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We’re redoubling our diversity efforts, and offering 50 $50 passes to those who otherwise couldn’t afford to attend »
Sharing block lists to help make Twitter safer | Twitter Blogs
Huge news. Twitter just made shareable block lists a first-party feature. »
Families and Significant Others — XOXO Blog
One more announcement before we open registration tomorrow: families, childcare, and attending with your s/o »
2015 Registration — XOXO Blog
.@xoxo registration opens up tomorrow »
A blow for mobile advertising: The next version of Safari will let users block ads on iPhones and iPads » Nieman Journalism Lab
Adblocking is arriving on iPhones this fall. That’s a big (and bad) deal for publishers »
Intel launches $125 million pro-diversity VC fund | GamesIndustry.biz
Intel launches $125 million pro-diversity VC fund Nice job @intel / @IntelGaming ! »
Designing Quora - Quora Design - Quora
Second: our design team started a blog and I wrote the first post, on the fundamental problem we're trying to solve »
Quora’s New Logo - The Quora Blog - Quora
I have a few things I'm excited to share with y'all! We redrew our logo with the incredible folks at @commercialtype »
Memories: That Mad Max Great Showdown | PyramidCar!
Here's a Making Of post for that Mad Max Showdown. Figured it has been awhile since i have posted one of those.. »
New Topics in Social Computing: Data and Education | eyebeam.org
.@jomc's last #newtopics panel "Data and Education" 1 Jul. w/ speakers @tressiemcphd @savasavasava + @claudiakincaid http:/… »
Dude Stick - Lip Balm for Men with core natural ingredients by Spencer Sevy — Kickstarter
sick of lip balm that doesn't reaffirm your heterosexual masculinity? slather your waiting mouth with a Dude Stick! https://t… »
subtraction.com/2015/06/09/iphones-from-original-to-6
Nifty animated GIF of how iPhone has evolved from original to the 6 model. »
Four Columbia House insiders explain the shady math behind “8 CDs for a penny” · Expert Witness · The A.V. Club
For all the grossness of Columbia House, it was also one of the few ways for non city peeps to get 'alt' music »
gamesareforeveryone.com
Really love —excellent resource for people interested in making games. #indiedev »
gamesareforeveryone.com
hey y'all! I made a companion site for more resources to compliment Sortingh.at! Covers new ground too! »
BETA / a code for america gathering
Nicole Neditch kicking off Beta at @codeforamerica tonight! Watch the live stream »
Start-ups and Emotional Debt
This “emotional debt” article about startups in your 20ies makes me wonder about grad school debt via @… »
chelsea saunders / pixelatedcrown
We were just talking about how @PIXELATEDCROWN is amazing. You should follow her. »
Streaming Clients Bug
Congrats to Twitter on launching block export/import! They're still missing some features, which I hope to see soon: htt… »
OAPI: Shields Up
Shields Up is live. »
bit.ly/1JFKgef
Fri & Sat at 7:00pm, don't miss FLASH GORDON on #35mm! Free for Hollywood Theatre members »
Nancy Lublin, CEO of Crisis Text Line, at Gel 2015 on Vimeo
This was hands-down the best talk of the 2015 GEL Conference, take 20min at some point today to enjoy it »
The Pharaohs Of Silicon Valley: My Journey Throug... | ClickHole
"the place where internet" is slaying me (ht @haley) »
Nom Nom Galaxy
Nom Nom Galaxy - (PC/PS4, $) "4X survival TD soup sim" - @reasonjp »
400 people have been imprisoned in Riker's Island for at least 2 years without ever being convicted
Right now, as we speak, 1,500 people have been in Riker's Island for over 1 year without being convicted. »
Remote Control: Mandy Brown of Vox Product - Features - Source: An OpenNews project
Welcome to REMOTE CONTROL, our new remote-work series with @INN. First up, @aworkinglibrary of @VoxProduct »
A Thousand Pounds of Dynamite
New from @atavistmag: our stories as podcasts, starting with @HigginbothamA's amazing "1,000 Pounds of Dynamite" »
Back to Work 224: Sugar Pills and a Pack of Cigarettes — Back to Work with After Dark Post-Shows — Overcast
Here's a feverish @danbenjamin doing my favorite Back to Work sponsor read of the year. »
How is the new Quora logo different from the old one? - Quora
They were incredible to work with, and they wrote up a great behind the scenes on the process »
Apple's Junk Drawer Problem - BuzzFeed News
wrote a bit about Apple's junk drawer problem & how FB, Goog, & Apple are all trying to suck you into their ecosyste... »
files.cloudprivacy.net/sprint-lsite-emails.pdf
When Sprint tracks your GPS for the government, they email the cops a Google maps URL. »
DevOps Slack Chat
A friend just told me about a devops centric slack group »
How We Made "Money as a Weapons System" - Features - Source: An OpenNews project
The editorial, data-wrangling, tech, and design work behind @ProPublica's "Money as a Weapons System" »
The Manager’s Crisis
The Manager's Crisis »
blog.circleci.com/its-the-future
“It’s San Francisco. Everyone’s into distributed systems and BDSM.” »
Vine
Play this for yourself when you are feeling insecure, Immorten Joe has got your back »
Bee Mounts (Massive Chalice Fan Art Timelapse) - YouTube
Want to see how I made the sweet bee mount art from the 3rd Massive Chalice doc? @DoubleFine htt… »
What’s hot in robotics? Four trends to watch | Robohub
“Co-bots” a powerful trend, terribly branded (via @FetchRobotics) »
Google's Robot Dog Shows Off Some New Tricks - BuzzFeed News
oh hey, @nitashatiku writes about robot dogs for buzzfeed now »
Why Web Design is Dead | UX Magazine
Why Web Design is Dead | UX Magazine »
Chaka Khan - I Feel For You [Official Video] - YouTube
every time @brianloveswords & i hear about @dockercon we sing a docker version of the intro to "i feel for you" »
Volume. August 18 on PS4, Vita and Steam - YouTube
The new trailer for @volumegame by @mikeBithell looks rad »
The 5 Myths About Portland Apartments
Holy shit! The WW actually uses economics to talk rental costs. It's a miracle! Let the irrational hate commence! »
Editorial: Why We Write: On Game Critique, Influence, and Reach - Giant Bomb
I wrote a piece in response to the claim that critics are trying to force developers to do things »
Podcast Producer for CreativeMornings at CreativeMornings ~ Authentic Jobs
Podcast lovers! We're looking for a freelance Podcast Producer — is it you?! »
Jerry Seinfeld Does Not Want to Be Here - Late Night with Seth Meyers - YouTube
@gordonkeith @junior_miller @GeorgeDunham Seinfeld on Late Night, you'll dig thanks for KTCK »
relay.fm/clockwise/91
New, we're live from WWDC 2015, with guests @imyke and @ismh! »
Improved organization permissions · GitHub
Improved organization permissions »
Longform Podcast #145: Ashlee Vance
Longform Podcast 145: @valleyhack, tech writer for @bw and author of the new book on Elon Musk http://… »
The Knight-Mozilla Fellowships | Knight-Mozilla OpenNews
Today we opened the search for 2016 Knight-Mozilla Fellows. Spend 10 months on open-source experimentation in news »
Customers » About | MediaNet
Medianet's customer list is like an in-memoriam page for music services. »
Adactio: Journal—I'm b@ck from @media
@paulrobertlloyd Here’s mine »
Link: Spawned with Kristen and Liz of Cool Mom Picks | Blurbomat
Kristen and Liz of Cool Mom Picks have launched a new podcast! »
Link: Spawned with Kristen and Liz of Cool Mom Picks | Blurbomat
Kristen and Liz of Cool Mom Picks have launched a new podcast! »
Go Ahead, Ask Google 'What Happened to the Dinosaurs' | Motherboard
Go ahead, ask Google "what happened to the dinosaurs?" »
How A Video Game Is Released In 2015
When Kotaku nails it, Kotaku *does* nail it. »
Vine
Testing character emoticons @NightInTheWoods :) »
A Former Cop On What Went Wrong In McKinney
The difference between two of the McKinney cops has stuck with me for a couple days now. http://t.c… »
If this is the beginning of the end of Reddit, then Reddit deserves to die | The Verge
Wow, the worst people on Reddit are flipping out. Here's why: The slug in that Verge URL sums it up. »
nextcity.org/features/view/why-one-silicon-valley-city-said-no-to-google
Now I will shamelessly re-up my piece on tech companies doing urban planning via community benefits @NextCityOrg »
145 - Bojack Horseman Desginer Lisa Hanawalt - The Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show
This week on The Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show - illustrator/podcaster/Bojack Horseman designer @lisadraws »
Ghibli Blog - Studio Ghibli, Animation and the Arts: Miyazaki Comics - The Age of the Flying Boat (1989)
When I feel I don't have enough pages for a sequence, I try to remember that Miyazaki drew Porco Rosso in 15 pages. »
The GOP Is Trying to Nuke Net Neutrality With a Budget Bill Sneak Attack | Motherboard
"Will the House GOP succeed in using a backdoor budget trick to kill #netneutrality?"- @samgustin »
Land Gallery
Coming in July: Great Structures Still Standing Paintings by S. Tudyk. »
2015 Bites for Rights Participants : Basic Rights Oregon
In a couple days, you can eat at restaurants to help @basicrights fight for queer, PoC and/or trans justice »
Sneak Peek: Artboards in Photoshop CC - YouTube
Photoshop CC 2015 will have multiple artboards for the first time. »
The Evolution of the iPhone in 1 GIF
All generations of iPhone. (via @khoi, src »
Opportunities and Challenges in the IoT - O'Reilly Media
.@timoreilly and @doctorow had a great exchange on the #IoT—opportunities and social good. Read it »
Wouldn't it be great if Ellen Ripley was your therapist? - Boing Boing
Wouldn't it be great if Ellen Ripley was your therapist? »
Where to Find the Best Bagels in San Francisco and the East Bay | Serious Eats
The bagel-obsessed @thefoodlab reveals who makes the best in San Francisco and East Bay http://t.co… »
Will Sex, Drugs, And Nazis Make It To Facebook's Instant Articles - BuzzFeed News
Will Sex, Drugs, And Nazis Make It To Facebook’s Instant Articles? via @brendan_klink @buzzfeednews »
Sexist scientist "apologizes" for conference remarks, says he was being "honest" - Boing Boing
Sexist scientist apologizes for suggesting 'girls' stay out of lab. Lamest apology ever. #STEM »
Adventure Patch — A photo game for people who explore.
Feels like some of the things I miss the most about Gowalla. Thanks @keeg :-) »
Siboot by Chris Crawford — Kickstarter
Chris Crawford is Kickstarting his latest experiments in social simulation and interactive narrative »
Monikers: Shmonikers by Alex Hague — Kickstarter
Brand new on @Kickstarter: Monikers: Shmonikers by Alex Hague »
Instagram
There was the time we wrote a song with @parrygripp from @nerfherder_band for #PhineasAndFerb which… »
Apply to become a 2016 Knight-Mozilla Fellow! | Knight-Mozilla OpenNews
APPLY TODAY!!! RT @opennews: The application for the 2016 Knight-Mozilla Fellowship is open now till August 21 »
Fortunate Horse Magazine: Issue #2: Mister Cigarette by Taylor Moore — Kickstarter
Feeling fortunate? Well, then: Fortunate Horse Magazine Issue #2: Mister Cigarette by Taylor Moore »
60 Year Old Kills Hip-Hop Routine!! - YouTube
Hot damn. Shirley, you are my hero! »
Why I’m Reading New York
An essay about Vivian Gornick and The City which could also be titled "Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying." »
Things I've Learned About Building & Coding HTML Email Templates
It's painful but it works. “Things I've Learned About Building & Coding HTML Email Templates” by @leemunroe. http://... »
ASK AN ENGINEER - Special guests! Danielle Applestone @othermachine and Zach Supalla @particle - YouTube
ASK AN ENGINEER - Danielle Applestone @othermachine @dapplestone and Zach Supalla @zsupalla @particle 8pm! »
The Making of Lemmings – Read-Only Memory
Lemmings was such a great game. »
Vine
power, wisdom... and courage (Vine by @brandonnn) »
Introducing Letters — The Story — Medium
Theory: Medium is actually run by the writers of Silicon Valley who are testing out jokes »
How Well Do You Know Your Apple Executives - BuzzFeed News
I got 5 out of 8 on How Well Do You Know Your Apple Executives?! via @katienotopoulos @buzzfeednews »
Women are not capable of understanding ‘GoodFellas’ | New York Post
This piece pisses me off because the "lame" synopsis at the end is what I think Goodfellas is about & I LOVE it »
Numbers Shirt by Cory Schmitz – iam8bit
I designed a shirt for THREES! & it’s on sale now at iam8bit → »
Goodnight Dune
Goodnight Dune »
This game will make your morning coffee seem kind of scary - Boing Boing
I also really liked this game about how Keurig machines are evil, because I hate them and they totally are »
UK schools using spyware to monitor students' ideology - Boing Boing
UK schools using spyware to monitor students' ideology »
Shitty Rigs: A tumblr of scary and sketchy DIY filmmaking rigs - Boing Boing
Shitty Rigs: a tumblog of greatness my friends in TV, web video, filmmaking will appreciate. »
Read the TPP
BREAKING: Someone posted the full text of the #TPP online Retweet to spread it! via @IDLtweets »
Job Application for Senior Designer, The Intercept at First Look
Job alert: @the_intercept seeks a Senior Designer in NYC »
mtgsalvation.com/forums/creativity/custom-card-creation/612057-generating-magic-cards-using-deep-recursive-neural
"Generating Magic cards using deep, recursive neural networks" - give it 10 yrs and this wi mean something different »
Anarchy in the UK Mastercards - Boing Boing
Anarchy in the UK Mastercards »
Removing harassing subreddits : announcements
reddit starts removing harassing subreddits »
Digital Vintage - Video - NYTimes.com
Sick private collection of vintage computers… via @LaurieSpiegel »
Sharing block lists to help make Twitter safer | Twitter Blogs
Twitter adds support for importing/exporting blocklists: a nice step   »
Girl Gamers: A story worth telling | Fusion
I'm really excited for this upcoming @LatoyaPeterson-helmed series on women gamers. »
First amphibious baseball player stuns scientists - Boing Boing
First amphibious baseball player stuns scientists. »
drawnandquarterly.com/blog/2015/06/dq-25-pr-do-not-disturb-laura-park
D+Q to publish @llaurappark's DO NOT DISTURB MY WAKING DREAM! #DQ25 »
It's Official: Everyone Has the Same Plan for Tech's Future | WIRED
I wrote about WWDC, and the one vision of the future that is taking over Silicon Valley http://t.co… »
Woman charged with murder after taking abortion pill - Boing Boing
GA woman, 23, charged with murder for taking abortion pill—murder dropped, now drug possession »
Apple Music to pay 0% royalties to artists through free trial accounts / DIY
Artists streamed via the Apple Music free trial will receive 0% of revenue »
Platforms All the Way Down - The Awl
platform planets within platform systems within platform galaxies :) »
Stream DJ Koze's DJ Kicks Mix | The FADER
mixes : (via @sarahbadr) (via someone else cool!) »
Nicole Fenton | Words as Material
✏️ Words as Material, a new talk for designers especially »
The Last Museum | Motherboard
If there's one thing @ftrain and I agree on, it's that autonomous roborambling is fun. (And that he's human garbage.) »
The media loves the Gates Foundation. These experts are more skeptical. - Vox
The media loves the Gates Foundation. Others are skeptical. (Yes/not Gates' fault/but transparency & law are needed) »
Along the Way - Road Trips Made Better on the App Store on iTunes
looks like Along the Way app uses @foursquare’s API for road trip planning. pretty slick! »
Microsoft to open source its popular Live Writer blogging tool | Ars Technica
Interesting to learn that Microsoft will open source its Windows blog editing app, Live Writer: (via @eternalstorms) »
Keeping Up With WWDC | Bitsplitting.org
It’s terribly daunting to try keeping up with all that happens at WWDC, but @mjtsai’s excellent summaries help a lot »
Twitter is letting you and your friends join hands to block trolls and miscreants | The Verge
Spending the rest of my day using the new Twitter features to create a Block List called “Media Twitter” »
bkmag.com/2015/06/10/hes-out-the-exile-of-ed-champion
"Misogyny is words or deeds that hurt women in particular. You do not have to hate women to hurt them in particular." ht… »
Gay rights opponent transfers millions to LGBT-friendly bank in failed boycott | US news | The Guardian
Oops. Gay rights opponent transfers millions to LGBT-friendly bank in failed boycott. »
Who wrote this amazing, mysterious book satirizing tech startup culture? | Fusion
Want to read a short story? With calligraphy tweets and llamas? Anonymous distribution sure got this piece noticed. »
The Legendary Adventures Of A Fearless Girl Gamer
.@latoyapeterson is also in ESPN today talking about her own experience as a woman who games! »
Data Tables & Tools
Oh hey NBD just @ryanpitts/@CensusReporter charts being used on the official US Census site »
Many tech startups are just making up their profit and revenue numbers | The Verge
“Many tech startups are just making up their profit and revenue numbers” as in ‘completely fabricating.’ »
FIFA movie about how awesome FIFA is earns $607 in theaters - Boing Boing
#FIFA-glorifying film starring #SeppBlatter earns $607 in theaters, cost $29 million to make. »
meetup.com/Product-Hunt-NYC/events/222966806
Product Hunt NYC Meetup is tonight! ft @betaworks @KillerQueenGame @playdots @eriktorenberg http:… »
Program a strange, corrupted computer and discover its secrets - Boing Boing
Program a strange, corrupted computer and discover its secrets »
Alaska Robotics » Archive » Death and Taxes
#akleg Death and Taxes, a lengthy collection of thoughts from the #akfuture dialog: cc: @rasmuson @AkGovBillWalker »
Anti-Vaxxers Are Using Twitter to Manipulate a Vaccine Bill | WIRED
Even uglier than #gamergate? Anti-vaxxers on Twitter. Check out #cdcwhistleblower and #sb277; story »
Squirrel assault shuts down power in SF's East Bay - Boing Boing
Oh great. Now ISIS is radicalizing our squirrels. »
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/06/prisons-kick-inmates-off-facebook-new-form
How prisons kick inmates off Facebook, and how Facebook helps them. @yayitsrob covering @maassive's great research »
Tim Hunt, where’s the science in your prejudice against women? | Anne Perkins | Comment is free | The Guardian
Top Scientist Tim Hunt calls for gender segregation in labs because women 'cry and fall in love with you'. »
Our first seed investments. — A Matter-Driven Narrative — Medium
Matter will now be making Seed Investments! Check out our first three: @parlio @NewsWhip @THISdotcm #m… »
The Downside of Treadmill Desks - NYTimes.com
The “downside of treadmill desks” is based on…this? Hmm. Wasn’t for me. »
I quit the tech industry / fuzzy notepad
The human cost of legacy code »
Mapping the disciplined ranks of anti-vax Twitter - Boing Boing
Horrifying: a map of Twitter's antivaxxers who are apparently using SEO as a weapon for their evil, ig… »
Germany vs. U.S. Men's National Team | MLS MatchCenter
Netherlands ☑ Germany ☑ These guys. #GERvUSA »
League of Legends prodigy Faker carries his country on his shoulders
Really liked how @minakimes eSports feature doesn't over-explain the details of the gameplay (I would have, wrongly) »
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man by Brian Michael Bendis Vol. 1 - Comics by comiXology
"Ultimate Comics Spider-Man Vol. 1" is on Comixology for five bucks right now. Buy it buy it. »
Juan Felipe Herrera becomes first Mexican American U.S. poet laureate - The Washington Post
“I’m here to encourage others to speak” Juan Felipe Herrera, 1st Mexican American US poet laureate. A political poet. »
Black Game Developers
The Black Game Developers list is almost at 40 people. Progress. Support #blackgamedev! Buy their stuff & hire them! h... »
Jerry Seinfeld doubles down: “There’s a creepy PC thing out there that really bothers me” - Salon.com
Jerry Seinfeld doubles down on P.C. culture, insists it ruined his "gay French king" joke »
Tell us about your student debt stress > Blog > Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Have #StudentDebtStress? Tell the CFPB about it as they work to improve #studentloan servicing for borrowers. »
Hermann Zapf, 96, Dies; Designer Whose Letters Are Found Everywhere - NYTimes.com
Hermann Zapf, giant of type/font design including the ubiquitous Palatino, dies at 96. »
Librarian of Congress James Billington to retire in January - The Washington Post
When your employees discuss doing a conga line down the street because they're so happy you're retiring... »
Vincent Musetto, 74, Author of ‘Headless’ Headline of Ageless Fame - NYTimes.com
Celebrating Vincent Musetto's "verbless audacity, arresting parallel adjectives and forceful trochaic slams" »
Twitter is letting you and your friends join hands to block trolls and miscreants | The Verge
Twitter is letting you and your friends join hands to block trolls and miscreants »
This game will make your morning coffee seem kind of scary - Boing Boing
The game 'Morning Rituals' will make your first cup of the day seem kind of scary. #coffee »
Dear Veronica: Technophobe parents and the reality of VR
My new show, #DearVeronica, is live on @Engadget! Check it out and get your questions ready »
Inside the cult of Secret Wedding Pinterest, where fiances are optional - The Washington Post
This stat is crazy: 1/3 of ALL BOARDS on @Pinterest are ‘secret wedding boards’. »
gimletmedia.com/2015/06/case-3-belt-buckle
Case #3 of @MysteryShow is pure magic. And by God I now love the show’s logo even more »
Reining in the NSA by David Cole | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books
Sunsetting laws "first caught on as a way to promote accountable government in the 1970s, in the wake of Watergate." http://… »
Welcome to Project Jacquard - YouTube
Guyz Project Jacquard is so sick »
The Agency - NYTimes.com
I went to Russia to investigate a pro-Kremlin troll farm. It got weird! My story for @nytmag http://… »
App Camp For Girls 3.0 | Indiegogo
Thank you 306 supporters! We are sooooo grateful that so many share our goal of getting more girls in tech. http://t.c… »
PRX - Jobs: Radiotopia Executive Producer - Apply online
Work w/ me & @prx to create the future of audio storytelling Do you have big ideas for podcasts (and beyond)?... »
2 Kinds of People
Tumblr of the day »
The Fellowship Program — Code for America
coder friends: who are true pros you know who would do a paid service year? send them to @codeforamerica for 2016! http://t… »
Twitch
Boat upgrades happening live on stream :O #Oceanheart »
Twitch
Gonna stream some #Oceanheart dev :) »
Twitch
We're playing @MrMooEar's Massive Chalice live on @Twitch #growthhacking »
Block Together
you can also use Block Together to block <7d old or <15 follower accounts that mention you »
Apple Design Awards - Apple Developer
Hey, my ADAs didn't come with a rock band photo shoot! »
Texas school bans sunscreen because a child might drink it - Boing Boing
Texas school bans sunscreen because a child might drink it »