This morning, one of my favorite guys in the tech world,Alexis Ohanianof Reddit and Hipmunk fame,posteda little ditty on how he made theRedditlogo. “Remember,” he writes, “This was from back in April 2005 using PaintshopPro5 (cracked). I wasn’t a very experienced artist back then. Be gentle.” For everyone who sucks in Reddit like crack, here’s a bit of the back story: Ohanian says he had also considered calling “reditt” and registered bothreddit....

Are you aBasecampuser and you want to add a login box to your site or intranet for that touch of added convenience? The guys at37signalstodayanswered a customer questionexplaining just how its done. Truth be told, it doesn’t simply work with Basecamp. Any 37signals product can take advantage of this method. Simply head over to thisgist at GitHuband grab the form code and whack it into a text editor. Run a search and replace and swap out “product” with the 37signals service you use — your options are basecamp, backpack, campfire, or highrise, keeping it lowercase — and “subdomain” with the personalized segment of your Basecamp subdomain....

Discordis ainstant messaging and digital distribution platform designed for creating communities. With over 100 million users, the service allows you to communicate with voice calls, video calls, text messaging, media and files in private chats, or ,as part of communities called “servers”.With thisextensiveAPI,Discord allows developers to build bots that perform repetitive, mundane, or even fun tasks. With a Discord bot, users can moderating and send messages to communities, as well as send private messages to users....

Here’s how to calculate the cost of driving an EV per km (or mile) Get your head around this one! It’s all about efficiency When it comes to knowing how much we’re spending for every mile driven, we’re really just trying to get a handle on a benchmark of efficiency. One that puts our energy use into some kind of financial context. But before we financially benchmark our efficiency, we must get a handle on our EV’s overall energy efficiency....

Here’s how to do PR when your product is a SECRET Brand awareness and thought leadership can be underestimated resources. Constraints require creativity Brand awareness is the main mission when the project needs to be kept secret until launch. Those handling PR may feel like their hands are tied. You can’t talk about the product at all. You can’t pitch it, you can’t write about it, and you can’t even allude to the solution it offers in casual conversation....