September 2011
1 post
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October 2010
1 post
March 2010
1 post
Apple’s New Stance On ‘Cookie Cutter’ Apps: Add... →
Jason Kincaid (@jasonkincaid) from TechCrunch reached out to me to ask my thoughts about Apple now pushing iPhone app making platforms to improve the quality of their offerings. Here’s my response which he copied into his story:
This is the ongoing balance point between encouraging innovation and growth on one side and wanting to tightly control user experience on the other. Apple wants...
January 2010
3 posts
December 2009
1 post
September 2009
1 post
Tumblr Account: Markpeterdavis.Net →
markpeterdavis:
I just launched a Tumblog which aggregates my blog and twitter feeds. If you prefer to use Tumblr you can find my site at markpeterdavis.net.
May 2009
1 post
April 2009
2 posts
Pulp Browsers →
CSS3 humor. Firefox/Safari doing Samuel L. Jackson from Pulp Fiction against IE.
soxiam:
via casey
February 2009
1 post
January 2009
3 posts
Clean Coal vs. Joe Camel →
December 2008
3 posts
October 2008
2 posts
Special Treat: Steve Jobs NeXT Mail Welcome... →
I reached out to my friends on the ex-NeXT mailing list today to dig up an old gem: the default Steve Jobs welcome message in every NeXTstep users’ mailbox. This was a favorite play during customer…
August 2008
1 post
July 2008
5 posts
App Store Metrics | Medialets →
Great coverage of all of the iPhone apps in the iTunes App Store. Sort by price, rating, popularity. Get RSS feeds.
Revenue from App Store Activity - Medialets →
jeffernet:
So no hard numbers have been released, but this articles makes some jumps to find a good esitmate on how much money the apps have made on the new App Store for iPhones and iPod Touches.
Very interesting. Taking the number of collective downloads, estimating how many of those downloads were free apps versus paid, making a rate prediction of the number of apps downloaded to the number...
Talk2Us - Everything GrandCentral Could Be and... →
Every once in a while you come across people and ideas you like so much that you just can help but want to help them. And then of that broad group, there are the rare few who don’t really…
June 2008
8 posts
Google Content Network and the AdSense Trojan... →
Adam Ostrow at Mashable posted a tip on Twitter tonight to a New York Times report on Google’s planned Content Network, in which they’ll distribute video and video ads through their…
Career Advice →
This is an email exchange from earlier today I thought others might find useful:
Just started to follow you on twitter and found your background / experiences very compelling. So a question I…
Mentoring TechStars →
I’m a huge fan of the concept behind the TechStars program and the innovating they’re doing on the traditional venture capital model. David Cohen and the team of mentors he’s…
Eric Litman | Venture Capitalist, Entrepreneur,... →
My new site. It’s early and there’s plenty to add, but my friend Theo Skye did a kick ass job on this. Reach out to him via interact@aux.com if you’d like him to help you, too.
Sneak Peek: The New EricLitman.com →
It’s not quite ready for prime time, but I just couldn’t wait any longer to give a preview of the amazing work that my friend Theo Skye has done on my new site, ericlitman.com. My…
Yield Software closes $6m Series B →
Yield Software, one of WashingtonVC’s portfolio companies, closed a $6m Series B round this week, led by Draper Fisher Jurveston with participation by the team at ad giant WPP.
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May 2008
10 posts
Removing the Twitter feed from my tumblog
You can find me on Twitter elsewhere, no need to have it aggregated here.
And it just keeps on running...
mail [17: 56:46 ~] # uptime
17: 56:46 up 1220 days, 23:59, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.01, 0.00
Thousands of people here to help fight brain tumors! Great turnout: http://www.curebraintumors.org/
Getting ready for the Brain Tumor race this morning, 9AM at Freedom Plaza in downtown DC. It’s a big event - come and support it if you can!
Adding some new folks Twinkle tells me are nearby. If you’ve jailbroken your iPhone and are in or around DC, I probably want to know you.
Social Media Case Studies →
Spending the afternoon working from Open City in Woodley Park. WiFi + iced green tea = :) It’s just too nice of a day to be sitting inside.
Listen to @ranajune on CNET’s @the404 this AM. The whole team there are rock stars!
Back home in DC. Away only for the day but I missed it nonetheless.
Wow, I can play guitar hero 3 on my mac w/o a guitar. Wow, it’s hard.
On to dinner #2. Vegan soul food at Red Bamboo. Mmmmmmmm
Grooving on yummy Thai food in the West Village with @gruen
April 2008
114 posts
Hello, Amtrak? Yes, it’s your bread and butter biz traveler here. WiFi? Soon? Kthxbye.
Morning fun: climbing into an Amtrak train as it’s moving away from the station. Onlooking porter chuckled.
At the zoo. It’s almost completely empty, and simply idyllic.