Videos tagged with eBay






Meet the GIMP #90: Selling the Past (on eBay)

Meet the GIMP #90: Selling the Past (on eBay)

Posted in Graphics

I want to sell some stuff on eBay and of course I know that it will sell better with a good image. So I set up my “Production Shot Home Studio”, consisting out of a special height adjustable table, a light tent, reflector and flash. EDIT: See the comments for additional tips about IKEA and other suppliers of high grade photographic equipment. After that I edited the image in GIMP to...

Tags: Design, GIMP, eBay, Meet the GIMP, Broadcasting, Screencasts, auction, light tent, product shot


eBay's Farhang Kassaei announces "Selling Manager" as an OpenSocial gadget implementation

eBay's Farhang Kassaei announces "Selling Manager" as an OpenSocial gadget implementation

Posted in Companies, Web Technologies, Development

In this video, eBay Platform Architect Farhang Kassaei explains the details behind the launching of eBay's new Selling Manager (beta), which uses OpenSocial's gadget technology to Google Developer Advocate Chris Schalk at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, Ca on April 1st, 2009.Farhang describes both why they chose to use OpenSocial and Apache Shindig, and how they integrated its gadget s...

Tags: Google, eBay, OpenSocial, Google Code, gadget, profile, platform, Selling Manager, Development, Companies



MIX06: Using Web Services in Your Gadget/Widget

MIX06: Using Web Services in Your Gadget/Widget

Posted in Conferences, Companies, Development

Gadget/Widget platforms, such as live.com, have a natural integration with sites, such as eBay, using Web services. Gadgets are great for monitoring the status of ever-changing data; the eBay marketplace is always in flux. However, there are unique challenges you will need to overcome in order to use Web services in your gadget, such as security constraints, authentication, data overload, and m...

Tags: Conferences, Technologies, MIX06, Microsoft, Web Services, eBay, Gadgets, widgets, Business Decision Maker, Designer, Development, ...


Eclipse Day at the Googleplex: Eclipse at Ebay

Eclipse Day at the Googleplex: Eclipse at Ebay

Posted in Conferences, Companies, Development

Eclipse is great for Java development. Eclipse is great for web development. Eclipse is great for Java web development. The list goes on, but as your business becomes bigger, more specialized and more demanding, chances are that you won't find exactly what you need on that list. So what do you turn to? Eclipse. See how eBay uses the Eclipse you know and love, but also builds on top of it to han...

Tags: Techtalks, Google, Conferences, Eclipse, engEDU, Education, eBay, Google Tech Talks, Development, Companies


Architecting for Latency

Architecting for Latency

Posted in Conferences

Summary In this presentation, Dan Pritchett addresses latency issues in web applications that should be dealt with from the beginning when the system is designed. Dan offers some practical solutions to latency. Bio Dan Pritchett is a Technical Fellow at eBay where he has been a member of the architecture team for the past four years. In this role, Dan interfaces with the strategy, business, pro...

Tags: Conferences, High Performance, InfoQ, Architecture, eBay, Latency


Adobe CS: Create more compeling eBay descriptions using GoLive's HTML code

Adobe CS: Create more compeling eBay descriptions using GoLive's HTML code

Posted in Graphics, Web Technologies

Every now and then you may need to use HTML tags outside of your HTML editor. Posting things for sale on eBay is a perfect example. In this episode you'll see how you can use GoLive CS2 to generate all the HTML to make your descriptions pop. After all a good description may be just enough to push someone to bid on your item over the other guy's.

Tags: Design, HTML, Adobe, eBay, Adobe CS, GoLive


Operational Scalability in the Next Generation Web World

Operational Scalability in the Next Generation Web World

Posted in Conferences, Graphics, Security

Summary In this presentation filmed during JAOO 2007, Wayne Fenton, Director of Architecture at eBay Inc., talks about the ways in which software architects can design systems for much-improved efficiency and reliability from an operational perspective. Bio Wayne Fenton is Director of Architecture at eBay Inc. His main area of focus is designing and building large scale web infrastructure compo...

Tags: Conferences, Design, Scalability, Security, InfoQ, JAOO Conference, Architecture, eBay