Rude VC: Silicon Valley’s secret sauce

Mar 19, 2013 by
secret sauce
Over the past few weeks in this space, inspired by Fleur Pellerin’s current government initiative to replicate Silicon Valley, I’ve recapped some of the history of the region and reconsidered the wisdom of attempts to reproduce the Silicon Valley model elsewhere. I submit that trying to imitate Silicon Valley is...

UXD4Startups announces 1st UX-dedicated event in Paris Jan. 15th

Jan 4, 2013 by
UXD4Startups
January 15th, the shared office space LeChaudron will be host to one of Paris’ first English-lange UX-oriented events – UXD4Startups. Organized by notable Paris UX Designer Olivier Desmoulin, Skimm UX/Product Designer Amine Bellakrid, & Skimm Visual Designer Christine Tong, the evening event will welcome 3 notable UX speakers. Sponsored by...

Apple purchases Swiss clock trademark for $21 million

Nov 12, 2012 by
Swiss Clock Trademark
Hans Hilfiker of SBB national railways designed the analog alarm clock for your iPhone back in 1944. True, Apple didn’t come into existence until April 1, 1976-but  today, Apple avoids a lengthy and costly litigation process with the Swiss railway in a $21 million purchase. This is creating a lot of buzz...