Nice short interview with Newsvine founder and close personal friend Mike Davidson. Good stuff. Visit site »
A good discussion ensures after Mike asks a simple question: for news organizations, which is better, a blog CMS or an enterprise CMS? My answer? They both suck. Visit site »
I’m a bit behind on this one, having been out of town and largely offline for a couple of weeks, but Mike and his awesome crew at Newsvine (now part of MSNBC) are looking for a PHP/JS/CSS sort of developer to join their team. I’ve known Mike for years and have watched Newsvine grow into something really special, so you know this is a killer position. I’ve met most of the members on the team and am buddies with some of them — they’re really, really good at what they do, and super-nice people. And, the Newsvine office is literally a stone’s thrown from my apartment (you can actually see my building right behind the ‘Vine building in the photo Mike includes), so I can say without question that it’s a great building in a great location right in the middle of everything that’s going on in Seattle. If you’re a PHP/JS guru, you’d be crazy not to be interested in this gig. Visit site »
This one’s been percolating for a while, as Mike was talking about it way back at the Blue Flavor holiday party. The basic question is, “if you could have one business idea from the last ten years as your own, which idea could you most assuredly turn into a success?” It’s easy to just spout off and say, “YouTube!” or “Facebook!” But, even if you had the brilliant ideas of a video-sharing site, could you have really capitalized on it? Do you really have all the resources needed to execute on those kinds of ideas? Doubtful. Mike chooses HotOrNot.com, which is a great choice. Those guys are making boatloads of money on a site I could have built all by myself in a weekend. Interesting stuff to talk about, for sure. Visit site »
This really nice post by Mike on getting into dSLR cameras also has a great comment thread with a lot of useful tips. I’ve often thought about taking the dSLR plunge, but I’m not yet convinced I would actually use one, if I bought it. Anyway, if you’re thinking about buying one and don’t know all the basics, red this thread. Visit site »