Article Archive for October 2009
This clip from the office is great. And if you don’t find this funny, then you clearly aren’t as geeky as I am:
Two weeks ago, I wrote about Modelinia’s Facebook contest that gave creative fans the opportunity to spend Halloween with Heidi Klum at her famous Halloween Costume Party.
Tonight, everyone has the opportunity to spend Halloween …
I wrote this on Twitter and Facebook last night – but yesterday was a very full day of news across a variety of tech space: mobile, social media, advertising, gadgets, etc. Here are a few …
Unfortunately, tomorrow’s Dogpatch Labs San Francisco office hours are canceled for traveling reasons – but they will be back on November 4th! As a consolation prize, I have included a tour of Dogpatch Labs put …
This is the first time I have seen an unbranded “research” ad on Facebook that uses their new interactive platform (polling, events, etc). Below is a screenshot of an unbranded “research poll” about car insurance …
Advertising Age has recently spent quite a bit of time dissecting the Jay Leno effect on NBC and viewership, ratings and advertising. For instance, “A 30-second spot in “Jay Leno” costs between an average of …
In what Ad Age is calling “the Season of Scrooge”, households are predictably cutting back on holiday shopping plans. An Accenture study has shown that consumers will be more cost conscious, shop primarily at discount …
In his newest book, Eating the Dinosaur, Chuck Klosterman (my favorite current author) tackles reality, perception and voice. In describing the theme of the book, Klosterman says: “most of the core questions dwell on the …
As you may have noticed, I have begun posting exciting job opportunities connected to either Polaris Ventures and/or Dogpatch Labs (you can find them in the “jobs listings” category). As always, if you are interested …
Ala LinkedIn and other popular services that encourage users to become more engaged and active, Facebook appears to have rolled out a new “activity” measurement for users. While other sites also help users advance through …
Because the “real time web” can be overwhelmingly active and noisy, Facebook has decided to simplify the newsfeed with a new “Best Of” feed that summarizes the “most interesting” activity from your network’s last twenty-four …
There will be a Google Wave meetup at Dogpatch Labs on Pier 38 this Thursday evening. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP either on meetup.com at http://www.meetup.com/sfgwmg/calendar/11463087/ or via email to …

