Announcing Dogpatch Labs San Francisco Roster
May 10, 2010 – 4:59 pm | View Comments

We are excited to announce the newest Dogpatch Labs class here in San Francisco. It includes entrepreneurs and companies that have been part of the lab over the last few months and those that just …

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Mad Men’s New Season: Starring You with JibJab
July 6, 2010 – 4:58 am | View Comments
Mad Men’s New Season: Starring You with JibJab

The new season of Mad Men premiers on AMC July 25th…
But why wait until then to get your Mad Men fill?

What the Next Gen Social Network Looks Like
May 23, 2010 – 7:54 pm | View Comments
What the Next Gen Social Network Looks Like

Last time NBC’s The Office poked fun at Facebook, it was over a geeky Halloween costume. In The Office’s season finale, they did it again… and it’s great:

HP’s Sarah Jessica Parker Commercial
May 1, 2010 – 6:53 am | View Comments
HP’s Sarah Jessica Parker Commercial

HP’s newest commercial features Sarah Jessica Parker (which is very good)… but if you weren’t familiar with the campaign, you could easily mistake it for an Apple advertisement (with its tablet references, swiping and floating …

Levis + Facebook’s Open Graph = Awesome Social Shopping
April 24, 2010 – 12:11 pm | View Comments
Levis + Facebook’s Open Graph = Awesome Social Shopping

Facebook’s F8 announcements featured prominent partner integrations with Pandora, IMDB, ESPN and Yelp… but Levi’s quickly demonstrated that the Open Graph and web-wide Like functionality are highly applicable to e-commerce and social shopping. Just as …

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

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

Facebook Featured in Xbox’s “It’s More Fun Time” Commercials
November 30, 2009 – 2:27 pm | View Comments
Facebook Featured in Xbox’s “It’s More Fun Time” Commercials

Microsoft clearly understands that the platform element of Xbox is as much a selling point as its game titles: in just the first week of being live, 10% of Microsoft’s Xbox Live subscribers connected their …

The Facebook Halloween Costume
October 31, 2009 – 7:10 pm | View Comments
The Facebook Halloween Costume

This clip from the office is great. And if you don’t find this funny, then you clearly aren’t as geeky as I am:

Google AdSense Optimizes Ad Units for “High-End Phones” (aka Android & iPhone)
October 5, 2009 – 7:36 am | View Comments
Google AdSense Optimizes Ad Units for “High-End Phones” (aka Android & iPhone)

Billed as “AdSense High-End”, Google is now letting advertisers create ads specifically for “high-end” phones like the iPhone and Android-capable devices. While that is a natural evolution of the AdSense platform, Google’s explanation as to …

Starbucks iPhone Apps: Mobile Payments, Shared Drinks & More
September 25, 2009 – 12:28 pm | View Comments
Starbucks iPhone Apps: Mobile Payments, Shared Drinks & More

Hats off to Starbucks once more. Starbucks released two iPhone Apps yesterday that are again best-in-class, innovative and compelling from a customer standpoint. The ‘Starbucks’ app allows users to find stores, create custom concoctions, access …

Microsoft Courier: My Apple Tablet Fascination is in Trouble…
September 23, 2009 – 1:42 pm | View Comments
Microsoft Courier: My Apple Tablet Fascination is in Trouble…

My fascination with the Apple Tablet is less around Apple and more around the convergence of several devices which either currently or will play a key role in my day-to-day habits: web, video, applications, etc. …

Trialing Videosurf’s Video Link Enhancer
September 21, 2009 – 8:30 am | View Comments
Trialing Videosurf’s Video Link Enhancer

I spent last Monday and Tuesday at the TechCrunch 50 conference – a collection of fifty companies that took the stage to launch in front of 2,000 attendees and 1,000s more of online viewers. I …

TGI Friday’s Facebook Campaign is Strange… But Somewhat Brilliant
September 19, 2009 – 4:21 pm | View Comments
TGI Friday’s Facebook Campaign is Strange… But Somewhat Brilliant

Meet Woody: TGI Friday’s clever / bizarre entrance into the world of social media… and in particular, Facebook. Woody has his own series of television advertisements and Facebook page (825,000 fans and growing). And Woody …