Interview With Kevin Rose — See this is why I just can’t…

April 20th, 2009

Interview With Kevin Rose — See this is why I just can’t seem to unsubscribe to Techcrunch. The man knows how to conduct an interview. Lots of good info in here and lots of crafty prodding for information… specifically that Digg’s first round of financing was $2.8 million on a $5.2 million pre-money valuation? That’s a lot of the company to give up right off the bat. Anyway, Digg’s a good group of guys. I root for them to keep succeeding.

Like this entry? You can follow me on Twitter here, subscribe via email here, or get the RSS feed if that's how you roll.

4 Responses:

michael arrington says:
why would you even consider unsubscribing from techcrunch!? :-)
#1 - April 21st, 2009 at 7:38 am
Matt Hoult says:
I found Michael a little annoying in parts, but overall a good interview. I think Kevin fended him off well for a while, but then knew to draw the line before he got annoyed himself.
I’m pretty interested to see where Digg is going and I think the diggbar was a great start to an exciting future. Good luck guys!
#2 - April 21st, 2009 at 10:16 am
Reed says:
I think the diggbar is pretty gross:
http://daringfireball.net/2009/04/how_to_block_the_diggbar
#3 - April 22nd, 2009 at 2:15 am
Matt Hoult says:
@reed Digg updated the DiggBar yesterday and in doing so has addressed most, if not all the issues people have had with it. Check out the story here: http://blog.digg.com/?p=692
Anything else you’d like to see changed or just don’t like? I am really enjoying it personally. I find myself using Digg more, finding more cool stuff online and interacting with the community more. I also share loads more links with my friends so everyone’s a winner.
#4 - April 22nd, 2009 at 3:58 am

Leave a Reply:

Shared

Solitude and Leadership:

Multitasking, in short, is not only not thinking, it impairs your ability to think.Thinking means concentrating on one thing long enough to develop an idea about it. Not learning other people’s ideas, or memorizing a body of information…

Takes a little while to get going, but overall a great article about the virtues of seeking solitude from distractions in order to develop your own original thoughts.

“I think you’ve got a pretty good imagination, despicability-wise!”

“Look Around You - Computer Games”

Can’t believe I hadn’t heard of this BBC series before. Brilliant. Make sure to watch them all. (via daringfireball)

10 New Year’s resolutions for designers:

Do you think Chelsea Clinton asks herself if her mom would understand something complex? No. Because her mom is a badass.

How Doctors Die:

If there is a state of the art of end-of-life care, it is this: death with dignity.

This is the most concise, easily understood article on the perils of end-of-like care in the United States I’ve ever read. It is a must-read, and frankly, a must-heed, in my opinion. (via kottke)

Lost Type Co-op | Browse Fonts:

A nice collection of pay-what-you-will typefaces from Tyler Galpin and Riley Cran.

How to interview a designer with the perfect design exercise:

These sorts of tests are common for engineering hires, but it’s nice to see an example of a good design-oriented one.

Jessica Hische's Lovely Blog:

Embarrassed I had never seen this until today. Lovely work all around. (via drawar)

This recently unearthed video of Steve Jobs at work during the early days of NeXT is a remarkable look inside how he ran meetings, how he created culture at his startups, and how others — like Joanna Hoffman around the 11 minute mark — called B.S. on his reality distortion field. It’s also remarkable in that it reveals Jobs to be a man who picks carrots in pressed work shirts.

Paper Birds by Diana Beltran Herrera

View.js — A simple, lightweight, jQuery photo viewer for the web

The Republican Clown College by WMxdesign. These are so great. Make sure to check out the whole set.

BuiltWith: Web Technology Usage Statistics:

Sometimes when you are deciding on technologies to use on a new site (e.g. jQuery vs. YUI or MS SQL vs. MySQL) it’s instructive to examine what everyone else is doing. BuiltWith has an incredible amount of trending data to help you out in that regard. Very, very cool.

A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design:

Lots of good thinking here. No solutions, but a nice reminder that two-dimensional touch interfaces are transitional, not permanent.