July 30, 2010
It’s takes a certain type of person to get excited about a work productivity tool. Mark Nielsen and Patrick Carmitchel , unsatisfied with 37Signals ‘ Basecamp, have decided to disrupt the productivity software industry (see their twee video above). Says Nielsen “We decided we’d rather not see the light of day for awhile than have to live with knowing that with just a little bit of creative, a pinch of logic and a dash of sexy, we could revive the productivity software world with a tool that would even make Apple cry.” Previously unknown to the blogosphere, Nielsen and Carmitchel emailed us at 2am last night and emphasized that they were out for 37Signals’ blood (we’ll get more into why we actually listened in a later post).
July 30, 2010
Twitter’s latest move to keep users engaged on its site: a new tool that suggests other members users might want to follow “based on several factors, including people you follow and the people they follow.”
July 30, 2010
Zynga, the fast-growing social gaming site, said it had hired Allen & Co. investment banker David Wehner (pictured here) as its new CFO. He replaces Mark Vranesh, who becomes Chief Accounting Officer, reporting to Wehner.