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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Rails Rumble 09: 8 Hours Remain, Project Snapshots
August 23, 2009 – 8:07 am | Comments Off
Rails Rumble 09: 8 Hours Remain, Project Snapshots

Rails Rumble 2009 has eight hours remaining – all sites must be checked in and working by 5pm pst. In the last hour, nearly 600 commits were checked in as teams race to get finish …

Project Runway Overtakes PerezHilton.com for Season Premier
August 22, 2009 – 12:25 pm | 637 Comments

In preparation for Lifetime’s season premier of Project Runway, PerezHilton.com ran its standard background ad unit alongside integrated, rich IAB units. The unique part of this campaign, however, was how Perez removed the blog’s standard …

Blue Bottle Cafe & Restaurants using Twitter & Facebook
August 22, 2009 – 10:55 am | 40 Comments
Blue Bottle Cafe & Restaurants using Twitter & Facebook

If you live in San Francisco and love coffee, you likely know about Blue Bottle Cafe – it is arguably the best coffee in the city, has a rabid fanbase and was made famous by …

Rails Rumble 09 Kicks Off… Sneak Peak
August 21, 2009 – 9:18 pm | 246 Comments

Tonight, Rails Rumble 2009 kicked off. Here is a sneak peak of what is being worked on at the Dog Patch Lab:

Facebook Pages Updates Now Push to Twitter
August 21, 2009 – 4:46 pm | 550 Comments
Facebook Pages Updates Now Push to Twitter

Though it seems like a relatively minor change – this is a significant change / win for marketers who actively use Twitter and Facebook Pages. Users have been able to send their Twitter posts into …

Rails Rumble 2009 Kick Off Tonight at Dog Patch Lab (Pier 38)
August 21, 2009 – 7:14 am | 236 Comments
Rails Rumble 2009 Kick Off Tonight at Dog Patch Lab (Pier 38)

Tonight, two teams will be kicking off the 2009 Rails Rumble from the Dog Patch Lab at Pier 38 in San Francisco. The two teams are competing in a nation-wide Ruby on Rails contest that …

“Still Think Social Media is a Fad?”
August 19, 2009 – 11:47 am | 391 Comments
“Still Think Social Media is a Fad?”

Erik Qualman of Socialnomics has put together a great video called “Social Media Revolution”. Worth watching and then checking his datapoints and footnotes (a couple of which I included below):

iPhone is Flickr’s #1 Camera; Soon to be Facebook’s #1 Video
August 17, 2009 – 8:58 pm | 67 Comments
iPhone is Flickr’s #1 Camera; Soon to be Facebook’s #1 Video

Mashable is reporting tonight that the iPhone is set to replace the Canon Rebel XTi as the #1 source of photographs on Flickr:
That smartphone, with its weak 2 MP camera and its lack of zoom, …

My Blog Has Moved to Media Temple (mt)
August 17, 2009 – 8:36 pm | 608 Comments
My Blog Has Moved to Media Temple (mt)

Goodbye Dotster. Hello Media Temple (mt).

Over the last few weeks, you may have noticed slowness (to put it lightly) on this blog. It was being hosted on Dotster with a shared server (that they repeated …

Google Labels Gmail “The Iterative Web App”
August 17, 2009 – 8:20 am | 652 Comments
Google Labels Gmail “The Iterative Web App”

I love this email from Google (full screenshot below and their blog post is here):
On April 7th, we announced a new version of Gmail for mobile for iPhone and Android-powered devices. Among the improvements was …

Amazon’s Email Marketing: Relevant, Timely & Includes Special Offers
August 17, 2009 – 8:08 am | 233 Comments
Amazon’s Email Marketing: Relevant, Timely & Includes Special Offers

I have written a fair amount about email marketing campaigns – pointing out effective ones and confusing ones (sorry Apple). I often point to Amazon as a best-in-class marketer on many fronts… and here is …

Madden 10 Launch Brings Interactive Ads to ESPN & YouTube
August 14, 2009 – 8:03 am | 217 Comments
Madden 10 Launch Brings Interactive Ads to ESPN & YouTube

For video game and sports enthuiasts, Madden Football’s release day is the equivalent of a major Hollywood blockbuster. In Madden 2009′s first month, it did $133.5 million in retail sales. Today, Madden 10 arrives and …