All-nighters and innovation

Msnbc.com is in the midst of a major period of expansion, highlighted by the redesign of our site.  

 
Last month, Newsvine.com became part of our family and we announced a new sports site in partnership with NBC Sports.com, this month we launch a major new site design, and in the coming months will be exciting developments in our video user experience.  

 
That’s an ambitious agenda for a company of our size and if you imagine a dedicated team of programmers, editors, designers, and managers working tirelessly to make it happen, you would  be right. Despite the immense resources of msnbc.com’s parent companies, we fund ourselves and rely on a remarkably small and skilled group of employees to create the site you see. At msnbc.com, the cultural fusion of software engineers who never stopped working nights after they left college and journalists obsessed with breaking news 24/7 has created an environment where hard work is the norm. But hard work has its limits and with this redesign come some very smart behind-the-scene innovations that will vastly simplify how we create new features and future versions of the site. We will now have the ability to change almost everything you see in a fraction of the time and effort previously required.   

 
Will that mean more rest and relaxation for the people of msnbc.com?  I doubt it. The teams here have a long list of ideas they are eager to implement, including some great suggestions from many of you. I can’t wait to see what’s next.