A Del.icio.us Interview
December 6th, 2004Rands In Repose has an interview with the J.D. Salinger-like Joshua Schachter, creator of del.icio.us. Well worth the read if you are at all interested in this useful tool. A few interesting quotes:
“RANDS: At whatever level of detail you prefer, what have you been up to since you graduated from Carnegie Mellon?
JOSHUA: I spend most of my time pressing the buttons in front of the big glowing thing. Occasionally, gunfire is heard.
[RANDS:] I’d like to nominate del.icio.us for “Best Use of a Non-Dot-Com Name” — is there a deeping meaning to the name?
[Joshua:] Not really. I’d registered the domain when .us opened the registry, and a quick test showed me the six letter suffixes that let me generate the most words. In early discussions, a friend refered to finding good links as “eating cherries” and the metaphor stuck, I guess. I somewhat regret using the domain name, because it’s almost impossible to discuss or verify without sounding silly. I’ll probably have to rename it at some point, presumably as something ending in -ster or -zilla or whatever.”
[RANDS:] From outward appearances, del.icio.us is the work of a single person… you… is this the case?
[Joshua:] I do all the coding and other heavy lifting, but a cast of thousands contribute ideas.”
Oooh. I love that last line. We are all a part of the del.icio.us commons. And how del.icio.us it is! (link via del.icio.us - how ironic)