This Is Not a Game: How SXSW Turned GamerGate Abuse Into a Spectator Sport - The Daily Beast
The inside story of how SXSW handled this situation is worse than I could have imagined. »
BuzzFeed To Withdraw From SXSW Over Canceled Gaming Panels - BuzzFeed News
.@BuzzFeed To Withdraw From SXSW Over Canceled Gaming Panels »
Who Pays Conference Speakers?
Speaking is invaluable for a career. It's a TON of work--costs should be covered(at least!) Help @kosamari track it http… »
the-cauldron.com/sxsw-s-astounding-ideals-of-cowardice-871764d3eb45#.dzcjxc02l
Hey, @sxsw. I wrote something for you at @TheCauldron. Feel free to share with attendees. https:… »
medium.com/@samswey/stop-pretending-the-ferguson-effect-is-real-40e3684fae3d
“Stop Pretending the “Ferguson Effect” is Real” @samswey »
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
Gimlet's @abexlumberg documented the worst parts of starting his podcast network, and it led to surprising places »
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://… »
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 »
#OptOutside with REI this Black Friday
Awesome that @REI is closing all stores for black Friday. Way to revive #buynothingday #OptOutside »
#OptOutside with REI this Black Friday
On Black Friday REI is closing its stores nationwide and is giving its employees a paid day off to go outside. ♥️ »
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 … »
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 »
bit.ly/1Wh1YWV
(Psst! I’m seeking speakers, volunteers, freelancers, and sponsors for @alterconf Los Angeles. Pass it on!) »
gimletmedia.com/2015/10/were-hiring-editor
Gimlet is hiring an editor! You do not need to have radio/podcast experience! APPLY HERE »
Your online community for high-quality, curated graphic design tees, hoodies, and more. | Cotton Bureau: hand-picked tees, tanks, hoodies...
ATTN PARENTS (AND PPL WHO KNOW SMALL CHILDREN WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY) we launched @cottonbureau Kids today. »
bit.ly/1GGnSkF
this looks less like a bubble and more like a pileup on the 101 »
Section 1201 | U.S. Copyright Office
It's DMCA exemption ruling day!! Jailbreaking exemption will expand to more mobile devices. »
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. »
Heather Armstrong, Dooce - XOXO Festival (2015) - YouTube
@michellej just started yesterday. Here's the first »
Orwell Estate Sends Copyright Takedown Over the Number "1984" - TorrentFreak
Orwell estate sends copyright takedowns over the number "1984" »
Group Messages Come to Slack | Several People Are Typing
Short chat? No need for a new channel - just pull people into a Group Message! #changelog https://t.… »
Introduction to place value | Khan Academy
Help @mayli and I test an experimental learning activity! Especially for kids 5–7. »
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 »
relay.fm/connected/63
This week: @ismh’s collection, @imyke’s Apple TV and @viticci’s future »
I used to suffer from FOMO - The Oatmeal
Pretty much my life philosophy nowadays. »
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 »
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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 »
Brand New: New Global Identity for Netflix by Gretel
This new global identity for @netflix is SO FRESH! /ht @zachmcnair »
Help me raise money for the awesome nonprofit behind National Novel Writing Month. - Gavin St. Ours's fundraising page for National Novel...
Speaking of #NaNoWriMo, help me raise some money for the awesome nonprofit that organizes it every year! »
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) »
The Next to Die | The Marshall Project
you should really check out @gabrieldance's "Next to Die" if you haven't: - really powerful »
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. »
A Letter To Rand Paul: Stop Using Fake Founding Fathers Quotes - BuzzFeed News
.@BuzzFeedAndrew to @RandPaul : "You did a chapter on every president and we don't have the time to check them all." http… »
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! »
Super Mario Maker - Checkpoint! - YouTube
Super Mario Maker update on November 4 adds checkpoints, event courses & more »
Invoice - YouTube
Hey @freshbooks, I am so glad you exist and I don't have to invoice people this way: (via @coudal) »
decidethefuture.org
@SenatorBoxer, @SenFeinstein #CISA erodes user privacy and consumer trust in American tech businesses. Vote NO »
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. »
cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2012-featured-story-archive/CleanedUOSSSimpleSabotage_sm.pdf
The CIA's field guide to organizational sabotage: “Refer all matters to committees.” »
The Diagram Decades of the New York City Subway Map by Peter B Lloyd — Kickstarter
Anyway, if you're obsessed w/ trains, graphic design, or NYC, it is definitely worth reading about ----> »
There Is No College Bubble - The Awl
College loans "turn future labor into spending today, at an interest rate pegged above government borrowing costs." https://t.… »
What's China gonna do? Better check this music video - YouTube
This Chinese video explaining their 13th five year plan is fantastic. You've gotta check it out. »
TWC October Event - Hocus Pocus | Facebook
Join us tonight for pre-Halloween fun at @CentralCinema to watch Hocus Pocus! #TWCSeattle #TWCFamily #TheWCommittee https:/… »
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… »
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. »
Official Android Blog: Podcasters, welcome to Google Play Music
@marcoarment What was that about Big Money(tm) getting into podcasting? Nah, I'm sure it was nothing. »
Red Moon | The Neat Hobby! Halloween 2015 Special
Today's Halloween Special @neathobby cartoon is enhanced for maximum terror »
Vaginal Fantasy #46: Silver Lining - YouTube
It's western romance night on @vaginalfantasy 7PT @feliciaday @Kiala @bonniegrrl @Veronica https:… »
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… »
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. »
copyright.gov/1201/2015/registers-recommendation.pdf
For more detail on DMCA exemptions for jailbreaking, with quotes from our comments and testimony, see pages 172-217. »
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. »
Pico - Craft Beer at Home by PicoBrew Inc — Kickstarter
I just backed Pico - Craft Beer at Home on @Kickstarter »
Jeffpardy! - YouTube
What did I just watch (h/t @pizzapocketpop)?!? »
Lawsuit: Amazon Prime Now couriers make less than minimum wage - SFGate
The lawyer who beat FedEx on independent contractor status just filed a classification suit against Amazon Prime Now http… »
The Maya Angelou Documentary by Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack — Kickstarter
I just backed The Maya Angelou Documentary on @Kickstarter »
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.” »
freeindiegam.es/2013/03/the-sxsw-game-leigh-alexander
Reminder that I made a game making fun of #SXSW three years ago »
Bacon Causes Cancer? Sort of. Not Really. Ish. | WIRED
Bacon is not as dangerous as smoking. And the WHO is about as bad at classifying carcinogens as Reddit is. »
Revenger One Shot by Chuck Forsman — Kickstarter
Revenger is great, and I'm excited to see @CharlesForsman using Kickstarter. Backed! Revenger One Shot »
Net neutrality: EU votes in favour of Internet fast lanes and slow lanes | Ars Technica UK
yeeeeeesh the EU just killed net neutrality for themselves :| »
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 »
Gamasutra - Wardrobe theory: Designers & writers deconstruct fashion in games
Wardrobe theory: Designers & writers deconstruct fashion in games »
After Gamergate Misstep, SXSW Weighs an All-Day Online Abuse Forum | Re/code
Make sure you catch the Microsoft/Best Buy session in the Mountain Dew Anti-Harrassment Chillout Zone »
After Gamergate Misstep, SXSW Weighs An All-Day Online Abuse Forum | Re/code
After Gamergate misstep, SXSW is considering all-day event on online abuse by @nkulw »
Senate passes controversial cybersecurity bill Cisa 74 to 21 | Technology | The Guardian
representative democracy doesn't work when people who don't know how to make a facebook account vote on the internet http… »
Tech founder raises Portland oryxes because llamas are snooty and he wanted to care for something | OregonLive.com
Tech founder raises Portland oryxes because llamas are snooty and he wanted to care for something »
U.S. Senate: Roll Call Vote
Way to betray your constituents, NY Senators @SenGillibrand & @SenSchumer. Shameful »
Rubinius, Inc - A Benefit Company - Rubinius
@benwerd Thought you might want to see this »
Greenland Is Melting Away - The New York Times
Greenland's ice sheet is melting away »
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… »
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 »
Making Sense of Dell + EMC + VMware | Andreessen Horowitz
"pulling the [Dell/EMC/VMware] deal apart is a bit like opening a set of Russian nesting dolls, backwards" »
South Carolina Video Is the Latest Example of Policing Black Girls in America's Schools - Mic
Across 84 districts in the South, black students made up 100% of students suspended »
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. »
The House science committee is worse than the Benghazi committee - Vox
"The House science committee is worse than the Benghazi committee" »
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! »
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… »
Betty Crocker’s Absurd, Gorgeous Atomic-Age Creations - The New York Times
This is the high fashion version of what @HezelAnna and I do »
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… »
This Is Not a Game: How SXSW Turned GamerGate Abuse Into a Spectator Sport - The Daily Beast
How SXSW Turned GamerGate Abuse Into a Spectator Sport via @thedailybeast »
I gave the presidential candidates $22 of my money to evaluate their Web sites - The Washington Post
.@pbump test-drives the most crucial aspect of candidates’ digital operations: How easy it is to donate online »
Why Is the World Health Organization so Bad at Communicating Cancer Risk? - The Atlantic
On that meat/cancer story, I call out the WHO/IARC's utter ineptitude at cancer risk communication. »
Has ‘Diversity’ Lost Its Meaning? - The New York Times
Has ‘Diversity’ Lost Its Meaning?- @annaholmes, as always, is thoughtful and exquisite »
This is Twitter's first television ad | The Verge
~Exclusive~ This is Twitter's first television ad »
Cutting Sugar Improves Children’s Health in Just 10 Days - NYTimes.com
So you're saying feeding kids endless sugar isn't a good idea?? Surprise surprise. »
31 1st Pl. #2 in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn | StreetEasy
It’s seldom you see a real estate listing that sounds like an actual human. »
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. »
How Black Lives Matter Uses Social Media to Fight the Power | WIRED
How social media rebooted the civil rights movement »
Skiptrace by Skiptrace — Kickstarter
Skiptrace is probably the game I'm most excited about in 2015! 50 hours to go »
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 »
Who Pays Writers? – An anonymous, crowdsourced list of which publications pay freelance writers, and how much.
I should also note this is a "inspired by" project. "Who pays writers?" "Who pays artists?" »
NASA - NIAC External Council (NEC) | NASA
@laen @arielwaldman these space people »
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
DDC9458: RT: @marcmaron: Today is @Draplin day on @WTFpod! Great talk! Learned things! Do it! > #... »
Who pays artists?
I should also note this is a "inspired by" project. "Who pays writers?" "Who pays artists?" »