Get 'Er Done
There's quite a bit of buzzing going on about a possible acquisition of Digg by Yahoo! Personally, I don't even want to think about it - not worth the time. One gem that did come out of the discussion, however, is a comment from Mike of Newsvine in reaction to an overzealous developer questioning the merits (and value) of Digg:
Ah, here we go with the "I could built it myself" motif. Yes, you could built it. I don’t even know you, Derek, and I know you could build it. Just like any one of us could build Del.icio.us as well. But the difference here is that Josh and Kevin *did* build it. "Can" and "did" are two different beasts, not even sharing a single bloodline, really. "Can" is common and descriptive. "Did" is opportunistic and often times, revolutionary.
I don't have a shred of inside information to tell me whether this deal is legit or not, but I do know that Digg will eventually be purchased because they are *great at what they do*. Anybody in the tech world who has a large audience and is great at what they do will either a) cash out, or b) go about it on their own and see how profitable they can become. If you’re *really* good, you can probably do both.
Indeed we should all be striving to be a company that Gets Things Done. We're committed, are you?