Despite being one of the few Google TV fanboys, I thought this Amazon Video On Demand screenshot summed up the space well:

What sites and apps do I use on a daily basis? Quora, LinkedIn, Crunchbase and a slew of Google Chrome extensions (which I’ve written about before). So why not put all of them together and …

It is common to think of Facebook as user / traffic acquisition lever (perhaps the best available considering its 600m users, its viral network, and the developer platform and tools). But thanks to a recent, …

Continuing the theme of posting about TV commercials… here is the latest spot for Adam Sandler’s new movie “Just Go For It.” The entire spot is created around Facebook: it opens with a Like button …

During today’s NFL playoffs game, you may have seen the Blackberry spot featuring Blackberry’s App World and the Urbanspoon application. The advertisement is well done and features small business owners (right in Blackberry’s sweet spot) …

Last week I wrote about the “do’s and don’ts of gamification“… in other words, how to effectively add game mechanics to your site / service. Thanks to the success of leaders like Zynga and Foursquare, …

In December of 2009, I wrote about local fitness company Expresso – the maker of an interactive workout machines that I was blown away by. Here’s the next wave – which should become more commonplace …

Continuing to post select Quora answers on my blog – you can view them here.
Below is my answer to the Quora question “Where in the bay area should I live to be part of the …

Your typical email from LinkedIn is text-based and includes some sort of notification about your network, messages, etc. They are straightforward, actionable and likely focus on conversions. A very different email arrived from LinkedIn this …

I write a lot about the importance of marketing and promoting “in the river” – my terminology for engaging users in the most specific and relevant experiences / locations. This concept is increasingly important new …

What are the do’s and don’ts when introducing game mechanics in a website?
Note: this is my answer to a Quora question. I post them to my blog from time to time… which you can view …

Earlier in the week, I listed the productivity and work applications that I use daily. I concluded that the applications I most rely on not those that are the most robust… rather, its those that …