Matt Van Horn

I am excited to announce that my first angel investment,...

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:03:35 -0800

I am excited to announce that my first angel investment, Karma has just launched! Congrats to Ben and Lee! I am confident that Karma will change the gifting space forever.

Congrats to the Notehall team on being acquired by Chegg! Super...

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:12:22 -0700

Congrats to the Notehall team on being acquired by Chegg! Super exciting. Congrats Justin, Sean, D.J. and Fadi!

Path launch video! Incredible work on this, Danny Trinh &...

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:40:59 -0800

Path launch video! Incredible work on this, Danny Trinh & The Producer’s Loft!

Thank you and goodbye, Digg. Hello Path.

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:19:00 -0700

When I graduated college in 2006, it was a crazy dream to move to the bay area and join a tech start-up. So I took it upon myself to stalk Kevin and crew repeatedly until they created a position for me. It’s now been more than three years since I started at Digg and I have learned so much and am so grateful for the chance that everyone took in bringing me on board. It has been the opportunity of a lifetime and I am excited for what the future has in store for Digg and will continue to support it in any way I can.

But I am starting a new chapter in my career September 13th. I am am joining up with Dave Morin, Shawn Fanning and Dustin Mierau on a new stealthish project called Path. I used to work with Dave at Apple and I’m excited to be working with him on this new project. We haven’t announced what we’re doing yet, but it’s going to start on the iPhone - you can sign up for more information at Path.com.

Congrats to Logan, John and the whole Zimride team on the $1.2m...

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:04:09 -0700

Congrats to Logan, John and the whole Zimride team on the $1.2m seed funding announcement. I’m so excited for the future of Zimride. Also, they iced their board in the first board meeting.

I proposed to Lauren live on Qik via Foursquare check-in which went to Twitter & Facebook!

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:52:00 -0700

Background

I told Lauren I was in New Orleans this weekend and I faked flying there and slept at the apartment of @hestonl Friday night. So she had no idea I was in town to propose on Saturday.

Then I had @afox lure Lauren to our favorite spot overlooking the whole city, Bernal Hill. Amy told Lauren that she was meeting a dog owner to look at a dog she might want to adopt. Waiting at the top of the hill I was hiding behind some rocks waiting to pop-out and get on one knee.

Digital geekiness

So I had @hutchins hiding with me behind the rock with his iPhone live streaming the proposal and he also had a camera taking photos. I had sent out the link 30 minutes earlier to both our families, so they were watching live.

Once I got the signal that she was there, I checked into Bernal Heights Park via Foursquare which shouted the URL to the live stream on Qik, which automatically synced to my Twitter and Facebook accounts. I knew Lauren received my tweets via text message on her phone, so I asked her to turn around as I proposed!

Also @ubercab was waiting for us with a Mercedes town car that took us around the whole night! He took us home to drop things off, then we headed to Fisherman’s Wharf where we ate crab for dinner.

I am so happy and so lucky. Thank you everyone who helped! I LOVE YOU LAUREN

You can watch the video that went out live of me proposing, below:

I sat down with Grant Hill and asked him questions from the Digg...

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:58:59 -0700

I sat down with Grant Hill and asked him questions from the Digg community in a recent Digg Dialogg

Talking about the Digg iPhone app on NBC San Diego via Skype at...

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:55:55 -0700

Talking about the Digg iPhone app on NBC San Diego via Skype at 6 am from my apartment

“How Digg dealt with Facebook, according to...

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:07:00 -0800

“How Digg dealt with Facebook, according to Digg” Interview I did at Internet Summit with Jim Tobin.

I am now a contributor to TheDailyBeast's Buzz Board. Check out my first entry about GroupOn.com

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:38:41 -0800

I am now a contributor to TheDailyBeast's Buzz Board. Check out my first entry about GroupOn.com

Notehall killed it on ABC’s “Shark Tank” this...

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:28:00 -0700

Notehall killed it on ABC’s “Shark Tank” this week, congratulations!

Excited to announce the next Digg Dialogg with Bruno! Click the...

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:15:17 -0700

Excited to announce the next Digg Dialogg with Bruno! Click the image to check out the questions and the video once it is posted.

How I taught my mom Twitter

Sat, 02 May 2009 20:10:00 -0700

After watching my mom and others struggle to find the initial value in Twitter, I have come up with some pointers on gaining the most value when first joining.

1. Sync up Twitter messages with Facebook Status

Most my friends seem to be accustomed to updating their Facebook status, so I recommend they get in the habit of updating their Facebook status only with Twitter. This way you can publish to your Facebook friends as well as your new Twitter friends with ease.

Twitter Facebook App
(Enter your name/pw then click the sync Twitter to facebook checkbox)

2. Turn on Twitter mobile

Two key benefits here.

Send tweets from text message
Text message alerts from those you care about most

I keep my family, girlfriend and boss on text message so I see everything they ever tweet.

My parents could never log into Twitter again, yet they get every update my sister and I send via text message.

Twitter.com/devices

3. Follow interesting Twitter profiles

Find a few people or accounts that are interesting to you. Think of your favorite author or music artist, there’s a good chance they have a Twitter account. I usually recommend:

Shaquille O’Neal @the_real_shaq
Ashton Kutcher @aplusk
Breaking News @breakingnews
Hot stories with 2000 Diggs @digg_2000

I’m proud to say my immediate family is now on Twitter! @dabootysmackmom @lizzlerizzle @ekelly911

WPBA Conference in South Korea

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:29:17 -0800

WPBA Conference in South Korea:

I found it ironic that I am speaking at the World Professional Blogger Conference and I’ve never written a personal blog post. So here is my first.

"There is no teacher but the enemy."

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:30:43 -0700

““There is no teacher but the enemy.””

- Mazer Rackham, Ender’s Game