Joining Polaris Ventures Partners
August 2, 2009 – 5:28 pm | Comments

I am excited to announce that, starting Monday, I will be joining Polaris Venture Partners and will work out of the Dog Patch Lab on Pier 38. Over the last few years, I have had …

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The NYT Erroneously Concludes iPhone Users Don’t Do Work
April 28, 2009 – 4:33 pm | Comments
The NYT Erroneously Concludes iPhone Users Don’t Do Work

The New York Times is claiming today that iPhone owners do not use their devices for work:
A new report from Compete surveying the behavior of 600 smartphone users found that 73 percent of iPhone …

Blackberry App World Launch – Three Big Question Marks
March 4, 2009 – 10:03 pm | Comments
Blackberry App World Launch – Three Big Question Marks

Three interesting notes from the Blackberry App World FAQ / developer announcement that was released.
Minimum Price of $2.99?
The iPhone has proven that there are pricepoints for three types of apps:
1. Free (ad-supported)
2. $0.99 (consumers consider …

Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit Dominate eBay Shopping
December 8, 2008 – 7:56 am | Comments
Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit Dominate eBay Shopping

TechCrunch posted this morning about the top tech gadgets as measured by eBay’s top sales (always a good indication of macro-level trending and habits… one reason why I enjoyed working at eBay so much).
Michael …

Mobile is Dominating the Chatter (From Android to iPhone to Congress)
October 23, 2008 – 4:51 pm | Comments
Mobile is Dominating the Chatter (From Android to iPhone to Congress)

Want proof that mobile is atop everyone’s mind? First, I was part of a great dinner last night with twelve or so valley entrepreneurs… without forcing the topic, the conversation quickly turned to:
- the iPhone
- …

Improving the iPhone’s Contact Management Product
August 10, 2008 – 10:14 am | Comments

While at dinner two nights ago, the four of us around the table started talking about our new iPhones… which we had all traded in blackberries for. After some apps were showed off and the …

The iPhone 3G is Game-Changing; Game-Ending for Google Android, Blackberry?
July 21, 2008 – 7:40 pm | Comments

I’m likely not stating anything revolutionary here, but it is worth noting that what Jobs and Apple have built with the iPhone 3G is revolutionary. I traded my Blackberry in for the iPhone two days …

InGameNow Launches Post via Gtalk and AOL Instant Messanger
July 14, 2008 – 6:17 am | Comments

InGameNow formally launched two weeks ago – giving sports fans the ability to receive real-time scores, analysis and rumors via mobile, web and instant messenger.
Today, InGameNow has launched an important new feature: the ability …

Techmeme: Now Gadgets, Page A1. Watch Out Engadget!
July 13, 2008 – 2:32 pm | Comments

Yesterday, I wrote about how Techmeme’s Leaderboard is shifting dramatically and both the analysis and reader feedback suggested that the biggest risers on Techmeme have been gadget blogs – specifically Apple and mobile blogs.
Robert …

Why I’m Turning in my Blackberry for an iPhone 3G
June 14, 2008 – 8:44 pm | Comments

I love my blackberry. And I’ve written about how much I love it.
I am disappointed by the ‘iPhone 2.0′ – it doesn’t have video recording – let alone MMS.
… But today I dropped …

iPhone 2.0 – What it will take to Convert Me
June 9, 2008 – 6:23 am | Comments

It was about a year ago that Apple announced the iPhone and the tech world traded in their cell phones and blackberries for the slick, full-screened gadget. I was intrigued (and love the UI) but …

A New SEO Business Model – Selling Your SEO Data / Logs?
May 14, 2008 – 6:56 am | Comments

Here are a few of the search engine queries that delivered traffic to my blog this morning:
- Dunkin Donuts California
- Google Analytics Real Time
- Google Analytics Real-Time
- Xobni Blackberry
- Xobni for Blackberry
- Direct TV Commercials
- …

Blackberry 9000 Video – First Look is Impressive
May 8, 2008 – 5:50 pm | Comments

If you haven’t yet switched over to an iPhone (like me), you are probably excited for the new Blackberry 9000. The first videos look great… although the presenter makes a terrific point: this is not …