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Re: Satechi debuts new 108W travel charger with two USB-C PD and USB-A ports

Matt Galigan — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 12:57:34 -0000

What’s with the 2x2 setup? Hyperjuice recently did the same with theirs. Still waiting for a 100W+ with 4-5 USB-C ports (MacBook, iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, extra battery).

Re: Where's Circa's RSS feed?

Matt Galigan — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:36:30 -0000

What @Anthony De Rosa:disqus said. But we'll actually soon be syncing both up. There will be our version of the blog post, and the Medium one. There are amazing network effects that happen within Medium, so we'd prefer to gain that extra traffic and attention at the expense of it simply being on our own domain.

Re: Techstars Boulder Rocks

Matt Galigan — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:41:43 -0000

And whereas I know you didn't fund us (Foundry didn't exist yet), I'll always remember the first day of you mentoring the Socialthing team and telling us that you hated our idea. It was love at first fight.

Re: A Little Techstars Video History

Matt Galigan — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 11:20:40 -0000

As someone who went through the first program, I can absolutely confirm Brad's statement (though why would anyone question him?). The fundamentals are still there – mentorship driven accelerator. But everything else, including the vast size of the network now, are quite different. And all for the better. TechStars changed my life and I hope as "alpha testers" for the program, we impacted it in at least some way. Thanks Brad for posting this...trip down memory lane!

Re: Watch the creator of Sherpa show off his cool personal assistant app for Android, pit it against Siri [Video]

Matt Galigan — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:49:44 -0000

You also forgot Sherpaa: https://sherpaa.com/

Re: What you need to know about minimalist news app Circa

Matt Galigan — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:40:24 -0000

Andrew, we really appreciate the writeup! One thing I want to call out though is your statement that we're a "brute force aggregator."

1. "Traditional journalists" collects source material to produce an article. The journalists at Circa collect source material to produce a story (we don't call it an article). We're pulling information from the exact same resources traditional journalists have done for ages.
2. "Traditional journalism" typically doesn't cite every single source for the articles they write. I rarely read an article where every point has something to back it. Circa goes the step further and cites our sources.
3. What we don't outright do right now is a lot of original reporting – which I would consider to be things like direct interviews, sitting in a court room hearing, etc. We do, however do original reporting where we're able to such as covering the live broadcast of the Presidential Debates.

I just wanted to defend our stance that we're not "stealing" content and we're not a "brute force aggregator." We research a topic, collect source information, and write bite-sized chunks that focus on the facts.

Thanks again for the writeup!

Re: Max Beatty, First Impressions of Circa

Matt Galigan — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:53:08 -0000

Thank you SO much for trying the app and the great feedback. Let me address a few things:

1. I agree that the push notification dialog gets thrown up before you have an opportunity to know what you're being pushed. We're watching the analytics around this and will address this as best we can!

2. We try to convert people to sign up quickly, because signing up is when we can provide the most value. However, like you saw we still believe in giving new users a "preview" before fully trusting us. This is a bit of a tough call order-wise because returning users wouldn't necessarily always want to see a tutorial first if they're logged out somehow.

3. The guide actually IS bundled in the app. We designed the guide using Adobe Edge but it turns out there's a bizarre bug with the way it loads in. As we got closer to launch we didn't have a great opportunity to troubleshoot it too much but we'll be addressing it very soon.

4. We did fail pretty hard unfortunately. We expected a lot of users, but not quite the amount that actually came through...something we for sure own up to and making sure this kind of failure can be prevented.

5. We did get some 1 star reviews unfortunately. Thankfully they're turning the corner now that we're back up and running. I wish there was a way to prevent this, but alas...the server Gods were not kind to us this morning.

I appreciate all of the feedback and we're definitely considering all of it. Thanks for not giving up on us!

Re: Twitter Buys Vine, a Video Clip Company That Never Launched

Matt Galigan — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:18:25 -0000

The people are usually the main reason a service gets bought early.

Re: http://dustinhenderlong.com/post/31562364696

Matt Galigan — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:27:29 -0000

Please bring some of this with you next week.

Re: The more we connect, the more we disconnect

Matt Galigan — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:43:22 -0000

Look at the first paragraph under "Reconnecting" ;)

Re: http://www.rollingstone.com/preview.php/music/videos/muse-court-chaos-on-madness-20120905

Matt Galigan — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:57:35 -0000

"Dubstep laced?" There isn't a lick of anything that even possibly resembles Dubstep in this entire tune. It's old school - a hint of Joy Division, a pinch of Peter Gabriel and a splash of U2. I'd expect more from the reporting of a music-focused magazine.

Re: http://mgalligan.com/post/30592769414

Matt Galigan — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:07:09 -0000

Test comment.

Re: http://blog.davidtisch.com/post/29638236867

Matt Galigan — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:06:25 -0000

Wow. Big moves. Best of luck with your next journey. You've been nothing short of an incredible asset to TechStars.

Re: Notifications No More: A Post Mortem

Matt Galigan — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:30:40 -0000

We should organize some sort of weekend where a few of us go somewhere fun. Maybe wine country, maybe rafting, who knows. And we're going to turn our phones the fuck off. How about that?

Re: Survey: Tablet Owners Prefer Browsers to Native Apps

Matt Galigan — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:43:57 -0000

I'm sorry but these statements are incredibly misleading. "Publication-Specific App" and "Newsstand App" are both "native apps". Thus, if you were to take this statistic at face value, the assumption is entirely wrong. 41% of people prefer web apps, but 52% prefer native apps.

Re: http://bryce.vc/post/23129059011

Matt Galigan — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:29:35 -0000

Right. Singly is for sure its own startup. But their tech is the basis of the Locker Project which in and of itself is an independent part. http://lockerproject.org

Re: http://bryce.vc/post/23129059011

Matt Galigan — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:05:52 -0000

Spot on. And I might be wrong here, but I think that this is part of what Singly and the Locker Project are attempting to do.

Re: The Common Sense Guide to SXSW: It’s Really Not That Hard*

Matt Galigan — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:19:11 -0000

Spot on.

Another addition: Eat lots of BBQ!

Re: Just Fucking Sell

Matt Galigan — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:05:23 -0000

Fucking. Awesome. Post.

Re: http://libbybrittain.tumblr.com/post/14577743744

Matt Galigan — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:51:52 -0000

Tooootally get it. Without context and opening the curtain a little more I can 100% see how this statement sounds over the top and ridiculous. And I have no idea if we'll change the world overnight. I'd certainly hope we can make some sort of impact. But when we're able to talk more about the exact methods by which we'd like to see news change, I think you'll understand our perspective a bit more.

We're not ready to solve the problems that might exist with journalism just yet - news is the game we're after. I definitely see those things as separate and distinct ideas.

I'm looking forward to opening the kimono a little more in the coming months and getting feedback from lovers of news and journalism such as yourself.

Thanks for the honest feedback.

Re: Getting Product(ive)

Matt Galigan — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:25:31 -0000

Ha! Thanks. Thankfully I'm consulting on product - not writing.

Re: Apple iMessage and Poor User Experiences

Matt Galigan — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:27:49 -0000

That's indeed one solution, but I think that SMS is still a killer fallback method that none of the above really do well to work with.

Re: Where Did the Magic Go?

Matt Galigan — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:48:35 -0000

You're very welcome!

Re: Where Did the Magic Go?

Matt Galigan — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:48:13 -0000

It's pretty easy to explain the lack of 4G:

The networks aren't fully rolled out yet (only Verizon and Sprint have any true 4G tech rolled out...and in only a few markets), the 4G radios are still 1st generation, meaning they're not that great yet. Additionally the battery life associated with 4G is just deplorable, as it typically is with 1st generation tech. Apple has said in their quarterly reports that they won't adopt 4G until it's hit 2nd generation. A lot has to do with providing the best possible user experience. What is crazy speeds without battery life or a slim profile?

Siri is absolutely revolutionary. It's changing input, period. I can speak in clear sentences and it will do whatever function I'm asking of it. That's Star Trek, and that's awesome. It's also dramatically changing the way that visually impaired people can interact with a mobile device. That's also nothing to sneeze at.

Re: Health Hacks: Wake Up at the Same Time Every Day and Feel Refreshed

Matt Galigan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:10:05 -0000

Well, my alarm was set for about 7am every day. So I'd try to be in bed by 11pm or so. Generally speaking, I'd just recommend 7-8 hours of sleep, or however much sleep you naturally need to feel refreshed. Everyone is different.