Kevin Rose on Digg v4

Kevin Rose on TWiT 263: Done Hoeing. Talking about the changes coming to Digg v4. LINK: Youtube

Tesla Coils, Legos, a Cat and an AK-47 - Diggnation

On Diggnation the guys talk about the part tank, part Segway DTV Shredder, a cat who clearly does not give a F%^#, a kid accidentally shoots his dad's AK-47 indoors, awesome Tesla coil Iron Maiden cover by ArcAttack, and Hollywood's racism exposed... by Lego! LINK: Youtube

Ultra Slow-Motion Apollo 11 Launch - Diggnation with Jimmy Fallon

Like a scene from Superman 3, this is an excellent, slow motion high definition video of the Apollo 11 launch. The question is: would you go to space with Richard Branson? The answer is: YES. The next question is: do you get hammered in space or before? LINK: Youtube

Digg CEO Adelson out, Kevin Rose steps up

Update from Jay

Hey all,

Got some news. After five years, forty million users, and an amazing
ride, I've decided to step down as CEO of Digg. With the new Digg
getting ready to launch, Digg Ads doing well, our sales force growing,
our hiring ramping, and the company maturing well beyond its startup
phase, I feel that now is the right time.

The entrepreneurial calling is strong, and I am ready to incubate some
new business ideas over the next twelve months. As the economy exits
a very deep recession, I believe that it is an excellent time for new
companies to develop. Of course, I will continue to serve as an
adviser to Digg. In the interim, Kevin has agreed to step in as
Chairman and CEO.

I'd like to thank Kevin, the Digg staff and the Digg community for
their support, insight and, most of all, their loyalty in turning Digg
into the force that it is today.

-Jay

Update from Kevin:

I want to be the first to thank Jay for the last five years of amazing
work. You've been a great friend and mentor, we wouldn't be where we
are today if it wasn't for you.

While I'll miss working with Jay day-to-day I am excited to be taking on
the role of Chairman and acting CEO, driving Digg forward on our
promise to enable social curation of the world's content and the
conversation around it. We've been super busy on the product side
getting ready for the upcoming Digg redesign and delivering our mobile
apps for the iPhone and Android.

Thank you very much for your on-going support of Digg, I'm truly
excited about the next five years, big things coming!

-Kevin

LINK, Via: Digg

Digg Dialogg: Julia Mancuso

You submit and vote on the questions you want to see answered. The most popular ones are asked during the video interview. It's like having an all-access pass to some of the most prominent people in the world!

Julia Mancuso is an alpine ski racer on the US Ski Team, winning a gold medal in the Giant Slalom during the 2006 Winter Olympics. She made her World Cup debut at age 15, winning her first of many medals just two years later. Nicknamed ‘Super Jules’, a run at Squaw Valley pays homage to her wins and was recently renamed “Julia’s Gold.” LINK

Digg: Five Years in 5 Minutes

Digg: Five Years in 5 Minutes with Kevin Rose. LINK: Youtube

100 Weirdest News Stories We Dugg in 2009

In the ninth year of our new millennium we were treated to such outrageous-but-true tales as the Russian who died of a Viagra overdose after winning a bet that he could pleasure two women for 12 hours straight and the atheists who set up a post-Rapture pet-care service for the dogs of the believers.

To say nothing of the Balloon Boy who wasn't and the White House party crashers who brought dangerous shame onto our Secret Service.

In other words, 2009 was just about as weird as every year that came before it.

While Asylum is a great place for those who want get their fix of these stories and other news of the odd, the interactive voting site Digg also brings the strange on a regular basis. So, in the name of synergy, we present Digg's top 100 weirdest stories of 2009, as decided by you, the public who just can't get enough of this stuff. LINK

*** AMAZING Tony Hawk Interview *** - Digg Dialogg

Fascinating look into the mind of skateboard expert Tony Hawk. Kevin Rose sat down with the skateboarding legend and asked him the top questions submitted and voted on by users of Digg.com. LINK: Youtube

Brazilian Butterfly Flocks

Beautiful shot, enlargeable, wallpaper. LINK: Digg

Office Snapshots

Office Snapshots blog, like its name suggests, is all about where you work. Well, if you work in a tech company or for a successful blog (not in a dumpy ol’ warehouse like me!).

Here are some fun photo galleries of the offices of Digg, Apple, Adobe, and even Om Malik’s neat tech blog GigaOM. Via: Neatorama