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Ian Rosenwach

The “Welfare Queen” and the Battle for Digital Identity

by Ian Rosenwach 12.26.2013

This past weekend I read a great piece by Josh Levin in Slate about Linda Taylor, the “Welfare Queen” of Chicago. She was made famous because Ronald Reagan used her in the mid-70’s as an example of the excess of the welfare state. The full piece is well worth the read. To use Linda Taylor as […]

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What Facebook Video Ads learned from Video on Instagram

by Ian Rosenwach 12.18.2013

Remember Video on Instagram? It was announced 6 months ago with much fanfare as a new way for users to share stories. Instagram was owned by Facebook at that point, and still is. As Facebook was conceiving video ads it’s natural they’d look to Instagram for some insight and data. Instagram may not be earning revenue with […]

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Facebook:BroadcastTV::Twitter:Cable.

by Ian Rosenwach 12.17.2013

Facebook and Twitter are public companies hungry for ad dollars. In order to capture a chunk of the $66.4 billion spent on TV ads, they will continue to editorialize their (our?) news feeds. They take different approaches to curating their feed. This plays a role in the types of content we consumer and share, and the attractiveness […]

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Top 10 Best Ways to Experience Modern and Historic Charleston, SC

by Ian Rosenwach 12.9.2013

Charleston has an incredible amount to offer and is a quick flight from major northeastern airports. Here are the top 10 best ways to experience modern and historic Charleston! Click the photo caption to go to the website for each activity. (Caveat- you’ll want to rent a car to make this possible. I got a […]

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HealthCare.gov and product leadership

by Ian Rosenwach 11.19.2013

By contrast, McKinsey noted, the federal marketplace’s design was marked by “evolving requirements” that shifted throughout the design phase, leaving scant time to test the system before its launch. The Washington Post had an informative article today about a presentation delivered by the consulting firm McKinsey & Co. to federal officials. This post is not […]

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DressCast 2 is live in the App Store

by Ian Rosenwach 11.18.2013

The new version of DressCast for iPhone went live last week. DressCast is an iPhone app that gives customers outfit ideas based on the weather. What’s new app without a demo video? The design objectives (loosely defined) were – Be more aligned with iOS7 in terms of screen resolution, outfit resolution, icons, and flatter design […]

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Anecdotes from “The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the age of Amazon.com”

by Ian Rosenwach 11.7.2013

I just finished reading “The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the age of Amazon.com“. Appropriately, it was the first book I read on the Kindle. Overall it was a good reading experience, I especially liked the highlighting and popular highlights features. Thanks to highlight, I’m just going to share a few snippets that I highlighted […]

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An Icons Tale, a.k.a demystifying the tiny images on the lower right hand corner of Gmail theme preview icons

by Ian Rosenwach 11.5.2013

Most of you probably know that some Gmail theme designs can change based on certain things, like time of day. Something you might not know (I didn’t) is that the theme options screen actually tells you this. In those tiny theme preview icons. The fact that someone had to explain this to me, then we […]

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Book Review: The Year Without Pants, WordPress.com and the future of work

by Ian Rosenwach 10.30.2013

Summary: A good book if you are part of, lead, or want to lead a distributed (remote) development team. Also, if you’re interested in how to prioritize culture as an organization. But don’t expect much insight into the business behind WordPress. “The Year Without Pants”, by Scott Berkun, chronicles Berkun’s year working at Automattic, the […]

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Have knowledge? Forget it.

by Ian Rosenwach 10.24.2013

Summary: The ability to free yourself from what you’ve been taught is a critical ingredient in creative success, in art as well as in business You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail. – Charlie Parker […]

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