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May 20, 2014
— 2005 was a pivotal year for online video and celebrity culture #
May 19, 2014
— because who really needs more than four big tech companies? #
— love the idea of a boot camp for independent side projects #
— an unfortunate casualty of Google’s war against content farms #
May 16, 2014
— essential reading for every news organization #
May 14, 2014
— beautiful d3.js experiment by Mike Bostock; many more #
— this doubles as a band name generator #
— switching from iPhone sends your texts from iOS users to a black hole #
— “everything has parts, everything has subtypes, anything can have measures” #
May 13, 2014
— here’s one I just generated for Alice in Wonderland #
— linkbait headline aside, this guy’s work is just fantastic via @AtlanticCities #
— converting an 1860 map of Fort Washington in Manhattan #
— the banker as a playable character, convertible notes, and Series A financing #
— frustratingly familiar story of a talented creator losing control #
May 11, 2014
May 10, 2014
May 9, 2014
— that’s okay, they can pay to use the “fast lane” #
May 6, 2014
— I actually prefer this approach to nuking or selling it #
— from The Distance, a new publication from Basecamp celebrating 25+ year indie businesses #
May 5, 2014
— always sad to see indie communities I love go away #
— Lawrence Lessig’s Super PAC to end all Super PACs #
— classic computer science algorithms as Arabic tile calligraphy #
May 4, 2014
— I wish more visualizations included a “Just Wu-Tang” mode #
— English-translated followup to the minimalist browser game #
May 2, 2014
— Ludum Dare entry by Notch #
— the EFF’s browser add-on to block spying ads and invisible trackers #
May 1, 2014
April 30, 2014
— Paul Ford on Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Pac-Man, Unix, and Emacs #
— one auth to rule the world #
April 29, 2014
— I love this so much, a group of people dedicated to spreading chaotic delight #
— provocative thoughts from Molleindustria #
— the NYT Opinion section started staging courtroom dramatizations #
— the last button on the page is my new jam #
— my first post on The Message #
April 28, 2014
— cash, Tor, a separate Amazon account, and unfriending loudmouth relatives #
— free event this Saturday; Kickstarter turned five years old today #
— its usage possibly represents a broader shift in male acceptance that sexism exist #
April 25, 2014
— good riddance, I can’t wait to read the tell-all case study in a year #
April 24, 2014
— my favorite talk from this year’s Webstock; here’s the transcript #
— artist Cory Arcangel, on a hunch, digs up digital history #
April 23, 2014
— thoughtful checklist on the benefits gamers get simply by being male #
— commercial discrimination #
— Chrome add-on does client-side OCR, allowing you to copy text in images #
April 22, 2014
— interactive manipulation of a Plaid song by Jono Brandel of Patatap #
— full-length documentary about gaymer culture, pay what you like #
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