Letter to a Junior Designer ∙ An A List Apart Column
“Softer language earns fewer retweets but better results. If you have a hunch, call it a hunch.” by @Cennydd »
How Americans Die
Profound & meaningful use of data to tell a story: How Americans Die. We should be fighting suicide as we figh... »
Original Designs by Samsung
Samsung is gonna need some cream for this buuuuuuurn: via @gruber »
Game Music Bundle 7
So this is a pretty dang good music bundle! @PeterNMcConnell @Disasterpeace @awintory »
nyti.ms/1j3eabm
Note to #Cheerios marketers: Don't worry about that NYT story re: your lawyers idiocy. I doubt anyone has seen it. »
High Five the Internet!
So great: Thanks, @Photojojo! »
emoji comparison
A comparison of the Apple and Twitter emoji glyphs. »
Kickstarter meetup at RailsConf » Backing & Hacking — Kickstarter
We're having a Kickstarter meetup at next week's RailsConf in Chicago. Come say hi! »
Pointer Pointer by @StudioMoniker
Heh, this site is fun. Loads a picture pointing at your cursor »
i.imgur.com/Yp5a1LT.gif
This set of GIFs about New York etiquette are delightful. My favorite: full set »
Coming out as a Porn Star — Vox.com
Ever wondered how a porn star comes out to their family? Read @dylanmatt's beautiful piece »
Countdown: The 13 Worst Tweets of All Time
I normally loathe lists of tweets as stories, but this from @alyssabereznak is absolutely delightful reading »
Meet the men of Prime. Their mobile app... - Sprint Accelerator | Facebook
Team @stayinyourprime's app instantly gets health records on your phone. Now that's the definition of #mHealth. http://t.c… »
Photojojo Rentals
"If you're interested in Photojojo's online class in drone photography basics…" from love @superamit so much »
Terasem, Transhumanism and the Singularity: Technology and Religion - TIME
it's aliiiive! i've been reporting this story on tech religions since 2012 and it is finally, finally live »
BBC News - Portland dumps 38m gallons of water after urination
Did I say national mocking? I meant INTERNATIONAL mocking. BBC picks up on PDX's asinine water decision. »
Neil DeGrasse Tyson Said What He Thinks About Race Now That He's Made It, And Almost Nobody Noticed
This @neiltyson take on gender/race in science is so awesome that I'm linking to Upworthy.[~3min] /via @enagoski »
Design+code: Learn iOS design and Xcode
Learning @sketchapp? PHENOMENAL ramp-up guide here by @mengto. Many pointers, each with video. /cc @bysusanlin »
Instagram
More like Monument Valley please. »
Relax, Ukraine is Not Ordering Its Jews to Register | New Republic
@worleygirl The New Republic frames this a little differently. »
How Ideas Gain Traction | Inc.com
How @awesomefound low emotional commitment $1000 microgrants paves way for innovation. »
On the hunt for S.F. street stamp typos - SFGate
I wrote about the uniquely San Franciscan tradition of sidewalk typo hunting, and I had way too much fun »
Up Up Down Down Left Copyright, Right?: 5 Useful Articles – Vol. 1 Issue 4
Five Useful Articles is out! Now © geeks can finally check the Garcia amicus brief high scores »
Research Blog: Lens Blur in the new Google Camera app
Google adds structure from motion scanning to Android camera to make depth maps for post-capture selective blurring »
Instagram
RIKER! RT @badmachinery: Just placed this licensed Star Trek title w/ DC. The banks better start printing more money. »
Instagram
Our bookkeeper is the Portlandiest (and the best) »
The Type Directors Club
We'll be in New York speaking @typedirectors tonight. Holler at us! »
Jews ordered to register in east Ukraine
Jews forced to list their property and register identities in the Ukraine, and suddenly those Sudetenland comps work. http://t… »
BOOK IN STORES TODAY - Imgur
This set of GIFs about New York etiquette are delightful. My favorite: full set »
Introducing PourOver and Tamper - Features - Source: An OpenNews project
Pourover and Tamper represent an unbelievable amount of difficult work on the part of @nytimes staff. via @dansinker »
Fuck Innovation, Everything We Have Now is Shit | Unicornfree with Amy Hoy: Creating And Selling Your Own Products
“The things we use are so disgustingly terrible, there’s unending opportunity—We don’t need novelty, we need better.” htt… »
A MAZE 2014 Interview: Marcel-André Casasola Merkle über »Rules« | Superlevel
A MAZE 2014 Interview: Marcel-André Casasola Merkle aka @zeitweise über sein neues Spiel »Rules« »
Face tracker
This webcam page (pretty accurately) detects your emotions. Bonus: makes you look like a Disclosure album cover http://t.… »
Wearables: Are You Still Using... | Polar
So things look good for @pebble not so much for other wearables »
Linode Blog
DigitalOcean: “Shit.” »
Linux Software Engineering Intern Job
Pls RT: Want a Linux summer internship? Intel's Open Source Technology Center is hiring for a Hillsboro, OR intern: http:/… »
nytimes.com/2014/04/17/business/when-liking-a-brand-online-voids-the-right-to-sue.html?smid=nytnow-share&smprod=nytnow
"General Mills seems to be suggesting that buying its products binds consumers to give up a right to sue." @nytimes »
The Surprising Gut Microbes of African Hunter-Gatherers | Science | WIRED
NBD just some Wiggum plots showing abundance & diversity of gut biota from different cultures »
Princeton Concludes What Kind of Government America Really Has, and It's Not a Democracy - PolicyMic
New scientific study from Princeton researchers finds that "America is basically an oligarchy." »
Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote the greatest opening line to a book, ever - Vox
Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote the greatest opening line to a book, ever. Here it is »
Love and Solitude | Vanity Fair
RIP Gabriel García Marquez. This is how we want to remember him »
A few accumulated thoughts on media — Tech News and Analysis
My definition of media? "Anything which owns attention." »
After Editorially: The Search For Alternative Collaborative Online Writing Tools | Smashing Magazine
The search for alternative collaborative online writing tools, by @paulrobertlloyd – »
America the Voiceless: Voters can't compete with big campaign cash | Al Jazeera America
"I expected to find that ordinary Americans had a modest degree of influence over government policy…" SPOILER: Nope. http://t… »
Break: A Conference That Questions the Edges of Design by Christopher Murphy — Kickstarter
Just backed the excellent @fehler's excellent Break Conference on @Kickstarter and so should you »
Kepler-186f: Earth-size planet in the habitable zone.
This is kind of a big deal: Earth-sized planet found in its star’s habitable zone. »
Kickstarter's biggest hits - why crowdfunding now sets the trends | Technology | theguardian.com
Kickstarter's biggest hits - why crowdfunding now sets the trends »
Jews ordered to register in east Ukraine
Jews ordered to register in east Ukraine via @usatoday »
Jews ordered to register in east Ukraine
Jews in east Ukraine ordered to "register" & list property they own or lose citizenship & assets & risk de... »
Cheap microscopes: Yours to cut out and keep | The Economist
Trending: This paper microscope costs under $1 and can magnify objects up to 2,100 times http://t.… »
5 Useful Articles by Parker Higgins & Sarah Jeong
w00t, @sarahjeong's and my weekly copyright&jokes newsletter goes out tomorrow and it's a good one. Not subscribed? »
Solid 2014 - O'Reilly Conferences, May 21 - 22, 2014, San Francisco, CA
Today's the last day for #OReillySolid Early Price See #Robotics, 3DPrinting & #IoT in actio... »
News Challenge - How can we strengthen the Internet for free expression and innovation? - Empowering musicians on the open internet throu...
We're looking for #newschallenge funding for open standards/edu in music. Applaud/comment if you care. Last day! »