A history of Ello, which defined itself as an alternative to ad-driven social media, from its 2014 launch and funding to its quiet sale and sudden death in 2023
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O'Reilly Media announces it is canceling all of its upcoming in-person conferences and shutting down that portion of its business indefinitely
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How incidents like banning an “Always Punch Nazis” comic at Kickstarter led to a unionization push by employees who believe in the altruistic image of the brand
Kickstarter never wanted to be a normal tech company. A crowdfunding platform for artists, gadget-makers … Tweets: @bentarnoff , @waxpancake , and @kevinriggle Tweets: Ben Tarnoff / @bentarnoff : Imp...
Two years after acquiring Drip, Kickstarter hands control of the platform to Andy Baio and XOXO co-founder Andy McMillan and provides new seed funding for it
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Robert Scoble has allegedly continued to sexually harass women after going sober
After decades … Matt Bell : I know Quinn and trust her narration of reality. Tweets: Hadi Partovi / @hadip : This article implicitly suggests sexual harassment is excusable if it was 2 years ago, unde...
Founder Andy Baio relaunches his events site Upcoming.org four years after Yahoo shut it down
Before events were posted on Facebook, the place to find social activities on the internet (back in the early 2000s) was Upcoming.org. Founded by Andy Baio, the site combined an event calendar …
Ad network The Deck, used by blogs including Daring Fireball and Kottke, to shut down after 11 years
When I started writing Daring Fireball in 2002 … Anthony Ha / TechCrunch : The Deck ad network is shutting down John Gruber / Daring Fireball : ‘Things Change’ — Jim Coudal breaks the news: The Deck...
Sunlight Foundation exploring merger or alliances with other organizations, will discontinue tool building and database maintenance
The board of directors of the Sunlight Foundation has reached some important conclusions about our future. We want to share them with our friends, funders … Tweets: @timobrien , @waxpancake , @pahlka...