Alphabet
@CaseyNewton granted, the domain is pretty cool, but yea what? »
Official Google Blog: G is for Google
Um Google just renamed itself to Alphabet???? »
Bing
LOL »
alphabet.com
I bet the people at were surprised by the sudden burst of traffic. Oddly, looks to be…BMW? »
Alphabet
Holy moly: I think I just heard the mic drop. Wow. »
Inmates fighting California wildfires - Business Insider
Almost half of those fighting California's massive wildfires right now are prisoners, on call 24/7 & paid $1 an ... »
Ferguson activists DeRay Mckesson, Johnetta Elzie among those arrested in St. Louis - The Washington Post
Had a lunch interview w/@deray and hour before his arrest. Neither he nor @Nettaaaaaaaa were planning to be arrested http… »
No girl wins: three ways women unlearn their love of video games - Offworld
New @offworld feature! No girl wins: three ways women unlearn their love of video games »
alphabet - IndieWebCamp
A is for article, B is for backfeed, C is for checkin, and 23 others compiled by @t #indieweb »
I Filmed A Sonic The Hedgehog Orgy
Sonic Dream Collection, in which I filmed Sonic having sex, is one of the weirdest games I’ve ever played. »
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hi-res of my #allhousesmatter strips. »
chainsawsuit.com/allhousesmatter.png
hi-res of my #allhousesmatter strips. »
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Current status »
blog.modernmechanix.com/birth-of-music-visualization
Wow! A Popular Mechanics article on music visualization from 1924! via Arcangelo Constantini ht… »
What we learned from Makerbase’s launch — Making Makerbase — Medium
What we learned from Makerbase's launch thx esp to @hchamp @waxpancake @meyerweb for asking great questions »
This Futuristic Concrete Heals Itself With Built-In Bacteria | Popular Science
Futuristic concrete heals itself with built-in bacteria. »
@mattdpearce/Ferguson on Twitter
Here's a Twitter list of Ferguson sources. It's a little old, but many of the members were in Ferguson tonight. https://t.… »
    
Portland set the record tonight as 28,000 showed up for our rally. The momentum is nothing less than extraordinary. http… »
Google By the Letters — Backchannel — Medium
.@StevenLevy weighs in on Alphabet @backchnnl »
Parks & Recreation - Calc You Later - YouTube
“We also like that it means alpha‑bet (Alpha is investment return above benchmark), which we strive for!” »
Kitty's First Big-Girl Record: Help Make It Amazing! by Kitty — Kickstarter
here it is guys!! please help me fund my first ever full length album & make my dreams come tru!!! <333 https://t.c... »
The Hamburger Menu Doesn't Work - Deep Design
The Hamburger Menu Doesn't Work We’ve known this for years, yet I keep seeing people use it. »
burtchblog — Mic Jammer Product Update
'Like taping over your webcam, but for audio': @irl is hunting for institutional support for her excellent mic jammer »
What’s the WORST professional advice you ever got? — Dear Design Student — Medium
Today on Dear Design Student! A round table! What’s the worst professional advice you ever got? »
Hack the Hood Graduation Celebration: 2015 Tickets, Oakland | Eventbrite
On 8/12, @stewart, @devarispbrown, & I are gonna talk to @HacktheHood grads. You can come too: h... »
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Sex Education (HBO) - YouTube
John Oliver took on sex education and possibly made the best school video ever. »
Artist In Residence | Online Application| Autodesk
The deadline to apply for the next artist in residence cohort at Pier 9 is 8/23! Please come be awesome in my office. h… »
Prince Calls for Artist Freedom, Ties Fight to Black America's Struggle - NBC News
"Prince's next album will debut on Tidal -- a decision meant to send a message about supporting black ownership." »
Texas cops smell weed in black woman's car so they stick hand up her vagina in public - Boing Boing
TX cops “smell weed” in black woman's car, so they force hand up her vagina in public. No weed »
SXSW PanelPicker
It's #SXSW panel picker day. Spare a vote for my panel with @MistaGraham and @jhanteighon on YouTubers + Book Deals »
SXSW PanelPicker
#Bots at @SXSW w/@clockwerks, @benbrown & @jeffk from @VoxProduct & @xoxco: #messaging #slack »
theregister.co.uk/2015/08/10/htc_caught_storing_fingerprints_as_worldreadable_cleartext
Dear HTC device owners, please reset your fingerprints as they were stored as easily accessible bitmaps »
Let’s Focus Traffic Enforcement on Dangerous Behaviors, Not Minor Bike Violations — Medium
“Let’s Focus Traffic Enforcement on Dangerous Behaviors, Not Minor Bike Violations” by @Scott_Wiener »
Cibele Prologue Trailer - YouTube
I made a new trailer (slash prologue) for Cibele! (P.S. ya that's 18yo me in the video lol): http://… »
Breaking The Silence: What Really Happens On Silent Meditation Retreat
I have an essay up on @buzzfeed about my experience at a 10 day silent meditation course! http://t… »
SXSW PanelPicker
hey vote for this big gay panel with @autowin @harto @meganrosedickey and @lepitts it's about treehouses or something »
Expecting great habits from good people — Towards a remarkable career — Medium
A new person's 1st day is full of potential! Don't waste it by hiding what great things you expect from good people https://… »
The Hidden Trauma Of Having A Parent In Prison - BuzzFeed News
Both of my parents were in prison most of my childhood & mom throughout my adult hood. »
A One-Man Argument : diesel sweeties by @rstevens robot webcomic & geeky t-shirts
You can tell I like Aeropress because I didn’t use the fedora guy in this comic »
Hitchhikers actress Susan Sheridan dies aged 68 - BBC News
@doctorow Hitchhikers actress Susan Sheridan dies aged 68 #RIP »
Artificial Intelligence for Robotics Course - Udacity
I love starting @Udacity courses even though I never finish them. "Academic tourism": stimulation w/out the stress »
berniesanders.com/issues/racial-justice
If you've not seen it, here is the newly released initial draft of the Sanders Racial Justice Platform »
WebGL Shader
beautiful ghostly flower »
Fact Sheet - The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
Zirtual’s sudden layoffs of 400 might trigger WARN Act. Exemptions are strict. »
TFNW INTERACTIVE | TechfestNW
It's like Christmas morning!@WardCunningham leading an Interactive Workshop on #Dataviz #Dotspray @tfnw @CENTRLOffice http:… »
'Sage Solitaire' is the Next Game from 'Spelltower' Developer Zach Gage | TouchArcade
.@helvetica's new game Sage Solitaire is like a mashup of Klondike Solitaire and Poker: by @wondrou… »
Sesame Street: Alphabet Song Remix - YouTube
Alphabet? It's been part of Sesame Street since 1969. »
Dead Realm on Steam
Ah, crossmedia - @3BLACKDOT made a horror game directly promo-ed by their top YouTubers (ProSyndicate, Seananners). »
I spent a weekend at Google talking with nerds about charity. I came away … worried. - Vox
"the computer science majors have convinced each other that the best way to save the world is to do computer science" http://t.… »
bit.ly/1KehLQ8
A product-design-based New Yorker cartoon - »
Four Oh Four! | FT Labs
We're rolling out some new 404 pages »
V8 JavaScript Engine: Getting Garbage Collection for Free
The scheduling work in Blink is paying off big time; this time, V8 responsiveness & GC: Also »
Overview One: Explore Space through Virtual Reality! by SpaceVR — Kickstarter
Check out space pioneer, 2nd gen astronaut @RichardGarriott featured in the @SpaceVR @Kickstarter video! »
3-hour cut of Dune - Boing Boing
You could restore the missing hour of DUNE by inserting an hour of this GIF. »
Field Study | And then there is the most dangerous risk of all –...
"the risk of spending your life not doing what you want [so] you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later" »
Noahpinion: The backlash to the backlash against p-values
a thoughtful take by @noahpinion here on the "hipster" backlash against p-values in statistical significance testing »
meetup.com/Bay-Area-Wordnik-Meetup/events/222879074
next Wordnik Meetup is now September 21: let's make Twitterbots with the Wordnik API! »
Professor Mode with Ana Tudor
Better yet, want to see me code it live? ☺ Starting in 7 minutes! »
BART carpet: Like wool seats, another relic gone for good | bart.gov
BART carpet: Like wool seats, another relic gone for good. »
Google is reorganizing and Sundar Pichai will become new CEO | The Verge
Google’s massive restructuring will make it part of a larger organization called Alphabet »
Boing Boing's Weekend of Wonder: Show and Tell - Boing Boing
Among the fun stuff we'll be doing at @BoingBoing's #WeekendofWonder in a month: Show and Tell »
18F — Introducing 18F Design Methods
I love that @18F is sharing awesome stuff like their design methods. »
Rick Santorum voter support drops to 0% after debate - Boing Boing
Rick Santorum voter support drops to 0% after debate. Come for the GIFs, stay for the news. »
Chinese mega-manufacturers set up factories in India - Boing Boing
Chinese mega-manufacturers set up factories in India »
Kansas officials stonewall mathematician investigating voting machine "sabotage" - Boing Boing
Kansas officials stonewall mathematician investigating voting machine "sabotage" »
HTC Trading Below Cash Leaves Smartphone Brand With No Value - Bloomberg Business
Crazy that HTC is trading for around the value of the cash they have on hand. »
WATCH: Walmart's leaked internal anti-union propaganda video - Boing Boing
WATCH: Walmart's leaked internal anti-union propaganda video »
The Big Secret of Abortion -- The Cut
i would physically jump Proud Millennial David Daleiden in an alley and educate him on tiny crushed bones »
An Event Apart: Austin 2015
This is it—the early bird deadline for Austin is TODAY! Don’t miss @mathowie, @larahogan, @cameronmoll, and 9 more! http:… »
Gamasutra - Honest tales from the trenches of AAA game writing
'Honest tales from the trenches of AAA game writing' - some great stuff »
Gamasutra - Honest tales from the trenches of AAA game writing
Honest tales from the trenches of AAA game writing »
Jam Preserves - The Jam Journal
Sad to see @ThisIsMyJam shut down, heartened & happy to see they're keeping an archive of it. Classy coda »
Zirtual suddenly laid off 400 employees via email - Business Insider
Zirtual’s sudden layoffs of 400 might trigger WARN Act. Exemptions are strict. »
Gina Trapani's answer to What advice would seasoned women in tech give to younger girls deciding to make a tech career for themselves? - ...
Advice for girls planning a tech career? Build your own org from scratch instead of cleaning up someone else's mess »
Research Curator - Videogames - Call For Curators Call For Curators
The @V_and_A are looking for a Videogames Research Curator. This seems like someone's dream job »
Driver takes to the sidewalk to cross Broadway Bridge | OregonLive.com
I know Portlanders don't understand how to drive but this is something »
20150810 Form 8-K
this mechanical description of the alphabet reorg from google's latest 8-K is intense »
Sello
Hello, we're #Sello. We help you sell anything to anyone in your networks. Join our beta program »
Remind | #teachsmall with Remind (formerly Remind101)
We're celebrating the small things teachers do—the little moments that make a big impact. Welcome back! #teachsmall http://t.… »
Virtual Assistant Startup Zirtual Is “Pausing All Operations” | TechCrunch
This is terrible news. Zirtual shutting down operations after just raising a debt round. 500+ people out of town »
bookriot.com/2015/08/10/book-riots-deal-of-the-day-for-august-10th-2015
Don't Panic but you can get all 5 novels in the Hitchhiker's Guide series for $3.99 TOTAL: http://t.co… »
Puzzle Theory Archives
My puzzle archive now includes last week's challenges (with hints and answers) »
The long list | NZ Government
A new flag for New Zealand: the long list »
YouTube is now better at live streaming than Twitch | The Verge
“YouTube is now better at live streaming than Twitch” I think the best way to watch Dota2 is in the game client. »
skift.com/2015/08/10/travel-brands-stop-hate-selling-to-your-customers
I love @rafat's coinage of "hate-selling", which he illustrates using travel, but is common in many industries »
#FERGUSONLOOTCREW - Twitter Search
chan trolls are pretending to be ferguson protestors, some of which are threatening to kill cops, please report: https://t.co… »
Police Shoot Man in Ferguson Amid Anniversary Protest for Michael Brown - The New York Times
Breaking news: Police have shot and critically injured a man in Ferguson, Mo. »
Ferguson and beyond: how a new civil rights movement began – and won't end | DeRay McKesson | Comment is free | The Guardian
Ferguson and beyond: how the movement began – and won't end // my reflection on the year »
Watch: Authorities arrest peaceful Ferguson protesters outside the Department of Justice in St. Louis - Salon.com
Watch: Authorities arrest peaceful #Ferguson protesters including @deray @Nettaaaaaaaa & Cornel West »
Why the 2015 Perseid meteor shower is going to be especially awesome - LA Times
"Why the 2015 Perseid meteor shower is going to be especially awesome" #space #astronomy »
Coca-Cola Funds Scientists Who Shift Blame for Obesity Away From Bad Diets - The New York Times
"Coca-Cola Funds Scientists Who Shift Blame for Obesity Away From Bad Diets" »
economist.com/blogs/prospero/2015/08/johnson-style
Cut your word-count. The latest Johnson column. »
New York, Combating Worker Abuse, Mandates Salon Owners to Secure Wage Bonds - The New York Times
Bklyn judge awards manicurist $200,000 in stolen wages, but owner disappears. A new post-#unvarnished law will help htt… »
Washington Post reporter charged with trespassing, interfering with a police officer - The Washington Post
If two reporters "can be charged like this with the whole country watching, just imagine what happens when nobody is" http:… »
"This was the new Jim Crow" — an oral history of the Ferguson protests - Vox
"This was the new Jim Crow": an oral history of the Ferguson protests »
Police critically shoot man they say opened fire during Ferguson anniversary protests - The Washington Post
This in addition to officer-involved shooting, as well as some burglaries. Full Ferguson overnight roundup here: http://t… »
U.S.A., Land of Limitations? - The New York Times
We’re becoming as socially rigid as the society our forbears fled, says @NickKristof »
We're hiring! Apply to be a Creative Technologist at NYT Labs | nytlabs ← Research, thoughts, and process from The New York Times R&D Lab
I would love to see more women applying to come work with us @nytlabs Ping me with any questions! »
Web Design - The First 100 Years
@JEB54 @zeynep - i like maciej's commentary: (peeps are trying to "fix the world w/ software" but it 'aint broke) »
Refresh Portland – A Skeptic’s Guide to Branding
Next week: @hupfen presents “A Skeptic’s Guide to Branding” Half the seats are spoken for already. … »
colettehq.com/careers
Portlanders! We're looking for a local freelance HTML/CSS/JavaScript developer for help with an upcoming project: http… »
The Knight-Mozilla Fellowships | Knight-Mozilla OpenNews
The Knight-Mozilla Fellowships are a powerful way to bring innovation to newsrooms. You should apply »
HOOLI XYZ
Did nobody tell Google that this was satire? »
HOOLI XYZ
Related nerd joke »
The tech diversity story that’s not being told. — The Message — Medium
Microsoft, Google and Adobe all have Indian-American men at the helm. It's time we stepped up on inclusion in tech. »
Take Control of Your Apple Wi-Fi Network: Get help with Apple 802.11ac and 802.11n networking!
The latest edition of my Take Control of Your Apple Wi-Fi Network ebook is out! 222 pages. Deliciously detailed. »
A Book Apart, On Web Typography
First up, 20% off my book On Web Typography with the code WEBTYPELOVE »
Work at Kickstarter — Kickstarter
We're hiring designers, engineers, and more. Come join us! »