Topic: Stewart Butterfield

Flickr Founder Stewart Butterfield's New Game Is a Game-Changer [Q&A]

Glitch, the new flash-based, massively multiplayer game from the mind of Flickr founder Stewart Butterfield, has been called "an intersection of World of Warcraft and Facebook." Here's why it's so promising--and how it pays homage to Sim City, Super Mario Bros., and more.READ MORE›

13. Supercharging the Digital Shoebox

Previous | Next Online photo sharing was a bare-bones loss leader for companies interested in selling prints--until Ludicorp's Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake stumbled onto the pent-up demand for more. The ...READ MORE›

13. Supercharging the Digital Shoebox

Previous | Next Online photo sharing was a bare-bones loss leader for companies interested in selling prints--until Ludicorp's Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake stumbled onto the pent-up demand for more. The ...READ MORE›

Some Day My Prints Will Come II

Stewart Butterfield is at it again. In a comfortable corollary to Kodak's new kiosk project, Butterfield and a team of collaborators are beta testing Flickr, a new online tool that combines social software, instant messaging, and ...READ MORE›

OgilvyOne to Marketers: Let's Get Digital

The boys on stage at OgilvyOne’s big digital convergence at Jazz at Lincoln Center yesterday looked suspiciously like they had wandered in from Internet World circa 1999…earnest young West Coast geeks, with big ideas and even ...READ MORE›

Point, Click, Design

How an inspiration during a bout of food poisoning eventually became the popular photo-sharing Web application.READ MORE›

Hard Work's Overrated, Maybe Detrimental.

A co-founder of Flickr argues that hard work often doesn't amount to much--and neuroscience offers some backing for the claim.READ MORE›

Flickr Co-Founder Caterina Fake on the Value of Viral Loops [Exclusive Q&A]

This interview was conducted during research for my book, Viral Loop. You can read an excerpt here at Fast Company, or find out what your friends are really worth by installing the Viral Loop widget. In 2002, Caterina Fake (her ...READ MORE›

The 2005 Fast 50

Fast is a state of mind. If you're fast, you don't accept the status quo. You plan for your moment to shine and when it comes -- pow! -- run for daylight and don't look back. Being fast is taking on an impossible task and bit by ...READ MORE›

The 2005 Fast 50

Fast is a state of mind. If you're fast, you don't accept the status quo. You plan for your moment to shine and when it comes -- pow! -- run for daylight and don't look back. Being fast is taking on an impossible task and bit by ...READ MORE›

Most Influential Women in Web 2.0

We've heard the stats before -- only a quarter of those involved in computer and mathematical occupations are women. And yet, in the ever-evolving world of Web 2.0, women have often been pioneers, redefining the way we interact online. We tracked down the most influential of these. Our list wasn't chosen by star power, nor by career altitude. Rather, we feature the biggest innovators.READ MORE›

• The Most Influential Women in Web 2.0
• Marissa Mayer: The 2008 Fast 50
• Gina Bianchini: Ning's Infinite Ambition