Current mood:	accomplished
Entry tags:	digg, tubes, work

Labs, beeyatch
Well, after a few false starts and some serious tweaking, Digg labs went live this morning. Mike and I architected the whole visualization system and I built the underlying framework for both pieces. Stack is my take on real-time digg activity, and swarm was built by Aaron, our summer intern.

So far the response has been tremendous; the only complaints of any significance are coming from angry Linux users who can't run either piece because Flash 8 isn't available for their OS yet. Stack should be capable of running in 7 very soon, which should assuage most of the criticism we've received so far. In general, though, people seem pretty pleased. Somebody's even already decompiled the controller swf and discovered what he thought to be a hidden message relating to the whole Ted Stevens "series of tubes" meme. (Check out the Daily Show segment if you've no idea what I'm talking about.) I'm glad people are getting a kick out of that.

Anyway, sorry I haven't been updating very regularly lately. July has been a crazy month so far, and I've been lacking serious sleep for a very long time. But before I pass out on the couch tonight, I must do the following: laundry, make some panzanella, drink a glass or three of wine, and start to watch a movie. I deserve it, dammit.