January 26, 2006
dugg by digg
"How To Be Creative", a 10,000-word blog post I wrote a year and a half ago, just got picked up by Digg.
So far, it's been "Dugg" 1,097 times. Is that a lot? I don't know much about how Digg works.
[Thanks to Jose for the pointer.]
Posted by hugh macleod at January 26, 2006 4:51 PM | TrackBackyes, if you're dugg more than 1000 times, that's quite a fair bit!
congratulations!! u're on the front page of digg.com! it means that people out there really "digg" your idea(s)!!
btw... i find that ur cartoons on the back of business cards are indeed a fantastic idea! :)
Posted by: fonsus at January 26, 2006 5:03 PMCongrats. Enjoy the huge fucking traffic spike for the next couple days...
Posted by: vcmc at January 26, 2006 5:33 PMHugh - At the time of writing you're at the top of del.icio.us 'most popular' too.
There's another (secret) page called 'least popular' which some of us other internet cartoonists are doing quite well on.
Posted by: Dave Walker at January 26, 2006 5:46 PMDamn - link didn't work. Try http://del.icio.us/popular/
Posted by: Dave at January 26, 2006 5:47 PMI think being top of the tree is, it is safe to say, fairly cool. Nice. WD.
Posted by: Patrick Dodds at January 26, 2006 8:03 PMCongrats Hugh! Just shows you that your thoguhts and ideas resonate as much today as it did when you wrote it.
It is hard not to be motivated by that piece.
Although I have to say I am more partial to DIG with one less "g" ;)
Posted by: Howard Mann at January 26, 2006 8:14 PMIn a world of seven billion people, it's huge :)
Posted by: brian moffatt at January 26, 2006 8:37 PMI could only wish for such a love it/hate it response.
Posted by: Brett at January 27, 2006 1:36 AMThis article has brought me out of my coma/depression of working on art with computers vs doing things with my hands other than get carpel tunnel.
Posted by: E-dog at January 27, 2006 5:25 PM