FRIEDA is the baking startup my dear friend Thomas and his partner, David Wong, have started in Philadelphia. I had the pleasure of having lunch with the two of them the other week in New York. I only mention this because they’ve been featured in Hidden City Philadelphia last week. Worth a read about how they’re using… Continue reading Startups can also benefit communities
Author: Adrian Makohon
Róisín Murphy at Berlin Festival
I’ve spent the last week or so travelling around London and Berlin. Here’s a short video of Róisín Murphy performing a personal favourite, Dear Miami, at the Berlin Arena centre last night. Apologies for the awful camerawork – I was quite far back.
Apps World 2015: OpenTable’s user-centred mobile payment design
A lot of the big app platforms are more than just a consumer application on your smartphone, coupled with a website. Repeatedly at Apps World and elsewhere, I would hear speakers talking about these magic platforms that didn’t augment so much as capture the end-end experience. The big example lauded at the moment is Uber.… Continue reading Apps World 2015: OpenTable’s user-centred mobile payment design
The challenge you want to have: an insider’s view of the Bay Area biotech scene
I had the privilege of chatting to a founder of a biotech company, who was happy to speak to me on condition of anonymity.
Apps World NA 2015: Making the 5% of Successful Apps
Mike Schneider is the VP of Marketing at Skyhook. Skyhook is one of the big three location network services (alongside Google and Apple), and the only one that focuses on location as its core product. He gave a great talk on using context and location data to create dynamic apps.
Apps World NA 2015: Discovering the Netflix API
Daniel Jacobson is the VP responsible for the Netflix API. In his session, he explained the movement that Netflix have made from using an one-size-fits-all solid API model to a multi-layer more ephemeral API.
Apps World NA 2015: Connected Home – What’s your app strategy?
This was what felt like a very quick panel discussing the current state and future predictions for connected Internet of Things home technology. Present were Letha McLaren from iControl Networks, Chris Klein from Rachio, Kyle Nakatsuji of American Family Ventures and Chris Kim from August.
Apps World NA 2015: Spotify: Unlocking the next big partnerships
Marie Suh is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at Spotify. In this session, she outlined the process that Spotify go through when working out when, who and why to partner with another company.
Apps World NA 2015: Creating Disruptive Apps
Toby Russell, VP of Digital at Capital One, gave a great talk on what makes a platform truly disruptive. To illustrate the difference between an application and a platform, he gave the example of Taxi Magic, an application he founded a few years ago.
Apps World NA 2015: Context is King – Creating the optimal experience
I spent the last few days in San Francisco at Apps World North America 2015. There were quite a few good sessions, so I thought I’d just chuck together some of my notes from some of the sessions I attended. (I posted some of these already on my twitter feed. Unfortunately, thanks to a combination… Continue reading Apps World NA 2015: Context is King – Creating the optimal experience