Ping... Pong

As my co-founder Isaac recently pointed out, "Even Apple has its failures" and one of those is Ping, the music social network Apple is pulling as of September 30th.  (If you haven't heard of, or never used, Ping, that's probably part of the reason why).

Apple is a tremendous company that I respect greatly.  It's a good lesson that even the most valuable company in the world can't do everything well.  There's something magical about maniacal focus.

First Look at the New SOMAcentral Startup Space in San Francisco

As you've probably figured out, I do what I can to help entrepreneurs get great press, work as efficiently as possible, raise angel funding, find great, startup-friendly space to work in the city, and generally be as successful as possible.  Three years ago, I reviewed a new space called SOMAcentral, which then also grew to encompass a location at One Market street.  I also previously reviewed a new spot called Startup HQ.

My startup, Socialize, decided to take space at SOMAcentral on Townsend st, in SOMA by the AT&T Ballpark. We've really enjoyed the vibrancy of being on a floor with 40 other startup companies.  

Starting March 1st, SOMAcentral will be moving down the street to 450 Townsend, a new location even closer to Caltrain.  Today, I got a first-look tour of that new spot, which is still being built out.  Here are pictures and videos from that visit.