In the last two months or so, two different trends in mobile have really grabbed my attention. The first is group messaging, and the second is real-time messaging. And both are here to stay. They are practical, they are easy to use, and they are on the mobile platform, which [...]

Every Wednesday night, I head over to a run-down gym in SoHo to play a game meant for schoolchildren with a bunch of 20-somethings. After a long & stressful day at work, throwing and dodging high-speed rubber balls is actually the absolute perfect way to let loose. Plus, the people [...]

From time to time, I like to write posts that fall under the “duh” category. You know, the ones that provide painfully obvious (but true) pieces of information or advice? Ironically, from my experience, they’re the same kinds of posts that generate the highest levels of engagement and interest, because [...]

Yesterday, TechCrunch released an article titled, “Make Your #NewTwitter Background Pretty With Themeleon.” Themeleon is a tool that allows Twitter users to create customized backgrounds and profile pages, and has been used by 2 million people in the past year. It’s a nice tool, and allows users to create some [...]

I woke up Saturday morning and went through my routine. Grabbed my phone, answered a couple texts, checked email, then my ESPN app, Facebook, and finally Twitter. When Twitter loaded up on my phone, I noticed a stream of tweets from one particular user: Kanye West. Kanye has been creating buzz [...]