by jordicabot | Nov 27, 2023 | philosophy, product development, stories entrepreneur
Building quick and dirty applications is getting easier and easier. But building reliable and mature ones is as difficult as ever. If not more given the increasing expectations of clients after seeing all the flashy demos going around. One example: there are now tens...
by jordicabot | Mar 21, 2022 | Research Rants, stories entrepreneur, writing
Paraphrasing Reid Hoffman famous saying: “You may have heard me say: If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late”, I’m confident to say: If you’re not ashamed of your blog post, you...
by jordicabot | Feb 16, 2022 | stories entrepreneur
We always complain about vendor lock-in. And try to “escape” it by using open-source tools or making sure the vendors offer clear export options in case we want to leave at some point. But sometimes we forget that we may be the “evil vendor”...
by jordicabot | Feb 24, 2021 | Research Rants, stories entrepreneur
We often complain about the challenges associated with a fruitful research-industry collaboration. The current pandemic has just aggravated them as, clearly, companies face difficult times and have mostly paused their R&I activities. In this context, we propose...
by jordicabot | Jan 21, 2020 | industry relations, stories entrepreneur, wordpress_drupal
I was already a researcher on a mission but now I’m also a researcher with a bot. Probably one of the firsts ones (not bragging about it, more the contrary, no competition is typically a bad sign). Chatting with my bot My virtual me is ready to answer your...
by jordicabot | Nov 3, 2019 | marketing, product development, productivity, stories entrepreneur
Yesterday, we launched Xatkit on ProductHunt. This is the first time ever I’ve tried to launch a product in PH. And while there is plenty of advice on how to thoroughly prepare your PH launch and maximize your chances of success, we followed none. Being a...
