Now that the house has gone quiet since the 1-year-old who usually keeps me busy while I’m at home is fast asleep – again – I’d like to write a couple of lines that should mark the first post in 2012 in a blog that has not received much of my attention lately. Not sure how long the silence will last, so I’d better hurry up.
I’m a punk now – officially!
About four hours ago, somewhere in the countryside of Northern Germany: Four aspiring ecomPunks meet at their notary’s, sign a couple of papers and are now joined in punk-y matrimony. The ecomPunk GmbH is now set and ready to go, and I’m excited to be an official part of this great team. We have a lot of stuff planned for 2012 and are ready to kick some serious ass (I’ve promised to put at least one swear word into this post). To the future!
I’ve become a punk!
Being in my mid-thirties, slowly but steadily losing my hair and now becoming a punk? How and why on earth did that happen? Well, today I’ve published my first post on ecomPunk.com with the oh-so-clever title Does Facebook lose its sex appeal? On ecomPunk me and my fellow colleagues will try to catch what’s moving and shaking the ecommerce scene, looking behind the scenes and trying to approach things in a fresh and modern way – hope you’ll like it!
Magento dude identity in good condition – anyone interested?
Like with many of the more personal posts in this blog, I’ve been chewing on this subject for quite a while now. I would like to take some time and reflect on the role I play in the Magento and/or eCommerce space.
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eBay takes over Magento: The end of an era
“To all the members [of] the Magento family: we thank you for all the passion, expertise and hard work that you’ve invested in Magento”. This address is taken from the official statement regarding eBay’s recent acquisition of Magento, and it does not take too much imagination to recognise: this is a farewell.
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Magento book reviews
After having been in the trenches for some time now to produce an updated manuscript for the forthcoming 2nd edition of the German Online-Shops mit Magento to be published by O’Reilly at the end of May, I’ve found the time to have a closer look at two other books dealing with Magento. These are Magento 1.4 – Themes Design and Magento 1.4 – Development Cookbook, both published by Packt Publishing. What follows is a short review of these books designed to make Magento designers’ and developers’ lifes easier.
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A busy week for Magento
This week, a lot of things happened in the Magento universe. New announcements have been made at the Imagine eCommerce conference, and as of yesterday, it is now official that eBay holds a 49% share in Magento. But let’s put these things in order.
Going iOS (part 3) – now for something completely different
This post has been circling through my head for a while now. A number of signs have shown me that I have to write it down now, so here goes. The gist of it: during the last weeks it has dawned on me that focusing on iOS is, after all, not the right way for me. So what were these signs and what the hell am I talking about (and why am I being so enigmatic, for crying out loud)?
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Q1’11 earnings: Apple outperforms again
The timing of Steve Jobs taking a medical leave of absence couldn’t have been better: yesterday Apple announced their holiday quarter earnings, and they are huge: $26,7 billion revenue, $6 billion profits and more than 20 million iPads and iPods sold. Very impressive indeed. As a result, stock prices were rising again to over $340, leaving the Jobs panic at a moderate 2% drop. Full feature on Techcrunch.
Apple without Steve Jobs … again
After Steve Jobs’s announcement that he would take a leave of absence to look after his health, speculations about the future of Apple and the fate of its stock have arisen almost instantly. I just went over to Techcrunch to find a very readable piece by MG Siegler putting things into perspective: A Few Thoughts On Apple’s 2011, Stock, Tim Cook, And The Future