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March 17, 2011
— fascinating glimpse into the thought process #
March 16, 2011
— responding to his claim that “Steve Jobs is personally responsible for killing the music business” #
— great story about the Airbnb team, Obama O’s cereal, and a whole lot of hustle #
— a State Department official was forced to resign after critical comments about his treatment via Daring Fireball #
— even non-anonymized people lose their minds in YouTube comments #
— I wonder if he skipped everyone with less harmonious names via Ze Frank #
— his earliest archives from Twitter’s development, more on Twitter #
— also: InFocus feature on the recovery efforts via Laughing Squid #
— powerful toolset for bands was invite-only for years; Ian writes about the change #
— fasincating glimpse into the site’s moderation techniques and homegrown tools; how it was recorded #
— more data porn, plus guitars with knives #
— turn any Web page into an HTML5 Katamari Damacy via twitter.com #
March 10, 2011
— don’t miss Esquire’s eloquent description of the moment via Delicious #
— spoiler: you’d be rich via bits.blogs.nytimes.com #
— a huge warning to anyone considering home births via Delicious #
— sharing, editor’s picks, and browsing your friends’ likes via Kottke #
— a single meta tag reduced Deviant Art’s DNS queries by 10 billion per month via Paul Bausch #
— roll your own Foursquare; here’s the requisite SXSW example running on Crowdmap #
— identity by algorithm via twitter.com #
— breakout app of SXSW 2011 #
— great episode; interviews with the creators of Sword & Sworcery, Indie Game: The Movie, and Cave Story via twitter.com #
— Graham Annable is a genius via twitter.com #
— “written by people with a passing knowledge” via twitter.com #
— software scoped to friends-only favors intimacy over serendipity #
— “Don’t need Zuckerberg to know when the bubble blows” via twitter.com #
— some great stories about how it’s impacting Chicago artists #
— yay, crazy excited to work with Clay; also: I made a video intro to ThinkUp #
March 9, 2011
— if you’re not in Austin, you’re going to need this #
— Yipit, an aggregator of 335 daily deals sites, spawned 20 copycats itself #
— I’ve been playing with it for a while, and it’s great for surfacing interesting stuff #
— analyzing 45 million Facebook reactions to 100k+ articles from 45 news sites #
— “time vortexes are funny things”; the whole thing needs to go to print via twitter.com #
— surprisingly listenable via r/reddit.com #
— nice trend piece interviews the people behind Babycastles, Area/Code, and Osmos #
— used the essential Windows app in the mid ’90s? make it right by paying for it now #
— hey, that guy in the second screenshot looks familiar #
— an animated tale of high latency via r/gaming #
March 8, 2011
— Maciej’s entertaining postmortem of the mini-exodus from Delicious to Pinboard via Nelson Minar #
— not going to SXSW? you’re going to need this via twitter.com #
— experimental game played in the browser’s location bar via twitter.com #
— now with recommendations, an overhauled leaderboard, and new ways to explore #
— block all references to you-know-who #
— for Webkit browsers only; before and after via Hacker News #
— some of the examples are jaw-dropping #
— massive data dump from Echonest and Musicbrainz; this is begging for some large-scale infoviz #
— free book collects thought-provoking writing about interactive fiction via MetaFilter #
March 7, 2011
— last two links about him ever, honest: NYT gets meta and, importantly, his history of violence against women #
