Traveling this week, I checked into Boston’s Logan Airport on Foursquare. I noticed that a special ‘local offer’ existed. Hoping it was discounted Dunkin Donuts coffee, I took a look and uncovered one of that …

Facebook has put a lot of effort into driving more ‘friendships’ through their Friend Finder tool. And Twitter has had great success with their new, excellent “Who to Follow” tool.

Great Twitter presentation by Raffi Krikorian of Twitter’s API team. The talk is from a presentation at UC Berkeley and he talks about Twitter’s platform, scale, etc.

Every so often I like to dig into this blog’s traffic and see what it reveals. This time I was sparked by a Quora conversation about how bloggers use Google Analytics.

After a few days of usage, a handful of thoughts of Google Instant:
1. It’s a technical feat: fast, inteliigent, and useful.

This is picture from Twitpic sums up the options that consumers and brick & mortar retailers face: choice overload. Google Places, Facebook Places and/or Fan Pages, Twitter, Yelp… and that doesn’t include Groupon, LivingSocial, and …

In January 2010 Polaris Venture Partners opened its third Dogpatch Labs in one of the greatest areas of New York City, Union Square. The response in the NY tech community was outstanding, and today there …

Lost among the hubbub surrounding the similarly named Facebook Places is Google’s local product: Google Places. It might not include check-ins, but it is a product aimed at local businesses and search queries… and tied …

I have been spending time on Quora answering questions around Dogpatch Labs, incubators, venture capital, etc. As I receive some questions frequently, I thought it would be worth while to re-purpose my answer for a …

Nike has released the Nike+ GPS iPhone application to help you track, map and analyze your runs. It is a paid $1.99 application. Without needing the shoes, wristband, and/or monitor, the Nike+ application uses GPS …

I have been spending time on Quora answering questions around Dogpatch Labs, incubators, venture capital, etc. As I receive some questions frequently, I thought it would be worth while to re-purpose my answer for a …

This week Dogpatch Labs San Francisco underwent a slight remodeling. In addition to new residents joining (and a handful ‘graduating’), we rearranged the layout to better accommodate teams and add some more space.