A few months back I had the pleasure of traveling to Austin for the first time.  I’ve travelled a lot and exploring a new city has become second nature to me.  And of course as a Tech Geek I take full advantage of the latest web and mobile technologies.  So I thought I’d share my [...]

(This is the first in a two part post. Part one contains a profile of a startup.  Part two contains numbers and analysis related to that startup.)
Mobile Spinach is a small and ambitious Bay Area startup focused on the mobile coupon space.  The company is still at a very early stage — seed funded [...]

I’m in love with an animal!
No, this isn’t some kind of bestiality confession.  I’m talking about Aardvark — a 15-person San Francisco startup made up largely of ex-Googlers and backed by $6 million from top investors.  Like many relationships, this one started with a friend’s introduction.  In February, Omar Christidis had been waxing poetic [...]

The weather in New York has turned nice and I’ve been biking a lot lately. And I’ve been thinking about biking a lot too since Transportation Alternatives held their 8th Annual NYC Commuter Race last week. The race pits Bike vs. Taxi vs. Subway to see which gets a morning commuter to work the fastest.  [...]

An interesting trend I’ve noticed lately:  iPhone App developers have finally started paying attention to SEO (Search Engine Optimization).  And by search engine, I mean the App Store’s search feature.  Developers have started putting terms into their app descriptions so their app shows up for related queries.  But developers have also begun including unrelated but [...]