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Re: Fun Friday: Coming Up With A Better Name For NYC’s Tech Community

loupaglia — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 08:12:43 -0000

I'm in the camp for NYC as well. Thankfully I can't remember a time in recent memory where someone referred to it as Silicon Alley in conversation.

That said, thinking back to '99, I'm still not sure why we did not go with Tech District if we were to go with anything. That seems to be the more NY way of it. Finance, Theater, Garment, etc and the Tech District.

Re: Fun Friday: Your Favorite Feature

loupaglia — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 10:37:08 -0000

Evernote Sync

Re: Feature Friday: Checking In Your Friend

loupaglia — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 09:50:34 -0000

Makes sense. Actually a bit overdue so glad to see . This is a feature on Facebook that's been there for a while and that I use all the time.

Re: Being Upfront

loupaglia — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 09:25:35 -0000

It is a very interesting move, probably the right one for them and I would think in the works for quite some time. great name. Very consistent with Mark's approach that he expresses on his blog. Mark may have some of the best VC blog content out there on enterprise startups.

Re: Google Contacts syncing issues with the iPhone

loupaglia — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:13:06 -0000

Great to hear!

Re: One Touch Conferencing Calling From Your Mobile Phone

loupaglia — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:16:25 -0000

Mobileday is one of the best apps on my phone as well. I use it multiple times per day also, it saves me a lot of aggravation hopping out of my calendar invite. It is also a fantastic app when on the go with my phone, one click access is great when not at your desk.

Couple of things that jump out as enhancements:
1. Be able to extract the call in details when the sender doesn't put it in the header and only the body, quickly becoming one of my big pet peeves when people do not put the call in details in the subject.
2. I haven't figured out how to call into the call with one click when I am the host. I use the "test call" feature in conference set-up to call in as host. (Sure I am missing the more effective way to do it).

In any case, Mobileday is a great app. Best of luck with continued traction.

Re: Google Contacts syncing issues with the iPhone

loupaglia — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:20:41 -0000

Glad to here it helped. Yes, the "other" field will not sync nor will custom fields. There apparently is a new way to sync with the release of the iPhone 5 but I'm not sure if it remedies the core issues that the field mapping is having.

Re: Google Contacts syncing issues with the iPhone

loupaglia — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:37:59 -0000

Jules: Do you have Google Sync set up? Even with Exchange, I believe you have to set up Google Sync mobile and set up your device to synchronize. This will basically create a sub address book for your Google Contacts. It sounds like when you are adding contacts on your phone into gmail, you are simply adding the contact to your gmail account which is different than adding the contact to your address book and it then syncing to your gmail contacts via google sync. Hope this helps.

Re: Google Contacts syncing issues with the iPhone

loupaglia — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:53:17 -0000

Vinit, I really do not know. If you didn't back up, I would assume not but perhaps someone out there has figured out how to restore. Sounds like you are using your last backup so at least you have something. One thing to check is if you have been using Google Sync, iTunes may have wiped the phone but perhaps your contacts are still intact over in your Google Contacts. If so, you may be able to pull them back across. I would assume the same would be the case if you are using a different mail provider like Yahoo! Mail. Best of luck.

Re: Fun Friday: Quotes

loupaglia — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:00:18 -0000

"Test in production what is broken in beta." - Lou Paglia, 1998.

Re: Fun Friday: Quotes

loupaglia — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:59:13 -0000

"If I'd asked customers what they wanted, they would have said 'a faster horse'". - Henry Ford. Great quote about innovation, use your customers to understand their needs but not necessarily the solution.

Re: Facebook’s Like Button – What’s Not To Like?

loupaglia — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:40:24 -0000

Jeff: Great to hear from you, hope the family is doing well also.

Agree, my sense is sentiment is something they are gleaning from the comments themselves. Know there was much debate regarding the "dislike" button in addition that they did not go with. Like means interested or engaged more than anything. But you are right, marketers care on interest, engagement and also reputation. Many firms focus in the area of reputation as well as it is critical to understand the positive and negative WOM (word of mouth) taking place around your brand.

Re: Google Contacts syncing issues with the iPhone

loupaglia — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:56:28 -0000

Becky: No worries. If you want to send me your email address, I can send you an example record. However, before that, quick question. Did you follow all of the steps? Export your Google Contacts as a .csv, do the search and replace, save and then upload back? The reason I ask, is you need to do a search and replace on ALL of the fields. Thus if you search for "home" and replace all instances with "Home", that should get all of your address fields into the format that Apple will detect when you re-import the contacts and then sync. Hopefully that makes sense.

Re: Google Contacts syncing issues with the iPhone

loupaglia — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:32:47 -0000

Becky: I haven't noticed an issue with duplicate labels between phone and address. In fact, I think that is okay. The most common issue I've seen is the capitalization of the field label. When you do your search and replace for "home", use a capital H. Thus replace each instance with "Home". Let me know if that helps....

Re: Google Contacts syncing issues with the iPhone

loupaglia — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:01:07 -0000

Thanks Phil. Agreed. And well worth it in my opinion. :)

Re: Google Contacts syncing issues with the iPhone

loupaglia — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:58:03 -0000

Not necessarily. If for example, you have contacts that you imported into Google contacts from another source such as a previous device or import from Outlook, the field definitions (like capitalization) are maintained. So when you export, it maintains those fields. Google Sync however only recognizes the fields that are formatted and defined a certain way. You would think Google would fix this when data is imported but unfortunately, that is not the case.

Re: MobileDay – Making Audio Conference Calls Work On Smart Phones

loupaglia — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:54:28 -0000

Laughed out loud on this post. Countless times have I had similar experiences getting into the conference bridge from my mobile, the process is far from ideal even when you have your computer there with the cal open. Having to type the credentials is Byzantine. Absolutely trying this app, great tip.

Re: New Book: Brad Feld’s Burning Entrepreneur – How to Launch, Fund, and Set Your Start-Up On Fire!

loupaglia — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:54:58 -0000

Thanks Kevin for the response. Just purchased on Hyperink. How do you do the gift to others?

Re: New Book: Brad Feld’s Burning Entrepreneur – How to Launch, Fund, and Set Your Start-Up On Fire!

loupaglia — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:23:35 -0000

Brad: Want to grab a copy on the Kindle but it is 4.95. Is the special 2.99 with gifting to others only if purchased on Hyperink? Congrats on the launch!

Re: Some Thoughts On Online Privacy

loupaglia — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:04:33 -0000

This is a serious and important issue, and a complex one. I am an advocate for data privacy and data portability. It will be critical that we find the right policy and activate it in the right way. CAN SPAM and Do Not Call lists help, a similar approach can be taken here.

Fred, your items 2 and 4 though are in potential conflict. Without quoting numbers, a good portion of web revenue has and continues to be advertising. Those advertising dollars have an underpinning of "tracking" the user, in site, across site, across networks, etc. That implicit data collection leads to behavioral or contextual targeting. Heavy targeting capability is tied directly the revenue charged. It will be interesting to see how much of existing revenue is exposed when tougher policy is in place, even if that policy is solid.

Re: A VC: Can You Build A Network On Top Of Another Network?

loupaglia — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:53:54 -0000

Zack: Your example brings up an interesting point in the discussion. If you build the network on the same platform, it is a network of networks (like Google Circles). However, if you build that same network (group of nodes of students) on a different platform, is that a "network ON a network"?

Perhaps the question that is distinctive on whether could the second network splice completely? Not in the way the nodes are "real life" related but in how they are technically bound. I think it is because of this, it makes Freds point. You really cannot build long term a network ON a network.

Re: Don't Let Good Friends Hear About It On TechCrunch

loupaglia — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:51:16 -0000

not to be confused with "do to them what they would do to me"

Re: The Best Tech Conference Of The Year Happens In Boulder Next Week

loupaglia — Sat, 21 May 2011 08:34:27 -0000

Absolutely, I will see you at Glue next week!

Re: The Best Tech Conference Of The Year Happens In Boulder Next Week

loupaglia — Fri, 20 May 2011 23:02:45 -0000

I've missed Defrag and Glue the last couple of sessions due to conflicts. I can honestly say that you get more insight in two days from these conferences than you do from a calendar full of conferences the rest of the year. (disclaimer: I have no relationship or incentive with the conference organizers)

Re: Instapaper Founder: Apps Don't Need To Be Free

loupaglia — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:42:58 -0000

Timely post for me. Just went to download it as I recently came back to the iPhone. Found it odd that I could not find the free version and found no mention until this post that it was pulled.

I think freemium plus paid is the smarter strategy to have the largest market coverage. The are too many potential network effect plays in the 'save it later' space that if players like Read It Later can get more users, they can take advantage of it.

Another reason is that it is difficult to get new users, most all outside the echo chamber (who are still coming onto the iPhone in droves) to jump right to the $4.99 app. They will go with a free alternative. My sense is 30 days is not enough time to judge this impact. You'll also notice most who thinks this makes sense already knew the value of the app.

For me, I did not use the service enough to now jump to the paid version but could if i find myself using it frequently which is often my app buying scenario. Now I will retry it with Read It Later.