April, 2008 – Archive
eCommerce Summit Q&A: Part 2
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
In a continuing effort to provide all questions and answers that came out of the Summit last week - and the questions asked here on the blog - here is part 2 of the Q&A. This post highlights the ongoing shipping & handling discussion that came out of the “Navigating the Changes at eBay” panel. [...]
John Donahoe Interviews Pierre Omidyar
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Earlier this month, I referenced a conversation between John and Pierre that was webcast live to all eBay Inc employees during the first week of April. I have included three clips from their conversation below*.
The following clip shows Pierre addressing some of the recent changes in the Marketplace. He also addresses what he means [...]
Digging the Dirt
Monday, April 28th, 2008
At 7:30am last Friday, the approximately 50 remaining attendees from the eCommerce Summit descended on Harvey, a New Orleans suburb in the Jefferson Parish on the West Bank, to take part in a volunteer day for Habitat for Humanity. After the check presentations were made and a quick tutorial on safety guidelines was given by [...]
eCommerce Summit Q&A: Part 1
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
As promised, I will be posting Q&A sessions on Ink in multiple parts to make sure I cover all questions posed both here on the blog already, and at the eCommerce Summit. The following questions were asked immediately following Lorrie’s keynote yesterday.
Q. Based on a group study this morning, 2 out of 5 of the [...]
Habitat For Humanity
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Being originally from England, I’ve noticed that there is a tendency for “us Brits”* to take a cynical approach toward the warm, have-a-nice-day attitude of the stereotypical American in every day life. But for me, it is that optimistic, can-do approach to life that helped me fall in love with this country to begin with. [...]
Lorrie Norrington Keynote at eCommerce Summit
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
The 2008 Spring eCommerce Summit officially kicked off this morning with an introduction by PeSA Executive Director, Jonathan Garriss, welcoming all attendees to New Orleans.
eBay President of Marketplace Operations, Lorrie Norrington, was the keynote speaker of the day and her presentation focused on giving a Marketplace progress report for the past few months and re-emphasizing [...]
Ink on the road…
Monday, April 21st, 2008
I am heading down to the 2008 Spring eCommerce Summit in New Orleans early tomorrow and will be down there through the end of the week. In addition to reporting back from Lorrie Norrington’s keynote, taking part in the Habitat for Humanity day, and putting quite a few names to faces, I am looking forward [...]
Skype Hype
Monday, April 21st, 2008
I saw a lot of activity over on the Skype blogs this past 24 hours so I wanted to make sure it got a nod here on Ink. An interview with new Skype president, Josh Silverman, after his first month on the job included a reference to today’s announcement around unlimited long-distance service:
“…we’ve just announced [...]
John Donahoe talks to eBay Ink
Friday, April 18th, 2008
Two weeks ago, John and Pierre conducted a live webcast to the entire organization that emphasized a need for open communication and what can only be described as bold steps for the company (I’m working on getting video excerpts of the conversation to share with Ink subscribers soon).
Before they sat down together, I was able [...]
Romanian Fraudster, Vladuz, Arrested Thursday Morning
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Romanian fraudster, Vladuz, who had continued to attempt to compromise the identities of a number of eBay users (ultimately unsuccessfuly), was arrested early Thursday morning by Romanian law enforcement.
“We are delighted that Vladuz is in custody thanks to the hard work of Romanian law enforcement,” said eBay’s CISO Chief Information Security Officer, Dave Cullinane, [...]
