I am excited to announce that, starting Monday, I will be joining Polaris Venture Partners and will work out of the Dog Patch Lab on Pier 38. Over the last few years, I have had …
Read the full story »My Facebook redesign took effect some time early this morning… and the only big ’surprise’ (for lack of a better word) was the prominence of “Facebook Credits” in the new header. Three links (Home, Profile and Account) now sit persistently across the upper right of your Facebook experience. When you click “Account”, it reveals traditional account links (ie settings, privacy and help) – but it also includes a link to “Credits Balance”. Until now, this was relatively buried on Facebook (you had to peck through advertising or birthday gifts, etc). It is as much of a sign of what is a priority (the Facebook Gift Store) and what is coming (Facebook Payments).
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For many, the Super Bowl is more about advertising than football (though last night’s game was far better than the ads). Last night was about integrated ad campaigns:
- In real-time, Dockers rain a Facebook premium …
While leading natural search strategy at eBay, we had a motto: Content is King. It wasn’t a unique tagline – even CKX, Inc (American Idol, Elvis Presley, etc) stands for “Content is King”.
While at the …
Twitter handled the volume of Super Bowl XLIV… until Peyton Manning threw the game-ending interception and effectively sealed a New Orleans Saints victory. Immediately after the play, Twitter was overwhelmed:
Two excellent posts on the current status of geo-location companies by Robert Scoble and Hunter Walk (both bloggers are great and their blogs are must reads). Scoble argues that industry-first Foursquare is being squeezed by …
JibJab is looking for a product and social media guru who is excited about:
- joining the 2nd fastest growing website according to Comscore
- working on the web’s best Facebook Connect integration (by my account …
Congratulations to Dogpatch Labs residents Fanpulse on the launch of their iPhone App – just in time for the Super Bowl. FanPulse allows sports fans to “check in” to sporting games and interact with other …
As many of us predict the iPad will lead to the Kindle’s demise, Amazon has begun pushing the Kindle through email, Facebook and their homepage (in conjunction with Valentines Day).
Here is the Amazon homepage – …
A quick note to announce the move of my Twitter handle to @RyanSpoon (from @berecruited). I am not sure there is a better way to make the username move – but it was creating confusion …
30 hours after Apple’s iPad announcement, everyone has expressed their opinion (examples: Benioff, MG Siegler, and New York Times) … which seems to be more negative than positive. Not that you need another opinion, but …
I might be in the minority here, but I consider Twitter’s launch of Local Trends Twitter’s most significant product advancement since… launch? It will no doubt be overshadowed by tomorrow’s Apple announcement – but local …
A week ago, I wrote that only three of Apple’s top twenty grossing iPhone Apps feature in-app purchases. I wondered whether developers have determined that direct sales were more dependable and profitable than relying on …
I spent part of Sunday afternoon at Sephora in Union Square – we made a trip to purchase Living Proof No Frizz for Anette (who now swears by it!):
