandise, said it secured $33 million in its first round of funding, led by Highland Capital Partners. Other investors include… Read more »
Net Storage Apps Firm FreeDrive Gets $20 Million First Round
“FreeDrive, a provider of Internet-based storage applications, said it has raised $20 million in its first round of funding from Motorola, EDS Ventures, and EMC Corp. The company said it… Read more »
Everything FAQ@Everything2.com
“Everything is nothing without you. The user is more in control of the way this site grows and evolves than the administration is. that’s the beauty of it. It’s what… Read more »
BountyQuest: Your Knowledge is Power
“BountyQuest is the world’s first high-stakes knowledge marketplace, on a mission to strengthen the patent system. We pay large cash rewards to people who can help find evidence critical to… Read more »
A Print Template Rant
You would think late comers would have learned from previous best practices. Nope. Ecompany puts “Continued on the next page…” in its copy since it appears on the (supposedly) ready-to-print… Read more »
Are Frames Still Evil?
Assumptions should be revisited after a while. Jakob Nielsen eased the pressure on frames last year. Lately I’ve seen some clever uses of them. Bipolar has permalinks within frames, while… Read more »
NAVIXO Raises 1st Round
This browser addon maker (another toolbar) just raised a $1MM first round. This space is getting (too?) crowded.
Is the OSS Model Failing?
Is the OSS Model Failing? (thru Slashdot) “Instead of contributing to existing applications lacking a particular feature or with a certain bug, we’re getting hundreds of coders starting brand new… Read more »
Practical Uses for CueCat
A good, simple and practical idea for an analog to digital application using the CueCat barcode scanner: catalog your CD/DVD/book collection. See also the FooCat BarCode (added on 10/23/00, thru… Read more »