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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Facebook Search = Social Graph + Like Graph
September 1, 2011 – 8:10 am | 17 Comments
Facebook Search = Social Graph + Like Graph

Twitter search is becoming more intelligent and powerful.
Google Search is becoming more social.
And here’s an example of Facebook doing both:

Different Emails for Different Users, Usage. Facebook Demonstrates
August 29, 2011 – 11:53 am | 371 Comments
Different Emails for Different Users, Usage. Facebook Demonstrates

When done effectively and appropriately – email is a marketer’s most powerful retention tool.
Here is an example from Facebook that demonstrates both effective and appropriate email marketing. The key: deliver different emails to different users …

Word With Friends User Onboarding
August 28, 2011 – 2:14 pm | 2 Comments
Word With Friends User Onboarding

I’ve written about the importance of using user-segmentation to deliver unique user / site experiences and email marketing. Here’s a brilliant example of Zynga’s Word With Friends (the mega-popular Facebook & mobile Scrabble game).
Obviously …

Twitter In Line Friend Suggestions – Chance to Expand for Brands? Charge?
August 23, 2011 – 7:58 am | 385 Comments
Twitter In Line Friend Suggestions – Chance to Expand for Brands? Charge?

Most of my Twitter usage is through mobile (as I suspect is the case for many). So excuse me if this is old news
When you follow someone on Twitter, it immediately expands to reveal others …

Facebook Clustering Feed Posts by Content. Topical Hubs, Search Logical Next Steps?
August 18, 2011 – 6:41 am | 5 Comments
Facebook Clustering Feed Posts by Content. Topical Hubs, Search Logical Next Steps?

Facebook has long clustered feed posts by type: friending people, changing profile pics, playing games, etc.
Here are two examples of Facebook clustering feed posts by content… which is a bigger & more important concept …

Facebook Deals Brings Friends Into Emails
July 28, 2011 – 6:44 am | 375 Comments
Facebook Deals Brings Friends Into Emails

I write a lot about Facebook Deals and I start each post with something along the lines of: I am not sure what Facebook Deals will become, but I give Facebook a lot of credit …

Google Unveils New Ad Units: Email-able Ads
July 27, 2011 – 12:45 pm | 8 Comments
Google Unveils New Ad Units: Email-able Ads

Over the past couple days, I have been seeing the following ad units in my GMail accounts:
- the top sidebar ad is prominently separated from others
- it is in an entirely different treatment that includes …

Three Must Have Google Plus Extensions
July 26, 2011 – 7:23 am | 94 Comments
Three Must Have Google Plus Extensions

I have written a fair amount about Google Plus and about how Google Chrome / Chrome extensions are changing my web behaviors. Lets put those two themes together… here are three great Google Plus Chrome …

Facebook Continues to Improve Comments: Links, Images Now Included
July 24, 2011 – 12:52 pm | 416 Comments
Facebook Continues to Improve Comments: Links, Images Now Included

It wasn’t long ago that Facebook rolled out their commenting system to off-Facebook publishers. They then enabled @ tagging within Facebook comments. And now it appears that they are enabling more robust content creation / …

Amex + Facebook Likes + Social Graph
July 19, 2011 – 11:24 am | 313 Comments
Amex + Facebook Likes + Social Graph

This is powerful. And it happens to showcase my favorite brand, Dunkin Donuts… so of course I had to share it:

Chrome, Extensions, Google+ & Facebook.
July 18, 2011 – 10:40 am | 329 Comments
Chrome, Extensions, Google+ & Facebook.

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iOS5: Apple’s Web ‘Reader’ is Awesome. But Also a Trojan Horse for Ads?
July 17, 2011 – 8:18 am | 358 Comments
iOS5: Apple’s Web ‘Reader’ is Awesome. But Also a Trojan Horse for Ads?

It’s been a year of chess moves between Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter. For example, look at the last few weeks alone:
- Google+ launches as Google’s social effort (and its good)
- iOS5 is announced with …