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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Siri, Why Aren’t You Connecting?
October 24, 2011 – 11:10 am | 8 Comments
Siri, Why Aren’t You Connecting?

Speed and computing power are the major iPhone 4S upgrade.
But Siri is the real innovation and marketing ‘sexiness’.

Make Your Mobile App Ads Actionable!
October 23, 2011 – 7:24 am | 9 Comments
Make Your Mobile App Ads Actionable!

More and more ad units promote mobile content and applications. And I get more and more frustrated as those units are not actionable…. it’s a complicated task:
1. drive mobile activity from different web sources, including …

Groupon’s IPO Slideshow
October 21, 2011 – 9:14 am | 3 Comments
Groupon’s IPO Slideshow

I encourage you to read through Groupon’s roadshow presentation that TechCrunch posted today. I find the last two slides most interesting: the future of Groupon as a product and what it means for growth trajectory. …

The Facebook Ticker: Take Advantage of It
October 20, 2011 – 9:28 am | 40 Comments
The Facebook Ticker: Take Advantage of It

This is how I have been finding news articles (Facebook + Washington Post Social Reader).
And this is how I have been finding new music albums (Facebook + Spotify).

Facebook’s Bud Light Ad Unit: A Mini Fan Page
October 19, 2011 – 6:37 am | Comments Off
Facebook’s Bud Light Ad Unit: A Mini Fan Page

Almost exactly two years ago, Facebook introduced a series of new ad units around gifting, polling, liking, etc. Two years later, here is a view of the new Facebook Bud Light campaign – which is …

From Seed to Series A: Understanding the “Cash Crunch” Discussion
October 16, 2011 – 7:45 am | 4 Comments
From Seed to Series A: Understanding the “Cash Crunch” Discussion

Note: this post originally appeared on TechCrunch: Startups, Seed Funding, And Avoiding Empty Pockets (October 13, 2011). I have reposted it here.

Why It’s Easier to Start Up Today… Than Ever Before.
October 12, 2011 – 10:44 am | 368 Comments
Why It’s Easier to Start Up Today… Than Ever Before.

Forbes spotlighted LegalZoom earlier in the week: “Silicon Valley Sees Gold In Internet Legal Services” (a Polaris Ventures backed company).

Most Important Feature of Facebook for iPad, iPhone: “Apps”
October 11, 2011 – 7:24 am | 4 Comments
Most Important Feature of Facebook for iPad, iPhone: “Apps”

The most important part about Facebook’s new iOS apps that they unveiled yesterday? For starters, the app actually works and I had given up using Facebook for iPhone (which failed 90+% of the time.

Most Important Part of iPhone 4S Announcement: iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 Pricing.
October 10, 2011 – 11:49 am | 6 Comments
Most Important Part of iPhone 4S Announcement: iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 Pricing.

When Amazon announced the new Kindle product line and the $199 Kindle Fire – I declared that Amazon did more than introduce a disruptive product… they changed the non-iPad market with remarkably disrupitive pricing:

11 Ways to Usher the NFL, NBA, MLB into the New Web
October 6, 2011 – 6:30 am | 58 Comments
11 Ways to Usher the NFL, NBA, MLB into the New Web

I am a sports nut. That shouldn’t be news if you follow me here or on Twitter / Facebook. I also spend my professional life on the web and looking at new technologies. In part …

October 5, 2011 – 3:57 pm | 3 Comments

This is Apple’s homepage. What a terrific, powerful tribute to one of the most visionary, influential and lasting leaders in our lifetime. In some way or another, he has touched and inspired all of us. …

As the Web Gets Busier, Designs Leverage In-Line ‘Blooms’ (Facebook As Example)
October 5, 2011 – 9:33 am | 9 Comments
As the Web Gets Busier, Designs Leverage In-Line ‘Blooms’ (Facebook As Example)

If you’ve spent time with the new Facebook layout, you will notice how much the interface now leverages in-line expansions (I like to call them ‘blooms’). Blooms are when a click prompts an in-line, expanded …