User Profile: mkr2x

Nov 19, 2007
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Environmental
Todd Engineers
Senior Engineer
UC Berkeley, University of Virginia

Recent Opinions

Bearish opinion about CafeMom:

"There's not a lot of content on the site"

Bearish opinion about Skimbit:

"Lots of bugs with some IE versions"

Bullish opinion about Skimbit:

"Easy to use"

Bearish opinion about Dojo Learning:

"Lessons that do exist are brief at best"

Bearish opinion about Dojo Learning:

"Almost no inventory of lessons"

News

Tangled Web: Nabbing Deals On Travel Sites
Aug 26, 2008 - 0 comments
The story compares several online travel sites including Kayak.com

Discussions

Kayak not listing American Airlines Flights
Aug 26, 2008 - 2 comments
I just read in the WSJ that Kayak is no longer listing American Airline Flights due to a disagreement regarding where Kayak directs users to purchase tickets. I'm not a big fan of American but I'm a little disappointed in their absence. I count on Kayak to be a comprehensive flight searching shop. Overall, it won't prevent me from continued patronage because it's still a great...

MamaBargains - Good Business Model?
Aug 13, 2008 - 5 comments
What do you think of MamaBargain's business model? It's similar to Woot, where they have one product available per day at a very steep discount. At first it seems like a great idea but I think the cost of shipping for a single item might add up. The model seems to works for Woot and expensive electronics. However, I think shipping would erode most of the discount on...

Dojo Learning - Implementing vs. Idea
Aug 1, 2008 - 4 comments
When I first heard about Dojo Learning I thought this was a neat idea. The website is a tool to build, share, and deliver lessons to businesses and the public. However, the implementation is lacking. The current state of the site (small number of lessons available and the slim content in those lessons) is very disappointing and makes it difficult to see how this idea will be...

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