LOOK AT THIS WORKING HIPSTER

“The message being sent is that this is a cool, cool place to work. That matters when you are a young, hipster developer.”

SimpleGeo CEO Jay Adelson, on why his geolocation service poured beer money down the drain in Austin in search of engineers, New York Times, 26 March 2011

WE WON’T BURY YOU

“I would like to have something that will actually help fund the publishers. I believe that you can build a solid, well-funded business—including investigative journalism—around advertising.”

Digg CEO Jay Adelson, trying not to pound his shoe on the table as he turns media businesses into charity cases, Telegraph.co.uk, 17 March 2010