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  Sketching Instagram: co-founder Mike Krieger reveals the photo app's humble beginnings

  By Ellis Hamburger on May 13, 2013 12:30 pm + 30 comments

  Mike Krieger is a co-founder of Instagram. Having built the first version of the app years ago, he Continue reading…

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  Timehop CEO: 'Reminiscing doesn’t have a home online yet'

  By Ellis Hamburger on April 9, 2013 11:30 am + 13 comments

  Jonathan Wegener is CEO and Founder of Timehop, an app that plugs into services like Facebook, Continue reading…

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  Simple CEO: we're stuck with plastic cards thanks to America's fragmented banking market

  By Ellis Hamburger on February 25, 2013 12:30 pm + 88 comments

  Josh Reich is CEO and founder of Simple, a banking startup that combines the design sensibilities of Continue reading…

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  Jesse Thorn: 'Walking into the media world is like walking into a thrift store'

  By Russell Brandom on February 19, 2013 01:00 pm + 46 comments

  At Maximum Fun, Jesse Thorn has built the world’s most unassuming media empire. He’s best known Continue reading…

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  NYC Chief Digital Officer: upgrading a subway system is a lot harder than restarting a router

  By Ellis Hamburger on February 12, 2013 02:45 pm + 165 comments

  Rachel Haot is New York City’s first Chief Digital Officer, responsible for working alongside Continue reading…

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  Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom: 'I’m not really one for ritual. Life’s more interesting that way.'

  By Ellis Hamburger on November 30, 2012 11:30 am + 72 comments

  Kevin Systrom is the CEO and co-founder of Instagram, the popular photo-sharing and filtering app Continue reading…

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  The Iconfactory's David Lanham on what it takes to build home screen-worthy icons

  By Ellis Hamburger on November 20, 2012 10:30 am + 47 comments

  David Lanham is an illustrator at The Iconfactory, where he designed many of our favorite icons for Continue reading…

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  Day One journal creator Paul Mayne: 'expressing things without filters is liberating'

  By Ellis Hamburger on October 17, 2012 10:45 am + 17 comments

  Paul Mayne is founder and designer at Bloom Built, a Salt Lake City company that produces Day One, a Continue reading…

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  Path co-founder Dustin Mierau: 'an app without design is like a good story printed on a dot matrix printer'

  By Ellis Hamburger on October 9, 2012 12:00 pm + 45 comments

  Dustin Mierau is co-founder and Chief Designer at Path, a journal and social network for Android and Continue reading…

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  Cosmonaut stylus creator Dan Provost on how two guys make a living building hardware

  By Ellis Hamburger on September 4, 2012 11:43 am + 17 comments

  Dan Provost and Tom Gerhardt are Studio Neat, the two-man outfit behind the Cosmonaut stylus and the Continue reading…