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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Doodle Jump Goes Retina on iPhone 4
August 21, 2010 – 5:47 am | 372 Comments

No real news here – unless you are a huge Doodle Jump fan (one of the highest selling iphone apps of all time – and one of the biggest time sinks of all time).

Amazon Kindle: Buy Once, Read Anywhere
July 31, 2010 – 3:07 pm | 243 Comments
Amazon Kindle: Buy Once, Read Anywhere

I have written before about Amazon’s Kindle Ad Units – which are usually excellent. Here is the latest – and you will notice the similarity in prior units. Nevertheless, I love the tagline “Buy Once, …

Flipboard: The Best Way to Read Hacker News
July 28, 2010 – 7:19 am | 240 Comments
Flipboard: The Best Way to Read Hacker News

A reminder from the uber-popular Flipboard iPad App: design and UE/UI can alter an entire experience. Using Flipboard, you can read Hacker News as a magazine… and its beautiful, fun and social. It is the …

Congratulations to LearnBoost
July 26, 2010 – 9:38 am | 736 Comments
Congratulations to LearnBoost

Dogpatch Labs San Francisco resident LearnBoost announced today that they have raised $975,000 in seed funding. LearnBoost is an online gradebook for teachers. The product is remarkably slick, integrates with Google Apps and functions both …

When Will iOS 4 Hit The iPad??!
July 25, 2010 – 12:41 pm | 624 Comments
When Will iOS 4 Hit The iPad??!

… So when does iOS 4 arrive for the iPad?
… And why is the gap between releases (iPhone vs iPad) so significant?
I ask because, even as an active iPad fanboy, it really bugs me. …

YouTube’s HTML5 Mobile Site Aims to Drive ‘Home Screen’ Adoption
July 19, 2010 – 6:49 am | 657 Comments
YouTube’s HTML5 Mobile Site Aims to Drive ‘Home Screen’ Adoption

Last week YouTube Mobile adopted HTML5… it wasn’t long ago that Apple touted YouTube as the iPhone’s original launch partner (via a native application). Their adoption of HTML5 is yet another indication that it is …

With Slew of Apps, Apple Emerges As Major Developer, Publisher
July 1, 2010 – 1:51 pm | 236 Comments
With Slew of Apps, Apple Emerges As Major Developer, Publisher

As a mobile developer / publisher, the Apple App Store is as a much a distribution floodgate as it is an enigma. Being featured within the app store guarantees massive distribution and consequently begins a …

Apple iOS4′s Auto Calendar Event Creator
June 28, 2010 – 4:18 am | 701 Comments
Apple iOS4′s Auto Calendar Event Creator

The best feature of Apple’s iOS4 update that is overshadowed by background applications, folders, etc? Apple now enables calendar event creation contextually and within email exchanges. When a date and time are written in an …

Retailers’ Surprisingly Good Mobile Experience – Rubio’s Example
June 21, 2010 – 7:09 am | One Comment
Retailers’ Surprisingly Good Mobile Experience – Rubio’s Example

You probably don’t think of Rubio’s (the fish taco fast food chain) as a leader in web / mobile innovation… but the below example is well done and really should be more widely adopted.
Background: after …

Apple iPad: 3rd Fastest Selling Device (Behind Nintendo Wii & DS)
June 13, 2010 – 8:12 am | 234 Comments
Apple iPad: 3rd Fastest Selling Device (Behind Nintendo Wii & DS)

If there is a voice for mobile growth, Mary Meeker is it.
And she has 50+ slides of charts and data to prove her bullishness.
Below is the latest version of her Internet Trends deck (updated …

AT&T Pushing Additional iPhones Between Android & Apple Announcements?
May 20, 2010 – 1:35 pm | 261 Comments

My day of short blog posts continues….
The below email from AT&T (‘Add an iPhone today’) is interesting because:
- it arrived in my inbox a few days ago (May 15)