Anthony Franco

Someone needed to say it - Patents are a joke - companies are waging wars against one another over meaningless software patents. I heard last week (have not confirmed it) that IBM makes $1 Billion (thats with a “B”) a year in licensing their patents to other companies …   I know what you are saying, 1 [...] ... (more)

EffectiveUI & Qwest Featured at Forrester Customer Experience Forum

Rebecca Flavin, our CEO and one of our clients, Stephanie Copeland (Vice President Business Market Solutions at Qwest Communications) presented an awesome session today at the 2009 Forrester Customer Experience Forum. The session was packed (in fact, it was the most attended session of the hour) – it was my first real attempt at being [...] ... (more)

AJAXWorld Keynote Speaker on the Risks and Rewards of RIAs

Anthony Franco's Blog On March 20 at AJAXWorld 2008 East, Anthony Franco, UX & UI Expert, President of Effective User Interface will be keynoting on RIA Adoption in 2008 – Risks, Rewards, Challenges and Opportunities. Last year, the overall demand for RIAs outpaced the qualified supply chain. This trend will continue in 2008. While last year brought unprecedented growth in RIA adoption— especially by Fortune 500 companies—RIA adoption in 2008 brings a new onslaught of risks, rewards, challenges, and opportunities for companies of all sizes. This year, companies facing both job gro... (more)

Could Apple Enter the Cloud Computing Market?

This is total speculation, but I believe it would be very possible for Apple to enter the cloud computing space. A recent article in the Charlotte Observer (found via a mac rumors article) is claiming they are offering Apple a huge tax break to set up a billion dollar server farm in North Carolina. Apple has an interesting competitive advantage here. They have loads of cash in reserve ($29 billion) and manufacture hardware, OS  and software. They have already proven their ability to scale services (iTunes). I would find it ridiculous if Apple has not at least talked about it inter... (more)

EffectiveUI's New Executive Team Members

Over the last four years, I have been incredibly fortunate to watch our company grow from Andy, Drew, and myself to more than 100 people. It’s been a tough but exciting road… “bootstrapping” has had its challenges for sure. During our crazy growth, we have always left our CEO position open, always knowing someday we would find the perfect individual to take our humble design and development company to the next level. A series of very fortunate events has helped us find not one, but two people that have the vision and drive to compliment our passion for excellence and understand ... (more)