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July 7, 2014
— only show happy tweets, a riff on Facebook’s mood-altering sentiment study #
— Leigh Alexander’s handy guide to combating online sexism #
— delightfully minimalist 1-bit webcomic #
— incredibly gripping writing; more on Sana’a water crisis #
July 4, 2014
— my new favorite Bootstrap theme, here it is in the real world #
July 3, 2014
— to promote Halt and Catch Fire, which is worth checking out #
July 2, 2014
— did you sign up for Emojli yet? #
June 30, 2014
— full budget, full cast, and Dan Harmon #
— I’d seen several of these on Mike’s bl.ocks, but this ties it all together via Kottke #
— speculative near-future journalism from Paul Ford #
June 28, 2014
— yes, there’s a Yo API and it’s beautiful #
— I’ve fallen in love with Slack, but that shouldn’t be too surprising #
— the Aaron Swartz documentary is now available #
— changes to emotional content in news feeds affected mood and behavior, raising ethical issues #
June 27, 2014
June 26, 2014
— inside baseball for anyone who was around for the dot-com boom #
— name collisions between MetaFilter and a French sports mascot #
— great details about cheating per-minute fees #
June 25, 2014
— Trixter did the impossible: full-motion video in CGA graphics mode on a 1981 IBM PC via @simoncarless #
— death of the blog, or just part of the ongoing death of the homepage? #
— interesting read, once I discovered the navigation hidden in a hamburger button #
— clever DIY VR with an Android phone #
— technical employees average 84% male; here’s the data #
— the Meh project video is much better than it should be #
June 24, 2014
— I totally think webrings are due for a comeback #
— Parker Higgins gets a bogus copyright claim #
— our initial launch lineup, open registration, and more surprises to come #
June 23, 2014
— “Make something every day. Just start.” #
June 20, 2014
— a year old, but new to me; since then, The Setup added a lightweight API #
— the Slashdot/Andover acquisition was all Eric Raymond’s fault #
— disguise trashy listicles and gossip as NYT articles #
— so excited and nervous, it makes my jaw ache #
— can we pay Paul to do this for every major writing platform please? #
June 19, 2014
— elegant game mechanic #
— Yancey Strickler on the bleeding of objects between the digital and physical worlds #
— incredible work by Sam Lavigne via @therewasaguy #
— I wrote a thing on Medium about what the App Store could learn from the social web #
June 18, 2014
— Rob Dubbin is the best #
— an indie game 13 years in the making #
June 17, 2014
— brilliant examination of microcelebrity, the audience, and fame online #
— this seems so wrongheaded, it’s hard to imagine it actually happening via @textfiles #
— algorave in your browser; related: Yaxu livecodes music #
— this video explains one small section, a glimpse at the mad logistics of a production like this #
— lovely app for collaborative writing and editing #
June 16, 2014
— if you haven’t, spend some time reading Rebecca’s story #
— love this series; a neverending parade of shameful examples #
— Arnold Schwarzenegger quote-based programming language #
June 13, 2014
— animation from Freddy Arenas for the NYT #
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