December 2009
16 posts
Leisure and discovering DNA →
As we head out onto the holiday break, I am reminded by how inspiring leisure can be. One of the more influential books I read in high school, was Jame’s Watson’s chronicle of the…
Gowalla’s got currency (virtual goods and mobile... →
I’ve only bought a few virtual goods: some gifts on Facebook. My lack of personal usage almost makes me more excited about the space because I know that I’m not clouded by my own…
Conversation I had a PC Richards on Saturday
Me: “Hi, how much is this cordless phone?”
Manager: “$50”
Me: “How about $30?”
Manager: “What is this a chop shop?”
Me: “Well, I’m not trying to sell you anything stolen, I’m more trying to negotiate price. So I guess it’s more of a swap meet than a chop shop.”
Manager: “OK $35.”
Single points of failure →
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This morning around 745am, the express trains (4,5) on the green line got shut down because one person got sick on the train. I was standing on the express…
Photo tour of Dogpatch New York and our first... →
Great article from Alleyinsider about the new space and our first group of residents!
24 Hours of Gowalla and FourSquare →
Thanks to our teammate Bill Piel’s swift work, we started pulling Gowalla data about 24 hours ago. It’s inclusion is reflected at the top of SocialGreat.com right next to our other feeds:…
Dogpatch New York Desk Building →
I should have taken more photos! We had a bunch of the new patchers over last night to build desks.
Services are the new content →
Our relationships to the social and business web services that we use are more and more resembling our relationships with content, or at least what these relationships once were. Our new…
I wanna learn about internet lifestyle businesses →
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I’d like to learn more about lifestyle online businesses. Whether a business is a lifestyle or venture backable one always comes up in conversation, but it…
Hackable Business Development Lunch →
I’m leading a roundtable lunch tomorrow on Hackable Business Development. I’m going to try to try and eat my own dogfood by addressing the everything is too long problem. I’m going to try to…
Announcing Dogpatch Labs New York →
I could not be more thrilled about the launch of DogPatch Labs New York. We should up and running in a couple weeks, and I can’t wait to be part of the organization of events, hackathons,…
What is AT&T’s Service Obligation in their TOS? →
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I understand that the hardware is subsidized, but by the same turn, has AT&T really delivered New Yorkers “service” over the past many months…
Reflections on nearing 1 million checkins →
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We’ ve tracked a total of 922,000 checkins since we started SocialGreat in August. In November, the average user checked in 12 times. I…
Organization by Mess and Contact Hygiene →
I’m not a believe in organization. I’ve read a couple books on this topic, and it is clear that 90% of things that are filed never come out of the file. It’s also been found that a…
Hotpotato: Life (or TV), uh, Finds a Way →
Before getting into the meet of the post let me start off by admitting that yes, I like and watch Gossip Girl. You do to, but I’m willing to admit it.
With Hot Potato on my…