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January 31, 2014
— I wish the Super Bowl were more like this via @JaminWar #
January 30, 2014
— Portland’s own Justin Thiele reboots a project I started 13 years ago #
— listen to the 4 million songs on Spotify that haven’t been played once #
— creative use of OpenType for flag creation, from the creators of Chartwell #
January 28, 2014
— this could easily apply to Portland, or countless other nascent tech scenes #
— one player’s encounters in DayZ #
January 27, 2014
— from the creator of Cookie Clicker via kotaku.com #
— the only thing saving them from lawsuits, for now, is that it’s non-commercial and poorly-indexed #
January 26, 2014
— Michael Brough takes on Twine; made for The Candy Jam, a statement against trademark trolls #
— Mike Rugnetta’s epiphany makes for a very interesting episode via @kenyatta #
— the prolific bot creator and one of my favoritest people on the Internet right now via @robdubbin #
— unreleased until now, similar to the famous shareholders’ meeting via @nicole #
January 25, 2014
— originally built to gauge whether App.net should add Bitcoin, they extended it to everyone #
January 24, 2014
— a trend that’s leaking outside of games #
— the iOS app sends periodic reminders to express your love, an idea that’s proven divisive #
— the first installment of Kirby Ferguson’s followup to Everything Is A Remix #
— can someone recap what’s been covered so far, thanks #
January 23, 2014
— a browser plugin to take hyperbolic headlines down a notch or two #
— a preview on Jeffrey Thompson’s blog, including every URL ever mentioned on the show #
January 22, 2014
— play with simple logo ideas using Noun Project icons and free typefaces #
— both found audiences, but not large enough for VCs #
— Jay Smooth breaks down a new report on media coverage of race #
— be Bieber, Kim, or Cage #
January 21, 2014
— pop in if you can help decode the rest #
— scraping survey data with multiple accounts to cluster results himself #
— comic backstories for animated GIFs #
— “But it isn’t necessarily about loving the phone… It’s about what the phone represents.” #
January 20, 2014
— ESPN’s Christina Kahrl on the disastrous article that resulted in the suicide of a trans woman; Bill Simmons’ apology #
January 17, 2014
— the respected type foundry breaks up #
January 11, 2014
— Aaron Swartz’s father on his prosecution and tragic death, one year later via Nelson Minar #
— Keith Peters’ free video lessons teach the math useful in coding; support his work via CreativeJS #
— ending sentences with a period can feel abrupt and harsh in text messages #
— after its recent closure, the ultimate postmortem; fun to see the rejections #
— photo recreations of emoji #
January 10, 2014
— finally, a free dolphin school test cheating simulator for the Oculus Rift #
January 9, 2014
— clever game mechanic that plays with forced perspective #
January 8, 2014
— post tweets that the evil machines can’t read #
— Oscars, helicopters, space, VR, and nearly 20,000 more funded projects in the world #
January 7, 2014
— the story of the Snowden leaks from inside tech giants #
— emulator framework for OS X #
— summing up years of work in a sentence; also on Twitter #
— using Photoshop for algorithmic art #
January 6, 2014
— Joseph Gordon-Leavitt takes his community media project to TV via hitrecord.org #
January 3, 2014
— on-screen source code in movies, and what it actually does #
January 2, 2014
— “He may have committed a crime to do so, but he has done his country a great service.” #
— awesome data journalism by Alexis Madrigal with a genre generator by Ian Bogost #
— the video is nuts via Laughing Squid #
— the biggest innovation from Minecraft, and a growing model for all media #
— part of Metafilter Labs, data experiments from the 15-year-old community #