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I recall, circa 2007, people were enamored of some the visualization tools that were coming out of Digg Labs. Most of the designers that I respected also respec
by lkrubner 16y ago
I recall, circa 2007, people were enamored of some the visualization tools that were coming out of Digg Labs. Most of the designers that I respected also respected the work being done at Digg, and I was often asked if I thought some of their visualization tools might become interfaces for data sources other than Digg.
From this, I inferred that Digg wanted to be an idea lab, a kind of innovation factory, sort of like Google, constantly coming up with new ideas and services. So they staffed up in the hopes of becoming that kind of company. But they failed to pull it off.
- synack 16y agoThose visualizations were built by Stamen Design, a company that still creates really cool stuff today. http://stamen.com/ http://stamen.com/
- elblanco 16y agoI always thought the stuff they made for dig was really great looking, but darned if I could ever find any utility in any of them.
- tieTYT 16y agoI just started my own blog and was asking a coworker how I could get it noticed. He suggested reddit. "That's a good idea. And Digg, too, huh?" "Don't even bother with Digg," he said, "There's no chance your article will get on the front page". "Well, it's worth a shot," I replied. He seemed to disagree. So, being the stubborn guy I am, I decided to post on both. Every time I post on reddit, I get at least 100 views from it. I've yet to notice a single view from posting on Digg. I don't really know what my point is. I guess this anecdote is another reason they're in trouble. If I have an interesting post (subjective), posting it on Digg will now be an afterthought to me.