On learning to win.
I'm not sure what age it started, but when I was growing up as a kid, once every few weeks I played chess with my Dad. We would sit down, setup the board, my father…
Missing 'Other Devices' Tab in Google Chrome? Read this!
About a month or two ago I opened my computer. First message that popped up: Restart Chrome to update Yeah! An update to Chrome, those guys are awesome! OK, Chrome restarted and low and behold,…
An Open Letter to Erick Schonfeld
Dear Mr. Schonfeld, Last week you were quoted (video here) as saying: "We don’t think plain vanilla video is the native experience people expect when they’re watching online on their tablets. You expect…
THE SWISS ARMY KNIFE.
Growing up I always had an affinity for the Swiss Army knife. Strike that, coveted the Swiss Army knife! If somehow you don't know about this modern marvel, let me tell you, you are missing…
Episodic web video is doomed.
How web series are going no where until a habit forming subscription model is found. In May 2013 I found a new web series that I absolutely loved** but despite the fact that it was…
How to get 1M pageviews before launching your product
Earlier this month we launched Shelby.tv for iPhone.We had been building it (and several iterations of it) for several months, but before launching, we already had >1M page views/month. With this traffic,…