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more about #kevinrose more comments → Conchie Birdie: I guess it's a little more creative than this... #thisthinglookslikethatthing more » phlox✔: I'm pretty sure that "riding Tony Hawk's tunnel" and "riding Tony Hawk's half-pipe" are two distinctly different experiences. #wereadtwittersoyoudonth... more » BlinkyMcChuck: It's a giant crazytown chatroom. more » FaceMelter: Whoa. Touré needs to chill. more » BBooms: Please let the numbers keep dropping. I am more than ready for twitter to die. more » Nic Fit: Does anyone use Twitter beside self-important/obscure media types? To their credit, one generally leaves one's Blackberry charging in the beach house... more » raincoaster: My friend scored the BESTEST Facebook namerush name: [facebook.com] and just in case it gets shortened that's right, her custom Facebook URL is "Vanit... more » El Matardillo: Since you're reading Twitter so that we don't have to, would you mind terribly reading it to just yourself? more » ClockOnTheStove: Amazon's reviews can be wickedly entertaining as well. Case in point, Looking For - Best of David Hasselhoff: [www.amazon.com] (Be prepared to waste ... more » rudeboy7969: Too bad Frangry wasn't there more » MrInBetween: My favorite moment from SXSW (from 1000 miles away, of course) was the crashing of wi-fi at the Hilton (and a few other places) over the weekend. Thes... more » notyoutool: "Open Caption" replaces "Caption Contest"? C'mon are the budget cuts so bad that you can't be bothered to read comments and pick the best one? Grant... more » emnem: Yay, caption contests! I have missed these. But Owen et al, shouldn't the tag/category say "caption contest" not "open caption", so the caption contes... more » Figaro: Who's the girl in blue jacket? [cache.gawker.com] more » El Matardillo: Julia's next vibe will totally be the "Obama Fingers" model. more » -
#kevinrose
From Poster Boy to Fright-Night Costume
BusinessWeek made Kevin Rose a Web 2.0 poster-boy when its cover proclaimed he had "made $60 million," in completely imaginary money. Three years later, that bubble long gone, his picture makes the perfect ironic Halloween costume. More » -
#twitterati
Kevin Rose Rides Tony Hawk's Special Tunnel
Verena von Pfetten found Levi Johnston "adorable;" Susan Orlean fell in love with a bird; and Kevin Rose rode a symbol of Tony Hawk's prowess; The Twitterati were crushing hard. More » -
#slackers
Twitter Slammed by Summer Doldrums
Lately it seems like everyone on Twitter is dropping the ball. Too little chatter and too much "living" of "lives." So we ran a very scientific survey and discovered that, yes, basically everyone missed their numbers this month. The shamed: More » -
#twitterati
Kindle Thief Tortures Owner with Crappy Book Buys
The Twitterati ended the week punchy: Kevin Rose was plundering sofware; Anil Dash gleefully promoted the term "Facesquatting" and Mark Glaser lost his Kindle to a teenaged girl. More » -
#twitterati
No Cursing at Yahoo Corporate, Except for Carol Bartz
The Twitterati went on vacation: Kevin Rose visited his exclusive happy place; Xeni Jardin was in Gautemala; and an AFP reporter set off for Paris. More » -
#armchairgeneral
Why Amazon.com Should Buy Digg
Digg needs to sell itself. Kevin Rose's headline-voting site is drowning; the more popular it gets, the more red ink it generates. But who needs a bunch of news stories rated? Here's an idea: Amazon.com. More » -
#partyreport
SXSW, the Conference for Julia Allison and Other People Lacking Real Jobs
What recession? More than 10,000 revelers are expected for this year's SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, Texas this week. With no real work at hand, they're hitting the parties hard — especially the unofficial ones. More » -
#opencaption
Digg Founder Kevin Rose Meets Platonic Ideal of Digg User
Kevin Rose, founder of the Web headline-voting service Digg, meets a fan Saturday after a live Diggnation taping at the South By Southwest conference in Austin, Texas. -
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#anniversaries
The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
Dear important scientist Tim Berners-Lee: Thank you for inventing the World Wide Web 20 years ago. It's really great and stuff! But were you aware of the crimes committed in your name? More » -
#twitterati
The Twitterati Are All Over the Place
Are all the Twitterers headed to the SXSW festival, like Digg's Kevin Rose? Actually, no! Here's where Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin, Salon.com edi-bore Joan Walsh, and Politico's Patrick Gavin recorded their time-wasting thoughts: More » -
#diggnation
After Jimmy Fallon, Is Kevin Rose's Buddy Act Over?
Did you hear? Digg founder Kevin Rose was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Wednesday. As was Rose's forgettable Diggnation cohost — what's his name? Ah, yes — Alex Albrecht, who we hear wants out. More » -
#geeklove
Breaking Up with Julia Allison Is a Good Way to Make Money
Pranky videogame designer Charles Forman has scored another $5 million for his startup, OMGpop. We're beginning to see a pattern here! More » -
#fieldguide
Shira Lazar, Kevin Rose's Latest Fling
Having famously "plowed through" San Francisco's eligible bachelorettes, Digg founder Kevin Rose went L.A. for his most recent paramour, Shira Lazar. Who is this Web-video wannabe with links to Dov Charney and Julia Allison? More » -
#blackholes
Why Reality Will Bury Digg's Profit Dreams
Digg, the raucous online news-rating site, has laid off 8 people from its 75-person workforce. CEO Jay Adelson writes that the company will "aggressively focus on reaching profitability within the year." There's no way. More » -
#twitter
Digg's Kevin Rose in Steve Jobs Health Panic
Is Kevin Rose, the celebritard-wooing founder of Digg, deeply concerned about Apple CEO Steve Jobs's wellbeing? Only for as long as it takes him to log onto his broker and unload his position in AAPL. -
#kevinrose
Digg Founder Wants to Date Jennifer Aniston
Kevin Rose, the boyish founder of Digg, a testosterone-soaked news-discussion site, has resolved to "date someone seriously" in 2009. Specifically, he plans to woo Marley & Me star Jennifer Aniston. -
#blackholes
It Costs Digg $5 Million a Year to Run the Internet
Perhaps Digg really is the future of the news business. The headline-discussion site, once an icon of the Web 2.0 movement, is losing millions of dollars a year.
