REVIEW: Flixter and the Ever-Important Mom (or Dad) Test

   Flixter's UX is quickly disaggregating to the complex, driving away customers who just want to find out what's playing at the movies. While spending some time with my Dad in Seattle over the Christmas break, mostly driving around his favorite spots and going to movies, I had one of those experiences that make me [...]

By |2017-06-19T17:13:25-07:00January 17th, 2016|

REVIEW: Let’s Lunch If You Can

Find the Let's Lunch website here.   Let's Lunch is an uber-cool startup here in San Francisco (and New York, and just opened in Spain) that matches professionals for lunch dates. I love the concept and I've been on a bunch of great lunches with investment bankers, engineers, other entrepreneurs and people that I'd like to [...]

By |2017-03-20T19:10:08-07:00January 25th, 2013|

REVIEW: GoDaddy and Network Solutions

You know those old-style websites like Networksolutions.com and GoDaddy.com? Why are they still in business? They are such an utter nightmare to use, and completely pointless with the burgeoning new cloud-based, user friendly sites like Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram. I just can’t understand why they still exist.   First We Kill all the Legacy Websites All [...]

By |2017-03-20T19:10:08-07:00January 10th, 2013|