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# This Week - Dec 13, 2013
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/this-week-2013-12-13/
- Published: 2013-12-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T03:10:43.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: link, brendan spiegel, brian morrissey, coffee, digg, digiday, mat honan, narratively, this week, wired, #import-blog-backlog-2026-09-13

> So in April, when Google announced it was shutting down Google Reader on July 1, it was almost unsurprising that Digg replied–that same day–*We’ve got this*.  
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> This is the story of how a tiny team took 90 days to pull off the impossible.  
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> — [Inside Digg's Race To Build The New Google Reader (Mat Honan for Wired)](http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/06/inside%5Fdigg%5Freader/all/?ref=drewshannon.net)

[30 Things Brands Should Stop Doing in 2014 (Brian Morrissey for Digiday)](http://digiday.com/brands/30-new-years-resolutions-brands/?ref=drewshannon.net)

> Getting good coffee takes a little more work. It costs more, but then it should—it's a better ingredient, prepared by trained professionals. Is it worth it? That's up to you. Is it somehow wrong? (Which, I think, is buried in the morality of the word “elitist.”) Absolutely not. Innovation isn't elitist, it's what drives this society, this culture, this city.  
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> — [The Coffee Chronicler (Brendan Spiegel for Narratively)](http://narrative.ly/caffeinated-city/the-coffee-chronicler/?ref=drewshannon.net)