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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JibJab + High School Musical 3 = Perfect Viral Marketing
October 25, 2008 – 8:07 am | 203 Comments
JibJab + High School Musical 3 = Perfect Viral Marketing

If you have kids – you probably took them to see Disney’s High School Musical 3 last night…
And if you have kids – they probably will put JibJab’s new HSM3 widget on their MySpace pages. …

InGameNow App Officially Live in iTunes: Go Install!
October 19, 2008 – 8:11 pm | 338 Comments
InGameNow App Officially Live in iTunes: Go Install!

The InGameNow App officially went live in iTunes just seconds after the Red Sox lost to the Tampa Bay Rays (so I got some joy out of the night!).
I invite you to visit iTunes (or …

I’m Baffled By the New Sprint & Dan Hesse Commercial
October 18, 2008 – 7:52 pm | 157 Comments
I’m Baffled By the New Sprint & Dan Hesse Commercial

This new Sprint commercial, featuring CEO Dan Hesse, seemingly runs during every inning of the MLB playoffs. It baffles me too:
- why is he sitting at a diner talking about cell phones and to a …

How about a Techmeme Jr. (or Techmeme Minor League)?
October 18, 2008 – 7:16 pm | 415 Comments
How about a Techmeme Jr. (or Techmeme Minor League)?

I love Techmeme. And I’ve written as much many times before.
I also have noted that the Techmeme Headlines are increasingly being written by major blogs and brands. Meanwhile, other bloggers have written that Techmeme …

Widgetbox and Yardbarker Release Yardbarker Network Widget
October 18, 2008 – 5:13 pm | 305 Comments
Widgetbox and Yardbarker Release Yardbarker Network Widget

When Widgetbox launched its Widgetbox Blog Network, we announced Yardbarker as our partner and exclusive blog network. I’ve worked with Yardbarker closely with beRecruited and InGameNow – in fact, Anette joined the Yardbarker team a …

Is Google Reducing Their AdSense Payouts & Increasing Their Take?
October 18, 2008 – 4:05 pm | 345 Comments
Is Google Reducing Their AdSense Payouts & Increasing Their Take?

Om Malik’s “Why Google’s Partners Should Be Worried” is by far my most interesting read of the last few days specifically because it’s a sentiment that I’ve heard quite a bit of recently… and, if …

iPhone Now #4 Worldwide Handset, 103mm AdMob Ad Requests in September
October 16, 2008 – 6:23 pm | 197 Comments
iPhone Now #4 Worldwide Handset, 103mm AdMob Ad Requests in September

I’ve written a fair amount about delivering engaging emails – and just provided a great example of how not to… ironically as demonstrated by Apple.
AdMob is among the best at delivering valuable, insightful emails …

Apple Delivers 3 E-Commerce Emails in 2 Hours… Seriously?!
October 16, 2008 – 6:00 pm | 237 Comments
Apple Delivers 3 E-Commerce Emails in 2 Hours… Seriously?!

In the span of two hours, I received three emails from Apple to the same email address:
A little overboard? Verging on spam? Three unanswered emails from anyone within two hours is overkill… let alone …

Apple’s New Macbook & Macbook Pros… And?
October 14, 2008 – 6:19 pm | 250 Comments
Apple’s New Macbook & Macbook Pros… And?

I confess: I wasn’t excited going into today’s Apple announcement… for a slew of reasons actually:
- larger macro issues (economy, election) are far more serious and interesting
- the Apple announcements seem to be available on …

Loic Le Meur Discusses Seesmic Layoffs; Community Response is Fascinating
October 11, 2008 – 9:30 am | 347 Comments
Loic Le Meur Discusses Seesmic Layoffs; Community Response is Fascinating

Loic Le Meur, founder of Seesmic, laid off over one-third of the company as the economy continues to weaken and start-ups continue to be affected in various, meaningful ways.
Seesmic is certainly not the only company …

InGameNow iPhone App Ready for Beta Testing!
October 10, 2008 – 6:53 am | 220 Comments
InGameNow iPhone App Ready for Beta Testing!

We’ve been hard at work on the InGameNow iPhone Application and got great assistance from a collection of beta testers. We have just released the 99% complete first version of the app (a couple changes …

Half of Social Media Campaigns Fail Because Half the Problem is Being Solved
October 6, 2008 – 5:29 pm | 27 Comments
Half of Social Media Campaigns Fail Because Half the Problem is Being Solved

Atop Techmeme is the CNET blog post “Analyst: Half of ‘social media campaigns’ will flop”.
It’s a gloomy headline clearly written to grab the eye and drive traffic (it worked – after all, I found it …