Announcing Dogpatch Labs Palo Alto & Europe
September 29, 2011 – 8:27 am | 349 Comments

In early September, we got the unfortunate news that the San Francisco Port Authority was closing Pier 38 (home to Dogpatch Labs San Francisco).

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Ravenwood Fair Passes 10m Monthly Users
February 28, 2011 – 9:14 am | 354 Comments
Ravenwood Fair Passes 10m Monthly Users

I’m a sucker for info-graphics… and here is a really good one to help celebrate the success of LOLapp’s Ravenwood Fair social game (note: LOLapps is a Polaris-backed company).

Thinking About Facebook’s Expanded Like Button
February 27, 2011 – 7:09 pm | 238 Comments
Thinking About Facebook’s Expanded Like Button

Today Facebook rolled out a rather significant change: the Like button has replaced the Share button’s functionality. It’s an important transition because, at least for me, it has already changed my “liking” behavior. Auto-publishing a …

Facebook Connect As a Registration & Login Flow
February 26, 2011 – 8:22 am | 481 Comments
Facebook Connect As a Registration & Login Flow

Reading OM’s article “My web without Facebook Connect“, I was reminded of an blog post I recently wrote and regularly reference (“Facebook as a conversion tool: registration flows.“).

Jibe Launches Mobile App at ‘Launch’ Conference
February 24, 2011 – 2:21 pm | 302 Comments

Polaris-backed company and former Dogpatch Labs resident, Jibe has had a very good couple weeks. As a reminder, Jibe uses Facebook and LinkedIn to better connect job-seekers and employees: ” JIBE connects you to people …

PokerStars.net Evokes Facebook, YouTube & Twitter in ESPN Ads
February 23, 2011 – 8:04 am | 236 Comments
PokerStars.net Evokes Facebook, YouTube & Twitter in ESPN Ads

Clever ad from PokerStars.net in the most recent ESPN The Magazine. It certainly grabs your attention with the use of prominent logo / font-types and it evokes the social appeal of online game-play. Furthermore, those …

Amazon Instant Video Good for Google TV
February 22, 2011 – 5:58 pm | 11 Comments
Amazon Instant Video Good for Google TV

It was my immediate reaction to hearing that Amazon Instant Video would be available:
1. Will it run on my Google TV? (check)

Facebook’s Slick Photo Tagging Interface / Interstitial
February 22, 2011 – 8:35 am | 338 Comments
Facebook’s Slick Photo Tagging Interface / Interstitial

Facebook Photos continues to roll out new functionality. When uploading pictures yesterday, I noticed a new post-upload flow: “Who’s in these photos?” It is important for a few reasons.

Techmeme Figuring Out the Blend of Real-Time & Published News.
February 19, 2011 – 7:20 am | 219 Comments
Techmeme Figuring Out the Blend of Real-Time & Published News.

I had the following post written and in the my blog’s queue (which is how I usually write / blog)…. and then something happened: Twitter and UberTwitter tussled.

Twitter: Want to keep using Twitter on your phone?
February 18, 2011 – 12:36 pm | 227 Comments
Twitter: Want to keep using Twitter on your phone?

Fascinating…. way too early to have intelligent commentary on the Twitter / Uber Twitter developments (see here, here, here), but Twitter’s @Support response is fascinating:

Google Voice & GMail – More ‘In the River’ Marketing
February 18, 2011 – 9:59 am | 173 Comments
Google Voice & GMail – More ‘In the River’ Marketing

I write a lot about product marketing and the concept of

Google’s Android Conveyor Belt
February 17, 2011 – 8:54 am | 4 Comments
Google’s Android Conveyor Belt

Watch the below conveyor belt of Android devices and you understand why the platform is growing… and winning. Even though I am an iPhone user (and I love it) – I’d rather bet on the …

Redbox’s Smart Movie Promotion Aims to Validate Emails.
February 16, 2011 – 6:53 am | 729 Comments
Redbox’s Smart Movie Promotion Aims to Validate Emails.

Redbox is a service I love, a product that is terrificly done and a business whose future is murky (negative: moving digital and Netflix as a competitor; positive: Netflix as an example of transitioning perfectly). …