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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Modern Family Gets the iPad
March 31, 2010 – 8:39 pm | 260 Comments

My two current infatuations:
1. The iPad
2. ABC’s Modern Family (best comedy on TV)

Apple Refunds iPad Expedited Shipping
March 31, 2010 – 3:56 pm | Comments Off
Apple Refunds iPad Expedited Shipping

Just received this email from Apple regarding my pre-ordered Apple iPad.
Earlier, Gizmodo noted that several of us paid for expedited shipping…despite having the iPad still arrive on April 3rd. Looks as though Apple returned those …

Android: 2% Smartphone Requests in Feb 2009, 24% in Feb 2010
March 30, 2010 – 8:17 pm | 4 Comments
Android: 2% Smartphone Requests in Feb 2009, 24% in Feb 2010

AdMob’s monthly mobile metrics reports provide terrific, real insights into mobile trends (hardware, software, OS, and mobile usage).The February report has two important trends that I have highlighted over the last few months:
1. Android continues …

iPad Developers: Last Call for iPad Apps (March 31st)
March 30, 2010 – 12:48 pm | 277 Comments
iPad Developers: Last Call for iPad Apps (March 31st)

Attention iPad developers: today is your last chance to submit applications for the iPad launch on April 3rd. According to Apple’s recent developer mailings and the iPhone Dev Center, applications must be received by March …

Advertisers, Publishers Await iPad Launch
March 25, 2010 – 9:04 am | 197 Comments
Advertisers, Publishers Await iPad Launch

“Some of the things you can do are just mind blowing,” says Steve Pacheco, FedEx’s director of advertising. “You are taking something that used to be flat on a page and making it interactive and …

iPad Demo: Penguin Books
March 24, 2010 – 10:47 am | 225 Comments
iPad Demo: Penguin Books

Apple’s iPad arrives in ten days. It represents a new form of web consumption and, hopefully, a new form of content, digital media and reading. While the Kindle is able to deliver simple, elegant reading …

Whats Hot in iTunes? Location-Based Apps.
March 22, 2010 – 9:56 am | 333 Comments
Whats Hot in iTunes? Location-Based Apps.

SXSW 2010 was all about location. In fact, we could look back on 2010 as the year of location and geo… which would be a natural progression from 2009′s mobile growth.
According to iTunes and …

Foursquare Traffic Sources: Facebook 33%, Google 22%
March 16, 2010 – 11:13 am | 711 Comments
Foursquare Traffic Sources: Facebook 33%, Google 22%

As you can tell from recent blog posts, I have been spending time looking at traffic sources for various sites (Facebook, Huffington Post, Perez Hilton, etc).
New data from Hitwise reveals that one-third of Foursquare’s traffic …

Brizzly Launches iPhone App & Brizzly Guide
March 10, 2010 – 1:51 pm | One Comment
Brizzly Launches iPhone App & Brizzly Guide

A big, exciting day for Brizzly (whom I have written about more than a few times!). Today they announce two major product launches:
1. Brizzly for the iPhone

Introducing Stickybits
March 9, 2010 – 2:57 pm | 341 Comments
Introducing Stickybits

Very excited to welcome Stickybits to the Polaris portfolio and to Dogpatch Labs (both New York and San Francisco). Founded by both Billy Chasen and Seth Goldestein, Stickybits are unique bar codes that can be …

Facebook iPhone Usage +20% from Post-Logout Promotion
March 8, 2010 – 11:23 am | 383 Comments
Facebook iPhone Usage +20% from Post-Logout Promotion

When discussing marketing and product strategies, I sometimes come across as a broken record! One of things I preach is the power of change. A button’s color, an ad’s call to action, or the placement …

iPad Launches April 3rd; Pre-orders March 17
March 5, 2010 – 6:08 am | 642 Comments
iPad Launches April 3rd; Pre-orders March 17

This morning, Apple has announced that wifi-equipped iPads will be available starting April 3rd and pre-orders begin March 12th for online and in-store purchase. 3G iPads will be available in “late April”: