I Said, OK

UPDATE April 20, 2011: Can’t get the thing to connect and stay connected on a consistent basis. Am going to return it. Everytime I started it up I had to reboot 3 to 4 times before I could get it to work. My WiFi connected to the device but it wasn’t connecting me to the [...]

UPDATE: We’ve found a great person for this job. Thanks for your help, everyone. We’re hiring a marketing manager at SocialFlow. Please send me an email if this is you or if you know anyone who fits the bill: me (at) michaelchin (dot) me. SocialFlow is seeking a marketing manager who will be an important [...]

Kevin Ryan, the CEO of Gilt Groupe, came into Betaworks today for the monthly brown bag lunch. These lunch talks are a real treat and one of the many cool things we get exposed to at Betaworks. Mr Ryan is nothing short of impressive. The hour he spent with us was laden with one useful [...]

I joined SocialFlow this week as VP, Marketing. For me, the story of SocialFlow is a mix of, “wow, that’s genius and it makes a lot of sense to do,” and “you can do what?!” But, the more meaningful story to me began five years ago when I moved to New York City (it’s quite [...]

Today was my last day as head of strategy and client services at Deep Focus. It was a relatively short stay, although it felt much longer than 7.5 months. I feel very fortunate to have spent time working with the agency’s founder and CEO, Ian Schafer. Ian’s looked at as a big brain in the [...]

Teamwork is dependent on trusting the other folks to come through with their part without watching them all the time. But trusting that they’re gonna come through with their parts. And, that’s what we do really well. — Steve Jobs, D8 Conference, 2010

Kevin Rose’s blog post about the latest Apple TV rumours had me asking if I’d buy it for $99. I’m sure the iOS platform, apps, sharing, etc., are interesting, but would it really make sense to add that to my home entertainment mix. I guess, for $99 you might as well give it a go [...]

Earlier this week I participated on panel about Social Media at an offsite for senior executive at one of the world’s largest media companies. It was an extremely interesting session and particularly interesting to be on the panel with Dennis Crowley of Foursquare and Jordan Glazier of Eventful.

The last question that was asked was: tell us what we don’t know. What’s coming around the corner? What’s the future?

I got a kick out of Sandy’s headline. I’m as far from Social Star as possible, so it was extremely humbling to be interviewed by Sandy for her blog.

1. All That You Can’t Leave Behind, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, No Line on the Horizon 2. Texting 3. JetBlue 4. iPod, iTunes, iPhone and my switch to OS X 5. Starwood Preferred Guest 6. House 7. President Obama 8. San Francisco and New York City 9. Streaming video 10. The Acela 11. [...]