episode 11

John Green

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UPDATE: The audio volume has been tweaked and the file has been switched, please list to the new file linked below.

We chat with John Green of Savvica, creator of Nuvvo, the eLearning system.

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Time: 36 mins 40 secs16.8 MB

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  • Based in Toronto
  • Started out building an enterprise system then decided to build a service for freelance educators based on family needs
  • Built using Java, struts, and Hibernate
  • Started in fall of 2004 with just John
  • Added localization in a couple of days using Java’s localization libraries
  • Started Hosting on one server at Rackspace
  • Covered on Tech Crunch, crashed the site
  • Moved to using DB2 Express-C on XKoto’s Gridiron, database load balancer, from MySQL
  • DB2 Express-C is free for use
  • Nuvvo Offers synchronous and asynchronous training
  • Uses Skype for synchronous
  • Skype web presence – see when your students are online
  • Compete by not competing, go after the markets that can’t afford the big systems
  • Cool courses in the eLearning Market
  • Courses can be free or have a cost set by instructor
  • It’s good to have a solid business plan
  • Targeted advertising
  • Premium services
  • Enterprise services
  • We got our scoop, Nuvvo Plus and Nuvvo Enterprise
  • Dealing with crap
  • It’s not Web 2.0 without tags ;)
  • Demo Camp
  • Savvica is looking for people, send your resume
  • 70 Main street did the design and icons
  • Viral marketing through the blog and web 2.0 community
  • Feel free to contact john dot green at savvica dot com

Comments

byurgayestfanhere added February 27, 2006
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dude sort out that loud guy talking, turn the mic down bro
byJosh added February 27, 2006
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Thanks for the heads up. The mp3 link and rss feed have been updated to point to a *FIXED* mp3 file. I adjusted the loud spots by hand, sorry for the loudness. --Josh
byAskGeeves added February 28, 2006
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That link to download is bad. Even my Firefox extension can't split the redirect. I'll just load it from a html file i'll write and load locally, otherwise Quicktime loads in the webpage and cause I haven't got Pro I can't save (wtf?). But good show.
byfenryr added February 28, 2006
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woot, new episode already.. looking forward to listening!

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