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Tom MacWright · Tom MacWright
A mental model of what d3-queue does
prosthetic knowledge
Motion Mural – Rogue OneGerman company Chromatics applies...
Motion Mural – Rogue OneGerman company Chromatics applies projection mapping animation onto large handpainted public mural for latest Star Wars film:[Google Translation:] The film is about rebellion. With us around revolution. With the new development of the Motion Mural © move comes in rigid graffiti murals. The…
Howdy - Medium · Peter Swimm
Talkabot Talks: What we built
As developers build out the understanding of what a bot is and what it can do, the war stories of how we bring bots to life will to…Continue reading on Howdy »
Stratechery by Ben Thompson · Ben Thompson
The 2016 Stratechery Year in Review
The top posts on Stratechery in 2016
Pixel Envy · Nick Heer
When Trump Tweets
Jenna Johnson, Washington Post: About a year ago, 18-year-old college student Lauren Batchelder stood up at a political forum in New Hampshire and told Donald Trump that she didn’t think he was “a friend to women.” The next morning, Trump fired back on Twitter — calling Batchelder an “arrogant young woman” and…
Joel on Software · Joel Spolsky
Introducing HyperDev
One more thing… It’s been awhile since we launched a whole new product at Fog Creek Software (the last one was Trello, and that’s doing pretty well).… Read more "Introducing HyperDev"
dullneon.com - random notes, links and pixels · Jaffry Jalal
Font Awesome 5 on Kickstarter.
Seems Dave Gandy went to Kickstarter with an intent to raise US$30,000 to help him make the next version of Font Awesome. Today, with 4 days to go before the fund raising ends, the campaign’s pulled in US$$783,998. If it hits a million bucks, Font Awesome 5 becomes open source.
MORNING, COMPUTER · Warren Ellis
Good Morning Britain
Dear America, thank you for not giving me diseases. You are in a strange way, America, and returning here to the dull grumbling anger of Britain puts it in even sharper relief. All we’re dealing with is the left-over xenophobia and poison of 80s conservatism. You face something that is at once ancient and […]
Neil Gaiman's Journal · [email protected] (Neil Gaiman)
Where do you run?
I just woke from a dream in which my film agent (the redoubtable Jon Levin) was upset because a movie company had bought the rights to the 1972 Steptoe and Son movie and were convinced that by redubbing it to change the plot and adding special effects, they would have a science fiction blockbuster on their hands, and…
Anil Dash · Anil
Forget “Why?”, it’s time to get to work.
There are going to be endless think-pieces and armchair analyses about why America elected Donald Trump as its next President. But you already know why....
Pixel Envy · Nick Heer
A History of the ‘Get a Mac’ Campaign
A wonderful two-part article and podcast about the “I’m a Mac; I’m a PC” ads that began airing ten years ago. Douglas Quenqua, writing for Campaign: Scott Trattner: I have a much younger sister, and I was seeing these really charming little theatrical things at her school, where like a kid plays a tree and […]◉
Schneier on Security · Bruce Schneier
Ransomware Meets Multi-level Marketing
A new ransomware, Popcorn Time, gives users the option of infecting others in lieu of paying the ransom. Related: a good general article on ransomware. EDITED TO ADD: Slashdot thread....
Schneier on Security · Bruce Schneier
My Priorities for the Next Four Years
Like many, I was surprised and shocked by the election of Donald Trump as president. I believe his ideas, temperament, and inexperience represent a grave threat to our country and world. Suddenly, all the things I had planned to work on seemed trivial in comparison. Although Internet security and privacy are not the…
Monday Note - Medium · Frederic Filloux
Facebook’s Walled Wonderland Is Inherently Incompatible With News
by Frederic FillouxContinue reading on Monday Note »
Pixel Envy · Nick Heer
Brookings: U.S. Manufacturing Sector Is More Productive Despite Fewer Jobs
Somewhat related to the earlier post about Uber’s economics and its autonomous future, I found this article today from Alison Burke of the Brookings Institution: Many are quick to blame trade for a loss of jobs in the manufacturing sector, yet [Foreign Policy Senior Fellow Mireya Solís] affirms that the predominant…
taint.org: Justin Mason's Weblog · dailylinks
Links for 2016-11-29
Trump’s lies have a purpose. They are an assault on democracy Donald Trump’s media strategy as a form of Surkovian control via post-truth ‘destabilised perception’, through deliberate flooding with fake news: By attacking the very notion of shared reality, the president-elect is making normal democratic politics…
We Make Money Not Art · Regine
The artist with a super-computing mind
Widener’s super computing mind leads him to use his own algorithms to elaborate numerical puzzles and games that only intelligent and independently-thinking machines of the Singularity age will be able to fully enjoy and understand
Dr. Jay Parkinson
How to Spend Your Money On Healthcare
Spending thousands of dollars a year on health insurance and healthcare needs a careful strategy. You wouldn’t buy a new car or a new house without doing your best to spend wisely. Also, having insurance doesn’t mean you have doctors when you need them. In efforts to save money, insurance companies are limiting the…
Rands in Repose · rands
Social Media Loves Echo Chambers
Quattrociocchi has published a series of papers (awaiting peer-review) that analyze the rigidity of “echo chambers.” His findings suggest that people, not social networks, have been their driving force. We commonly sort ourselves into rigidly like-minded groups—and stay there. (Via Quartz)#
Above Avalon · Neil Cybart
Skating to the Apple Car Puck
Recent reports have cast doubt on Apple's automobile ambitions. With Apple shifting its focus to auto software and autonomous driving, many have interpreted the move as Apple giving up on building its own car. I look at the situation very differently. Apple remains interested in transportation, and the case for an…
Pixel Envy · Nick Heer
More of Facebook’s Metrics Found to Be Exaggerated
I’ve written a fair amount this week about Facebook’s role in disseminating and promoting fake news sites and bullshit stories within their news feed, but it’s worth examining their repugnant behaviour towards real news sites as well. Back in 2013, Facebook announced that they had become the leading source of traffic…
Asymco · asymco-admin
The Genealogy of the MacBook Pro
I was an early user of the first MacBook Air. When that product was launched I saw in it something different: a dedication to a new measure of performance: thinness and conformability. The key image used to launch the Air was the laptop sliding neatly into an inter-office envelope. The implication was that the laptop…
OPTiCAL SiN
Seems I didn’t take my NTD5 change from 7/11 and what did...
Seems I didn’t take my NTD5 change from 7/11 and what did they do? They mailed it to me…wow #respect #goodservice
Both Sides of the Table - Medium · Mark Suster
The Morning After. What Have We Done?
Stratechery by Ben Thompson · Ben Thompson
Why Twitter Must Be Saved
First, a reposting of an old Stratechery article, Rebuilding the World Technology Destroyed. Then, why Twitter is an essential antidote to Facebook and must be preserved.
Howdy - Medium · Ben Brown
Botkit, now with love from Microsoft and IBM Watson
Both Sides of the Table - Medium · Mark Suster
And Then They Came for Me …
Anil Dash · Anil
There is no “technology industry”
The label’s become too big to be useful, and tech could suffer for it. Quick: What do an auto leasing provider, a condiment company and...
Pixel Envy · Nick Heer
Kara Swisher on Tech’s White Male Problem
Kara Swisher, as quoted by Karis Hustad at Harvard’s Tech Conference 22: When you look up at a board room and you look around and you see 10 white men and you don’t understand you have a problem, I want to know what happens to you. How can’t you see it? It’s a huge problem, […]◉
Daring Fireball · John Gruber
Google Cans ‘CEO’ of Google Access, Halts Expansion of Google Fiber
Daring Fireball · John Gruber
The New York Times Is Buying the Wirecutter for More Than $30 Million
Subtraction.com + Feed · Khoi
Lessons from Branding the Clinton Campaign
One of the unexpected revelations from the Clinton campaign emails released by Wikileaks is an interesting exchange on the process…
Pixel Envy · Nick Heer
Two Twitter Offers Rumoured to Have Dissolved Due to Trolls
Alex Sherman, Chris Palmeri, and Sarah Frier, Bloomberg: Walt Disney Co. decided not to pursue a bid for Twitter Inc. partly out of concern that bullying and other uncivil forms of communication on the social media site might soil the company’s wholesome family image, according to people familiar with management’s…
Daring Fireball · John Gruber
NYT Chief Counsel David McCraw on the Response to His Letter to Trump’s Lawyers
Daring Fireball · John Gruber
The New York Times’s General Counsel Responds to Donald Trump’s Threat of a Lawsuit
Daring Fireball · John Gruber
John Scalzi: ‘Trump, the GOP, and the Fall’
PotPieGirl.com · PotPieGirl
How I Increased My Blog Traffic By 189.4% In 30 Days
Well, I gotta tell ya, Last month was a darn good month for traffic (and sales) to a little test site of mine from Pinterest. What I’m doing to get more traffic and clicks from Pinterest is REALLY WORKING! I even impressed myself…haha! I managed to increase the traffic by 189.4% in ONE month. Yes, that is almost…
Clive Thompson · Clive
The odd pleasures of reading Proust on a mobile phone
A year ago I wrote an essay about reading War and Peace on my iPhone. If you missed it, why hey! You can read the whole essay here! When people found out what I was doing, they often claimed it was aesthetically bonkers. Isn’t it uncomfortable and weird, they wondered, to read such a massive book in tiny […]
MailChimp Email Marketing BlogMailChimp Email Marketing Blog · Brandon
Make the Most of Your Holiday Marketing with Our Helpful Tips
For many businesses, the holidays are one of the most hectic—and important—times of the year. A successful holiday season can ensure the calendar year ends on a high note for your business, but it can also generate positive momentum that you can build on for the future. Even though the holidays are technically still…
Kalzumeus Software · Patrick
I’m Joining Stripe to Work on Atlas
I’m joining Stripe to work on Atlas. Let me tell you why. (If you don’t know me, howdy, I’m Patrick. I’ve run a succession of small software businesses from Japan for the last 10 years. They’re documented in a bit of depth on this blog and in HN comments, conference presentations, and the like.) Some […]
Yoast · Edwin Toonen
How ‘near me’ searches can help your local SEO
Google keeps getting better at handling near me searches. Needless to say, mobile is the de facto way for most people to search for businesses and products — especially while out and about. Location-based ‘everything’ needs to be taken into account while optimizing the mobile and local SEO for location-dependent…
OkDork.com · Noah Kagan
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey – Book Review
You can always improve yourself. There’s always something you can do that can make you better at work, at home, or in life. Stephen R. Covey’s book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People covers how anyone can adapt themselves to change and to use what life throws at them to their advantage. * * * You always reap…
Stephen Wolfram Blog · Stephen Wolfram
How to Teach Computational Thinking
The Computational Future Computational thinking is going to be a defining feature of the future—and it’s an incredibly important thing to be teaching to kids today. There’s always lots of discussion (and concern) about how to teach traditional mathematical thinking to kids. But looking to the future, this pales in…
Jane Dallaway
Internet password book
I popped into WHSmiths after work to buy some wrapping paper. Whilst I was there I spotted this. So I picked it up to have a look at it. And discovered that on the bottom of the front page was this disclaimer which made me shudder. As if encouraging people to write down passwords wasn’t bad enough. Telling them that…
Schneier on Security · Bruce Schneier
Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet
Over the past year or two, someone has been probing the defenses of the companies that run critical pieces of the Internet. These probes take the form of precisely calibrated attacks designed to determine exactly how well these companies can defend themselves, and what would be required to take them down. We don't…
Stories by Buster Benson on Medium · Buster Benson
"Cognitive bias cheat sheet" in Better Humans
Because thinking is hard.Continue reading on Better Humans »