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Jay Adelson Steps Down as CEO of Digg.com

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

In a recent blog post entitled simply “Update from Jay”, it has been officially announced that Jay Adelson will be stepping down as Digg’s CEO after 5 prosperous and amazing years. Jay has done an amazing job as CEO, and I firmly believe Digg wouldn’t hold it’s current success status today if it wasn’t for his ideas and inspiration.

Why Digg's New Ad System is Gaining Popularity

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Digg has always been an extremely innovative company. Launching into the social news bit in 2004, the site has grown immensely popular with monthly pageviews in the tens of millions. Digg’s popularity has allowed for a counter-culture of internet users to become Diggers, voting on the best stories to hit the front page and sent traffic spikes to interesting and useful blogs.

New Digg-Clone Thuhm Updates Design and Added Features

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

I had written a Review for Thuhm a while back, and have to say I still love the app. It’s a brand new social news website for sharing all kinds of news, and it combines the best features of Reddit and Digg together.

Although still just breaking off the ground, Thuhm has a lot to offer it’s readers. Recently there had been a post mentioning new updates on the site, including a new front page design and the addition of categories.

Why Digg.com is heading for a Major Pitfall

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

I remember a time when Digg used to roam wild in the Social News kingdom. It was the force to be reckoned with when it came to internet marketing - everybody needed to hit the front page to gain some traffic to their site. I’m sure tons of blogs have built their popularity off of Digg’s massive traffic influx, but there are many signs pointing towards this site closing the lid.

New Digg-Themed Social News and Media Website Thuhm

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Digg has become the popular site for internet marketers and bloggers to aspire to. Digg used to be a popular tech website, where tech enthusiasts and internet lovers could gather to share links. Whichever links got the most “diggs” would hit the front page, generally to recieve a surge of traffic.

Interview with a Digg.com Software Engineer Kurt Wilms

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

As a web designer myself, I have found that other web designers I talk to always have favorite websites they go to for inspiration. Not saying they want to copy a specific website, but there are just some site’s that “stick” and really inspire you to create web designs.

Collection of Photos from Digg's Office in San Francisco

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Digg is undoubtedly the most popular social news website on the internet. Hell, it sort of invented the social news genre itself! Digg has been a huge inspiration to me as a designer and developer, and I have learned so much through Digg’s progression over the years.

Kevin Rose's Failed Microblogging Platform: Where Pownce went Wrong

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

When Pownce first launched in the summer of 2007, I thought it would revolutionize how I communicated and shared stuff with my friends! By the way Kevin Rose had hyped it, you could share any type of file (music, video, .zip archive), share notes, share photos, really anything you wanted to with your friends! This was an application that was desperately needed on the web, and to this day I still claim there needs to be something to fill the void.