The Coming Renaissance of Digg, Yahoo… and flickr?

An interesting thought occurred to me this morning. The news earlier this week was that John Borthwick’s Betaworks was buying the beleaguered  Digg brand. To add a little sizzle, they proclaimed they threw away the source code and started anew intending to release a “rethink” version of the platform in a six week turnaround! Well executed marketing ploy. I … Continue reading →

The Social Network – Movie

Last night I was the happy recipient of an invitation to preview The Social Network. I won’t spoil it for you, but I can say it was much better than I had expected. Here’s a quick overview of characters: Erica Albright – inspirational muse The Winklevie – bad project managers Eduardo Saverin – clueless try-harder … Continue reading →