Big Websites Start Small (February 1st, 2009 - 16,975 views)

It is easy to forget that the big popular sites were once small too.  The first version of Digg cost $200 to build and launch.  After Kevin Rose came up with the idea back in 2004 he found Owen Byrne through eLance to develop the idea. He was paying $99/month for webhosting and got the [...]

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The making of Coverhunt 2.0 (January 27th, 2009 - 2,952 views)

I thought I would share the process that I went through for the CoverHunt2.0 redesign. I started this site about 2 years ago when I needed a way to find cover artwork for my iTunes music collection. If you’ve bought a CD and ripped it to your computer it is great to have the artwork, [...]

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