Mashable is reporting tonight that the iPhone is set to replace the Canon Rebel XTi as the #1 source of photographs on Flickr:
That smartphone, with its weak 2 MP camera and its lack of zoom, …

Goodbye Dotster. Hello Media Temple (mt).

Over the last few weeks, you may have noticed slowness (to put it lightly) on this blog. It was being hosted on Dotster with a shared server (that they repeated …

I love this email from Google (full screenshot below and their blog post is here):
On April 7th, we announced a new version of Gmail for mobile for iPhone and Android-powered devices. Among the improvements was …

I have written a fair amount about email marketing campaigns – pointing out effective ones and confusing ones (sorry Apple). I often point to Amazon as a best-in-class marketer on many fronts… and here is …

For video game and sports enthuiasts, Madden Football’s release day is the equivalent of a major Hollywood blockbuster. In Madden 2009′s first month, it did $133.5 million in retail sales. Today, Madden 10 arrives and …

Rails Rumble 2009 will be kicking off in a little more than a week: August 22nd and 23rd. The Rails Rumble is a 48 hour web application development competition. Contestants and teams get one weekend …

A great screenshot from Twitter (via Tweetdeck’s iPhone app) that shows the virality of Foursquare. I’ve spoken a lot about the power of conversation in the real-time web – but this is notable because it …

Facebook today announced an acquisition of Friendfeed – getting an innovative, growing service (still small by Facebook standards: 1m users vs. Facebook’s 250m) and, by all accounts, an exceptional team (comprised of ex-Googlers).

The twitter …

It’s no surprise that social recommendations work – they are based on connections, shared interests, references, etc. I’ve written many times that I believe conversation – enabling it, aggregating it, filtering it and applying authority …

Last week, I wrote about Starbuck’s using Facebook Polls and Facebook’s Top Pages (both all-time and daily growth). Here is another example of a rich, interactive campaign through Facebook: Travel Channel’s Man vs. Food.
The new …

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 …