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Re: Passion-Market fit meets Point of Obsession

Shreya Chopra — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:43:31 -0000

You're going to be amazing. Couldn't be happier..

Re: Passion-Market fit meets Point of Obsession

Jay Cuthrell — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:52:41 -0000

Bingo. Don't just follow passions. Track, wrestle, and pin them. Congrats @ai and kudos to team @SportsPlusTalk

Re: Passion-Market fit meets Point of Obsession

Joel — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:04:25 -0000

Congrats, Anand. Always appreciate progress reports on your movements since we met when you were at Microsoft.

Re: Passion-Market fit meets Point of Obsession

Umesh Nawani — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:16:47 -0000

Congratulations Bro !! You got all the talent and truly deserve it !! Good Luck with your new gig!!

Re: Passion-Market fit meets Point of Obsession

Ken Yeung — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:54:10 -0000

Congratulations on your new gig! Looking forward to you changing the rules of the game (literally and figuratively speaking)!

Re: Passion-Market fit meets Point of Obsession

anandiyer — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:25:54 -0000

I dunno about the Chargers, they didn't treat my boy Brees well. But for you, we'll make an exception :) See ya around Andrew!

Re: Passion-Market fit meets Point of Obsession

anandiyer — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:25:18 -0000

Haha, thanks much Miss. Danicki!

Re: Passion-Market fit meets Point of Obsession

aevans — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:53:11 -0000

I agree with the previous commenter that you're a slick guy and I know you'll make amazing products for the sports industry. Make sure to cover the Chargers and Padres, and San Diego deserves a championship more than any other city. And LA doesn't deserve a football team. Develop like the open source master that you are. IGN'll miss you. See you around The City.

Re: Passion-Market fit meets Point of Obsession

JackieDanicki — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:41:23 -0000

Good for you - beautiful wife and dream job, plus you're smooth as hell. Wait, now I'm jealous. Anyway, congrats, Anand!

Re: The POS as a Platform

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Re: Rethinking Mobile First

Luca Candela — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 04:29:28 -0000

Somebody much wiser than myself once said "I don't think the world is ready for an honest conversation about the SEO of rich HTML5 apps". I agree with them. No matter how you slice it, a lot of work still needs to be done in order to enable discoverability of data in either case. BUT, the work we're doing at Sencha goes exactly in that direction, and we are making (in my opinion) enormous progress in de-balkanizing the mobile internet (notice how I didn't say web...).

Now it's the turn of browser makers and analytics vendors to step up to the plate, almost every tool out there only supports the concept of "web pages" which is moot in a single page application. The content can still be easily indexed, and can have a perfectly semantic structure, but we need to work on adapting those tools to the new reality.

Re: The Other Chest Pain – Costochondritis

Pat — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:46:14 -0000

Thanks for putting your article on the web. I have just been diagnosed - last week and had ECG and blood tests beforehand. I am on anti-inflamatory medication but still feel ill. Off to GP this afternoon in case the tabs are causing more probs. Never heard of this condition before but very interesting and supportive to read your story. I am 62 and an asthmatic - think possibly a recent chest infection and cough could have started this off but who knows......

Re: The POS as a Platform

Touch Point of Sale — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:23:30 -0000

Great job on pointing out these details.

Re: The Other Chest Pain – Costochondritis

Acid reflux symptoms — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:13:26 -0000

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Re: The POS as a Platform

POS hardware — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:28:08 -0000

Hi,

Its wonderful post guys.

I liked it.

Thanks

Re: Leaving Microsoft

champs kell — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:41:44 -0000

I’m sad but I know this is absolutely the right thing for me to do. I’ve met the most amazing, most diverse and by far the most intelligent group of people over the last few years.

Re: Rethinking Mobile First

Tyler Willis — Tue, 17 May 2011 16:37:11 -0000

I agree with a lot of the points you've made about HTML vs. App, as well as thinking Web Product vs. Mobile Product. That said, discoverability is a problem, but it's not unsolvable, it just requires a different form of acquisition strategy (including a marketing approach that's more brand focused than direct response).

A quick point though, Luke's Mobile First framework actually works really well in Web/HTML Products too. The concept is really focusing on stripping away the excess, and building a simpler experience. Designing a product for "mobile" helps you do this, even if you're only doing it as a head fake to pare down features or options on a traditional web product.

Re: Rethinking Mobile First

Isaac Naor — Tue, 17 May 2011 16:33:47 -0000

I completely agree with @joewood72.

Furthermore, although the post provides some astute observations (including one on the WebOS platform), with the right promotional strategy a mobile application could be an ideal first foray into the consumer marketplace.

That said, in most cases the unfortunate truth is advertisers are not willing to invest in supporting a mobile initiative as they would for a traditional product launch.

Re: Rethinking Mobile First

anandiyer — Tue, 17 May 2011 16:23:56 -0000

I would totally agree with you provided that the task-oriented model of doing things became a norm on mobile devices. I don't think it is, I think search still rules (much like on the desktop). The task oriented model also makes perfect sense AFTER you've got the app you need. How do you get the app you need?

Re: Rethinking Mobile First

joewood72 — Tue, 17 May 2011 16:17:28 -0000

I think this misses the point a bit. You are assuming that the search engine is the front-door for any task. This is the way the web works today for a lot of things, but I wouldn't say it's the most effecient.
Devices work by enhancing their capabilities by adding applications. If you want to find a hotel near a specific location, go to your map application (or even better, go to your location hub, which can have multiple associated services). This is task oriented versus content oriented way of working. I think what we're seeing is a move back to the task oriented model - maybe at the cost of discoverability.

Re: The POS as a Platform

Adam Dartez — Tue, 03 May 2011 10:06:15 -0000

What about building a POS on OpenBravo? Do you think this excerpt from their website solves some of the issues you were speaking about?

100% Web-based:
ensures easy roll out to new users & sites, with access from mobile devices--with cloud deployment option to minimize complexity and capital expense

Open Source:
enables full customer control over time, providing the freedom of an ERP that you can truly make your own

Re: The POS as a Platform

Wthompson — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:53:07 -0000

What's great about this article are the larger questions about product strategy... The legacy-ness of POS has stuck around in many solutions, and in their product management orgs.

You're advocating for a "things got to change around here SUCKA" and I agree... That said, one question that begs answering is "why the long cycle of Legacy-NESS?" I've owned food service companies as well as worked for restaurant software companies (work for one now that is SaaS and REALLY helps companies do things better. My coffee shop is a customer/user of the software we sell - how often do you hear that? My staff loves the web-based scheduling tool), and I've learned that what is out there is a lot of legacy and staffers, owners, managers, etc. keep buying it. Why? If we like the Ipad and stuff, why the legacy? Why is it still "shipped"? The change is coming, but when/what is the tipping point?

Re: The POS as a Platform

tapviva — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:34:05 -0000

Great post - we agree completely. Please check out our "multi-point" of sale system - www.tapviva.com - we would love to chat more about elements we should focus on.

Re: The POS as a Platform

anandiyer — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:12:34 -0000

Hey Nick,

I think I see them working in tandem. The reason for my post was to really get the point across the the point of sale can be an amazing platform for 3rd party devs. There are companies that will pay good money to get on to a POS and get access to "the basket" or payment information for discounts or payments or even something more general purpose like restaurant reservations.

Good luck!

Re: The POS as a Platform

Nick Houldsworth — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:49:52 -0000

Ai, great read, and some useful insights for us in the industry (I work for VendHQ). Your comment

> Imagine an entirely web based POS that had a lightweight HTML/CSS/JS “widget” based app platform

We are certainly focusing on integrations with other platforms as a key component to our product. Currently we integrate with Xero web accounting. Soon Shopify eCommerce. When our API is released, it opens up the possibilities of a range of other integrations.

Would you envisage a widget based platform working in tandem, or replacement, to these sort of integrations? Just curious to for your insights really?