Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 25th, 2009
I have a good excuse for my blogging hiatus. It’s called Carnival in Venice! I hate trying to list my favorite anything because “favorite” is relative to whatever mood I’m in, but it’s safe to say Venice is among my favorite cities. Here’s why: when I describe a city to someone who’s never been there I usually [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 17th, 2009
Just about every week I blog about an upcoming European event and I tag it with “Where I’d Rather Be”. This weekend I was there! My wife and I, along with some good friends, attended the Kaffeesiederball at the Hofburg in Vienna. Red carpets, tuxedos with tails, stunning dresses, chocolate sculptures, a royal palace, waltzing…what [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 11th, 2009
Today was my second day at the Travel Technology Show. The show was less interesting for Joobili, but I met some great people . I had a nice chat with James from WorldReviewer who might be interested in including some of Joobili’s festival content on his site. Hugo from Howzat media gave a seminar featuring his [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 21st, 2009
I would like to give everyone a quick update on some of the site performance issues we’re working through. The site is pretty slow on Internet Explorer 7 and it sucks on IE 6. Thankfully IE is losing marketshare, but it’s still used by 40% of the population. So what’s the problem? The site is getting [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 9th, 2009
I met Ben and Anna Colclough back in November at the Travel Blogger camp in London. They have just launched a great site that connects travelers with passionate local guides offering authentic tour experiences. Think cooking classes in Italy or bear tracking in Romania. The site design is ultra clean and intuitive…really impressive. Don’t take my word [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 8th, 2009
Things have been a little quiet the past couple weeks here at the Joobili blog. I spent part of my holidays in Key West, Florida and blogging was the last thing on my mind (sorry). The trip included fun with family, delicious Cuban food, a visit to the home of my favorite author, Ernest Hemingway, and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 3rd, 2008
Over the weekend I sent out a new round of beta invites to people who pre-registered on Joobili.com. I’ve already received a few emails from people I forgot to include, so if I you would like an invite please just let me know in the comments section. We are also finishing development on our JoobiliPro features [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 19th, 2008
I was so busy last week that I never got around to announcing the redesign of the joobili.com landing page. Aside from the design tweaks, the biggest addition is the Joobili demo video. Here is where I have to warn you that I created the demo video myself, but on a budget like mine you have to save wherever you can. Mocking of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 14th, 2008
Sorry about the posting lull. I just returned from London and I’m swimming against the current to catch up. Joobili was a big hit with the tourism boards at the World Travel Market, but I’ll give the juicy details in a forthcoming post. On Tuesday night I attended the first Travel Blog Camp. There were about 80 bloggers [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 1st, 2008
Tomorrow I’m giving a presentation at the CEE Marketing Summit. The topic is cost-effective brand building. It combines my experiences as a consultant at Interbrand with what I’ve learned as a start-up entrepreneur (without a marketing budget). The presentation also gives a few sneak peaks at Joobili. I think last minute registrations are still possible, but let’s be [...]
