Yesterday, we posted abouthow the reddit logo was created. Today, designerAlexis Ohanian, the founder ofBreadpig, “an uncorporation that deals in delightful geeky wares and helps people helping the world,” sent us the very first digital drafts of the lovable Reddit alien. (Thank you Alexis.)
Ohanian says the name ‘snew was something he’d toyed with before coming up with reddit in the Alderman Library at his alma mater UVA. It was short for ‘what’s new.’
“So if we told people we startedsnew.com, they’d ask “what’s snew?” and we’d say “Exactly! What’s new on line”… I also hoped people would say “I read it on reddit”– I don’t think anyone ever has,” says Ohanian.
Check it out here:
New to Reddit? Check out ourReddit new user’s guide.
Also check outthe creation of The Hipmunkchipmunk. Ohanian thinks the first one looks more like a bear with buckteeth… in between the first draft and final version, he decided to look at a picture of a real chipmunk.
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Courtney Boyd Myers is the founder of audience.io, a transatlantic company designed to help New York and London based technology startups gr(show all)Courtney Boyd Myers is the founder ofaudience.io, a transatlantic company designed to help New York and London based technology startups grow internationally.
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