Dave Pell

http://tweetagewasteland.com/

Dave Pell writes Tweetage Wasteland, Confessions of an Internet Superhero. He has created several sites including Addictomatic and has invested in and/or advised more than fifty startups. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and two kids all of whom are significantly more attractive than he is.

My first reaction to most technology is to ask the question: How can this further enable me to go home and watch more television? This philosophy is represented on my home screen by the DirecTV App which allows me to schedule my DVR from anywhere in the world (translation, my couch or my chair) and the unthinkably wonderful NFL Superfan, which allows me to watch any NFL game on my phone. I keep my NFL app on my home screens during the off season to remind myself of the upcoming reward I’ll get for following just enough baseball and NBA action to pass myself off as a dude.

The greatest icon on my home screen belongs to the newly released Splendora SalesCast app that gives me a curated list of the best sales from all the major private/flash sales on the web. The program was created by my wife. And what can I say, the lady gives good icon. I also have an icon that links to my own blog, Tweetage Wasteland. I never really use it, but it took me awhile to make and I’m pretty sure the only folks who have seen it are me and my friend Mordy. So it stays.

GrubHub provides a list of all the restaurants that will deliver food to my current location at that very time. I am an investor in the company and an obsessive eater, so there is a pretty significant indentation in the glass above this icon.

I use NPR Addict to listen to web streams of Terry Gross while joining the off-hour crowds for some buffet-as-sport action at my local Sizzler. I rarely read on my iPhone, but I’ll check out the NYT in a pinch.

Balloonimals is one of my kids’ favorite games. They blow into the microphone to inflate the balloon and then shake it to get a animal shape. My only complaint about the envisioning of this tool is that most really young kids don’t blow, they spit. I’d recommend Balloonimals even more highly if it came with a roll of paper towel.

I keep Google Earth on my home screen because I’ve convinced my son that I can use it to zero in on him and see what he’s doing no matter where he is.

When I double-click the home button, Beyonce brings me a beer.