July 2011
2 posts
Jul 8th
You know you make me wanna…Shout! →
misotv: We’re excited to announce another new feature in Miso for iPhone: Shout!
Jul 3rd
April 2010
1 post
Twitter was going to screw the developer. Don't...
I have worked for platform companies and I have worked for companies that have built major parts of their business on platforms.  At the end of the day, if you’re not the platform OR you’re just a feature, you will get screwed in the end.   It’s as simple as that. Don’t act like you didn’t know. Platforms control the roadmap. If you build a feature, you will die or...
Apr 13th
March 2010
1 post
TV chatter in real-time. YouTube says no. I'm not...
If you haven’t checked out Miso, you should. (Miso is a Foursquare-like app for TV for the iPhone.  Download it here).  One feature that we have been requested from some of the people we have talked to is the ability to talk to other friends about a TV show in real-time.   I’m not sure this will work for MOST TV shows.   The idea of real-time is getting so much buzz right now, but...
Mar 23rd
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February 2010
3 posts
2 tags
Will auto-follow kill Google Buzz?
Google Buzz just launched today and one of the most interesting product decisions the Google team made was that on sign-up, you automatically follow people who you email and chat with the most.   This is very different than how most social apps operate.  On foursquare, you search for a friend-> manual follow your friend  -> your  friend then approves.  Gowalla works in a similar way and so...
Feb 9th
Become Part of the Analogy
I have found analogies are the easiest way start-up companies communicate who they are. Analogies are even a great way to communicate industry trends too (Ryan Spoon from Polaris Ventures uses analogies to discuss the difference between SEO and SGO here). Also, in this video, Bob Metclafe uses the “history of the internet” as a rubric to explain what advances need to occur in the...
Feb 8th
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What I learned about the "Douchebag" badge
The Douchebag badge on Foursquare is getting a lot of attention these days.  I’m not sure if it’s because of the controversial word, or because it’s so damn funny (well at least I think it is), one thing is for sure, there is something to learn from the “Douchebag” badge when creating an iPhone app. 1) Get people talking by creating something equivalent to the...
Feb 5th
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January 2010
4 posts
1 tag
Jan 19th
1 tag
I don't want to share your content. Sorry.
Every start-up company that is creating a consumer-focused business is using Facebook and Twitter as channels to acquire users.  This should be no surprise given the access to massive amount of users, but the ultimate fallacy behind building the “push to X social network feature” is just because you add a “Share to X” button on your app/site doesn’t necessarily mean:...
Jan 18th
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If you can't change user behavior, move on.
There has been a flurry of interesting consumer products that have made a name for themselves in 2009: Foursquare, Gowalla, Plancast, Dropbox, to name a few.  What I have found particularly interesting about these products, is they are (1) changing user behavior and (2) generating offline conversations. Changing User Behavior When you walk into a restaurant now, it’s natural to...
Jan 13th
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On a mission to losing 20 pounds
I started this blog to accomplish 2 things: (1) a way to communicate my path to losing weight and being healthy again (2) to talk about working as a young CEO for a start-up I’ll start with losing weight since that’s been on the top of my mind after I came home from eating a sausage, mushroom, cheese, and tomato crepe at Ti Couz.  I think it was about 1500 calories. I’m not...
Jan 11th