http://amitklein.com Figurin' it out... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:13:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://amitklein.com/2011/06/30/the-top-6-mistakes-idea-stage-entrepreneurs-make/ http://amitklein.com/2011/06/30/the-top-6-mistakes-idea-stage-entrepreneurs-make/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:51:41 +0000 Amit Klein http://amitklein.com/?p=1930 Since the launch of Startup Giraffe I’ve had the opportunity to speak to 50+ idea stage entrepreneurs.  I’ve been amazed at the diversity of good ideas that folks from outside of the startup scene have.  Through conversations with them I’ve … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2011/06/30/the-top-6-mistakes-idea-stage-entrepreneurs-make/feed/ 8 http://amitklein.com/2010/06/17/8-lessons-learned-from-zynga-about-virality/ http://amitklein.com/2010/06/17/8-lessons-learned-from-zynga-about-virality/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:57:43 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=881 Editor’s Note: I’m almost embarrassed to say I actually had to play Frontierville and Farmville to write this post.  These games send notifications constantly and I wasn’t entirely comfortable with all my friends knowing how my pigs were doing. Therefore, I had to go … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2010/06/17/8-lessons-learned-from-zynga-about-virality/feed/ 11 http://amitklein.com/2010/04/22/2010-mobile-web-research-india-and-the-world/ http://amitklein.com/2010/04/22/2010-mobile-web-research-india-and-the-world/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:32:06 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=864 We’re looking to develop mobile versions of the product suite I’m working on.  I know nothing about the mobile web and had some really basic questions.  Below is some research I did in Q&A format: Q. How big is the … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2010/04/22/2010-mobile-web-research-india-and-the-world/feed/ 4 http://amitklein.com/2008/11/29/the-razorfish-consumer-experience-report/ http://amitklein.com/2008/11/29/the-razorfish-consumer-experience-report/#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:17:50 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=342 Every year Ave A/Razorfish puts out a yearly report highlighting research and trends in digital marketing. The focus this year is on the expanding role of social apps and how people use them. Not only is the report extremely insightful … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2008/11/29/the-razorfish-consumer-experience-report/feed/ 0 http://amitklein.com/2008/08/05/examples-of-good-usable-websites/ http://amitklein.com/2008/08/05/examples-of-good-usable-websites/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:38:26 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=9 So while there are a ton of lists ripping apart websites that have poor usability. I’d like to ask for people’s opinions on websites that they think demonstrate good, intuitive design. Besides Google and Apple, here are my favorite two: … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2008/08/05/examples-of-good-usable-websites/feed/ 0 http://amitklein.com/2008/08/04/why-free-software-usability-tends-to-suck/ http://amitklein.com/2008/08/04/why-free-software-usability-tends-to-suck/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:08:42 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=14 Generally open-source/volunteer/free software tends to have poor usability. Since becoming a Ubuntu user, I have been diving deeper into the open source world and generally agree with the overall themes of this article. Expanding on a few the author’s points: … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2008/08/04/why-free-software-usability-tends-to-suck/feed/ 0 http://amitklein.com/2008/02/11/nu-analytics/ http://amitklein.com/2008/02/11/nu-analytics/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:23:29 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=51 Using Javascript/Ajax we can build significantly better UI’s and create a much better user experience. Many companies still can’t effectively translate a better user experience into value ($$$). The biggest reason for this is that the statistics captured and reported … Continue reading →

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