Remembering XOXO 2015 - YouTube
We’re releasing the talk videos, one per weekday, starting today! But first, a look back at XOXO 2015 »
Apple TV Remote Stand – Studio Neat
This is a no-brainer when the remote is $79. »
Heather Armstrong, Dooce - XOXO Festival (2015) - YouTube
The irreverent @dooce on why she stepped away from professional mommyblogging: (Warning: Her first slide'… »
#OptOutside with REI this Black Friday
Interesting, @rei isn’t going to be open on Black Friday and has a whole campaign about it. »
Let's Play Super Mario Bros. Special - World 1 - YouTube
What if Super Mario Bros was officially ported to a PC that could only display 4 colors and couldn't scroll? Behold »
SXSW & The Gamergate Panel, and why their cop out is bullshit (with images, tweets) · athenahollow · Storify
Storify of what that @sxsw panel was all about Its so much worse than it looks, somehow. »
SXSW Just Added a GamerGate Panel | Motherboard
For those wondering what I’m on about, it’s this and this #sxsw »
The Lost Arcade Teaser on Vimeo
If you want to see a nice teaser trailer for @arcademovie, they just put one up in - I've seen it a ton. It's superb »
Dear Airbnb
@emilymbadger Hi Emily! I just wanted to let you know about a new project I created :) Your article was great! »
How Trigger Warnings Broke My Back - A WordPress Site
Powerful article by a frustrated professor that made me genuinely worried about campus culture »
​SXSW Cancels Gaming Panels Due to Threats of Violence | Motherboard
SXSW says canceling anti-harassment panel is "strong community management" »
City of Music Internship
Are you a college student interested in an internship in the Seattle Music Business? Applications being accepted now »
Citing 'Violent Threats,' SXSW Cancels Both Pro- and Anti-Gamergate Panels
Here's some useful background on that whole thing sheesh what a thing »
LOCAL 58 . INFO
The County Weather Service has issued a warning for a meteorological event. »
Escape from Mercator · Mapzen
This is gorgeous, and also the first time I've properly understood Mercator. Escape from Mercator »
Remembering XOXO 2015 - YouTube
Hey guys, here's a short video about #xoxofest It gives a glimpse into how great it was. »
An Upgraded Tape Gun Lets You Quickly Build Life-Size Wireframe Prototypes
Holy moly, I NEED one of these. What a brilliant idea! »
Redesigning The Toast — Responsive Web Design
The Toast redesign was one of the best projects I’ve ever worked on. Want the full story (like really detailed?) https://… »
Choosing Empathy | Edge.org
Empathy is a choice. A double-edged sword of choice: thanks @zakijam »
Why I Ditched Evernote for Apple Notes—and How You Can, Too
Semi-buried lede in this @Pogue post: Apple's Evernote competitor doesn't have an import function. »
Episode 649 - Aaron Draplin - WTF with Marc Maron Podcast | Pocket Casts
Aaron on Marc Maron's WTF podcast today. Woot! »
TrulyMadly presents Creep Qawwali with All India Bakchod - YouTube
I barely get a fifth of the jokes in this, I bet, and it's still the most jaw-dropping thing. (via… »
A Song A Day presents: SONGATHON
Excited to host an hour of @asongadayco's video-thon tomorrow! Tune in! Spread the word! https:/… »
TrulyMadly presents Creep Qawwali with All India Bakchod - YouTube
okay listen just watch starting from here for five seconds and you will be sold »
Your creep is not even a legit creep | MetaFilter
MetaFilter translates Creep Qawwali »
The 1-2 punch every creative agency needs — Instrument — Independent Digital Creative Agency in Portland, Oregon
The 1-2 punch every creative agency needs: diversity & inclusion by @ccdoan »
Episode 03: Tanya X. Short & Rob Auten | Script Lock
Yooooo new ep is GO! Guests are @tanyaxshort and @robauten and we talk about ARGs, chatbots and procedural stories! htt… »
Stryker watching his favorite movie - Disney's Bolt - YouTube
This dog loves the shit out of "Bolt." I could watch this all day. I did watch it most of yesterday evening. »
Molly Crabapple's second 20x200 limited edition, Girl, available starting at $60. - 20x200
"Girl", @mollycrabapple's 2nd edition, is an illustrated ode to timeless allure »
LEGO Ideas - Minimoog Synthesizers
I made Mini LEGO Minimoogs. Say that 5 times fast. »
Heather Armstrong, Dooce - XOXO Festival (2015) - YouTube
The sponsored content game can take you to some weird/dark/hilarious places. Great @xoxo talk from @dooce »
Remembering XOXO 2015 - YouTube
Wow, the best @xoxo (and @paulsearle) video yet ==> »
Log into Facebook | Facebook
The Profile team has a new feature for NBA season tip off. Put on for your city. #thesix »
Bohemian Coding Blog - Sketch 3.4
Sketch 3.4 is now out. Awesome update with tons of bug fixes »
medium.com/swlh/why-future-designers-won-t-come-from-art-schools-65e1c2c1c812?source=tw-bee86dca2914-1445867263759#7bc8--share-0-86
“‘The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in…” — @SouheilMedaghri »
Miyamoto suggested Goldeneye end with Bond shaking hands with all his enemies in a hospital • Eurogamer.net
Miyamoto suggested Goldeneye end with Bond shaking hands with all his enemies in hospital - https://… »
Get started with Git version control | Web design | Creative Bloq
I wrote a beginner’s tutorial for getting started with Git, for @netmag »
medium.com/@katierosepipkin/language-after-the-writing-machine-f3bff4f73408
i edited up today's talk notes into a little essay! read it on medium- why spambots matter ht… »
medium.com/@glichfield/umair-s-haque-why-twitter-s-dying-is-an-example-of-the-abusive-culture-it-decries-9b2750d4cd97?source=tw-a3934ce98...
“Umair’s Haque ‘Why Twitter’s Dying’ is an example of the abusive culture it decries” by @glichfield »
This “Edward Snowdenhands” Halloween costume is everything / Boing Boing
This “Edward Snowdenhands” Halloween costume is so great. HT: @theremina »
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast - Episode 649 - Aaron Draplin
Sure, getting POTUS was impressive, but @Draplin on the WTF Podcast?! That's pretty incredible »
Instant Articles get shared more than old-fashioned links, plus more details from Facebook’s news push » Nieman Journalism Lab
Instant Articles get shared more than regular links + more details from FB’s news push (wish we got data on share ↑) »
When Miles Davis named his album Bitches Brew / Boing Boing
When Miles Davis named his album Bitches Brew »
How The 1975 Community Congress Reshaped San Francisco Politics | Hoodline
How The 1975 Community Congress Reshaped San Francisco Politics by @prestonrhea »
Pay-What-You-Want Baked Goods
Pay What You Want Baked Goods in Manhattan / Queens »
Sony licensed stock footage, then branded its creator a pirate for using it himself / Boing Boing
Sony licensed stock footage, then branded its creator a pirate for using it himself »
Buy Apple TV - Apple
New Apple TV ordered. »
Inside the surprisingly sexist world of artificial intelligence - Quartz
'The real danger in the world of AI isn’t the threat of robot overlords—it’s a startling lack of diversity.' »
medium.com/@tikhon/founders-it-s-not-1990-stop-treating-your-employees-like-it-is-523f48fe90cb?source=tw-7f226bbac6d5-1445844552641
if u are part of the new economy, act like it > “Founders: It’s not 1990. Stop treating your employees like it is.” »
My Life Living "Midwestern Nice"
*nods* Midwestern Nice: A Tribute to a Sincere and Suffocating Way of Life,@Thrillist »
Building Libraries Together 2015 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
The spectacular "Building Libraries Together 2015" @internetarchive event, emcee'd by Yours Truly. »
nydn.us/1KBcK3M
The leading cause of police deaths = suicide. Greater than all other causes COMBINED. cc @Chris… »
United Airlines sorry they forced disabled man to crawl off plane to use bathroom / Boing Boing
United Airlines sorry they forced a disabled man to crawl off flight to go to the bathroom »
Get this witchy roleplaying game collection, support a good cause / Offworld
Get four (!) witchy roleplaying games for just $10, and support a good cause »
My Homemade 40W LASER SHOTGUN!!!!! - YouTube
Ladies and gentlemen: I present an early origin story of a future supervillian »
18F — Announcing the criteria for 18F's first micro-purchase contract
Our micro-purchase experiment is live. See what we're asking for, how to bid, and acceptance criteria here. »
Resources · Issue #1 · dariusk/NaNoGenMo-2015 · GitHub
NaNoGenMo starts Nov 1 but folks're already filling the 2015 Resources thread w great narrative generation resources »
Donald Trump 2016: My dad gave me a 'small loan' of a million dollars - POLITICO
Small loans for everyone, @realDonaldTrump! "My father gave me a small loan of a million dollars" »
What was this Saudi prince doing with 2 tons of drugs on his private jet? / Boing Boing
Saudi Arabia kills drug smugglers, why did a Saudi prince have 2 tons of speed in his jet? »
See Disney princesses fall in love, with each other / Boing Boing
Watch Disney princesses fall in love. With each other. »
Pharma company offers $1/dose version of hedge-fund douchenozzle's drug / Boing Boing
Pharma company offers $1/dose version of hedge-fund douchenozzle's drug »
Near-future Ikea catalog: the Internet of Things' flat-pack as a service / Boing Boing
Near-future Ikea catalog: the Internet of Things' flat-pack as a service »
Sixth grader sells artisinal Diceware passwords / Boing Boing
I just bought a small-batch, single-origin password for only $2.50 (with shipping). Seriously. »
BBC helps Saudis whitewash arms trade to Syrian jihadis / Boing Boing
BBC helps Saudis whitewash arms trade to Syrian jihadis »
IMF: Cheap oil will bankrupt the Saudis in five years / Boing Boing
IMF: Cheap oil will bankrupt the Saudis in five years »
Why It's So Hard to Design Arabic Typefaces | WIRED
For the type geeks: An excellent write up from @WIRED on the difficulty of designing Arabic typefaces. »
Bot Poetry at the SFPC | 0x0a
BOT POETRY: The "Unofficial Bot Summit." @aparrish @nickmofo @rossgoodwin @leonardr @ptsteadman @ckold… »
SXSW cancels Gamergate-related panels after 'threats of violence' | The Verge
SXSW, a tech conference with no code of conduct, has cancelled a panel on harassment b/c of threats of violence. »
Oh look. It’s that CISA surveillance bill again. Didn’t we defeat that? Not yet. One last chance (for real) to #StopCISA. Ask activists f...
Happening now! Privacy advocates’ @reddit AMA on CISA. It’s really crunch time – Senate votes tomorrow. #StopCISA https://t.c… »
Everything Doesn't Happen For A Reason — Tim Lawrence
This is raw truth. “Everything Doesn’t Happen for a Reason” by @adversitywithin »
the-toast.net/2015/10/26/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-brooding-romantic-hero
A Day In The Life Of A Brooding Romantic Hero | »
The House science committee is worse than the Benghazi committee - Vox
Extremely disturbing look at how House Republicans are intimidating scientists »
100 years of tax brackets, in one chart - Vox
This is an awesome way to visualize institutionalized inequality. (Vox, Tax Brackets, etc.) »
What I learned at Forge Conference: Building better workplaces | Vox Product Blog
Awesome post from @yurivictor on building better workplaces »
the-toast.net/2015/10/26/redesign-team-post
LOOK EVERYONE we redesigned @TheToast and there is a post on The Toast we wrote about it »
The day Iceland's women went on strike - BBC News
The day Iceland's women went on strike - BBC News - "Things went back to normal the next day, but with the knowled… »
I Will Follow You Into the ... on Livestream
Missed @carolinesinders, @corcra and I's talk on Caturday? Check out the video recording! »
TopatoCo: Oh Joy Sex Toy Volume TWO
If you didn't know that you can now buy Oh Joy! Sex Toy Volume 2 by @ErikaMoen now you know »
City Room, a Blog With a Broad Mandate, Is Retiring - The New York Times
"Focus groups were convened. Committees were formed." At the NYT?! You don't say. RIP City Room, long live City Room »
Miyamoto suggested Goldeneye end with Bond shaking hands with all his enemies in a hospital • Eurogamer.net
Miyamoto suggested Goldeneye end with Bond shaking hands with all his enemies in a hospital »
What a Deep Neural Network thinks about your #selfie
@nd_kane Uh, yes. Maybe we'd have less tone-deaf stuff like this »
David Haywood's Homepage | Microwaved Hedgehog
The MAME team has now emulated its first popcorn machine. YES AN ACTUAL POPCORN MACHINE sega-themed even »
This 11-year-old is selling cryptographically secure passwords for $2 each | Ars Technica
@lorrietweet 11-year-old selling cryptographically secure passwords (via @carolinesinders »
Covers on Vimeo
I just liked "Covers" on @Vimeo »
'Ridiculous and amazing' Slack messaging app keeps human users in mind - LA Times
“Close your eyes and pretend you’re human.” @stewart’s instructions to developers and designers »
Research files on El Salvador abuses stolen from human rights group just after they sued CIA over those abuses / Boing Boing
Did forces behind 1980s Salvadoran death squads steal UW documents about them? By @xeni: https:… »
simpleicons.org
Simple Icons »
How an episode of The Simpsons is made | The Verge
How an episode of "The Simpsons" is made - great process piece @plante via @verge »
Jupiter, Venus and Mars create a cosmic triangle in morning sky this week
“Jupiter, Venus and Mars create a cosmic triangle in morning sky this week” #conjunction »
Robotics: Countering singularity sensationalism : Nature : Nature Publishing Group
With AI, "the essential (and most difficult) challenge is designing the interfaces that keep humans in the loop." »
Nurses, fathers, teachers, mothers. Why do we devalue someone the minute they care for others? - The Washington Post
"the real problem isn't about work-life balance—it's that we utterly devalue the importance of caregiving roles" https://… »
The Deployment Age | Reaction Wheel
This is a long but excellent "tech in historical context" article via @azeem »
Save 10% on Read Only Memories on Steam
Do yourself a favor and check out @WeAreMidBoss' @ROM2064 on Steam, it's beautiful and queer and great »
Stand Up For Strong Security
I'm literally standing on the street corner of the Internet, spinning this silly mattress sale sign. »
SXSW PanelPicker
The original panel description is up »
SXSW Panel Generator
Ugh, we're talking SXSW? Make sure to check out the toy I built that generates SXSW panels in any category you want »
SMASH MOUTH IS LISTENING by neilcic | Free Listening on SoundCloud
@starlightgeek @teeterpyg lol someone in my feed just posted this and it wasn't either of you »
Cibele
Cibele is coming out in 1 WEEK~ Join our mailing list @ for a reminder upon release~ »
The Note — Shawn Blanc
When I sit down at my desk in the morning to write, there, waiting for me, is a (non-creepy) handwritten note »
Mental Help Week
Don't keep suffering to yourself. It’s Geek Mental Help Week. Join the conversation! #geekmentalhelp @geekmentalhelp https://t… »
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
Today is @Draplin day on @WTFpod! Great talk! Learned things! Do it! »
Pop-Up Magazine
Chicago! Don't miss our show TOMORROW NIGHT. ("A sensation" - NY Times | "Beautiful" - LA Times) One night only: https://t.co… »