http://www.curiousoffice.com A Seattle-based seed stage investment and technology development organization. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:35:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My friend Issa Breibish over at Veer turned me on to Paparazzi...check it out. http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/08/27/another-great-osx-screenshot-app/ It was announced yesterday that Amazon has acquired Shelfari. Over the last year, the team at Shelfari (led by Josh Hugh) positioned the company as a leading online destination for sharing and discovery of books in a social format. The site has received much acclaim for it's brilliant ... http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/08/27/shelfari-purchased-by-amazon/ I stumbled on this blog post titled "6 Screenshot Utilities You Should Know About" while looking for a Mac utility that would let me capture screens even for longer pages that go below the fold. Finally found a great tool call SnapWeb. Works great on Leopard. http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/08/23/6-tools-for-sharing-webpages-with-your-mac/ The style of this site isn't my thing but this really is a nice, complete list of sites to add to your bookmark list. All in all, a nice list of informative blogs to help entrepreneurs with their marketing efforts. http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/08/11/seo-sem-marketing-and-entreprenuer-sites-to-bookmark/ So I'm starting out on this new project Presslayer and I wanted to be sure that I chose a screen resolution that was appropriate for 1024 and also easily divisible to support 2, 3, 6 and 8 columns etc. I wound up using 984 pixels in width and proceeded to make ... http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/08/10/letting-grids-guide-you/ This script adds near-native PNG support with alpha opacity to IE 5.5 and 6. http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/08/09/ie6-and-pngs-just-dont-really-get-along-do-they/ Now this looks interesting. And these people seem to think so too: Evernote. Why it will make it & 20 Awesome Ways to Use It. http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/08/09/remember-everything-with-evernote/ Our new project code-named Presslayer is looking for a variety of new people. You'll be joining previously successful and well-funded entrepreneurs in the Seattle area who have started and sold several venture backed companies. You'll also be signing on to a solid business concept that is backed by ... http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/08/08/curious-office-is-hiring-for-its-new-venture/ So here we are on a new Curious Office project. Coming out of Imagekind, I'm often asked how we pitched our initial vision and how we raised money. Such was the case tonight. As with many things, there is no "right" answer. There is no single ... http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/07/24/the-subtleties-of-raising-money/ I'm really excited about our newest project that we are incubating internally codenamed "Presslayer". The concept was developed completely in-house by us and, like Imagekind, I will initially lead the development of the concept and the recruiting of the initial team. Adrian Hanauer and Imagekind CFO Tom Riley ... http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/07/21/presslayer-there-is-a-new-curious-office-project-in-town/ It was in July 2006 when we launched Imagekind to the world for the first time. Here we are two years later and we are pleased to announce that the leading print-on-demand company has purchased the company. CafePress is a Sequoia backed company that needs no introduction. ... http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/07/08/imagekind-sold-to-cafepress/ Now this is one heck of a nice find. Get some ideas, then go do something interesting. http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/06/18/get-inspired-by-business-cards-over-on-flickr/ You really have to wonder how a resignation letter like this winds up on the internet. But, it is great material for the folks over at Valleywag isn't it! For a brief time I worked with Stewart as we tried to sort out the flickr/imagekind partnership. I ... http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/06/18/stewart-butterfield-resigns-from-flickryahoo/ You just have to love www.asmallworld.net This is certainly the social network of the over achievers. I was going through their auto classifieds today because sometimes there are some interesting cars. But, I just couldn't help but smile as I was noticing the listings today. Let's see. ... http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/06/10/you-wont-find-these-auto-classifieds-on-myspace/ I hate the type engine in Photoshop. The font sizes in your mock-ups do not reflect the font sizes you'll actually use when trying to replicate your design. What's a person to do? Well, in my case I keep Typetester nearby and I'll occasionally remind myself of ... http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/06/06/getting-your-onscreen-type-just-right/ My good friend Steve Lacey has settled in to the bliss that is being part of the Google development organization but he kindly sent me a link to some fantastic user interface design widgets that he knew I'd love. He was right. http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/06/02/the-yahoo-stencil-kit/ Whenever I see a good discussion on SEO I tend to think its a good idea to share. In this case, we saw a very good dialog about SEO resources links on the "SeattleTech" email list which was initially kicked off by a post by Bill Bryant titled The ... http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/05/29/a-summary-of-seattle-seo-links/ I found myself saying this today and I realized it is the shortest way to state the truth. You must do twice as much. Twice as good. With half as much resources. In half as much time. No. I'm not kidding. This really does summarize my experience. You can go ahead and read between ... http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/05/27/how-to-build-a-start-up/ Man this was a smart idea. When wireframing I tend to remake this stuff over and over. Just go download your scrollbars and mouse hover states from here. Pretty smart idea. http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/05/27/common-graphics-for-comping-any-web-app/ Curious Office participated in the seed funding for CoolSpotters and were are thrilled with their launch and fantastic press coverage. Good job everyone! http://www.curiousoffice.com/2008/05/16/coolspotters-connects-celebrities-and-brands/