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→ Federico Viticci’s Must-Have iOS Apps, 2015 Edition
If you want help getting “real work” done on iOS, or if you don’t think that’s possible, you owe it to yourself to give this a thorough read. ∞ Permalink
Waxy.org
The Joy of Getting Hacked
Two weeks ago, the server I host all my personal projects on was hacked by some guy in Ukraine. It really sucked. I was overdue for a redesign anyway. I first noticed something was amiss while trying to post a link here and the server was unusually slow. I SSHed in and the server was slow to respond, as if system…
Communities Dominate Brands · Tomi T Ahonen
Lots More Detail About Narwhal 'Big Data' Machine Performance in Obama 2012 Campaign - Including several use cases and applications (vs Orca the Romney machine)
I wrote a week ago an update blog about the Big Data ‘Narwhal’ project of the Obama 2012 campaign. Originally back in 2012 we tracked that ‘info war’ between Obama’s Narwhal and Romney’s rival system called ‘Orca’. Soon after the...
dullneon.com - random notes, links and pixels · Jaffry Jalal
File names for a Christmas card.
I really wish I had thought of/done this first… [Via Creative Review]
Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing · Greg Sterling
Foursquare CEO Crowley: “We Do Location Better Than Anybody Else”
Yoast • The Art & Science of Website Optimization · Joost de Valk
Weekly SEO Recap: Quality!
This week we released version 3 of our Yoast SEO plugin. I can honestly say we’re very proud of this release. I’ll recap a bit on the release and there was one bit of news from Google I don’t want to withhold you: they released the search quality guidelines they give to their quality raters […]
Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing · Garrett French
The Outreacher: Building Links With Social Skills & Science
Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing · Barry Schwartz
Was “Phantom 3” A New Google “Quality Update” To Its Algorithm
Dr. Jay Parkinson
Why there’s no Uber for HealthcareBack in September 2007, I...
Why there’s no Uber for HealthcareBack in September 2007, I created a new kind of doctor practice as shown in the screenshot up there. The iPhone had come out three months prior (but the App Store hadn’t launched yet) and Google enabled you to embed your Google Calendar in a website just the month before. I saw a…
The Ad Contrarian · [email protected] (BOB HOFFMAN)
The Glorious Revolution Continues
A spirited debate sprung up last week in Campaign magazine between Dave Trott, a great creative mind, and Richard Cable, of Bartle Bogle Hegarty, a great creative agency.The debate was essentially about this: What the fuck is "content?"I've done enough yapping about content (e.g., here and here) so I'll leave you to…
Rands in Repose · rands
Holy Shit Moments
I showed up late to drones. A few weeks ago it was my father’s birthday. The reason I am an engineer is because my father is an engineer. (Aside: The reason I am a leader is because I watched all of my mother’s moves as she wrangled my father the engineer.) For the 4th of… More
taint.org: Justin Mason's Weblog · dailylinks
Links for 2015-11-30
Control theory meets machine learning ‘DB: Is there a difference between how control theorists and machine learning researchers think about robustness and error? BR: In machine learning, we almost always model our errors as being random rather than worst-case. In some sense, random errors are actually much more…
Buster Benson on Medium · Buster Benson
On Getting Stronger When Weakened
Which of these entities gets stronger when attacked and threatened?Continue reading on Medium »
Interconnected · Matt Webb
Filtered for air and light and war and stories
1. I was complaining out loud the other day about the distracting man I was sitting next to, hammering his keyboard, typing like a donkey falling downstairs. But then it occurred to me, I always blame external factors for ruining my focus when really I lack it for internal reasons. If I genuinely had focus, nothing…
The Awl » John Herrman · John Herrman
The Uber Counterculture
Chatter and dissent in the trenches of the sharing economy
yoast.com · Arjan Snaterse
Local SEO: why your site should have a store locator
In our recent post about local landing pages, we explained what they are and how you can set them up. These pages can be seen as a part of local SEO, which is focused on increasing your visibility on a local level. Today I want to discuss another factor that can help you with local […] The post Local SEO: why your…
Publishers Lunch · Michael Cader
Lagardere Gains On Currency As HBG USA Waits for Fourth Quarter
Lagardere reported third quarter sales on Tuesday, with the publishing division growing 2 percent on a like-for-like basis and 7.4 percent overall -- thanks to a still surging dollar and strong UK pound -- at €607 million, up €43 million from a year ago. Foreign exchange accounted for €32 million of… The post…
Daring Fireball · John Gruber
★ The iPad Pro
The future of mass market portable computing involves neither a mouse pointer nor an x86 processor.
Waxy.org Links
Robin Sloan on the dystopian vibes of Uber-for-food startups
there are alternatives, empowering indie cooks and bringing neighborhoods together
The Ad Contrarian · [email protected] (BOB HOFFMAN)
Maybe There's Hope
Today's post was written by someone else.I'm not sending you there because I'm a lazy shit (which, of course, I am) or because I'm mentioned in it (which, of course, I am) but because it is one of the best pieces written about advertising I've read in a very long time.It offers hope that at least some people in the…
The Morning News - Headlines
November 9, 2015
If we get infected, we will die. Severe budget cuts hit state AIDS units in India, which provide free condoms to sex workers. Justice Dept. chooses 10 of 567 recognized Native American tribes with whom to share access to criminal data. October’s jobs report broke records, and statistically speaking, it shows the past…
The Awl » John Herrman · John Herrman
The Guilded Age
Will you fight for your right to help Airbnb make money from you?
Lefsetz Letter · bob
The Tower Records Documentary
This is not the movie you wanted it to be. This is a business story. About the power of individuals, with big dreams and the ability and desire to make them come true. No Russ Solomon, no Tower Records. Your heart will pitter-patter when you see Elton John combing the aisles in a tracksuit before […] The post The…
Communities Dominate Brands · Tomi T Ahonen
Debate Judging Criteria for 3rd Republican Debate Tonight on CNBC - Each candidate has a different mission
So today is the 3rd Republican debate, on CNBC. I wanted to get this blog posting out before the debate, so that when I will do the debate evaluations, we can use this as the way to judge, but so...
The Awl » John Herrman · John Herrman
The Genuine Article
Articles: Why? And other questions people are suddenly asking themselves.
stevenf.com · stevenf
Haunted By Data
“We’re very much in the ‘radium underpants’ stage of the surveillance economy.”
Stratechery by Ben Thompson · Ben Thompson
In Defense of The New York Times
Amazon and The New York Times had a fascinating exchange this week, on Medium of all places. What that exchange represents — the search for truth, now open to anyone — is far more important than the particular article in question. The post In Defense of The New York Times appeared first on Stratechery by Ben Thompson.
The Morning News - Headlines
October 20, 2015
The Democrats are set to win the White House—and lose just about everything else. I have a he-says-no-story also written. Washington Post accidentally publishes Biden announcement “shell story.” A brief history of Trump quitting before he could be fired. Harper out, Trudeau in as PM. Atlantic Canada showed notable…
Waxy.org Links
Blake Ross finds the makers of Reload, a dangerous herbal Viagra
using historical whois records, Internet Archive, and searching Facebook by email address
taint.org: Justin Mason's Weblog · dailylinks
Links for 2015-09-23
How VW tricked the EPA’s emissions testing system In July 2015, CARB did some follow up testing and again the cars failed—the scrubber technology was present, but off most of the time. How this happened is pretty neat. Michigan’s Stefanopolou says computer sensors monitored the steering column. Under normal driving…
Waxy.org Links
How WeWork convinced investors it's worth $10B
absolutely ridiculous projections, it's like a bubble inside a bubble; related: The Awl on WeLive
Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect · Seth Godin
Dreams and fears
Sooner or later, important action taken comes down to this. Fear: Of being ashamed, feeling stupid, being rejected, being left out, getting hurt, being embarrassed, left alone, dying. Dreams: Of being seen, being needed, becoming independent, relieving anxiety, becoming powerful,...
Daring Fireball · John Gruber
Behind the Scenes on the Design of Apple’s New Trackpads, Keyboards, and iMacs
MailChimp Email Marketing Blog · Nate
Featured Integrations: October 2015
The holidays are approaching quickly, and if you’re in the e-commerce or retail industry, that means your life is about to be super busy. (And let’s be real: it probably is already.) To help you survive prepare, through the end of the year, we’ll be featuring integrations that will help online sellers like you to…
Observatory » Blog · ken segall
New Apple Watch ads: a midcourse correction
Ah, much better. Thank you Apple. At long last, nearly six months after Apple Watch started shipping, Apple has launched a Watch campaign that might turn some heads. Or better yet, open some eyes. The new ads are actually the polar opposite of the previous ones. If you’re the kind, forgiving type, you might see the…
bunnie's blog · bunnie
Sex, Circuits & Deep House
Cari with the Institute Blinky Badge at Burning Man 2015. Photo credit: Nagutron. This year for Burning Man, I built a networked light badge for my theme camp, “The Institute”. Walking in the desert at night with no light is a dangerous proposition – you can get run over by cars, bikes, or twist an […]
Lefsetz Letter · bob
Jimmy Iovine At The Vanity Fair Conference
“Jimmy Iovine wants Apple to save the world from free music” It’s like shooting fish in a barrel. Or one can just say that every time Jimmy Iovine opens his mouth he digs his hole deeper. Let’s rewind the clock all the way back to 2004, January of that year, when Jimmy Iovine stumbled through […] The post Jimmy…
500 Hats - Medium · Dave McClure
99 VC Problems But a Batch Ain’t 1
500 Hats - Medium · Dave McClure
Bubble, My Ass: Some Unicorns Might Be Overvalued, But All Dinosaurs Gonna Die.
Zeldman on Web & Interaction Design · Jeffrey Zeldman
@font-face and Web Performance
Unfortunately, the main issue with @font-face now is what many wanted to avoid years ago: the FOIT, or Flash of Invisible Text. The post @font-face and Web Performance appeared first on Zeldman on Web & Interaction Design.
True Ventures · Lars Nilsson
Account Based Sales Development: A New Methodology in Lead Execution, Target Outbound, and Pipeline Generation
This post, written by True Special Advisor Lars Nilsson, was originally published in the funnelholic. Here’s a plain and simple truth: the best sales development teams today leverage technology to perform smarter, better and faster. The proliferation of, and advances in, sales technology have presented today’s sales…
Buster Benson on Medium · Buster Benson
Death, Aliveness, & XOXO 2015
I’ve been writing on my commute for a few months now. Usually this happens on BART, but today I’m on a flight back from Portland, where I…Continue reading on Medium »
The Ad Contrarian · [email protected] (BOB HOFFMAN)
Volkswagen Will Be Saved By Its Advertising
There is an article in Adweek this week entitled, "How Volkswagen Just Squandered 55 Years of Great Advertising."The truth is exactly the opposite.If VW is to extricate itself from the mess it has gotten into, perhaps the biggest asset it has is its tradition of superior advertising. If this disgraceful atrocity had…