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Amber MacArthur and Sarah Lane interviewed Kevin Rose during net@night for August 11, and he said he misses the days when Digg was small and they could come up

by troymc 16y ago

Amber MacArthur and Sarah Lane interviewed Kevin Rose during net@night for August 11, and he said he misses the days when Digg was small and they could come up with an idea, and have it live by that night. Now Digg has 40-50 full-time engineers, two data centers, and hundreds of servers. Rose: "It's a big operation. To be honest it's bigger than I'm comfortable with... and I'm very excited to hire a new CEO very soon ... I'm not cut out to be a CEO of this size of company." Inspired by 37signals, he wants his next company to be a small group of 10-15 people "based out of Portland or something... Chillin' in the woods, drinking tea, chopping wood..." Sarah Lane: "Are you still on that Portland thing? ... I've been hearing about that for 10 years." http://twit.tv/natn163 http://twit.tv/natn163

pyre 16y ago
I'm in Portland, and I don't think that "chillin in the woods, driking tea, chopping wood" accurately describes it.
- zacharyz 16y ago
  Hey fellow Portlander, I agree I don't think Rose has seriously been to here if that is what he thinks this place is like. There are certainly places in Oregon like that and you can get to them within an hours drive from Portland. That is one of the things that makes this place so awesome.
  - yesimahuman 16y ago
    Last time I was in Oregon I was shocked at the deforestation along the coast. It was really sad.
- cullenking 16y ago
  Then what else is there? Chillin in a garage, drinkin PBR and working on a fixie? I think the better things to do here in Portland definitely involve things like chilling in the woods and chopping wood.
  - pkghost 16y ago
    Umm, hello? Modest Mouse? Meth? // nostalgic Portland ex-pat
    - pyre 16y ago
      PDX Ignite, PDX Hack-a-thon, OSBridge, OSCon, etc Not to mention all of the bicycling stuff that goes on. Being a vegan, there is an awesome vegan community here, with a potluck almost every weekend. For example: 1. Portland Vegan Iron Chef, for example, went from an idea to an event with a venue that was too small for the number of people that wanted to attend within a matter of a couple of months. SupremeMasterTV even showed up to film it -- not that they are 'mainstream' or anything, but it wasn't just a couple of random people in their garage either. 2. Vegan Convergence went from just an idea that someone was kicking around (the idea that there were a ton of vegans in Portland that he didn't even know -- 'convergence' as in bringing all of the different groups together to expand social circles) to an event in the part w/ 150+ people responding as attending on Facebook (dunno how many actually showed up; there were a lot of people, but people tend to come and go at various times at these types of events). I guess it just depends on the circles that you are in... I'm sure there are some people that describe <insert name of city> as 'sitting in the garage, drinkin some beer' because that's all they do.
      - cullenking 16y ago
        I am a big cyclist (it's my business), and I don't know what other large cities are like, but Portland's bike scene is a disaster. I can't believe the animosity that's been fostered between drivers and bikers, but I went from easily doing 100 miles a week to not wanting to ever get on my bike in about two months. At least a quarter the rides I do involve pretty frightening/stressful situations like being swerved/swore/honked at. Call me thin skinned, but damn these people are nuts. Can't attest to the vegan thing - I am a reformed vegetarian who enjoys a tasty 5th quadrant burger here and there :) Oh, there we go, the beer! I knew I was forgetting my favorite thing about Portland.
        16y ago

by troymc 16y ago

pyre 16y ago

I'm in Portland, and I don't think that "chillin in the woods, driking tea, chopping wood" accurately describes it.

zacharyz 16y ago
Hey fellow Portlander, I agree I don't think Rose has seriously been to here if that is what he thinks this place is like. There are certainly places in Oregon like that and you can get to them within an hours drive from Portland. That is one of the things that makes this place so awesome.
- yesimahuman 16y ago
  Last time I was in Oregon I was shocked at the deforestation along the coast. It was really sad.
cullenking 16y ago
Then what else is there? Chillin in a garage, drinkin PBR and working on a fixie? I think the better things to do here in Portland definitely involve things like chilling in the woods and chopping wood.
- pkghost 16y ago
  Umm, hello? Modest Mouse? Meth? // nostalgic Portland ex-pat
  - pyre 16y ago
    PDX Ignite, PDX Hack-a-thon, OSBridge, OSCon, etc Not to mention all of the bicycling stuff that goes on. Being a vegan, there is an awesome vegan community here, with a potluck almost every weekend. For example: 1. Portland Vegan Iron Chef, for example, went from an idea to an event with a venue that was too small for the number of people that wanted to attend within a matter of a couple of months. SupremeMasterTV even showed up to film it -- not that they are 'mainstream' or anything, but it wasn't just a couple of random people in their garage either. 2. Vegan Convergence went from just an idea that someone was kicking around (the idea that there were a ton of vegans in Portland that he didn't even know -- 'convergence' as in bringing all of the different groups together to expand social circles) to an event in the part w/ 150+ people responding as attending on Facebook (dunno how many actually showed up; there were a lot of people, but people tend to come and go at various times at these types of events). I guess it just depends on the circles that you are in... I'm sure there are some people that describe <insert name of city> as 'sitting in the garage, drinkin some beer' because that's all they do.
    - cullenking 16y ago
      I am a big cyclist (it's my business), and I don't know what other large cities are like, but Portland's bike scene is a disaster. I can't believe the animosity that's been fostered between drivers and bikers, but I went from easily doing 100 miles a week to not wanting to ever get on my bike in about two months. At least a quarter the rides I do involve pretty frightening/stressful situations like being swerved/swore/honked at. Call me thin skinned, but damn these people are nuts. Can't attest to the vegan thing - I am a reformed vegetarian who enjoys a tasty 5th quadrant burger here and there :) Oh, there we go, the beer! I knew I was forgetting my favorite thing about Portland.
      - 16y ago