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May 04

“Before turning to the future, remember the immutable laws of finance. Stratospheric growth never lasts. Returns fade. New threats emerge.” —

words to live by and lose sleep from

Lex in depth: Facebook - FT.com

(via fred-wilson)

Dec 31

NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX ... Facebook? [My Ad Age Article] -

I had the following article published on Ad Age last week. I’m publishing it here for the few people who read my blog only, and to have a record for the future [direct link].

NBC, ABC, CBS,…

Dec 20

Chowing down at the 3rd annual Latke Fest -

Tonight Angela and I made our way to Brooklyn Academy of Music for the 3rd annual Latke Fest - a heated competition between 15 New York City chefs for the title of best latke maker. New entrants…

Sep 15

Facebook Fights Back At Google, Twitter and Tumblr With Four New Features -

Facebook made 4 platform changes this week that aggressively compete with some of the most popular functionality on Twitter, Google+ and Tumblr:

Smart Friends Lists
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Sep 01

An update on Google+ for Brands -

Below is a draft of an updated POV on Google+ I’ve drafted for the perspective of brand marketing opportunities. Thoughts, suggestions or critiques are welcome.

Now that Google+ is nearly…

Aug 24

How Foursquare is Growing Up -

The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of development for two of my favorite social platforms, Twitter and Foursquare. Both have launched or announced several features that I…

Aug 18

Eating our way through Chicago -

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This weekend Angela and I took a trip to Chicago for Angela to run in the Chicago Rock’n’Roll half-marathon. The purpose of…

Jul 10

My POV on Google+ -

This post is my work-in-progress formal POV on Google+. I encourage feedback, suggestions and comments. This isn’t meant to be all of the reasons you should actually like and use Google+…

Jun 02

Without an Obvious Vanity Layer, is Google +1 Doomed? -

A few months ago Google kicked off an ambitious project to build a social authority graph that competes with Facebook’s powerful web of ‘likes’. The project, called ‘+1’, is essentially a…

Jun 01

50 iPhone App Recommendations for Newbies -

Now that Verizon is selling iPhones, a whole bunch of my friends + coworkers have recently made the switch to iOS for the first time. That means a lot of “what are the best apps I should…