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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I Love Google Chrome, But…
October 3, 2008 – 6:35 am | 918 Comments
I Love Google Chrome, But…

You would think that Chrome wouldn’t return errors on Google properties… right? I get the following error when trying to access my Google AdSense account (which I find laughable):
This is probably not the site you …

Who Won the VP Debate? Ask Google
October 2, 2008 – 10:22 pm | 413 Comments
Who Won the VP Debate? Ask Google

America tuned into watch Sarah Palin debate Joe Biden… and now they are turning to Google to ask, “who won the vp debate?” According to Google Hot Trends – t’s the #1 search query on …

Introducing New Blog Design… Thoughts?
October 2, 2008 – 9:17 pm | 561 Comments
Introducing New Blog Design… Thoughts?

When I first started this blog, it was on a whim and I built it over a weekend on a hosted version of WordPress. The theme I implemented and hacked-together worked well but didn’t scale …

InGameNow Sports iPhone App Coming – Beta Testers?
September 30, 2008 – 8:52 pm | 276 Comments
InGameNow Sports iPhone App Coming – Beta Testers?

We are very close to making a public launch of the InGameNow iPhone App – delivering real-time scores, news and interaction to your iPhone. If you are a sports fan and an avid iPhone user …

How to Conserve Battery on iPhone 3G: Fetch Rather Than Push
September 22, 2008 – 3:21 pm | 630 Comments
How to Conserve Battery on iPhone 3G: Fetch Rather Than Push

I spent the last few days in Las Vegas at the BlogWorld convention and was certain that my iPhone wouldn’t make it into the afternoons (after all, that is the norm considering how frequently I …

Widgetbox’s Blog Network Presentation from BlogWorld Expo
September 20, 2008 – 12:39 pm | 2 Comments

As I posted earlier, we are at BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas promoting our new Widgetbox Blog Network… here is the presentation we are using at our two sessions:

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Widgetbox Launches The Widgetbox Blog Network with 29 Blog Channels
September 20, 2008 – 12:10 pm | 717 Comments
Widgetbox Launches The Widgetbox Blog Network with 29 Blog Channels

This week has been slow for the blog because it’s been *very* busy at the Widgetbox office where we launched the new Widgetbox Blog Network in time to hop on a plane and attend / …

The Price of Being a Wolf is Lonliness
September 19, 2008 – 12:28 pm | 353 Comments
The Price of Being a Wolf is Lonliness

I am at BlogWorld in Las Vegas to talk about Widgetbox’s Blog Network (launched yesterday at http://www.widgetbox.com/network). More to come on this shortly… but for now I am watching Robert Scoble (of Scobelizer) and Hugh …

Netflix’s New Marketing Slogan: “Save gas and time.”
September 17, 2008 – 6:30 pm | 639 Comments
Netflix’s New Marketing Slogan: “Save gas and time.”

I am an active Netflix subscriber out of convenience… and in spite of my dissatisfaction with their web experience.
I also have an inbox of marketing emails (and have spent time critiquing many of those campaigns). …

I’ve Officially Pre-ordered my Fitbit
September 17, 2008 – 1:29 pm | Comments Off
I’ve Officially Pre-ordered my Fitbit

Today I officially placed my pre-order for the Fitbit – my favorite product launch from TechCrunch 50. I figured that I had promoted Fitbit enough (with no affiliation to the company) that I had to …

More From TechCrunch 50 – Best “Best in Show” Write Up
September 11, 2008 – 1:14 pm | Comments Off

I covered TechCrunch 50 this week and gave my favorites (FitBit, Hangout, VideoSurf and Swype) and was slightly shocked by the announcement that Yammer had won the $50,000 grand prize… great product and slick UI …

TechCrunch 50 Winner: FitBit is my Prediction
September 10, 2008 – 3:29 pm | 399 Comments

I spent the last few days at TechCrunch 50 and, while I won’t be present at the ‘award ceremony’, I’d like to predict the winner… both of which are not traditional Web 2.0 companies.
In …