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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8/12 Techmeme Headlines are Currently Mobile
January 10, 2010 – 8:03 am | Comments
8/12 Techmeme Headlines are Currently Mobile

I find myself talking more and more about “mobile”. Entrepreneurs, friends or colleagues frequently ask what interests me; and undoubtedly, we spend a good chunk of that conversation on mobile.
I find myself writing more and …

10% of TechCrunch’s Traffic Comes from Twitter
June 15, 2009 – 9:51 pm | Comments

Want to know the value of being a “Suggested User” on Twitter? Jason Calacanis offered $250,000 to lock in that slot for two years. Twitter rejected the overture.
But TechCrunch has one of those coveted …

Tweetmeme’s Meteoric Rise Reveals Twitter’s Search Issue
June 8, 2009 – 8:51 pm | Comments
Tweetmeme’s Meteoric Rise Reveals Twitter’s Search Issue

Techmeme has become one my primary navigational sources for daily reading / news (others include email, Google RSS, Facebook, NYTimes, TechCrunch, etc). Twitter isn’t yet there because it is simply too noisy to be efficient. …

13 iPhone Apps I Want Developed (Google, ESPN, FriendFeed)
April 19, 2009 – 9:32 am | Comments
13 iPhone Apps I Want Developed (Google, ESPN, FriendFeed)

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1. GMail
The improved Gmail iPhone site is just that: improved. But a true GMail iPhone App would allow fuller cusotmizations, run faster, better integrate calendars and contacts… and soon …

Perez Hilton Asks for Facebook “Boycott” Amidst Content Ownership Controversy
February 16, 2009 – 4:55 pm | Comments
Perez Hilton Asks for Facebook “Boycott” Amidst Content Ownership Controversy

The buzz on a slow Monday of tech news is around Facebook and who owns the content uploaded / created by their users.

But lost in this is that Perez Hilton covered it early this …

How about a Techmeme Jr. (or Techmeme Minor League)?
October 18, 2008 – 7:16 pm | Comments
How about a Techmeme Jr. (or Techmeme Minor League)?

I love Techmeme. And I’ve written as much many times before.
I also have noted that the Techmeme Headlines are increasingly being written by major blogs and brands. Meanwhile, other bloggers have written that Techmeme …

Apple’s New Macbook & Macbook Pros… And?
October 14, 2008 – 6:19 pm | Comments
Apple’s New Macbook & Macbook Pros… And?

I confess: I wasn’t excited going into today’s Apple announcement… for a slew of reasons actually:
- larger macro issues (economy, election) are far more serious and interesting
- the Apple announcements seem to be available on …

Confessions of a Blackberry Addict – I’ve Moved to the iPhone 3G
July 20, 2008 – 2:40 pm | Comments

About a month ago, I wrote “Why I’m Turning in my Blackberry for an iPhone 3G” and it made its way onto Techmeme. The feedback I’ve received via comments and emails is generally of individual …

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 …

Techmeme’s Leaderboard is Shifting: Nearly 1/3rd of Leaderboard is New
July 12, 2008 – 1:53 pm | Comments

I’ve analyzed Techeme’s Leaderboard several times before (headlines vs. discussions, ‘presence’ vs. pageviews, etc) and thought it would be worthwhile to understand movement within the leaderboard.
I compared Techmeme’s Leaderboard on May 14 vs. today’s current …

Google Trends Launches – Apparently I’m Techmeme’s 3rd Most Overlapped Site? (No Way!)
June 20, 2008 – 12:45 pm | Comments

Google today announced that they are moving Google Trends closer towards Quantcast and Compete’s territories… This is potentially big news – but it depends on how transparent Google decides to be and how well integrated …

Techmeme Leaderboard – Top 100 Techmeme Sources in Widgets!
June 10, 2008 – 11:10 pm | Comments

Want to stay atop of Techmeme’s top 100 blogs?
Using Widgetbox’s Blidget tool, I’ve turned each of the Techmeme Leaderboard blogs (the top 100 headline sources) into widgets and broken them down into four pages. …