Joining Digg!

Well, so much for taking a bunch of time off before I went onto my next gig! For those keeping score, the announcement of me leaving Threadless was 4 weeks ago to the day. However, when something that’s difficult to pass up comes your way, it’s always a good idea to reassess your plans. In this case, a bit of serendipity was involved, and I have my friend Joe Stump and my new friend Daniel Burka to thank for that.

I couldn’t be more excited about my new role as director of design and user experience, though I have big shoes to fill. Daniel has done such an amazing job in his time as creative director Digg, so I’ll be striving to keep the same level of excellent design as I work to build a team that scales with Digg’s growth.

I don’t want to get into the nuts and bolts of what’s to come, but when the time is right, I’ll be posting about it on here. I’ll also be using this blog to give snapshots and explanation of design-in-progress, so stay tuned.

Huge thanks to Jay, Kevin, Daniel and the rest of the Digg family for this tremendous opportunity, and best of luck to Daniel as he begins work on his exciting new project with Cal Henderson and Stewart Butterfield.

32 Comments

  1. Sep 16 2009
    Chuck Anderson

    SUPER CONGRATS!

  2. Sep 16 2009
    Jim Coudal

    Go Jeffrey Go!

  3. Sep 16 2009
    Justin Cox

    Congrats, yo

  4. Sep 16 2009
    Patrick Algrim

    Really can’t wait to see what comes next with you on the team!

  5. Sep 16 2009
    jake nickell

    Congrats!

  6. Sep 16 2009
    Justin

    No way! Rad!

  7. Sep 16 2009
    Matt Matteson

    Staying tuned.

    We’ll miss you in Denver/Boulder.

  8. Sep 16 2009
    Ed Rock

    Congrats Jeffery! Well deserved!

  9. Sep 16 2009
    Scott Beale

    Congratulations Jeffrey and welcome to San Francisco!

  10. Sep 16 2009
    Ryan Graves

    Nice work Jeff, looking forward to a make over, they need it IMHO.

    Good luck bud.

  11. Sep 16 2009
    Jeffrey

    Thanks everyone! :) I’m so excited to get going!

  12. Sep 16 2009
    Cam

    Congrats Jeffrey!

  13. Sep 16 2009
    J. Millington

    props dude!

  14. Sep 16 2009
    Brian Wetjen

    Nice work, Jeffrey! Can’t wait to see what’s coming.

  15. Sep 16 2009
    Marc Needham

    Good shit! Congrats man!

  16. Sep 16 2009
    Carlos Manalo

    holy crap!!! diggin it!!! congrats, can’t wait to see how you evolve it! big fan of both!

  17. Sep 16 2009
    FWMJ

    look at you!

  18. Sep 16 2009
    Andrew Mager

    CONGRATS!

  19. Sep 16 2009
    Jacques Marneweck

    Congratulations!

  20. Sep 16 2009
    David Cohen

    with you an MVH, i think we have too many TechStars mentors from Digg now. NOT. Awesome – good luck there!

  21. Sep 16 2009
    Ryan Carson

    Dude!! That’s awesome news. Well done :)

  22. Sep 16 2009
    Rannell

    whoa dude, just saw this on the digg blog via popurls. I was like “where have I heard this name before?” and then I put two and 2 together. congrats man!

  23. Sep 16 2009
    Tom Ryan

    Congratulations, Jeffrey!

  24. Sep 16 2009
    Liz

    WOW! Way to go son!

  25. Sep 16 2009
    Patti Roll

    YaY! Does this mean your moving to SF?

  26. Sep 16 2009
    Jeffrey

    Patti, yep! Movers are coming tomorrow at 9:30am!

  27. Sep 16 2009
    Coty

    This is awesome news! Excited to see where Digg is headed with you on board!

  28. Sep 16 2009
    AJ Vaynerchuk

    Congrats man!!!!

  29. Sep 16 2009
    M W M

    Cheers man! Kooking forward to the next Chapter of DIGG.

  30. Sep 16 2009
    M W M

    Erm… “Looking” Haha.

  31. Sep 17 2009
    Alan

    Congrats Jeffrey!! Can’t wait to hear details about the projects you’re working on!! Good luck!!

  32. Sep 18 2009
    Nicholas Scimeca

    Congrats dude! Great Job!

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