Joining Polaris Ventures Partners
August 2, 2009 – 5:28 pm | Comments

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 …

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Feeling Ripped Off? Kodak AND Microsoft Attack
March 30, 2009 – 9:15 pm | Comments

Microsoft made headlines with their “Lauren” commercials (“I’m just not cool enough to be a Mac person”):

Considering the economy, Microsoft hit Apple at a very sore, powerful point: pricing. Critics argued that the machine “Lauren” …

IRS.gov: The Web’s Hottest Property
March 29, 2009 – 6:31 pm | Comments

Nearly 30 million monthly uniques according to Quantcast – placing IRS.gov as the 26th biggest website. The 30m uniques represents 10x growth since January 1st:

The Next Step in iPhone Gaming: Nintendo NES
March 27, 2009 – 8:15 pm | Comments
The Next Step in iPhone Gaming: Nintendo NES

At the break of the new year, I listed 20 predictions for Digital Media in 2009. The third prediction was:
iPhone Gaming Will Progress Beyond Novelty
At the time of that article, the biggest application was …

Economic Woes Impacting MLB Season Tickets
March 27, 2009 – 10:01 am | Comments
Economic Woes Impacting MLB Season Tickets

Wait until the trade deadline approaches during the summer… as teams have battled through poor attendance, dwindling jersey sales, and so forth. Teams like the Detroit Tigers (payroll of $138m in 2008 – third behind …

My Starbucks Via Review (Video)
March 25, 2009 – 10:10 pm | Comments
My Starbucks Via Review (Video)

My Starbucks Via samples arrived and that gave me a chance to do an instant coffee tasting / review. The video review is below (shot using my new Flip Mino HD… awesome). Even as a …

Amazon Experiments with Customer Reviews, Also Launches Amazon Vine
March 25, 2009 – 6:44 pm | Comments
Amazon Experiments with Customer Reviews, Also Launches Amazon Vine

I buy everything on Amazon and rely on their customer reviews more-so than their product descriptions, recommendations, etc. My Amazon experience is normally something like this:
- visit Amazon.com with some intent / need, usually using …

InGameNow Adds Real Time Box Scores
March 25, 2009 – 4:28 pm | Comments
InGameNow Adds Real Time Box Scores

On the heals of the new live scoreboard integration within our iPhone Apps, InGameNow has added real-time boxs cores. The box scores appear on game pages – they update for live games and are chronicled …

Starbucks Takes to London Streets to Promote Starbucks Via
March 25, 2009 – 9:51 am | Comments
Starbucks Takes to London Streets to Promote Starbucks Via

A little more than a month ago, I wrote about Starbucks new instant coffee: the Starbucks Via. My free samples have since arrived and I plan to do a review once I prepare and taste …

NCAA + iPhone Apps = Great Productivity
March 19, 2009 – 9:48 am | Comments
NCAA + iPhone Apps = Great Productivity

The future is here.
And it’s on the iPhone.

NCAA Basketball iPhone App for March Madness
March 17, 2009 – 2:47 pm | Comments
NCAA Basketball iPhone App for March Madness

InGameNow has released updates to all of its iPhone Apps – just in time for March Madness and the NCAA Tournament:
- Live scoreboard
- New format for in game results / chatter
- Live scores in the …

Widgetbox Introduces Facebook App Compatibility
March 17, 2009 – 8:44 am | Comments

Last week, Widgetbox launched the ability to simply (a couple clicks) turn your widgets into Facebook Applications. They run on the profile page, have their own ‘canvas page’, are sharable, and hit the Facebook newsfeed…. …

Twitter, Facebook’s Feed, Facebook Connect and Seesmic: Navigating it All
March 17, 2009 – 7:52 am | Comments
Twitter, Facebook’s Feed, Facebook Connect and Seesmic: Navigating it All

I’ve been using Seesmic’s Adobe Air Facebook application for a few days now. Despite all of it’s inadequacies (see below), it raises a larger question to me – and one that I have written about …