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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My Response to Mark Cuban’s: Does ESPN.com Have a Twitter Problem?
April 3, 2011 – 9:44 am | 6 Comments
My Response to Mark Cuban’s: Does ESPN.com Have a Twitter Problem?

Whether you are a sports fan or work in media, Mark Cuban’s “Does ESPN.com have a Twitter problem?” is a relevant, good read. Cuban argues that ESPN is struggling with social media because their writers …

Techmeme Figuring Out the Blend of Real-Time & Published News.
February 19, 2011 – 7:20 am | 219 Comments
Techmeme Figuring Out the Blend of Real-Time & Published News.

I had the following post written and in the my blog’s queue (which is how I usually write / blog)…. and then something happened: Twitter and UberTwitter tussled.

Twitter: Want to keep using Twitter on your phone?
February 18, 2011 – 12:36 pm | 227 Comments
Twitter: Want to keep using Twitter on your phone?

Fascinating…. way too early to have intelligent commentary on the Twitter / Uber Twitter developments (see here, here, here), but Twitter’s @Support response is fascinating:

Twitter’s Surprising iPhone App UI
October 6, 2010 – 1:26 pm | 606 Comments
Twitter’s Surprising iPhone App UI

Not previously known as a leading designer, Twitter has been on a roll with their latest iPhone app, iPad app, and New Twitter. Here is a good example of why – but with some learnings …

The Social Network Movies Advertising on Facebook with Myspace?
October 1, 2010 – 11:11 am | 703 Comments
The Social Network Movies Advertising on Facebook with Myspace?

The Social Network movie opens today (Yes: I loved it) and advertisements are appearing across the web.

Quora’s Elegant Notification ‘Panel’
September 28, 2010 – 1:17 pm | 710 Comments
Quora’s Elegant Notification ‘Panel’

I have written about the design of promotion and notification units several times – pointing at examples from Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc.

The Power of Statistics & Dashboards (About.me as an example)
September 22, 2010 – 7:34 am | 221 Comments
The Power of Statistics & Dashboards (About.me as an example)

In May of 2008 I wrote that statistics – specifically around referrals and influencers – could be a sizeable business model for Twitter.

Twitter by the Numbers – 6B API Calls / Day; 70,000 Calls / Sec
September 15, 2010 – 7:29 am | 307 Comments
Twitter by the Numbers – 6B API Calls / Day; 70,000 Calls / Sec

Great Twitter presentation by Raffi Krikorian of Twitter’s API team. The talk is from a presentation at UC Berkeley and he talks about Twitter’s platform, scale, etc.

Geo-Local Overload?
September 12, 2010 – 8:55 am | 248 Comments

This is picture from Twitpic sums up the options that consumers and brick & mortar retailers face: choice overload. Google Places, Facebook Places and/or Fan Pages, Twitter, Yelp… and that doesn’t include Groupon, LivingSocial, and …

Twitter Takes Over Mobile Site to Promote Twitter for iPad (Love It)
September 3, 2010 – 6:39 am | 335 Comments
Twitter Takes Over Mobile Site to Promote Twitter for iPad (Love It)

Two weeks ago, Facebook rolled out their new Places product; and, to drive user awareness and adoption, they prominently promoted it within their mobile application and web experience.

Twitter Launches Tweet Button; Publishers to Allocate Pixel Real Estate
August 12, 2010 – 8:17 am | 516 Comments
Twitter Launches Tweet Button; Publishers to Allocate Pixel Real Estate

Twitter has officially launched their Tweet Button – a natural move which will place them beside Facebook’s like buttons… and across millions of pages on the web (soon to be on this blog!). The question …

Twitter’s Earlybird Launches Madden 11 for $39.99 on Buy.com; Sells Out But Doesn’t Translate to Twitter Followers
August 11, 2010 – 6:10 am | 672 Comments
Twitter’s Earlybird Launches Madden 11 for $39.99 on Buy.com; Sells Out But Doesn’t Translate to Twitter Followers

Yesterday was the launch of Madden NFL 11 (coverage here). Yesterday was also my first purchase through Twitter’s Earlybird.