Joining Polaris Ventures Partners
August 2, 2009 – 5:28 pm | Comments

I am excited to announce that, starting Monday, I will be joining Polaris Venture Partners and will work out of the Dog Patch Lab on Pier 38. Over the last few years, I have had …

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Another Opportunity to Learn from Starbucks & Facebook
July 25, 2009 – 3:20 pm | Comments
Another Opportunity to Learn from Starbucks & Facebook

I write a lot about Starbucks and their social media activity – in part because I drink a lot of their coffee and in part because they are one of the best big brands doing …

iPhone and iPod Touch Account for +42% of Mobile Advertising Calls in US
July 23, 2009 – 10:53 am | Comments
iPhone and iPod Touch Account for +42% of Mobile Advertising Calls in US

Each month, I look forward to reading AdMob’s detailed ‘Mobile Metrics’ report. It is a comprehensive report of mobile usage by geography, device, OS, and so forth – and based on the size of AdMob’s …

The Real-Time Web, Authority Filtering & CrunchUp Themes
July 11, 2009 – 9:39 am | Comments
The Real-Time Web, Authority Filtering & CrunchUp Themes

Yesterday TechCrunch put on the “Real-Time CrunchUp” event to discuss what has been billed as the real-time web. Alongside several product demos and company launches, the most prominent discussion topics were:
- Business models and opportunities …

Facebook Vanity URLs = Big SEO Boost for Facebook
May 31, 2009 – 9:28 am | Comments
Facebook Vanity URLs = Big SEO Boost for Facebook

Facebook’s vanity URL push (covered by TechCrunch) is a big deal for two reasons:
- the direct business model opportunity
- traffic via natural search
Let’s leave the business model alone for the now as it is …

beRecruited Hits A Milestone: 500,000 Registered Users
May 16, 2009 – 9:07 am | Comments
beRecruited Hits A Milestone: 500,000 Registered Users

This past Tuesday, beRecruited.com reached a major milestone: we registered our 500,000th user – representing 3x growth in the last year. beRecruited now has:
- more than 450,000 are student-athletes
- over 16,000 college coaches and …

Twitter, Facebook’s Feed, Facebook Connect and Seesmic: Navigating it All
March 17, 2009 – 7:52 am | Comments
Twitter, Facebook’s Feed, Facebook Connect and Seesmic: Navigating it All

I’ve been using Seesmic’s Adobe Air Facebook application for a few days now. Despite all of it’s inadequacies (see below), it raises a larger question to me – and one that I have written about …

All We Need is Connectivity: Why the iPod Touch & Netbooks Matter
January 31, 2009 – 4:56 pm | Comments
All We Need is Connectivity: Why the iPod Touch & Netbooks Matter

We have three computers in our household: one desktop and two laptops. Right now, I’m on my desktop with two wide-screen monitors. Every inch of real estate is covered in applications…. all web-based:
- Gtalk and …

InGameNow Launches Live Scoring, Real-Time Updates
November 23, 2008 – 11:29 am | Comments
InGameNow Launches Live Scoring, Real-Time Updates

We are very excited to announce the launch of real-time scoring on InGameNow and our InGameNow iPhone Apps.
On team and game pages, you will notice real-time alerts of scores. The posts come from the …