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One thing you can definitely say about Eric Migicovsky: he seems to be having a lot of fun. The Pebble founder left a three-year stint as a partner at Y Combina
With writers and actors would just be too expensive for them. - the real world, i guess that's what this was supposed to be. - so we essentially applied all the drama rules to documentary to get our-- what we called at that time a docusoap. - this is the true story. - true story. - of seven strangers. - it was kind of this social experiment to kind of watch what happens when you put these strangers together in a house. you know, "when people stop being polite and start getting real." [beeper beeping] - do you sell drugs? why do you have a beeper? [laughter] - you hadn't seen anything like that...
A scripted show about young people. they said it was like a mixture between a big chew and the breakfast club. >> but ultimately decided the idea of a show with writers and actors would just be too expensive for them. so we essentially applied all the drama rules to documentary to get our what we called at that time a docusoap. >> this is the true story, true story. >> seven strangers. >> it was a social experiment to watch what happens when you put these things together in a house when people stop being polite and start being real. >> do you sell drugs? why do you have a beeper? >> we hadn't ...
Last heard, Eric Migicovsky, founder of the Pebble smartwatch has been working on a small Android phone though it seems he has been drawn to something else in
Mtv, and they were toying with the idea of doing some kind of a scripted show about young people. >> they said it was like a mixture between "the big chill" and "the breakfast club." >> but ultimately decided the idea of a show with writers and actors would just be too expensive for them. >> the real world -- i guess that's what this is supposed to be. >> so we essentially applied all the drama rules to documentary to get what we called at that time, a docu-soap. >> this is the true story -- >> true story. >> of seven strangers. >> it was kind of this social experiment to kind of watch what ha...