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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Twitter: Want to keep using Twitter on your phone?
February 18, 2011 – 12:36 pm | 227 Comments
Twitter: Want to keep using Twitter on your phone?

Fascinating…. way too early to have intelligent commentary on the Twitter / Uber Twitter developments (see here, here, here), but Twitter’s @Support response is fascinating:

Google’s Android Conveyor Belt
February 17, 2011 – 8:54 am | 4 Comments
Google’s Android Conveyor Belt

Watch the below conveyor belt of Android devices and you understand why the platform is growing… and winning. Even though I am an iPhone user (and I love it) – I’d rather bet on the …

Amazon Marketing the Kindle for Valentines Day 2011… with Same Ads as 2010
February 2, 2011 – 4:13 pm | 13 Comments
Amazon Marketing the Kindle for Valentines Day 2011… with Same Ads as 2010

Since its launch, I have followed Amazon’s Kindle ads and campaigns. Today, you will notice that Amazon is marketing the Kindle for Valentines Day… and if you look back a year ago, you will also …

Innovating Around the Check-Out Rather than the Check-In
February 1, 2011 – 9:58 am | 326 Comments
Innovating Around the Check-Out Rather than the Check-In

Couponing is a hot space and companies are finding success from different angels: Groupon for local deals, Foursquare and Facebook for check-in promotions, Shopkick for in-store ‘gaming’, etc. But the reward / redemption remains clunky …

Blackberry App Advertising Two Years Behind Apple’s
January 23, 2011 – 1:34 pm | 266 Comments
Blackberry App Advertising Two Years Behind Apple’s

During today’s NFL playoffs game, you may have seen the Blackberry spot featuring Blackberry’s App World and the Urbanspoon application. The advertisement is well done and features small business owners (right in Blackberry’s sweet spot) …

Starbucks Cards: Game Mechanics Done Well
January 21, 2011 – 10:34 am | 236 Comments
Starbucks Cards: Game Mechanics Done Well

Last week I wrote about the “do’s and don’ts of gamification“… in other words, how to effectively add game mechanics to your site / service. Thanks to the success of leaders like Zynga and Foursquare, …

Streaming Netflix on your Gym’s Cardio Machine? Awesome.
January 20, 2011 – 5:01 pm | 394 Comments
Streaming Netflix on your Gym’s Cardio Machine? Awesome.

In December of 2009, I wrote about local fitness company Expresso – the maker of an interactive workout machines that I was blown away by. Here’s the next wave – which should become more commonplace …

Write Once, Read Anywhere (Evernote Example)
January 11, 2011 – 5:45 am | 296 Comments
Write Once, Read Anywhere (Evernote Example)

Earlier in the week, I listed the productivity and work applications that I use daily. I concluded that the applications I most rely on not those that are the most robust… rather, its those that …

Entering 2011, My Daily Productivity, Work Apps
January 5, 2011 – 5:51 pm | 229 Comments

After yesterday’s post (2011 as the year of The Cloud and The Mobile Office), I was moved to list the apps and tools that I use on a daily basis (… at least as of …

iPad’s 2010 Rewind: “The Cloud” & “Mobile Office”
January 4, 2011 – 3:38 pm | 404 Comments
iPad’s 2010 Rewind: “The Cloud” & “Mobile Office”

There is nothing profound about this realization or blog post… after all, it was sparked by Apple’s iPad: Rewind 2010 promotion which has two categories of featured applications: ‘The Cloud’ and ‘Mobile Office’:

The Borders eReader Counter: Too Many Options?
January 2, 2011 – 11:15 am | 678 Comments
The Borders eReader Counter: Too Many Options?

This is the counter at my local Borders for “eReaders“. There are countless devices, prices, preferences, etc. If you are in the market for one of these devices, would you rather sift through all these …

Christmas Day: Largest iTunes App Download Day. By A Factor.
December 24, 2010 – 8:09 am | 6 Comments
Christmas Day: Largest iTunes App Download Day. By A Factor.

Apple is preparing its users for Christmas with an onslaught of App promotions. I received the lengthy email this morning (as did millions of others) and its a monstrous, editorialized list of applications (favorites, starter …