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September 21, 2015
— they don’t think or act like other startups #
September 18, 2015
— I’m torn, I think it just delays the inevitable shift to unblockable alternatives to traditional ads #
— not sure how well it would work outside of XOXO, but it was huge for us #
September 8, 2015
— this is the first music recommendation algorithm that actually seems to work for me #
— from Milo Targett, the creator of Lido Sim #
September 7, 2015
— I’m kind of surprised more journalists don’t do this kind of analysis, the Twitter API’s great for it #
September 3, 2015
— like Hypercard meets Mixel, odd and interesting; the API is shockingly robust for a brand new iOS app #
— the new offshoot of Jason Scott’s Archive Team, saving physical materials #
— remarkable cluelessness from an established event organizer; also: worthless manfeelings #
— @quest_glitches is just beautiful #
— The Auralnauts reimagine the Death Star as a laser tag arena complex #
— how to turn a clear statement into vague and distant nonsense #
September 1, 2015
— very short stories composed entirely of dictionary example sentences #
August 30, 2015
— beautifully edited supercut, love the cadence #
August 29, 2015
— lyrics replaced with social media profile pics; Anarchy in the FB, Tweeted Love #
August 26, 2015
— spirited defense of motherhood for independent artists #
— Darius Kazemi made a rant generator about moving away from cities using real census data #
— Only 0.04% of women ever checked their messages, compared to 64.7% of men #
August 23, 2015
— “Some nerds just want to watch the world burn.” #
August 22, 2015
— over a year old, but new to me; part of the short film lineup at Dismaland #
— more genius from Neil Cicierega; related: guide to the races of Star Warms #
August 21, 2015
— see the before and in-progress photos to get a better sense of the undertaking #
— surprised they were able to find that many non-nude players #
August 20, 2015
— finally read the book last month, I’m very excited about this #
— Steven Johnson on the steady increase of indie artists making a living #
— “A whole lotta cash is flowing from old television networks to new internet properties” #
— also: Sarah Jeong’s followup on the copyright status of hacked user info #
— crawls Shodan for insecure VNC servers and connects you to one #
— multiple species, some that bite and cause rashes #
— the most mediocre place on Earth; love the Cinderella pumpkin crash #
— with original notes and site map via Kottke #
August 19, 2015
— like a real-life text adventure game puzzle #
August 18, 2015
— all these polygons will be lost like tears in rain #
— incredible collage of text and images from archived GeoCities pages #
August 14, 2015
— illustrated diary of a stripper’s memorable encounters with customers and co-workers #
August 13, 2015
— digital version of this real-world toy #
— computer-controlled ferrofluid makes a pretty interesting analog display #
August 11, 2015
— Doof Warrior Marceline is a nice touch #
— the documentary Justin Hall talked about in his XOXO talk is out #
— new art project by YACHT, co-built by Daniel Bogan of The Setup fame #
August 9, 2015
— going read-only with a permanent archive and API, open-sourcing the data, export with opt-out #
August 7, 2015
— he got a copy of the 1922 book that firmly puts the song in the public domain #
— fully-automated Markov-generated subreddit, human comments are removed #
August 6, 2015
— the reality of indie game development: it’s really fucking hard #
— let’s see what the GOP candidates have to say about it… #
