Blogs

6 Challenges Facing US Firms Looking to Enter China

I read about Geeks on a Plane and [Re]Think Shanghai this morning and it had me reminiscing on the whitepaper my MBA team wrote at the end of 2008. We looked at market entry for US firms trying to capitalize on the growing online advertising industry in China. We interviewed over 20 companies including heavy hitters like Google, Baidu, AOL, and Tudo, among others. I've posted our report to slideshsare and embedded here for anyone who's interested! The executive summary:

Leveraging Cloud Concepts in Product Development

I recently had the pleasure of presenting a high level review of findings on how top product development shops are re-organizing for success using concepts borrowed from the 'Cloud.' Firms are re-evaluating where there product IP resides and developing 'platform partnerships' to extend their development muscle to deliver remarkable customer experiences.

I'm profiled in the Spring Edition of Georgetown Business Magazine

I had the great pleasure of getting interviewed for the upcoming spring issue of Georgetown Business magazine. It was a great opportunity for me to reflect on my career to date and gain additional perspective on what lies ahead.

Discussing my career evolution reinforced in my mind the value of 'Design Thinking' and the importance of driving creativity and innovation with disciplined process.

Omnigraffle Twitter Widget Stencil

I'm currently working on a digital content strategy that utilizes short form content and embedded social engagement widgets.

Although it isn't the most complex stencil, hopefully you'll find it useful!

Nova.js: Ext JS Meetup Tomorrow at Resonate Networks

Gearing up for our March Meetup. I'm looking forward to Darren Govoni's preso available at http://www.gridwavetech.com

Eat Your Own Cooking: Distributed Design and Virtual Delivery Centers Release the Three Pillar Global Website

As Three Pillar and Leverpoint complete a successful post-merger integration, it is great to see our new flagship website come online as a product of our Shore Agnostic Virtual Delivery approach.

Our Reston, VA based UX team in conjunction with Product designers in our Romania office were able to work in parallel to rapid prototype content strategy as well as visual designs to represent the new company. Online task tracking and daily 'Virtual Scrums' gave 100% visibility to project completion and the project seemed to complete itself!

February Ext JS Meetup: Theming Ext JS

Pat Sheridan's ExtJS Meetup presentation on 2/23/10 from Jay Garcia on Vimeo.

Thanks to all who showed up for our second Ext JS Meetup!
Jay spoke on the usefulness of base classes and I covered the many levels of theming available in Ext.

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