Take the best from people!
It’s been a long time coming, but now I know; working in a team is the thing that pushes anonymous start-ups up to the mountains of opportunity and success. It’s unbelievable how refreshing it feels to...
View ArticleInternational trips
One must love them. But there’s a bad part to them as well. The one when you have to get ready. I decided to write a list of the things that I had to do today, as I’ll be flying to Brussels tomorrow,...
View ArticleBack to the roots
I studied Computer Science with the co-founder of Vuzum. We were class mates both in high-school and at the Computer Science University later on. We graduated more than two years ago, and I remember...
View ArticleMoving forward
I’m doing so much. I’m the kind of person who likes to fill every minute with something worth doing, and this keeps me focused on a limited number of tasks, which can also be translated by lack of...
View Article2 years of Vuzum!
I remember how everything started: a simple idea, a lot of ambition and a lot of work (long nights ended by sleeping on some improvised beds at 2 AM, right there at the office). Two years later, we’re...
View ArticleVuzum’s first website
I would like to share but also get your feedback on the direction we’re headed with our company’s website. You can view the progress here. Notes: We decided to use Flash only where needed, so it won’t...
View ArticleThe Bootstrapper’s Manifesto
I am a bootstrapper. I have initiative and insight and guts, but not much money. I will succeed because my efforts and my focus will defeat bigger and better-funded competitors. I am fearless. I keep...
View ArticleHello 2011! So quiet around!
I’ve been very quiet lately, as it’s been a very intense couple of weeks for me. What does this means for a guys such as myself? Sleeping at 5AM+, getting up at around 11-12AM. Spending around 14 hours...
View ArticleOur first international office and more!
2011 starts stronger than I expected. I’ll just sum up some of the things that happened in the past weeks. The biggest achievement must be that we’ve got our first big client, as a direct result of...
View ArticleVuzaprilie
Luna viitoare o sa aflati cat a crescut Vuzum! :-) Speram ca pana atunci sa punem si Blogvio si Eclipo sus, precum si versiunea Vuzum pentru mobil (design-ul arata excelent!). Un pic de retusari la...
View ArticleExperienced Web Designer?
A little bit about Vuzum first. We’re a services company struggling to become a successful products company. Our pivotal project has been and is a success, and it started generating revenue after 5...
View ArticleUn pic despre UX / Interactive Designer
Ce asteptari avem de la un interactive designer (ux – user experience designer) la Vuzum? Privit din punct de vedere al interactiunii cu utilizatorii, exista doua tipuri de design: static dinamic Cel...
View ArticleIs Flash dying? Ask your clients.
The best way to get the pulse for Flash is probably by comparing the number and quality of Flash projects received this year, with the ones received in the past years. Here’s what some of our oldest...
View ArticleToday we won our first FWA!
Congrats to all the good guys at Vuzum and to our partners at Plat4M! We’ve been working for months on this project, and the FWA award is a recognition of our skills and effort! Now, let’s party! :)
View ArticleDesigners, designers, designers, designers…
It becomes clearer and clearer to me that design is more about the idea and the execution, than the knowledge of the proper tools. A web designer that doesn’t research continuously is equal to 0. I...
View ArticleUn an plin, un an productiv!
Se anunta a fi un an foarte bun pentru Vuzum, nu neaparat din punct de vedere financiar, ci strategic. Speram ca deciziile pe care le luam acum, sa fie cele care vor sta la baza cresterii noastre ca si...
View ArticleCum sa nu aplici pentru un job
In ultimele doua luni am avut experienta placuta de a primi cateva zeci de emailuri de la persoane care candidau pentru pozitiile pe care le-am avut disponibile la Vuzum. Desi apreciez fiecare email...
View ArticleDe la idee la business
Ca si partener in Vuzum am ocazia sa citesc brief-uri care cumuleaza sute de pagini saptamanal (who needs books?), si vroiam sa scriu putin despre asta dintr-o noua perspectiva: cea a ideilor. Sunt...
View ArticleProtecting one’s work
I though this would stop. But it didn’t. Tonight we got another email from a guy – let’s call him Joe. Joe was curious to find out more about an European company – let’s call it CO – that pretends to...
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