The ab|inventio Gazette

Queuing psychology: Can waiting in line be fun?

Alex — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:04:32 +0000

The answer, from this CNN article published today about MIT Prof. Larson’s studies of queueing: Not really, not if you have to stand in line. But if you free your customers to roam freely while they wait, notifying them when you’re ready for them on their cell phones, the fun knows no limits. Check out QLess today!

A QLess restaurant

Alex — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:15:17 +0000

I would consider [Whozat] to be the most comprehensive people-search engine I’ve seen

Alex — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:49:11 +0000

SuperTicker writes about Whozat in his StumbleUpon review: “Whozat is a meta people-search engine drawing information from several social and professional networking sites as well as the web at large. Moreover, it lets you refine your search (indicate what’s “zat”) so to improve the relevance rank of your search results. See the Help pages.You can enter part of a name or even include keywords that would distinguish your person of interest from all the others. I would consider it to be the most comprehensive people-search engine I’ve seen.”

Whozat signs partnership with Reunion.com

Alex — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:18:46 +0000

ChicaGeek on Whozat: Surprising results!

Alex — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:20:51 +0000

ChicaGeek covered Whozat yesterday and described its results as superior to Google’s and surprising. For the Spanish readers among you, here is the full review: http://elgeek.com/2008/10/30/whozat-buscador-de-datos-personales-le-dice-adios-a-nuestra-privacidad/

New case study shows 34% increase in customers seated thanks to QLess

Alex — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:21:04 +0000

A second case study showed 22% reduction in no-shows with QLess in The Boiling Crab as compared to guests not using cell phones. When added to the 9% reduction in turn-aways previously demonstrated with cell phone paging as compared to old-fashioned pager systems, this makes for a 34% increase in customers seated thanks to QLess, not altogether different from the 45% we previously demonstrated.If your restaurant is not using QLess, you are missing out on 34%-45% of the customers you could be serving! –Alex

Whozat and QLess sign on mPRm

Alex — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:34:35 +0000

abInventio, Whozat and QLess signed on mPRm, the PR firm behind Overture, RealNetworks, Disney, Dolby, Fox, Viacom and the Oscars. We are proud to be working with a top-notch team including Rachel McCallister, Bret Ingraham and Natalie Yallouz.

Whozat gives its opinion on who the next President of the USA will be

Alex — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:32:19 +0000

Just Whozat Next President of the USA .

abInventio’s Founder and CEO appointed to Caltech’s Information Sciences & Technology Advisory Board

Alex — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:20:42 +0000

Alex Backer was appointed by Caltech President Jean-Lou Chameau, and joins a distinguished set of colleagues at the California Institute of Technology’s IST Board.

Former Ogilvy Asia CIO joins QLess

Alex — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:15:20 +0000

Peter Johnston, formerly CIO for Ogilvy, the preeminent international advertising, marketing, and public relations agency and a subsidiary of WPP, the world’s largest communications services group, has joined QLess. We are proud to have him among us.