Archive for Real Innovation
Video-Paper is now invented (!!)
CBS will be the first company to place a ‘video ad’ in a magazine.
What!?
You heard me right!
The last two year an LA-based company has developed 2.7 mm thin paper that can play video’s. It can hold 40 minutes of video and the battery will last around 70 minutes. After that, you can charge it with [...]
Development Process 2.0
In our book “The Unplugged” we describe our ‘four C process’ of developing the Unplugged way. Many people ask us what software we use for that; of course, with avoiding using the computer as much as possible in order to ‘live Unplugged’. Well, our list of favorite software for web and desktop development just got updated!
Yesterday [...]
Make any camera wireless (!)
Here at GuiMags, we’re obsessed with using new technology that enables us to escape the cubicle.
To enable creativity, we’ve dedicated a couple of rooms as ‘mockup offices’. These rooms are decorated as casual as possible. Everything is built around our GuiBoard, and you can find an endless flow of GuiMags and dry-erase markers in the [...]
5 Outsourcing myths that may be holding you back
A couple years ago, I thought only the Fortune 500 companies could outsource because it included…
‘setting up an overseas office’,
‘flying back and forth’,
‘having long and boring live video calls’ and
‘talking with your overseas manager at 4 am’.
Boy was I wrong!
Nowadays, I don’t even bother to write a simple JavaScript script anymore, because it would distract [...]
What is a good price for outsourcing a ______?
Yeah, outsourcing is great fun until it hits your wallet… but it does not have to be that way if you learn to master the answer to the question above.
Right now, we’re in the process of building a 3d game for Wii, Mac, PC and web. The entire game series is done by freelancers from [...]
The Way of the Unplugged – MANIFESTO
Developers rule the world. But often, they don’t know it.
In our world today, we’ve seen a move from hardware to software. Take music for example. Synthesizers – the great ‘new’ technological instrument – are a story of the past. Nowadays a synthesizer is a software plugin. It’s not a heavy box with buttons, but a [...]
We’re launching July 10th!
After the success of GuiMags, GuiBoards and our new book “The Unplugged“, it was about time we started a blog!
But when we start something, we go to the extremes to make sure it’s done right. And I think we nailed it. Here are the topics we’ll cover:
ONLINE HIRING (THE NO-BUDGET WAY)
There really is no need to touch [...]