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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The NYT Erroneously Concludes iPhone Users Don’t Do Work
April 28, 2009 – 4:33 pm | 240 Comments
The NYT Erroneously Concludes iPhone Users Don’t Do Work

The New York Times is claiming today that iPhone owners do not use their devices for work:
A new report from Compete surveying the behavior of 600 smartphone users found that 73 percent of iPhone …

Seesmic Desktop: Every Marketer Should Use It
April 26, 2009 – 7:31 pm | 255 Comments
Seesmic Desktop: Every Marketer Should Use It

There is no arguing that Twitter is a powerful marketing lever. There is also no arguing that Twitter can be remarkably noisy and difficult to navigate (in part because of the presence of so many …

2009 Syracuse Fashion Show – Video
April 26, 2009 – 3:33 pm | 583 Comments

I spent the weekend at Syracuse University for my sister Randi’s Fashion Show. As part of Syracuse’s Fashion Design program, Randi put together an entire collection for her senior year – including concept, creation (sewing, …

Worst Signage Ever?
April 26, 2009 – 3:33 pm | 292 Comments
Worst Signage Ever?

While in Syracuse for Randi’s Senior Fashion Show, we went to a couple art galleries. At “The Warehouse Gallery: International Contemporary Art Center”, we came across this laughable sign:

1 Billion Apps – So Now What for iTunes’ App Store?
April 21, 2009 – 9:31 pm | 184 Comments
1 Billion Apps – So Now What for iTunes’ App Store?

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It’s a staggering number: 1,000,000,000.
The iPhone App store launched in July of 2008 and grew faster than most anticipated – both inventory and adoption. The App Store’s 25,000 apps …

LOLapps: Reaches 22% of Facebook Users
April 21, 2009 – 7:52 am | 216 Comments
LOLapps: Reaches 22% of Facebook Users

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Never heard of LOLapps?
Don’t worry – most of their 44,000,000 active monthly users probably haven’t either.
LOLapps enables users to easily create custom Facebook Apps using their tools. The basic …

LivingSocial Now 3rd Largest Facebook Developer (Behind Zynga & RockYou)
April 20, 2009 – 3:56 pm | 30 Comments
LivingSocial Now 3rd Largest Facebook Developer (Behind Zynga & RockYou)

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The top four developers on Facebook have three very recognizable names… and one you probably are familiar with by product – but not by name: LivingSocial (whom I have …

13 iPhone Apps I Want Developed (Google, ESPN, FriendFeed)
April 19, 2009 – 9:32 am | 395 Comments
13 iPhone Apps I Want Developed (Google, ESPN, FriendFeed)

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1. GMail
The improved Gmail iPhone site is just that: improved. But a true GMail iPhone App would allow fuller cusotmizations, run faster, better integrate calendars and contacts… and soon …

Rich Media Advertising Comes to iPhone
April 19, 2009 – 9:04 am | 326 Comments
Rich Media Advertising Comes to iPhone

We have seen the iPhone provided rich advertising experiences on branded sites like Yahoo and ESPN… but this is unique:
Mobile advertising agency Medialets has created ads utilizing the iPhone’s accelerometer and audio capabilities. The below …

The Ultimate Business Card
April 17, 2009 – 2:31 pm | 233 Comments
The Ultimate Business Card

“It doesn’t fit in a Rolodex…
Because it doesn’t belong in a Rolodex.”
The below video is hilarious and reminds me of the American Psycho scene where Christian Bale and his banker friends dissect one another’s business …

8 Google Feature Requests: Gtalk, Gmail, Reader & Chrome
April 17, 2009 – 11:15 am | 233 Comments
8 Google Feature Requests: Gtalk, Gmail, Reader & Chrome

Below are eight feature requests that come out of daily frustrations on various Google services. Each is relatively minor and doesn’t make me want to switch services… it simply creates minor annoyances.
There is a chance …

Pandora & Loopt Join Sprint’s Latest Commercial
April 17, 2009 – 7:29 am | 384 Comments

Twitter received great placement in Sprint’s latest ad campaign: The Now Network (and Twitter gets even better placement on Oprah today!). The second commercial features both Pandora and Loopt.
The commercials are hip, interesting and …