8 Reasons Why Setting Up a Meeting Is a Must

Most business meetings "should" have been an email.  If the company is large and has more stakeholders, then the slower and heavier the processes become. This eventually leads to more meetings with less work being done.  However, not all meetings are bad. And it is really important to know, as discussed in my previous post and video, that planning the meeting, writing and laying down the agenda, and strategizing can help facilitate a meeting and turn it into an effective venture. What we have discovered is that some meetings can become profitable by just thinking through the right strategies, brainstorming… Continue Reading

The Importance of “The Bigger Picture”

I've been spending the week before WordCamp US in New York City, adjusting to the time zone difference, meeting some clients and WordPress folks, and browsing around. As usual, discussions with smart entrepreneurs and developers are insightful, challenging the mind and providing various ideas for experimentation and validating different models. Assumptions != Business strategy. Source: http://dilbert.com/strip/2010-10-05 Workflow and Operations While chatting today with a few great guys over a hookah, we did cover some integrational aspects of a platform connecting to different systems, providing a wider suite of services and automating processes. We reviewed certain issues with support companies and plugin authors dealing with free support, and in… Continue Reading

DevWP Redesign – UX Recap and Content Planning Flows

The last redesign of DevWP was about a year and a half ago (give or take), but I'm really happy to announce that we've done some minor updates in the internal structure plus a brand new landing page for the main domain: Our previous redesign (again by our Creative Lead Alex) did follow my overall idea, but wasn't as functional as I wanted it to be. My initial goal was staying closer to what the internal pages print (overall structure and a sidebar) in order to be consistent, but that led to various limitations - either repetitive information in sidebars and the… Continue Reading