From the category archives:

Uncategorized

Here’s what happens if u visit @Twitter from Jury Duty Free WiFi #juryduty

by Ryan on September 9, 2011

Twitterblockedfromlacourts

So at jury duty in LA county they let you have WiFi and internet access while waiting to be called; however, they have blocked a number of sites, including Twitter. Don’t they realize how many people in the room have a 3G / 4G enabled smartphone and can still access these services?

Posted via email from Ryan Born

Share This:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • MySpace
  • Posterous
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Suggest to Techmeme via Twitter
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • email
  • Print

{ View Comments }

6 Weeks of Traffic Growth @imagecollect

by Ryan on May 16, 2011

Traffic2011-05-16_1040
Now I’ve purposely left off the exact daily visitors here but let’s just say we’re pleased with the early results.   The chart here shows traffic growth (100% organic search traffic) at our new celebrity pictures site, ImageCollect.  We’re aiming to have the next 6 weeks (and months) be just as promising.

Posted via email from Ryan Born

Share This:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • MySpace
  • Posterous
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Suggest to Techmeme via Twitter
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • email
  • Print

{ View Comments }

Swipely Now Wants to be Offermatic

by Ryan on March 4, 2011

Photobucket

You gotta love it when a prediction comes true.  A little over a month ago I predicted a pivot out of Swipely and Blippy because no one is going to their sites and no one want so publicly share credit card transactions.  Well a couple of days ago Mashable announced that Swipely wants to be an auto-rewards network for merchants.  Welcome to the club Swipely, you’ve got some nice competition from Kleiner Perkins funded Offermatic, who after launch has a similarly nascent traffic rank.  Let’s be honest here, both public sharing and rewards networks are tough spaces to play in. Nevertheless, I applaud you for pivoting (man I hate that word) and changing your strategy when you realized it needed to shift. That’s the sign of a good entrepreneur. Good luck with the new vision!

Share This:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • MySpace
  • Posterous
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Suggest to Techmeme via Twitter
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • email
  • Print

{ View Comments }

VIDEO: I’m on KTLA Channel 7 Local News! Nice @audiomicro logo in the shot!

by Ryan on December 21, 2010

Bad drivers are like Gremlins…Get them wet and they multiply!

I think once in everyone’s life you get the silly privilege of appearing on local news.  Well my 10 seconds in the sun came yesterday when I was stopped on the corner of Sepulveda and Ventura in Sherman Oaks during lunch time to talk about the weather.  I gave a bunch of sarcastic sound bites and they chopped it down to just this brief clip – “It’s kind of a downer, people don’t know how to drive”.

Enhanced by Zemanta
Share This:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • MySpace
  • Posterous
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Suggest to Techmeme via Twitter
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • email
  • Print

Hey @techcrunch, just an FYI – @crunchbase search is down

by Ryan on July 30, 2010

Share This:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • MySpace
  • Posterous
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Suggest to Techmeme via Twitter
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • email
  • Print