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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Use Facebook Connect to Eliminate Mobile App Registration, Login
April 29, 2011 – 8:37 am | 186 Comments
Use Facebook Connect to Eliminate Mobile App Registration, Login

I have two mobile application pet peeves:
1. when the first thing I see is a registration flow.
2. and when the registration doesn’t use Facebook’s steamlined flow.

Three Reasons Why Facebook Deals is Important.
April 27, 2011 – 8:03 am | 601 Comments
Three Reasons Why Facebook Deals is Important.

Three visual reason why Facebook Deals shouldn’t be overlooked… despite being a day old and despite the large lead of Groupon and LivingSocial.

Having to Unlearn Twitter to Learn Tweetbot… A Designer’s Dilemma
April 24, 2011 – 12:08 pm | 349 Comments
Having to Unlearn Twitter to Learn Tweetbot… A Designer’s Dilemma

After reading the rave reviews, I traded in Twitter’s iPhone App for Tweetbot. It’s great – glossy, fast and customizable.

Twitter Promotes Mobile Apps & SMS To Logged-Out Users. Smart.
April 21, 2011 – 4:37 pm | 300 Comments

A little over a year ago, I wrote about Facebook’s post-logout promotion of Facebook Mobile – which helped to significantly increase iPhone usage (+20% in a week).

Meanwhile, another giant social / mobile player is …

Bud Light Cleverly Runs Promotion on Facebook Page.
April 20, 2011 – 9:32 am | 2 Comments
Bud Light Cleverly Runs Promotion on Facebook Page.

Brands have used all sorts of mechanisms and promotions to drive social activity (see Redbox example)… and Facebook’s new page layout has complicated that. Here is Bud Light’s approach:

Twitter Promoted Tweets & Effective Real-Time, Event-Based Advertising
April 19, 2011 – 10:22 am | 597 Comments
Twitter Promoted Tweets & Effective Real-Time, Event-Based Advertising

For much of today, my blog was unaccessible because Media Temple had a far-reaching outage.
After unsuccessfully trying to reach my site, I was made aware of this through Twitter (why no email correspondence?)… with …

Much to Learn from the NBA’s Facebook Fan Page
April 16, 2011 – 8:54 am | Comments Off
Much to Learn from the NBA’s Facebook Fan Page

When asked who does the best job of managing their Facebook page and community, I recommend looking at two pages:
- for e-commerce: ShoeDazzle (and yes, it’s a Polaris company)
- for media and big brand: the …

Introducing ShoeDazzle Casual Chic
April 13, 2011 – 9:13 am | 292 Comments

Very excited to introduce ShoeDazzle’s Casual Chic Collection. Same great experience and proposition…. just a new look and line!
You can learn more at ShoeDazzle.com and on Facebook.

Facebook Testing, Promoting Around Proximity
April 13, 2011 – 8:38 am | 270 Comments
Facebook Testing, Promoting Around Proximity

Below are two Facebook promotional units that I have seen more of:
1. Friends in City, State
2. Friends’ Popular Places

Google Mobile Weather Demonstrates HTML5 Power
April 12, 2011 – 5:02 am | 779 Comments
Google Mobile Weather Demonstrates HTML5 Power

Search for “weather 94025″ on your mobile phone. What Google has done is very impressive.
First, the search result is overtaken with a weather forecast (similar to other ‘smart search’ categories like sports scores, news, …

For Social Ads, Voice and Relevance are more Important than Just Reach.
April 11, 2011 – 4:57 am | 351 Comments
For Social Ads, Voice and Relevance are more Important than Just Reach.

This Twitter post / ad from Darrelle Revis of the New York Jets is a reminder that ads need to be relevant. And relevancy is a function of voice AND message. This is precisely why …

Nike Golf’s Facebook Contest Promotes the Masters & their new 20XI Golf Balls
April 8, 2011 – 10:01 am | 726 Comments
Nike Golf’s Facebook Contest Promotes the Masters & their new 20XI Golf Balls

In time for the PGA Masters, Nike ran a daily Facebook promotion for their 20XI golf balls. Nike Golf’s 450,000 Facebook fans could win one of 25 sleeves of their exclusive Masters edition 20XI golf …