May 19, 2012
io9 charts how visions of the future changed over time
— tracking how near- or distant-future science fiction is, decade by decade #
How Facebook hacked the NASDAQ button to push an Open Graph action
— "Mark listed a company on NASDAQ" #
NYT visualization of the Facebook IPO vs. historical IPOs
— 60% of IPOs since 2010 have had negative returns so far (via) #
Nekogames' Parameters
— abstract, but shockingly good, casual RPG; figuring out the rules is part of the fun #
Ill Doctrine on hip hop conspiracy theories
— and, more critically, the rise of gangsta rap and incarceration rates #
Trailer for Ed Piskor's WIZZYWIG
— awesome graphic novel inspired by real-life hackers, I highly recommend buying it #
Mat Honan's feature on Yahoo's mismanagement of Flickr
— a depressing read, especially while seeing the team release great new features #
Make interviews Bunnie Huang on the end of Chumby
— sad end to a promising product, I received one of the prototypes at Foo Camp in 2006 #
BusinessWeek on the post-Kickstarter life of Diaspora
— the founders talk about the Ilya's tragic suicide for the first time #
Anachronism detection in Mad Men episodes
— language studies from the person who did the frequency analysis for Downtown Abbey (via) #
Verge feature on Scamworld, the inside look at Internet scams
— incredibly deep investigation and short film, brilliantly made (via) #
Chris Poole's talk on the shifting meme landscape at ROFLCon
— the shift away from interest-based web communities towards social networks #
Dustin Curtis on pixel fitting rasterized vector images
— best explanation of a long-standing issue I've seen #
Mitt Romney bullied gay students in high school
— people change, just so long as he takes ownership of his actions; oh, wait #
Walt Disney's Taxi Driver
— the scene starting at 3:45 is like a parallel universe remake of Roger Rabbit (via) #
Ben Jackson on memes, the Internet, and the divine
— "The memes we choose to elevate to Internet fame are the product of the purest form of democracy ever invented" #
The Forger
— for fans of Kutiman's ThruYOU, found footage beat mashups from Meat Beat Manifesto's Jack Dangers #
Steve Albini AMA on Reddit
— "There won't ever be a mass-market record industry again, and that's fine with me" #
Mechanizing a miniature Main Street Electrical Parade
— wonderful attention to detail; watch the finished parade (via) #
LA Times on American Airlines' attempt to revoke its all-you-can-fly passes
— the company regretted its short-sighted decision to offer lifetime first-class travel (via) #
Daniel Hooper's proposal for text editing on iPad
— if you're jailbroken, Kyle Howells made it real (via) #
Scumbag Steve's Advice for Annoying Facebook Girl
— honest advice from an unwilling advice meme star #
Anil Dash on Popchips' racist promo with Ashton Kutcher
— a reasoned, thoughtful post with actions that help prevent it from happening again elsewhere #
Reddit users share their deepest, darkest secrets
— with anonymous throwaway accounts, some very upsetting stuff in here #
Deadspin investigates an ESPN freelancer's Internet scams
— in a bizarre twist, she also recently stole @OhWonka #
Million Short
— experimental search engine removes the top million popular sites from results (via) #
Inc. profile on the Turntable.fm team's struggle to grow
— weirdly personal, I imagine neither of the founders are happy about this piece #