BuzzFeed To Withdraw From SXSW Over Canceled Gaming Panels - BuzzFeed News
.@BuzzFeed To Withdraw From SXSW Over Canceled Gaming Panels »
This Is Not a Game: How SXSW Turned GamerGate Abuse Into a Spectator Sport - The Daily Beast
SXSW’s “both sides” rhetoric is merely the status quo of a tech industry largely ignoring systemic online harassment https://t… »
Who Pays Conference Speakers?
Inspired by many recent conversations, I made a site to compile »
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“I read this, slammed my head against the wall for an hour, snorted half…” — @ChrisWarcraft »
#OptOutside with REI this Black Friday
.@REI deserves the great coverage for their #OptOutside campaign. Easy to support a brand with this kind of message. ht… »
Heather Armstrong, Dooce - XOXO Festival (2015) - YouTube
@michellej just started yesterday. Here's the first »
thebulletin.org/okinawa-missiles-october8826
Good lord. MUST READ: “@ramez: Jesus. Was a launch order for 32 US NUCLEAR missiles in Okinawa given? »
Alex Blumberg, Gimlet - XOXO Festival (2015) - YouTube
“Sharing the pain you’re going through helps.” @abexlumberg on starting @Gimletmedia and @podcaststartup. »
Oubliette Escape Rooms and Adventure Society by Mink Ette — Kickstarter
LET'S GO ON AN ADVENTURE! :D Brand new on @Kickstarter: Oubliette Escape Rooms and Adventure Society by @Mink_Ette https://… »
#OptOutside with REI this Black Friday
Awesome that @REI is closing all stores for black Friday. Way to revive #buynothingday #OptOutside »
FB's 2G Tuesdays to slow internet speeds - Business Insider
Facebook will give employees super slow internet speeds every Tuesday 2G Tuesdays are here to close … »
Orwell Estate Sends Copyright Takedown Over the Number "1984" - TorrentFreak
Orwell estate is sending takedowns over the number 1984. If only there were some word to describe that dystopia. »
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(Psst! I’m seeking speakers, volunteers, freelancers, and sponsors for @alterconf Los Angeles. Pass it on!) »
EFF Disappointed as CISA Passes Senate | Electronic Frontier Foundation
The passage of CISA today by 74-21 shows just how badly Congress misunderstands technology, security, and privacy »
The Hateful Life And Spiteful Death Of The Man Who Was Vigo The Carpathian
This story about the man who played Vigo the Carpathian is insane, and a wonderful read »
Section 1201 | U.S. Copyright Office
Library of Congress legalizes patients sniffing of encrypted medical devices #xDrip @kwiens http… »
decidethefuture.org
.@SenGillibrand, @SenSchumer #CISA erodes user privacy and consumer trust in American tech businesses. Vote NO »
bit.ly/1GGnSkF
this looks less like a bubble and more like a pileup on the 101 »
gimletmedia.com/2015/10/were-hiring-editor
Gimlet is hiring an editor! You do not need to have radio/podcast experience! APPLY HERE »
Time Inc. Acquires Websites Aimed at Women - WSJ
Good to see my former colleagues and friends found a new home. Nice, @JanePratt "Time Inc. Acquires xoJane" »
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ATTN PARENTS (AND PPL WHO KNOW SMALL CHILDREN WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY) we launched @cottonbureau Kids today. »
s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2015-27212.pdf
New exemptions for the DRM-circumvention laws have been issued. Jailbreaking, unlocking, ripping, tinkering, etc »
Top Four 6: Board Games — Top Four — Overcast
My and @tiffanyarment’s top four favorite board games: Bonus at the end: our first listen of the new Weezer single. »
Watch Vic Berger IV's Vine "Jeb Bush wears his hoodie for his buddy Zuckerberg. #JebBush"
How all campaign aimed at millennials feel to the targeted demographic »
Dribbble - Couple by Ryan Putnam
@garbnzgh enjoy the comments! (Well, like the 50% that are hand-wringing) »
Mythbusters and The Force Awakens - Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project - 10/27/15 - YouTube
My true feelings about saying goodbye to @MythBusters after 14 years: @testedcom »
Snapchat Takes Over An Infamous L.A. Beachfront Party Palace - BuzzFeed News
Snapchat got a reduced rent on its new Venice Beach penthouse by agreeing not 2 party lol @william… »
JohnCoates/Aerial · GitHub
Just released the Apple TV Aerial screen saver for Mac »
The Next to Die | The Marshall Project
Some deep shit, this project: The Next to Die »
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@mialoira @EnriqueAllen @triketora Here, I fixed the first three paragraphs. New version on the right. »
6. Singin' in the Rain | Cinema Gadfly
ICYMI: There’s a new podcast episode! Join @jessiechar and I for Singin’ in the Rain https://t.co… »
Librarian of Congress grants limited DRM-breaking rights for cars, games, phones, tablets, and remixers / Boing Boing
Librarian of Congress grants limited DRM-breaking rights for cars, games, phones, tablets, and remixers »
Detroit | Announce TRAILER | #PlayStationPGW - YouTube
getting some serious Spirits Within + Asimov + Ex Machina vibes »
Help me raise money for the awesome nonprofit behind National Novel Writing Month. - Gavin St. Ours's fundraising page for National Novel...
Are you doing #NaNoWriMo? So is @charmcitygavin! Help support Gavin, NaNoWriMo & awesome writers »
I Am Fun - The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Alex, did you write this? | "Fun is something I often have when amongst a group of people." »
JPM#17 - YouTube
Here’s @melissablount and I talking for 11 minutes on the last five months »
Hallowzine
it's almost you should get a HALLOWZINE! >> << feat. art, recipes, and ... »
Planner 2016 / Special Edition Confidant – Baron Fig
I ordered a @baronfig 2016 planner. Not sure how it will fit into my already crowded load out, but love their stuff. »
copyright.gov/1201/2015/fedreg-publicinspectionFR.pdf
This year's round of DMCA exemptions are out--and the automakers won't be happy with them: (via @xor) »
Episode 2 The Seeso Secret Society Initiation with Dan Harmon - YouTube
Check it out! I'm in a video about Seeso. It's great. (Seeso I mean[the video is great too]) »
SXSW Interactive Cancels Gaming Harassment Panel Due to “Threats of Violence,” Fails to See Irony | The Mary Sue
for anyone who wants a timeline of What Happened With SXSW (plus the buzzfeed news just now!), i wrote one up. »
medium.com/@samswey/stop-pretending-the-ferguson-effect-is-real-40e3684fae3d
“Stop Pretending the “Ferguson Effect” is Real” @samswey »
Super Mario Maker - Checkpoint! - YouTube
Mario Maker Update Next Week to Include Checkpoints and Event Courses »
attending.io/events/legal-lunch-for-indies
Chicago! @CAH is running a Legal Lunch for Indies today at their office 12:30pm-2:30pm. Free food + legal advice! »
Invoice - YouTube
Hey @freshbooks, I am so glad you exist and I don't have to invoice people this way: (via @coudal) »
Hunger Makes Us Modern Fans: An Interview with Carrie Brownstein | NOISEY
"Rock and roll is almost dead." I feel like @Carrie_Rachel gets me. And we love @Miguel. »
Citing 'Violent Threats,' SXSW Cancels Both Pro- and Anti-Gamergate Panels
It's a good thing abuse and harassment isn't an important topic online anymore. »
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 »
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. »
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 »
Introduction to place value | Khan Academy
Help @mayli and I test an experimental learning activity! Especially for kids 5–7. »
Red Moon | The Neat Hobby! Halloween 2015 Special
For the PM folks, here's a comic I made for Halloween: "Red Moon" »
Vox Media and The Verge will not attend SXSW unless it takes harassment seriously | The Verge
Vox Media and The Verge will not attend SXSW unless it takes harassment seriously. »
Brand New: New Global Identity for Netflix by Gretel
This new global identity for @netflix is SO FRESH! /ht @zachmcnair »
EFF Wins Petition to Inspect and Modify Car Software | Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF wins petition to allow tinkering with car software, phone and tablet jailbreaking, DVD ripping, and more »
Incomparable Radio Theater | Eli's Coming (Episode 1.6)
Let's return now to Princeton, 1934, where murderous Mandroids are on the loose… »
copyright.gov/1201/2015/registers-recommendation.pdf
To learn more about these new exemptions, check out and search for "jailbreak" or "Freeman", or start at page 172. »
Why I'm producing a show on design, technology, and creative discipline — Allison House
I'm kicking up a daily Q&A show on design, technology, and creative discipline. »
Gretel - Netflix - Branding
Very interesting to see the card stacking UI pattern used as the unifying concept of Netflix's visual identity »
Look Who's Meeting in Tahrir Square: Conference Room Names Reach for Freedom - Bloomberg Business
Self regard at this tech startup is so high they named their meeting rooms Tiananmen Square and Tahrir Square »
Internet Radio Copyright Is Bad and Dumb: A Comprehensive Explainer | Motherboard
"Please stop yelling at me, I did not make up copyright law." Read @sarahjeong's explainer on © & Internet radio: h... »
relay.fm/liftoff/6
Yesterday, @jsnell and I released an episode of our space podcast that is all about the sun. »
Jeffpardy! - YouTube
What did I just watch (h/t @pizzapocketpop)?!? »
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: https://t.c… »
Why I Ditched Evernote for Apple Notes—and How You Can, Too
If you’re a Mac/iPhone person: Here’s how (and why) I moved my life out of Evernote and into the new Notes app. »
​SXSW Cancels Gaming Panels Due to Threats of Violence | Motherboard
SXSW cancels panel about combatting harassment due to harassment »
Senate Passes CISA, The Surveillance Bill Masquerading As A Cybersecurity Bill; Here's Who Sold Out Your Privacy | Techdirt
Senate Passes CISA, The Surveillance Bill Masquerading As A Cybersecurity Bill; Here's Who Sold Out Your Privacy https://t.co… »
The Maya Angelou Documentary by Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack — Kickstarter
I just backed The Maya Angelou Documentary on @Kickstarter »
BuzzFeed to Withdraw From SXSW Unless Organizers Reinstate Two Panels | Re/code
C'mon @Hugh_W_Forrest, the Gamergate wanks are the ones threatening uncivil dialog and unrest—not yr panelists. »
Librarian of Congress grants limited DRM-breaking rights for cars, games, phones, tablets, and remixers / Boing Boing
Even this good news on new DRM exemptions highlights "the absurdity of the process," explains @Doctorow »
Steam Workshop :: Hotline Blub
Octodad taught @Drake everything he knows. »
Victory for Users: Librarian of Congress Renews and Expands Protections for Fair Uses | Electronic Frontier Foundation
New exemptions to the DMCA's DRM rules were granted today. Here's a deeper dive into what EFF got »
When Miles Davis named his album Bitches Brew / Boing Boing
The letter informing Miles Davis' record label he'd be naming his record “Bitches Brew.” »
Net neutrality: EU votes in favour of Internet fast lanes and slow lanes | Ars Technica UK
Net neutrality: EU votes in favour of Internet fast lanes and slow lanes »
freeindiegam.es/2013/03/the-sxsw-game-leigh-alexander
Reminder that I made a game making fun of #SXSW three years ago »
Revenger One Shot by Chuck Forsman — Kickstarter
Revenger is great, and I'm excited to see @CharlesForsman using Kickstarter. Backed! Revenger One Shot »
Ministry of Irony: Orwell estate tries to censor mentions of the number 1984 / Boing Boing
Ministry of Irony: Orwell estate tries to censor mentions of the number 1984 »
Strong Community Management: Why We Canceled Two Panels For SXSW 2016 | South by Southwest 2016 Music, Film and Interactive Festivals - A...
"Why We Canceled Two Panels For SXSW 2016" -- huge mistake that will generate long-term blowback. »
Video Shows Officer Flipping Student in South Carolina, Prompting Inquiry - The New York Times
Dear @nytimes the correct word choice here is "child" or "girl" #springvalleyhigh »
Gamasutra - Wardrobe theory: Designers & writers deconstruct fashion in games
Wardrobe theory: Designers & writers deconstruct fashion in games »
nydn.us/1KBcK3M
The leading cause of police deaths = suicide. Greater than all other causes COMBINED. cc @Chris… »
Bacon Causes Cancer? Sort of. Not Really. Ish. | WIRED
Truth is you'd have to smoke a lot of bacon for it to cause cancer: Bacon Causes Cancer? Sort of. Not Really. @WIRED »
U.S. Senate: Roll Call Vote
Way to betray your constituents, NY Senators @SenGillibrand & @SenSchumer. Shameful »
Pico - Craft Beer at Home by PicoBrew Inc — Kickstarter
A countertop appliance that brews beer. I know the team & I've had the beer. This is awesome -> »
Making Sense of Dell + EMC + VMware | Andreessen Horowitz
That moment when @a16z firmly established themselves as one of the top industry analyst firms #dellemc »
Rubinius, Inc - A Benefit Company - Rubinius
Congrats to @rubinius on joining the Benefit Corporation ranks! »
blog.burningman.com/2015/10/da-vincis-workshop/burning-man-2016-da-vincis-workshop
Burning Man announces the 2016 theme: Da Vinci’s Workshop, aka Vitruvian (Burning) Man. »
When the CEO has no desk… and everybody else does - Fortune
The desk-less CEO ... via @FortuneMagazine »
Mobile Gaming at IndieCade 2015: 'Overland', 'Puzzlets', 'Smooth Operator' and More | TouchArcade
There weren't too many mobile games at IndieCade, but what was there showed promise: by @wondroush… »
The Seattle Review of Books - Full text of a letter from Hornall Anderson's Nory Emori to Marcellus Turner, Stephen Halsey, and the SPL B...
I've never seen a more cynical use of private sector techno-utopianism to scam the public sector. Shameful. »
Temple University - Speak Now Camp for Teens Who Stutter
[P] My wife runs a camp for teens who stutter. Please consider donating to provide scholarships for 10 kids? https://t.co… »
Greenland Is Melting Away - The New York Times
Greenland's ice sheet is melting away »
Challenges Especially Steep For Women With Startups . Radio | OPB
I'll be speaking today on OPB about the challenges facing women-founded startups. Join in! »
Has ‘Diversity’ Lost Its Meaning? - The New York Times
LOVE this week's First Words by @AnnaHolmes: has diversity lost its meaning? »
Gems From The Earth | TeeFury
Daily Tee -- "Gems From The Earth" by @AmandaFlagg is exclusively on #TeeFury. Ends, Tues. https://t.c… »
Why Is the World Health Organization so Bad at Communicating Cancer Risk? - The Atlantic
Shocking news: the hoopla about processed meat was probably overblown. via @rustyk5 »
Has ‘Diversity’ Lost Its Meaning? - The New York Times
Has ‘Diversity’ Lost Its Meaning?- @annaholmes, as always, is thoughtful and exquisite »
A Song A Day: For those too busy to discover new music by Shannon Byrne — Kickstarter
59 hrs + $14K to go! Do you like songs? Do you have ears? Support @asongadayco! »
I gave the presidential candidates $22 of my money to evaluate their Web sites - The Washington Post
Good work: @pbump audits the UX of every major presidential candidate's donation flow. »
SXSW Cancels Gamer Panels After Threats - The New York Times
Proud to support an arts & tech conference that doesn't tolerate harassment or cave to threats @xoxo #xoxofest »
Covers on Vimeo
Gorgeous. 55 animated vintage book graphics. via @rileyjshaw »
31 1st Pl. #2 in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn | StreetEasy
It’s seldom you see a real estate listing that sounds like an actual human. »
This is Twitter's first television ad | The Verge
~Exclusive~ This is Twitter's first television ad »
Challenging Chinese Claims, U.S. Sends Warship Near Artificial Island Chain - The New York Times
It’s very reassuring to see the world’s military playing “I’m not touching you” with all their toys. »
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." »
The Future of News Is Not An Article | nytlabs ← Research, thoughts, and process from The New York Times R&D Lab
@joshu "The future of news is not an article" - particle concept from @nytlabs »
A Song A Day: For those too busy to discover new music by Shannon Byrne — Kickstarter
Hey! Our friends @asongadayco are running #songathon to try and fund their upgrade kickstarter. Can you help? »
The Internet Of Garbage, Sarah Jeong - Amazon.com
.@DataFran also i just really want everyone to read it. READ IT, OK? EVERYONE? ARE YOU LISTENING? »
Fund Club
If you know a org or project run by and for marginalized people in tech that could use funding, tell them to apply: https:/… »
The Note — Shawn Blanc
Wake early, drink coffee, listen to Bon Iver, use the One Note method from @shawnblanc, and WRITE »
Emojineering Part 1: Machine Learning for Emoji Trends - Instagram Engineering
@isaach don't know about google, but instagram are »
See Congress polarize over the past 60 years, in one beautiful chart - Vox
Beautiful chart showing the polarization of Congress over the ast 60 years »
Mental Help Week
Don't keep suffering to yourself. It’s Geek Mental Help Week. Join the conversation! #geekmentalhelp @geekmentalhelp https://t… »
up.front – webdesign & frontend meetup berlin
Hey there, designers and frontend devs in Berlin. Do it, submit a talk to @upfront_ug! #speaking #meetup »
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
Today is @Draplin day on ! Great talk! Learned things! Do it! »