September 17, 2013
Anil Dash's Meeting with Pax Dickinson, online asshole
— engaging with a troll can occasionally result in a great blog post #
Polygon on PewDiePie and the YouTube game commentary phenomenon
— he's currently the most subscribed channel on YouTube, with nearly 13 million subscribers #
Paypal freezes Mailpile's $45,000 funds from crowdfunding campaign
— this goes out to everyone who complained Kickstarter doesn't take Paypal #
thatgamecompany's Chris Bell on making friends in online games
— designing for positive emotional interaction in social networks #
Eventbrite acquires Lanyrd
— one of my favorite startup stories; I agree with Matt Haughey's post, this is a great fit #
Collaborating with a 4-year-old
— Mica Angela Hendricks teams up with her daughter for surrealist portraits #
JS MESS, insane multi-machine emulator in Javascript
— Jason Scott and his volunteer team have ported dozens of new systems, including the Mac SE #
gif hell, top animated gifs on Twitter
— be warned, can be *very* NSFW at times, though it's mostly One Direction at the moment #
I Have Applause
— supercut of applause from MLK's I Have A Dream speech, embroiled in copyright battles #
Golan Levin and Pablo Garcia discuss the NeoLucida at Eyeo
— turning Kickstarter into a MOOC (via) #
Alexis Madrigal on Medium's blurry line between publication and platform
— to me, seems like their editorial strategy is just meant to help people understand what the platform's for #
Wired feature on Welcome to Night Vale
— in a year, it beat This American Life to become the #1 podcast on iTunes #
Bradley Manning and the Two Americas
— long, important Quinn Norton post on information, authority, and the new political dissent #
Notch shelves 0x10c, community picks up the project
— don't miss his blog post about the decision, and the challenges of coping with success #
Scenes from the Wire
— bot that makes animated GIFs using scenes from The Wire and subtitle files (via) #
The Kids' Guide to the Internet from 1997
— or save some time and watch Everything Is Terrible's NSFW remix #
Andrew Plotkin on Seltani, his new interactive fiction world
— inspired by Twine, MUDs, and MMOs, you can try it right now #
Butterick's Practical Typography
— fantastic free text, though I wish the hyperlinks were visually distinct #
UK govt destroyed Guardian hard drives as they watched
— the Guardian's editor reported on this too, but completely buried the lede #
Groklaw shuts down because of government email surveillance
— "There is now no shield from forced exposure." #