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.
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SUPER CONGRATS!
Go Jeffrey Go!
Congrats, yo
Really can’t wait to see what comes next with you on the team!
Congrats!
No way! Rad!
Staying tuned.
We’ll miss you in Denver/Boulder.
Congrats Jeffery! Well deserved!
Congratulations Jeffrey and welcome to San Francisco!
Nice work Jeff, looking forward to a make over, they need it IMHO.
Good luck bud.
Thanks everyone! :) I’m so excited to get going!
Congrats Jeffrey!
props dude!
Nice work, Jeffrey! Can’t wait to see what’s coming.
Good shit! Congrats man!
holy crap!!! diggin it!!! congrats, can’t wait to see how you evolve it! big fan of both!
look at you!
CONGRATS!
Congratulations!
with you an MVH, i think we have too many TechStars mentors from Digg now. NOT. Awesome – good luck there!
Dude!! That’s awesome news. Well done :)
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!
Congratulations, Jeffrey!
WOW! Way to go son!
YaY! Does this mean your moving to SF?
Patti, yep! Movers are coming tomorrow at 9:30am!
This is awesome news! Excited to see where Digg is headed with you on board!
Congrats man!!!!
Cheers man! Kooking forward to the next Chapter of DIGG.
Erm… “Looking” Haha.
Congrats Jeffrey!! Can’t wait to hear details about the projects you’re working on!! Good luck!!
Congrats dude! Great Job!
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