Webstore by Amazon

28 Jan 2008

I got an email from Amazon about their new WebStore by Amazon offering. Like Shopify, it’s a just-add-water storefront for people wanting to sell their products.

This seems like a natural step for Amazon, considering their recent product offerings like payment processing and fulfillment services.

Perhaps my days of building custom e-commerce applications for clients like Griffin Technology are numbered?

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Categories : Consulting, E-Commerce

Buzz and DEMO Buzz

28 Jan 2008

Catch the Best got a mention in the Working Podcast, a great resource for career advice.

On a related note, StandoutJobs is getting a ton of coverage by virtue of being at DEMO, not to mention getting a $2 million investment. That should bring some welcome attention to the space addressed by hiring management tools like Catch the Best. :)

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Categories : Hiring, Startups

Catch the Best in the Montreal Gazette

24 Jan 2008

Mark Stachiew, writing for the Montreal Gazette, mentioned Catch the Best in his latest Networthy column. Thanks, Mark!

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Categories : CatchTheBest

Faker 0.3.0 released

1 Jan 2008

Thanks to the contributions of a couple of people on the mailing list, and thanks to a client who wanted some Lorem Ipsum text to be generated, Faker 0.3.0 has been released.

Here are the changes:

  • Added Lorem to generate fake Latin
  • Added secondary_address to Address, and made inclusion of secondary address in street_address optional (false by default).
  • Added UK address methods [Caius Durling]

Go get it.

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Categories : Ruby