Dom.net

Placement [Flickr]

Sagolla — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:32:04 PST

Sagolla posted a photo:

140 Characters in the Wiley Business section of Borders, eye level and signed.

Future of Twitter [Flickr]

Sagolla — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:26:46 PST

Sagolla posted a photo:

From my appearance alongside wingdude and scobleizer on stage at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California for 140 Characters Conference.

@DOM [Flickr]

Sagolla — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:26:39 PST

Sagolla posted a photo:

From my appearance alongside wingdude and scobleizer on stage at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California for 140 Characters Conference.

Vintage Variety [Flickr]

Sagolla — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:51:31 PST

Sagolla posted a photo:

A case of handmade wine from Spearpoint.

Time to Press [Flickr]

Sagolla — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:47:29 PST

Sagolla posted a photo:

Changing colors at the ranch.

Swarthmore College Featured Events » Blog Archive » Twitter Co-founder Dom Sagolla ‘96 on the Short Form [del.icio.us]

sagolla — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:30:00 PDT

Listen to me talk really fast about 140 Characters and answer questions for an hour.

Twitter co-founder, alum, to speak about new book - The Phoenix [del.icio.us]

sagolla — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:17:05 PDT

Love that old school photo of me.

Social Media: Q&A With Former Twitter Exec Dom Sagolla - Advertising Age - Digital [del.icio.us]

sagolla — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:21:06 PDT

Strong lead with a respectable finish on a few tough topics.

140 Characters – Review [del.icio.us]

sagolla — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:42:23 PDT

It's always nice to get both open praise and honest critique from an acquaintance.

First publicly available autographed copies [Flickr]

Sagolla — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:43:59 PDT

Sagolla posted a photo:

Signed 'em at BookShop West Portal.

Me and mine [Flickr]

Sagolla — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:43:34 PDT

Sagolla posted a photo:

At BookShop West Portal.

Handsomest [Flickr]

Sagolla — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:45:39 PDT

Sagolla posted a photo:

Leo at the farmer's market haystacks, after picking grapes all morning.

MediaShift . 5Across: How to Deal with Technology Overload | PBS [del.icio.us]

sagolla — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:24:43 PDT

Video from a conversation with me, Leif Hansen, Annalee Newitz, Deborah Schultz, and Dr. Jim Taylor. Produced by Mark Glaser.

Twitter Responds to 'You're Dead to Me' - Tech Check with Jim Goldman - CNBC.com [del.icio.us]

sagolla — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:11:46 PDT

A conversation begins between me and Jim Goldman from CNBC. I'm still composing an answer his "where's the money" question.

Follow Scoble's User List on Twitter [del.icio.us]

sagolla — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:07:56 PDT

Find me and @noah up there at the top.

My Living Nightmare Of Encouraging Kids To Read Is Over | The Onion - America's Finest News Source [del.icio.us]

sagolla — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:09:50 PDT

"What I should have done is hosted a show that taught children how to watch more television. I bet they would have come up with the funding to renew _that_ show." :D Parody at its finest.

Online Database of Social Media Policies [del.icio.us]

sagolla — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:40:43 PDT

Fascinating. I describe the necessity of these policies in the book, and here they are in real life.

Foller.me - dom [del.icio.us]

sagolla — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:35:17 PDT

Interesting visualization of the location of followers.

iPhone Development Meetup Style - techtabletalk's posterous [del.icio.us]

sagolla — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:24:46 PDT

Wonderful write-up from an attendee at my talk, "Market Your App Through Social Media".

Life in One Sentence

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:22:56 PDT

Grew up on the East Coast, moved to California as a teenager, went to school at Swarthmore, worked at HP, went back for my Master of Education at Harvard, worked at the MIT Media Lab, started my own company Dom.net, consulted for and then joined Macromedia to work on Dreamweaver, left during the Adobe merger to join Odeo, helped create Twitter (long story), helped create iPhone Developer's Camp at Adobe (another long story), quit my job to write books and software with my family in San Francisco.

» Dom Sagolla to publish a book about Twitter - Monty C. M. Metzger Blog - English [del.icio.us]

sagolla — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:10:23 PDT

Three minutes of exposition.

Amazon.com: Dom Sagolla: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle [del.icio.us]

sagolla — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:43:51 PDT

Now blogging on Amazon.

Bacolicio.us ~Mmmm, Bacon~ [del.icio.us]

sagolla — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:57:53 PDT

Everything goes better with bacon.

At IPDC3 with Dom Sagolla - Open Source Buzz [del.icio.us]

sagolla — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:42:36 PDT

An interview covering iPhoneDevCamp, DollarApp, and 140 Characters.

Oblogitory

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:23:37 PDT

Can't talk. Writing a book.

For media inquiries, please contact my agent:

Erin Malone
ecm@wma.com
William Morris Agency
(212) 903-1581

You may want to follow @TheBook.

This is what it feels like when an idea won't leave you alone.

A sudden crisis of success. Plans within plans. Inertial motion.

My Month Off

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:22:03 PST

During most of October and November, I took a leave of absence from my job at Adobe. The original reason was to take care of baby Leo, but it took an incredible turn when I was invited to work on Obama '08 for iPhone. Here is a sample of the stuff I got done, in no particular order:

Launched three versions of Obama '08, getting it to the #7 Free App
Practiced my cutback
Wrote the DollarApp principles
Discovered the DollarApp mission
Participated in The Great Schlep
Fixed my posture, which was killing my neck and hands
Taught Leo how to say "dada" and gave him his first computer
Got DollarApp's first app into the Beta stage
Sold enough things to pay for a new MacBook Pro
Retained a Good Lawyer for my company
Got my company a bank account, credit card, and debit card
Created a company Logo
Printed company Cards and Stickers
Talked about Twitter on TV
Gave a speech entitled "Why a Dollar"
Gave my mom a hug

In case you are tempted to take time off to work on an important project, or to build a side business I highly recommend it. Here were several lessons that I learned about working for myself:

I have high expectations for myself, which is daunting
I can't give myself any valid excuses for slacking or procrastinating, which is annoying
When you're doing everything yourself, you can only do one thing at a time, which is frustrating
Having a fiscal goal and deadlines will focus you dramatically, which is invigorating
Sometimes you have to completely shed every habit in order to gain new healthy ones, which is transformative

Thanks to everyone who supported this important transition, used the Obama '08 app, or otherwise stoked me on my journey!

Vote Obama

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:10:41 PDT

Let's talk about November.
I'll tell you something y'all best remember:

You gotta vote for Barack Obama and his Democrat friends.

C'mon Vote Obama

Vote Obama

Vote for Barack Obama and his Democrat friends.

Lemme tell you why:

This election there's a strong connection

Between George Bush and John McCain.

We cannot afford four more years of pain -

It's time for a change!

Vote Obama

Vote for Obama, and Joe Biden

It's good for your pocket, go

Vote for Barack and Joe!

Vote for Barack Obama.

Listen to your momma, vote for Obama.

Vote for Obama and Biden and their Democrat friends!

[Download "Vote Obama" mp3]

Manageable Life - the story and song

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:32:43 PDT

Enjoy the story and song of 'Manageable Life', written in 1998 and performed last week as a re-dedication of a very special place in Boulder Creek.

Thanks to old pal Al Lundell for capturing this.

You may also enjoy this audio-only rendition, performed with Nick Peters back when I wrote it.

Klezmer in Killington

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:15:38 PDT

Last month, I visited New England for Ben Vigoda's Olde Tyme Bachelor Party Jam Band. It was a blast! Here's Jon Feldman, Jordi Kleiner, and Bret Bjurstrom playing a tune of Jon's called "The Inception".

In the middle of the take, we cut to Ben and company making musical instruments for his wedding.

10 Things I'm Great At

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:09:11 PDT

They say, "Do what you're great at, and find people to do the rest."

Here is what I came up with:

Sleeping - I can sleep on a dime. Once, I achieved polyphasic sleeping. This one is first because, as a new dad, I just can't get enough sleep, and it's always on my mind.
Guitar - I can play the hell out of that thing, and it keeps me sane.
Networking - I like people. Also, I like networks.
Photography - I can frame my subject, and I tend not to be self-conscious behind the camera.
Writing - I can just go start. I was blogging before there were blogs.
Traveling - I'm good to go, and I always document my travels.
Teaching - Animals, kids, adults, I like to teach.
Deciding - I trust my gut, and I'm usually right.
Learning - I'm like lightning.
Breaking - I always find the weak point.

Things I'm getting better at: Drawing, Singing, Piano, Forgetting, Remembering, Reading, and Compassion.

Mac in Your Pocket

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:30:58 PDT

See this video segment featuring yours truly on Adobe TV! Here's the byline:

"Dominic Sagolla researches and tests new features for Adobe products in development. After hours, this diehard Mac enthusiast creates applications for the iPhone."

This was filmed in August of 2007, just after the first iPhoneDevCamp.

iPhoneDevCamp 2 at Adobe SF

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:55:57 PDT

iPhoneDevCamp 2
August 1-3, 2008
Adobe Systems, San Francisco, CA

iPhoneDevCamp 2 is an upcoming not-for-profit gathering to develop applications for iPhone and iPod touch using both the native SDK and web standards. This is a follow-on event to the first iPhoneDevCamp, held in early July 2007. We are pleased that Adobe Systems has agreed to provide the venue again this year.

Attendees will include Cocoa Touch developers, web developers, UI designers, and testers, all working together over the weekend. Development projects will include both solo and team efforts. While some attendees will wish to work solo during the event, we encourage attendees to team up, based on expertise, to work in ad-hoc project development teams. All attendees should be prepared to work on a development project during the event.

Attendees will be able to:

* Create new applications for iPhone and iPod touch.
* Migrate Mac OS X applications to iPhone and iPod touch.
* Test and optimize applications for iPhone and iPod touch.

We have some exciting things in store this year - a few things we’re not quite ready to announce, but check back reguarly for updates on the event.

We are sensitive to the NDA that Apple has in place on the iPhone SDK. It is our hope that Apple will lift this NDA shortly after the public launch of the App Store. iPhoneDevCamp 2 will be held one month after the launch of the App Store. We have no intention of violating the terms that individual developers have in place with Apple on the iPhone SDK.

Confirmed sponsors so far include Adobe Systems, gogo apps, RadTech, Belkin, iLounge, Core Cases, Viewzi, ANSCA Mobile, The Apple Phone Show, and iWipes. We’re actively looking for additional sponsors to help make iPhoneDevCamp 2 a success. This is a not-for-profit event and 100% of sponsor dollars are used to pay for event costs.

The organizers of iPhone Dev Camp 2 include Raven Zachary, Dominic Sagolla, Christopher Allen, Chris Messina, Bart Decrem, whurley (William Hurley), and Blake Burris.

iPhoneDevCamp is not affiliated with Apple, Inc.

It's Official

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:29:14 PDT

I've moved over to the Google servers for my blog:

Official.dom.net

This is so that I can take advantage of the ever-increasing hotness of Blogger 2.0.

If you are looking for my blog-only feed, check here:

http://official.dom.net/atom.xml

So there you have it.

Leo Sagolla

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:35:04 PDT

We have a son!

Everyone, meet Leo;
Kid, this is everyone.

In this picture, the boy is one month old, laying on his grandmother's quilt.

Leo has a shortcode: 13o.org.

He's just smurfy, thanks!

For Which I Stand

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:50:52 PST

Here are a few things for which I stand:

I stand against:

Greed
Bullshit
Ignorance

Just so we're clear.

XO Hack-a-Thon

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:15:00 PST

Got an XO?

Let's get it together!

XO Dev Camp

Visit this group

Give One, Get One

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:17:57 PST

The Give 1 Get 1 promotion ends today.

You should go for it!

Because OLPC the Real Deal.
Because it'll help someone you'll never meet.
Because it will change the way you think.
Because, trust me.
Because the XO is entirely Open Source.
Because the support is incredible.
Because it's instant 1337.
Because it will teach you things.
Because Nicholas is right.
Because Seymour is right.

But mostly, because you're going to want mine - and by then it'll be too late!

2007 Retrospective

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:15:04 PST

I can be pretty tough on myself.

Every year about this time, I get bummed out, thinking about what I haven't yet achieved in my life.

Well, this year, I'm going to nip that in the bud by listing all of the things I did do this year:

Hmm, that's not a bad list.

Ok, I feel better now.

My Local Break

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:24:53 PST

It's just a draft - set to some silly music that was handy.

I wanted to share what it's like where I surf.

More on the way!

10 Rules for Twitter

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:25:00 PST

I've posted to Twitter almost 1400 times, and have come up with a few rules for myself, a "style" if you will:

Be Unique.
Try to be Descriptive or Declarative.
Limit yourself to one sentence only.
Avoid "right now" or other superfluous speech.
Avoid repetition.
Avoid all caps.
Links are nice.
Use @reply to provide context only - "D" instead of @reply for one-off conversations.
Don't hate, appreciate!
Stop and think about the words you are using, and who will be reading them.

I actually find #3 to be the most difficult one to follow, and #10 to be the most valuable. Again, these are just my own personal rules for me.

Must Twitter better!

Recently Played

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:18:56 PST

Created using iTunes Signature Maker (just like last time):

Key:
Title
Artist
Album
Starting At
Ending At

If You're Going To San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)
Scott McKenzie

0:00.0
0:05.2

Why Should I Cry For You? (extended mix)
Sting
Why Should I Cry For You? (Single)
4:22.8
4:26.0

Mad World (Remix)
Gary Jules
Donnie Darko
2:32.0
2:36.6

Jessica
The Allman Brothers Band
A Decade Of Hits 1969-1979
2:19.6
2:23.0

Tupac & Dr Dre - California love

1:10.5
1:14.9

Travelling Riverside Blues
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin [Disc 1]
5:00.6
5:03.6

Clocks
Coldplay
Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba
0:16.8
0:22.4

Friends
Joe Satriani
The Extremist
3:21.9
3:25.5

Surfing With The Alien
Joe Satriani
Surfing With The Alien
4:00.4
4:04.4

Reckoner
Radiohead
In Rainbows
4:35.6
4:37.8

Johnny Appleseed
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros

0:35.0
0:40.0

Exodus Honey
Honeycut
The Day I Turned To Glass
0:00.0
0:03.8

Special Thanks
Dominic Sagolla
Home Again
0:00.0
0:02.8

Banana Pancakes
Jack Johnson
KFOG Live From The Archives 13
2:55.4
2:57.8

Untitled
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
KFOG Live From The Archives 14
3:17.9
3:20.5

Dominic Sagolla - Rock Yourself to Sleep (loop)
Dominic Sagolla - Music
0:04.2
0:08.4

Keep On Growing
Derek & The Dominos
Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
0:00.0
0:05.8

Surfer Girl
Beach Boys
1:12.1
1:16.9

Let It Die
Foo Fighters
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Gr
0:48.7
0:54.1

Pressure Suit
Aqualung
Memory Man
4:18.5
4:24.5

Fun!

Addicted to Apple

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:30:25 PST

95%

I think I didn't get the A+
because I wasn't taking the test on my iPhone.

Standing Wish List

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:21:31 PST

I'm building a Standing Wish List.
Just, you know, in case.

This site is Green

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:41:57 PST

Thanks, Dreamhost!

How to Master the Short Form

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:21:33 PST

Become a modern-day Hemmingway:

Live an interesting life. Each day = thousands of words.
Take pictures. Each one = ~1000 words.
Start blogging. Each hyperlink = ~100 words.
Get into Twitter. Each post = ~10 words.
Write fewer words more often. Each haiku = less than 10 words.

Pretty soon you'll find yourself thinking in short, finely-crafted phrases perfect for script, poem, or list publication.

Just remember the words of the great Jack Dorsey, "One could change the world with one hundred and forty characters."

On Top of the Bay Bridge

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:51:25 PDT

signal light
Originally uploaded by unaesthetic

No, I didn't take this (I wish), but it is completely rad nonetheless.

See the whole set on Flickr.

Rad.

There's our house.

Microconsulting

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:04:01 PDT

For you, I have a tiny consulting service:

Wis.dom.net

$4.99 for 140 characters or less.

Made with TextMarks.

See also, the Blog.

Think small.

Get wise.

iPhoneDevCamp at Adobe SF

weblog@dom.net (Dominic Sagolla) — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:41:36 PDT

It all started with a twitter.

Open source evangelist Chris Messina asked the world where to host iPhoneDevCamp from July 6th-8th. I wrote back, "What about Adobe?"

Adobe loves Web developers!

Chris introduced me to BarCamp organizer Raven Zachary, and we managed to book the entire Town Hall at Adobe San Francisco (site of ApolloCamp). Now we have room for hundreds of people, with Guest WiFi and everything.

Everyone here is excited about having folks over for a long weekend of coding and sharing ideas. Because iPhone hasn't been released yet, I put together this FAQ to help answer questions about the event.

Personally, I'm just excited to attend, but now I really must get my hands on one of those phones before July 6th!