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Facebook Open Graph

Eric Fader — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:29:42 +0000

Alex Himel, an engineering manager within Facebook provides deeper insight into the history and future of Facebook’s open graph. Particularly interesting is his reference to the tension between activity and who you are.

Payments in the Browser

Eric Fader — Wed, 02 May 2012 06:44:14 +0000

Marc Andreessen was recently quoted as saying that “We should have had payments in the browser” at the Wired conference in New York City. He is right and this truly would have revolutionized and changed the Internet as we know it today. However, this point is still very relevant for the Internet today.

If you think about the power struggle between Paypal, Google, Amazon, Square and others for the digital wallet, most ignore the potential of the browser. For example Google’s Chrome browser has roughly 37% market share. This is a significant portion of the Internet population that when combined with the number of people that have a Google account becomes exponentially more powerful.

An under the radar feature of Google’s chrome browser is the ability to make your bookmarks and extensions portable by signing in with your Google credentials. With those credentials and integration with the browser and sites, Google could make significantly more progress towards winning the payment wars.

See the Chrome screenshot for an example of the sign in with Chrome.
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Did Google Acqui-hire Anybeat?

Eric Fader — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:54:23 +0000

Originally picked up by PandoDaily. Google is bringing on Dmitry Shapiro of Anybeat and previously Veoh to lead product efforts for the redesigned Google +. Further insight is available from his Google Plus profile where he and Bradley Horowitz exchange public comments as seen in the comments on his profile.

Fight the Infringement

Eric Fader — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:32:41 +0000

About.me of Vacation Rentals

Eric Fader — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:31:25 +0000

Launching today, Southern California based PlaceRenter.com seeks to be the About.me of vacation rental listings. Founded by Michael Kraft and Billy Kraft, the goal of the site is to give property owners and managers the ability to quickly and affordably create a site that they can use to market their vacation property. For the launch, they have created a very sleek design that really shows off the rental property using a full screen photo galleries and maps. The listings were created with modern web browsers in mind and really do make competitor listings look dated when compared side by side (ex. vrbo.com).

Not only do the listings look better than some of the incumbent vacation rental sites, but PlaceRenter has also given members the ability to track what is happening on the site as well. Each listing has integrated analytics so that each listing can track who has been on their site and where their inquiries are coming from in an easy to use interface. “Most property owners and managers don’t have the time to learn and really benefit from a robust analytics platform like Google Analytics. We have surfaced the key metrics that property owners need to evaluate the effectiveness of their marketing. We think this is an invaluable feature.” said founder of PlaceRenter.com Michael Kraft.

To sweeten the deal even further for their launch, PlaceRenter.com offers a free, full-color 18×24 “For Rent” sign to each user who signs up for a monthly or yearly subscription. Users can upload the same photos they use on the website to their sign. Since subscriptions start at just $12, which compared to competitors is disruptive.

PlaceRenter plans to continue expanding their site to include more templates and more features that will benefit property owners.

Google Drag/Drop Image Search

Eric Fader — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:58:34 +0000

The secret structure of great talks

Eric Fader — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:36:40 +0000

Nancy Duarte gave a very interesting TED presentation where she analyzed the structure of presentations/speeches from Steve Jobs and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Google Solves for X

Eric Fader — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:31:59 +0000

Google is quietly releasing hints related to their reach for the stars efforts.

From the YouTube channel

Solve for X is a place where the curious can go to hear and discuss radical technology ideas for solving global problems. Radical in the sense that the solutions could help billions of people. Radical in the sense that the audaciousness of the proposals makes them sound like science fiction. And radical in the sense that there is some real technology breakthrough on the horizon to give us all hope that these ideas could really be brought to life.

Fashion Site Design Pattern

Eric Fader — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:08:15 +0000

Increasingly fashion brands are establishing a direct channel online for consumers to purchase their products. There are many great examples of fashion brands selling direct including Mr. Porter, Everlane, and Warby Parker.

The design pattern across those three sites includes the following pattern:
- Predominantly white background
- Text based logo with bold font
- Centered text based logo in black
- Large hero product imagery with auto slide show

Sh*t Entrepreneurs Say

Eric Fader — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:15:48 +0000