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  • Caterina Fake

    Echoing the optimism of early Nineties web culture, Flickr sprung onto the scene in 2004 and became the defining Web 2.0 app. Christian Hall caught up with co-founder Caterina Fake and discovered what the future holds for Flickr
    By Christian Hall on

  • Kristopher Tate

    Photosharing site Zooomr cooked up a storm on the web. Yet, while its features are impressive, the age of its creator is all the more remarkable. Oliver Lindberg hooks up with Kristopher Tate to find out what it’s like to be a teen entrepreneur
    By Oliver Lindberg on

  • Philip Rosedale

    Virtual 3D world Second Life recently reached one million sign-ups, and its economy is growing faster than some real countries. Oliver Lindberg talked to its founder, Philip Rosedale, and discovered his vision of a world where everybody has a second life
    By Oliver Lindberg on | 1 comment

  • StumbleUpon's Garrett Camp

    Navigating the internet is a tough task, even with a search engine. That’s why Garrett Camp and his colleagues set up StumbleUpon.com, a more sociable way to find new sites
    By Tom May on

  • Kevin Rose

    Digg is the world’s most popular user-generated news site. A recent revolt showed that it really is run by its community. Founder Kevin Rose tells Oliver Lindberg how he experienced the most turbulent day in Digg’s history, and what his users want him to do next
    By Oliver Lindberg on

  • Chad Hurley and Steve Chen

    Since the acquisition by Google, YouTube’s founders have kept a low profile. Now they’re back. In an exclusive interview, .net’s Oliver Lindberg talks to Steve Chen and Chad Hurley about the past, present and future of the world’s biggest video-sharing site
    By Oliver Lindberg on

  • Jack Dorsey

    Frequent downtimes recently sparked an intense online debate about the flaws of popular micro-blogging service Twitter. Oliver Lindberg catches up with its CEO and co-founder, Jack Dorsey, to discuss the company’s plans to make it more stable
    By Oliver Lindberg on

  • OpenID creator David Recordon

    Six Apart’s David Recordon co-invented OpenID, which enables you to sign in to thousands of online services with the same digital identity. He talks to Oliver Lindberg about its latest developments
    By Oliver Lindberg on

  • Media Temple: Chris Lea

    Media Temple is arguably the most popular hosting company for digital creatives. Oliver Lindberg talks to Chris Lea, lead architect on social network Virb, which Media Temple acquired about a year ago
    By Oliver Lindberg on

  • Jake Nickell

    Threadless uses the power of crowdsourcing to sell more than 100,000 T-shirts a month. Company founder Jake Nickell talks to Oliver Lindberg about how he turned a simple hobby into a multimillion dollar business empire
    By Oliver Lindberg on

  • Pete Cashmore

    Launched from Pete Cashmore’s home in 2005, Mashable now gets 5m page views a month and is poised to overtake TechCrunch. He talks to Oliver Lindberg about redesigns, micro-content and joining the social conversation
    By Oliver Lindberg on

  • Thomas Fearn

    OOiZiT.com is a social networking site for up-and-coming musicians looking to launch their careers. Founder Thomas Fearn reveals how it works, and why he thinks it can take on MySpace
    By Tom May on

  • Brad Smith

    In August, former “MySpace killer” Virb relaunched as a slick website builder and host. Oliver Lindberg talks to co-founder and CEO Brad Smith about the change of direction and future developments
    By Oliver Lindberg on

  • David Kaneda

    Mobile apps can now be built with web standards. David Kaneda, creative director at Sencha, explains the benefits of Sencha Touch, a new framework for developing apps that feel native
    By Oliver Lindberg on

  • Tim Van Damme

    Belgian star designer Tim Van Damme has joined Gowalla full time. While at SXSW, Oliver Lindberg caught up with him in his new adopted home in Austin, Texas
    By Oliver Lindberg on | 1 comment

  • Flipboard's Mike McCue

    Mike McCue, CEO of news and social media aggregator Flipboard, talks to Tom May to explain how he's working to make digital content beautiful and relevant to the real-time web
    By Tom May on

  • Rich Thornett on Dribbble

    Dribbble co-creator and developer Rich Thornett answers your questions on the invite-only policy, private shots, community policing, the site’s core design principles, how it got its name and whether it's making any money
    By Tanya Combrinck on | 1 comment

  • Graham Linehan on Twitter

    Graham Linehan, comedy writer and creator of The IT Crowd, Black Books and Father Ted, is an avid Twitterer. Here he talks to Craig Grannell on his love for the service and what it got wrong
    By Craig Grannell on | 2 comments

  • Ben Goldacre on Nerdy Day Trips

    Bad Science author Ben Goldacre has a passion for abandoned nuclear bunkers and decrepit, disused railway stations. He tells Tanya Combrinck about his new site, nerdydaytrips.com, which plots them all on a map with other nerdy points of interest
    By Tanya Combrinck on | 1 comment

  • Dee Kim on ProjectGoodCry.com

    Dee Kim and Bistin Chen have created a Chrome extension that installs an “I cried” button on YouTube and collected the videos with the most cries. Dee tells us all about projectgoodcry.com
    By Tanya Combrinck on
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