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 as a Conversion Tool. Registration Flows as Example.
January 26, 2011 – 10:32 am | 373 Comments
Facebook as a Conversion Tool. Registration Flows as Example.

It is common to think of Facebook as user / traffic acquisition lever (perhaps the best available considering its 600m users, its viral network, and the developer platform and tools). But thanks to a recent, …

Game Mechanics, Badges & eBay Feedback Ratings
April 23, 2010 – 7:12 am | 244 Comments
Game Mechanics, Badges & eBay Feedback Ratings

Thanks to the success of Foursquare, Booyah / MyTown and Zynga, “game mechanics”, “badges” and “leaderboards” have become cornerstones of any web marketer’s dialect and user-acquisition strategy.
What these three companies have done so well is …

E-Commerce on the iPad: Gilt Group & eBay Help Us Imagine
April 11, 2010 – 7:29 am | 273 Comments

Not because I shop regularly on Gilt Group or eBay…
But I encourage iPad users and folks within e-commerce to download their iPad apps…
Because it represents that potential of what e-commerce can look like atop the …

Where is the Desktop Widget Innovation?
January 14, 2010 – 2:18 pm | 284 Comments
Where is the Desktop Widget Innovation?

In all the developer attention paid to mobile, Facebook and web-based applications, “desktop widgets” have been the big loser. They were thought to be a major selling point when Microsoft Vista was launching – and …

eBay’s “Come to Think of It” Campaign Arrives on Gizmodo
December 16, 2009 – 4:21 pm | 553 Comments
eBay’s “Come to Think of It” Campaign Arrives on Gizmodo

eBay’s “Come to Think of It” advertising campaign is all over television… and is now making its way across the internet as well. The below screenshots are of a matching campaign on Gizmodo. The ad …

Apple’s Latest iPhone Advertisement: All About Big Brands
November 22, 2009 – 1:08 pm | 377 Comments
Apple’s Latest iPhone Advertisement: All About Big Brands

In March, I wrote about Apple’s full page advertisement in the New York Times touting the iPhone as a weekend tool: “Getting the most out of your weekend, one app at a time.”
In yesterday’s New …

The Role of Ego, Competition, Badges & Statistics on the Web
November 8, 2009 – 10:38 am | 251 Comments
The Role of Ego, Competition, Badges & Statistics on the Web

Over the last three nights and dinners, the same debate has arose among three separate groups of friends: the role of competition within the the web and user behaviors.
My strong feeling is that, other …

The Changing AdWords, Paid Search Landscape – And What it Means
May 16, 2009 – 8:55 am | 374 Comments

Interesting data out of Comscore and TechCrunch this morning that points to the slowing growth of paid search activity despite a rise in search activity. Comscore believes it is a consequence of longer search queries, …

1 Billion Apps – So Now What for iTunes’ App Store?
April 21, 2009 – 9:31 pm | 184 Comments
1 Billion Apps – So Now What for iTunes’ App Store?

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It’s a staggering number: 1,000,000,000.
The iPhone App store launched in July of 2008 and grew faster than most anticipated – both inventory and adoption. The App Store’s 25,000 apps …

Why Would You Ever Purchase Video Games Off Amazon?
March 5, 2009 – 8:05 am | 277 Comments
Why Would You Ever Purchase Video Games Off Amazon?

This morning, Motley Fool asks whether it is game over for Game Stop as Toys “R” Us in encroaching into their territory of video game buying / selling / trading.
… who cares?
I continue to …

Why Amazon Continues to Pull Away from eCommerce
February 22, 2009 – 9:40 pm | 689 Comments

Read this blog enough and you certainly know that the one company I rely on and respect most is Amazon. Almost daily, I use Amazon as an example in good product experience, design, strategy, etc. …

WordPress 2.7 Scores a Perfect 10
February 22, 2009 – 1:02 pm | 442 Comments
WordPress 2.7 Scores a Perfect 10

I have always been a major WordPress fan and used any opportunity to plug both WordPress.com and WordPress.org.
Now – I have an even greater reason to speak their praises: WordPress 2.7 is exceptional. I …