Inspired By Japanese Food, Bit.ly Gets A Slight Redesign

Yahoo isn’t the only site that is undergoing a homepage change. The URL-shortening service Bit.ly did a slight reworking of its main site today as well. And not surprisingly, it’s very Twitter-focused.
The new design is called “Bento Box,” according to a post on the Bit.ly blog. This is named after the containers that Japanese food [...]

Digg’s Kevin Rose Not Pleased With DiggBar Change

Earlier today we reported on a change in how Digg handles URL redirects from its URL shortening service called DiggBar. Users of the service are not happy – links are now sometimes going to Digg’s summary of the story instead of the story itself. The term “Bait and Switch” is being thrown around liberally, and [...]

Chris Anderson’s Free Is Now Available For Free On The Kindle

I put this out on Twitter earlier, and there seemed to be a lot of interest, so I figured I’d publish it here as well. If you have a Kindle, head on over to Amazon to pick up Chris Anderson’s book Free: The Future of a Radical Price, for free. While the regular print edition [...]

BioShock Designer Picked "Zelda" Over Girlfriend [Excuse Me Princess]

The original The Legend of Zelda made quite an impact on BioShock designer Ken Levine — so much so that it cost him his first serious girlfriend.
Levine had just graduated from college and moved to San Francisco. The lady friend was a few years younger than him, and at the end of the summer, [...]