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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Vitaminwater Connect: 100,000 Free Bottles Via Facebook
March 6, 2010 – 11:39 am | Comments
Vitaminwater Connect: 100,000 Free Bottles Via Facebook

Vitaminwater has introduced its newest flavor: Vitaminwater Connect (named after Facebook Connect)… and they are giving away 100,000 free bottles of Connect to their 1.2 million Facebook fans. If you remember, over the last few …

The Facebook Connect Makeover: Great Facebook Presentations
February 19, 2010 – 1:02 pm | Comments
The Facebook Connect Makeover: Great Facebook Presentations

I have been asked several times recently for great Facebook Connect presentations and takeaways from our Dogpatch Labs / Facebook event (which you see here). Below are a handful of great presentations and demos. Any …

SEO: Content is King; Social Media: Context is King
February 8, 2010 – 8:45 am | Comments
SEO: Content is King; Social Media: Context is King

While leading natural search strategy at eBay, we had a motto: Content is King. It wasn’t a unique tagline – even CKX, Inc (American Idol, Elvis Presley, etc) stands for “Content is King”.
While at the …

MyTown Social Gaming Strategy
January 24, 2010 – 12:33 pm | Comments
MyTown Social Gaming Strategy

MyTown is best described as Zynga meets Foursquare. Take the best aspects of social gaming (Zynga) and combine them with location based networking (Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp) and you have MyTown: a game that awards points …

Facebook Connect Design Best Practices
January 22, 2010 – 12:10 pm | Comments
Facebook Connect Design Best Practices

I have been asked to share some of the presentations from the Dogpatch Labs / Facebook Connect event this week. I will try to make presentations available depending on their public availability (and most importantly, …

Facebook Connect: It’s More Than a Sign-On Tool
January 21, 2010 – 8:10 am | Comments
Facebook Connect: It’s More Than a Sign-On Tool

As Mike Hirshland wrote, “last night was a truly epic evening at Dogpatch Labs“. Alongside Facebook, we hosted 150 people at Dogpatch Labs San Francisco to discuss Facebook Connect and demo their implementations and best …

10% of Xbox Live Users Connected with Facebook in First Week
November 25, 2009 – 8:17 am | Comments
10% of Xbox Live Users Connected with Facebook in First Week

Last night I posted that over 650 million downloads have occurred on the Playstation Store. Today, a related and significant milestone was achieved on Xbox Live: 2 million users used Microsoft’s Facebook integration in the …

650,000,000 Downloads via Playstation Store; Facebook Connect Goes Live
November 24, 2009 – 6:06 pm | Comments
650,000,000 Downloads via Playstation Store; Facebook Connect Goes Live

Facebook and Zynga in particular have become the center pieces for micro-transactions, social gaming and in-game purchasing habits… so much so that the activity on Microsoft’s Xbox Live and Playstation’s Playstation Store are often overlooked. …

Facebook Launches Fan Badges / Widgets
November 19, 2009 – 3:22 pm | Comments
Facebook Launches Fan Badges / Widgets

Two months ago, Facebook rolled out a series of widgets that showcase activity from from your Facebook account or fan page. Today, it appears that Facebook has rolled out a new kind of widget billed …

Modelinia Live Streams the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show via Facebook
November 19, 2009 – 2:35 pm | Comments
Modelinia Live Streams the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show via Facebook

Just a few weeks ago, Modelinia live streamed the Heidi Klum Halloween Party through Facebook and Facebook Connect. Tonight is the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and Modelinia is doing a live stream on Facebook for …

Wendy’s Real Time: An Interactive, Social Ad Campaign About Bacon
November 3, 2009 – 7:46 am | Comments
Wendy’s Real Time: An Interactive, Social Ad Campaign About Bacon

Wendy’s has been advertising their new Bacon Deluxe burger which features four strips of Applewood bacon:

So unless you love bacon, why is this interesting? Because Wendy’s has been promoting the burger heavily in an interactive …

Meebo’s Share Functionality on TechCrunch: Drag & Drop onto Facebook & Twitter
August 25, 2009 – 3:59 pm | Comments
Meebo’s Share Functionality on TechCrunch: Drag & Drop onto Facebook & Twitter

If you have visited TechCrunch today, you likely noticed the Meebo chat integration in the page footer. The Meebo bar allows users to connect via Facebook, AIM, and other popular clients. It also acts as …