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 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 …

Apple Empty Ads: “Test Advertisements”
August 15, 2011 – 12:28 pm | 2 Comments
Apple Empty Ads: “Test Advertisements”

Not entirely sure what to make of it but I am seeing an significant number of empty Apple ad units: “Test Advertisement: This confirms that test ads are running correctly”. It also (potentially) confirms that …

Google Adds Persistent Header, Footer to New Gmail Theme.
August 1, 2011 – 8:11 am | Comments Off
Google Adds Persistent Header, Footer to New Gmail Theme.

Persistent headers / footers have become common, hip design treatments. It of course makes sense: actionable links / content follow you throughout the page… so better navigation is always nearby & easy.

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 …

ESPN Fantasy Football Email: Season’s On.
July 25, 2011 – 5:24 pm | 8 Comments
ESPN Fantasy Football Email: Season’s On.

Great, timely email from ESPN for several reasons =)

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 / …

Google Plus Now My #3 Referring Site.
July 22, 2011 – 1:35 pm | 389 Comments
Google Plus Now My #3 Referring Site.

Google Plus now has 20m+ users and a the press can’t get enough of it. The obvious question is what does engagement look like both near and long-term. One indicator is referral traffic. So here …

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.

Anything wrong with this picture?

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 …

Remember The Call to Action & Importance of Context.
July 14, 2011 – 1:41 pm | One Comment
Remember The Call to Action & Importance of Context.

Facebook Ads are becoming more and more Sponsored Stories – effectively friend-endorsed Facebook Pages or Posts. I love the concept (friends vouching for a particular brand, discussions, offer, etc). The ad units are enjoyably familiar …