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23 pointskrogsgard11 comments

I find the focus on the word "code" (Re/code, The Code Conference) weird considering the fairly distinct meaning of the word "code" in the software industry. Their blog and conference is not about code or coding, but about tech in general. It would have been just as valid to use the word "robots" and then also blog about software, genetics and so forth. Weird.

I agree, I was hoping there would some high level insight into implementation, rather than the generic "tech news". Something like highscalability etc...

And they also have a $6500 "Code conference" which doesn't seem to be much about coding either: http://recode.net/events/the-code-conference/

Considering how high The Verge set the bar for blog launches, this is underwhelming for a blog launch in 2014. Both the design and functionality are minor improvements from a basic Wordpress theme. (of course, content is king, so that might not be relevant in the long run)

Their LiveFyre SSO implementation has significant issues. (Remember your password, because you are not reseting it. Also, profile pictures flat-out don't show.)

Worst of all, there's a significant bug with their custom font on Chrome (both PC and Mac): the fonts load after the page loads, causing a brief adjustment every time you open a page that's very annoying.

Is there something that I could read about how The Verge launched and why it was so successful?

This is a pretty good rundown on how The Verge came to be: http://www.businessinsider.com/vox-2012-1

4m uniques and 20m visitors in the first month is a heck of a splash.

Thanks for sharing this historical chronicle

I know this is very subjective, but DAMN this is one ugly website.

I got excited at first because I thought it's about code (which it isn't) ...

Seeing how they deleted all their previous content (allthingsd) off the internet without a warning, I will make sure to never link to this website.

All of the content is still there (ex: http://allthingsd.com/20131231/you-say-goodbye-and-we-say-he...). WSJ controls the domain and the brand. They chose to redirect the homepage to WSJ.D

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