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22nd May Leave a comment
If a punk had a great time in the black forest, happily combining reconnecting to friends with learning about the industry’s future path, the least he could do is to share a couple of lines about this. Right? Right!
25th April 1 Comment
I went to the Berlin Hackathon yesterday and I must say that it was an amazing event. Sitting in the jury I had the opportunity of viewing all the event from an outside position, total relaxed. What was stunning and surprising to me was the fact that all 5 teams came up with really bright ideas. The teams had roughly 30 hours of coding time and were completely free to develop an idea based on the the provided API’s. The jury decision really was between very good and good, it was quite a close call. In some cases the teams nearly delivered ready solutions, not just prototypes. The code was structured and well thought written. The creativity of the teams was brilliant – they managed to start with already good ideas, from the coding as well as the business point of view.
This event is a clear indicator for me that it makes sense to organize hackathons. I really hope that commercetools with their SPHERE I/O platform will organize the next edition soon. Thanks to Dirk, Robin and the team for such a pleasant event, which really was a hackthon and not just a wrapped marketing event! Keep on going! All all others: if there is a hackathon near you, go there and participate/observe/learn.
19th April Leave a comment
If you are in Berlin next week tuesday and wednesday, have a Laptop and know how to code – just come along! On the 23./24. April the Betahaus Berlin will be the playground for developers, who are interested in idea development and exchange in the ecommerce sphere. “There were no real innovation on the market in the last years. Openness and exchange are the future – other companies are not a potential danger, but a potential partner. Therefor we need to open up and get connected via API’s.” says Dirk Hörig, CEO of commercetools, who is hosting the event. So if you want to meet new people, ideas and lot’s of Red Bull attend for free now! Our very own Kai will be in the Jury together with Jochen Krisch from Exciting Commerce and Lars Jankowsky, CTO from Yatego. Hope to see you there!
18th April Leave a comment
When I was working for classical retail companies back some years, I was indoctrinated with the slogan “Retail is detail”. It was there to remember everbody that all the small things made the difference with the competition, since the products are more or less the same. But how is that today in the shiny world of ecommerce? Read more of this post
10th April 2 Comments
Of all the topics that wander around in ecomPunk country, one that keeps coming back to me constantly is: reducing complexity, making things simple, getting rid of too many options. Personally, I’m a big fan of curated shopping experiences and I’m testing various services – guess what, me, the fashion noob all of a sudden has a fashion expert sending him all kinds of outfits. (Not sure how this will turn out and whether it will be plain jeans and shirt again – ah well.) A couple of months ago, in a post dedicated to laziness in commerce, I also argued that far more turnover could be generated if merchants addressed the need for easy and intuitive shopping. Last night, then, I came across a video by Barry Schwartz, which I’d like to discuss here briefly. Incidentally, my post and the video share the same title …
