/Launch Platform — Slack Developer Blog — Medium
“We’re launching an $80M fund in partnership with our investors…” — @SlackAPI »
The Slack Platform Launch | Several People Are Typing
A treasury of apps, a fund to help you build your own: Hello Slack Platform. #changelog »
"This song will change your life." - YouTube
"This song will change your life." »
George Hotz Is Taking on Tesla by Himself
Geohot comes of age! -- seriously, what a brilliant guy. »
An Unbelievable Story of Rape - ProPublica
Heartbreaking. How to get someone to recant their (real) story of being raped »
If Drake Was Born A Piano - Waxy.org
My new hobby: turning MP3s to MIDI and back. The results are kind of amazing. »
topscallops.com
This week on @hotdogsladies and I went full morning zoo. »
Congress Slips CISA Into a Budget Bill That's Sure to Pass | WIRED
Congress just destroyed what's left of your privacy, slipping vast new surveillance into must-pass budget bill. https://t.c… »
Travis CI - Jobs
Want to work for Travis CI? We're growing our dev team. Come join us! »
Become A Morning Person in 7 Easy Steps — Medium
been a morning person for over two decades using these tricks. Just this morning I woke up at 2am »
Grid Systems for Screen Design — Figma Design — Medium
On modern design tools — “Grid Systems for Screen Design” by @johanprag »
Botkit by Howdy
In partnership with @slackhq, I just announced the launch of Botkit, a tool for making bots! »
Underwood for President
It’s a new day in America. #FU2016 »
Botkit by Howdy
Announcing Botkit - #nodejs module for building your own @SlackHQ bots! »
Bugbot
Why hello there. We are super excited to announce our first project: Bugbot! Finally, use GitHub Issues in Slack: https:/… »
Silicon Valley’s Basic Income Bromance — Backchannel — Medium
Unexpected Silicon Valley cult--Basic Wage 'bros. Brilliant @laurensmiley on sudden hipness of gov handouts . »
bit.ly/1RpeFkE
"Tech juggernauts begun before 08 required small amounts of capital. GOOG only raised $8M before turning profitable" https://t… »
wmc.3cdn.net/2bff10021ff8acf6c3_rkm6b4y2r.pdf
2/3 Read entire @womensmediacntr study on gender and #rape narratives. Stats are jarring https://t.co… »
Vox Media’s 2015 Year In Review
I’m not usually one to do this, but LOOK AT ALL THE STUFF WE DID THIS YEAR »
The best Twitter bots of 2015 - Quartz
I don't really follow Twitter bots but I love reading about Twitter bots???? Quartz picks the year's best bots »
Scallops.mov
This week on @hotdogsladies and I went full morning zoo. »
Eight Sensible Gifts for Hanukkah Donation to WBEZ
Today we gave your money to @WBEZ. Here are your membership benefits (we assume) »
Spotificator | Export your playlists to Spotify
Successful export of Rdio to Spotify (via ) and to Google Play Music (via »
How to Swallow $200 Million Accidentally — Medium
One of the very best posts I have *ever* read on product. @blakeross, please keep writing. It's so good. »
KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS
Check out our new website of our new studio. »
Hotline Bling - MP3 to MIDI and Back on Vimeo
If Drake was born as a player piano. »
fw.to/0We3CNK
LAPD finds no bias in all 1,356 complaints filed against officers; commissioner says it "strains credibility" https://t… »
Supreme Court Data (2015) - YouTube
New supercut by me! All the times "data" came up in a Supreme Court argument last week »
Slack Events, Ustream.TV: . The Web
If you like big Slack announcements, have we got the live stream for you! »
Twitch
Alternatives to the Republican press conference: - Secret Hitler: - Me & @PatrickRothfuss »
Twitch
I'm suddenly running a camera for the first time in my life! »
Shopify’s voice and tone guide — Shopify UX — Medium
Ever wondered what content strategy is like @Shopify? We’ve published our voice and tone guide for all to peruse. https://t… »
Avalanche Studios - Careers
Avalanche in NYC has design job openings for System, Technical, & UX/UI Designer roles. Get in touch if interested! h... »
Longform Podcast #172: Kliph Nesteroff
Episode #172: Kliph Nesteroff (@ClassicShowbiz), author of "The Comedians" »
Die Rebel Scum - YouTube
Open Mic Poetry Slam night in the heart of the Galactic Empire: A bit chilling actually. »
EFF Publishes "Pwning Tomorrow," a Speculative Fiction Anthology | Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF's new collection of short stories includes my fave SF authors: @doctorow , @charliejane , @Annaleen, @ftrain... »
I Read 50 Books by Women of Color This Year! | Bitch Media
How many books by women of color did you read this year? @LVikkiml read 50! Here's her list: https:… »
You’ll Be Okay. | Plucky
Hey! @ChromaticSites was in a video! We sang! »
Contempt Culture - The Particular Finest
New blog entry: "Contempt Culture" »
Announcing a new partnership with one of the most celebrated game developers in history - YouTube
.@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN forms independent studio, partnering with PlayStation on new game (•̀o•́)ง https… »
Watch MikeJMika's Vine "There's no reasoning with it."
It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. »
Move Fast and Fix Things - GitHub Engineering
GitHub's engineering team goes into how the Merge button works, and how they refactored it: Super fascinating. »
Specialized Types — Medium
Dear World of Startups, Hello! »
EFF's Pwning Tomorrow
Donate to @EFF and get a free copy of the new scifi anthology PWNING TOMORROW, including a story from yours truly! https://t.… »
SF Sketchfest 2016: Roderick on the Line with Merlin Mann an...
Check out Roderick on the Line with @johnroderick & @hotdogsladies Jan 8 @swedishhall. http... »
Music for every moment of 2015: Hype Machine Zeitgeist
very proud to have over 50 wonderful contributors to this year's @hypem Zeitgeist »
Eight Sensible Gifts for Hanukkah Survey Results
This is the most relevant polling I’ve seen yet of the American electorate, via @CAH »
Clockwise #117: Sunset My Brain - Relay FM
New! Listener submitted topics look back at 2015 and ahead to the future. With guests @hotdogsladies and @settern! https:… »
The New Normal: Codes of Conduct in 2015 and Beyond by Coraline Ada Ehmke | Model View Culture
My latest article for MVC is now available! “The New Normal: Codes of Conduct in 2015 and Beyond” »
In Who Do We Trust? How Privilege Plays Out in Security and Privacy Online by Stephanie Morillo | Model View Culture
My article on how privilege plays out in security and online privacy is up on @ModelViewMedia READ IT »
Auditory Illusions: Hearing Lyrics Where There Are None - YouTube
@sdw yeah it doesn’t look like a very well executed experiment. contrast w/ this »
Why This Socialist Feminist Thinks This Other Socialist Feminist is Full of Shit — Medium
“To me, Hillary Clinton is like the Susan Komen Foundation running for…” — @girlziplocked https://t.co… »
Building Blocks for Building Bots — Why Not? — Medium
Read a bit more about our goals and plans for Botkit »
Botkit: Building blocks for building Slack bots
Botkit: The Building blocks for building Slack bots. »
Support Babycastles creating Computer Feelings
Today, @Babycastles has officially launched its @patreon we have SO MANY IDEAS for this year! plz halp… »
ianloic/rdio-export · GitHub
Successful export of Rdio dara to Spotify (via and to Google Play Music (via »
gravitron.com.au/tate
Luuuuuving this new interface into @Tate's collections. Takes a moment to load but well worth the wee wait. »
'Freedom requires strict order': China preps for second World Internet Conference - LA Times
Maybe Trump and Hillary can get some internet censorship ideas from China's Internet conference that starts today. https://t.co… »
Oops I Made A Feminist Joke On The Internet — Medium
I know I didn't need to do this but I wanted to, so I did. »
Fold Paper Scissors!
you can now download a zine version of my origami and mathematics talk at Euruko 2015 here! https://t… »
kushaldave.com/urbanbot
Needed a way to look up slang from Slack (because @dolapo). Enter Urban Dictionary Bot. »
GitHub - howdyai/botkit: Botkit is a toolkit for making bot applications
howdyai/botkit: Botkit is a toolkit for making bot applications ★214 #JavaScript »
Instagram
8:36pm Launching #slackplatform with @benbrown, @owenthomas's dog, etc @ Terra Gallery & Event Venue »
CALL NOW: Paul Ryan is trying to sneak mass surveillance into the budget bill! / Boing Boing
CALL NOW: Paul Ryan is trying to sneak mass surveillance into the budget bill! »
Small Wins · GitHub
We’re also really excited to announce a bunch of great open source projects for Slack! Check ‘em out »
The U.N. Sent 3 Foreign Women To The U.S. To Assess Gender Equality. They Were Horrified.
The U.N. sent 3 foreign women to the U.S. to assess gender equality. They were horrified. via @HuffP… »
How Product Hunt really works — Medium
Hyperbole is counterproductive—"blacklist"/"sunk by competitor"/"prove their worth". Product Hunt isn't a conspiracy »
Congress snuck a surveillance bill into the federal budget last night | The Verge
2000 page omnibus spending bill also includes CISA, congress's "it's OK to spy on us" law »
Wish list app from Target springs a major personal data leak | Ars Technica
Target's mobile wish-list app exposed personal data, using an API that lacked authentication https://… »
wired.com/2015/12/a-new-social-media-network-to-help-you-deal-with-stress
A new social network called Koko aims to help you deal with stress: via @WIRED »
Star Lords - The Awl
Provocative but thoughtful look at how the Star Wars monomyth influences Silicon Valley culture »
The Jacob’s Ladder of coding — Medium
Somebody give Karsten a PhD already. "The Jacob’s Ladder of coding", @toxi's personal history in creative tech »
The Pickle: A Conversation About Making Digital Books — The Message — Medium
In case you missed it, @robinsloan, @russellquinn, Eli Horowitz and I blabbed a 14 part discussion on digital books: https://… »
docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20151214/CPRT-114-HPRT-RU00-SAHR2029-AMNT1final.pdf
Is this language on pg. 978 of the freshly introduced omnibus spending bill common? »
Beyond Slide Decks - Soledad Penadés - YouTube
If you liked my 3D Web Audio slides you might want to watch me explaining how they're built! https:/… »
formeldeharv: i put “All I Want for Christmas is...
This glorious train wreck of a MP3 - to - MIDI - to - MP3 conversion of 'All I Want For Christmas'. Notebarf. »
The One Deadly Threat to America That Wasn’t Discussed at All at the Republican Debate - Mic
The Republicans are all weak on terrorism: *None* mentioned the longest-running, most deadly terrorists in America. https://t… »
Eight Sensible Gifts for Hanukkah Survey Results
Cards Against Humanity did some science (er, sorta) with their holiday gifts. Mostly, I feel vindicated about Crash. »
Fight for the Future
PRESS STATEMENT: #CISA included in #omnibus. "Congress has failed the Internet once again." htt… »
Daily Cartoon: Monday, December 14th - The New Yorker
The Republican primary is such a mess (ht @taddsche) »
Cruz and Trump’s ISIS Plans Sound a Lot Like War Crimes - The Daily Beast
Cruz wants to "carpet-bomb" ISIS. Trump wants to kill ISIS's family members. Both of those things are war crimes https… »
Breaking News on EFF Victory: Appeals Court Holds that Email Privacy Protected by Fourth Amendment | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Stunning #EFF Victory: E-mail is once again protected by the 4th Amendment according to the 6th Circuit Court. »
Apparently the sole admin for the Silent Hill wiki...
"Apparently the sole admin for the Silent Hill wiki is a radical anti-circumcision guy..." https:… »
Instagram
Bright, colorful pencils with inspiring messages to fuel your work? Yes, please! #peptalkpress »
Supreme Court Data (2015) - parker higgins dot net
New supercut by me! All the times "data" came up in a Supreme Court argument last week »
Johnnie And Quinn - YouTube
The song commissioned by the two @atp fans that each asked for a song about the other (without the other knowing) »
Darth Vader Yule Log Five Hours - YouTube
Oh. Oh my. Hearth Vader. This may beat the Yule Log handily: (via @courtneyp zomg ty) »
Instagram
Still true today. STOP RIDING WITH HITLER! »
Mast Brothers: What Lies Behind the Beards (Part 4, Confessions) – DallasFood.org
I am very entertained by how pissed this guy is at the Mast Brothers #remelting »
Atavist cuts half its staff and searches for a sustainable path as funding dries up » Nieman Journalism Lab
Bummed to hear @atavist had to cut staff. Glad they’re still pushing forward. »
rhrealitycheck.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Communications-Assistant-Announcement-2015-12-14.pdf
We have a couple job openings at @rhrealitycheck if you're into that sort of thing: and https:/… »
rhrealitycheck.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Senior-Political-Reporter-Announcement-2015-12-16.pdf
We have a couple job openings at @rhrealitycheck if you're into that sort of thing: and https:/… »
High Schoolers Troll Rahm Emanuel With Chants Of '16 Shots' : Chicagoist
High Schoolers Troll Rahm Emanuel With Chants Of '16 Shots' »
nymag.com/thecut/2015/12/saudi-millionaire-rape-charge.html
holy. shit. holy. shit. what. the fuck. holy fucking shit. holy shit. »
Survey results from Cards Against Humanity's Hannukah Gifts package / Boing Boing
Survey results from Cards Against Humanity's Hannukah Gifts package »
Moving beyond the Portland Six: 17 other Portland startups to watch in 2016 « Silicon Florist
Moving beyond the Portland Six: 17 other Portland startups to watch in 2016 #pdx »
It's Nice That | New designs for Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo, by some very young talent
Preschool children aged three and four have created designs for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics > htt... »
A Music Video for They Might Be Giants : Kelli Anderson
I met my other-half at a @tmbg videoshoot. 14 yrs later, we made a music video w/ the band! http… »
Missouri House of Representatives
Just checked the #HB1743 link on #MOLeg. It has been WITHDRAWN! #FightBack #Missouri #BLM https://… »
Brand relevance and revenue in the age of Snapchat » Nieman Journalism Lab
WE’RE ALL DOOOOOMED says @mathewi NOPE says @alishalisha »
Hands-on Web Audio
If you liked my 3D Web Audio slides you might want to watch me explaining how they're built! https:/… »
Housequake.com - Starfish & Coffee / Prince & Susannah Melvoin | Facebook
Wonderful story from Susannah Melvoin about the inspiration for @Prince3EG's "Starfish and Coffee" »
Harvey Mudd College | Facebook
The reaction as this young man checks to see whether he's been admitted to his dream school to study engineering… »
LA's "credible" terror threats were reportedly anonymous email from cock.li / Boing Boing
"Extraordinary effort" = dear god please don't let em read about on @BoingBoing »
Middleman v4 « Thomas Reynolds
v4 is released: This may be a bumpy upgrade. Be patient and report bugs … »
twitch.tv/maxistentialist
Please join @fucrate and @tommygents, streaming Secret Hitler LIVE during the Republican Debate »
An Unbelievable Story of Rape | The Marshall Project
(TW) An Unbelievable Story of Rape (& how a victim was prosecuted for lying til rapist was caught w/ photos of her) »
MIT Researchers Train An Algorithm To Predict How Boring Your Selfie Is | TechCrunch
MIT Researchers Train An Algorithm To Predict How Boring Your Selfie Is »
The Typekit Blog | Better font events with the native font loading API
Performance update! We’re now using the CSS font loading API to improve your kit load time. »
Mobile Uploads
Armaan, you deserve better. So sad about demagogues in the Dallas area being so Islamophobic. Kids suffer for it. https://t.c… »
dailysabah.com/europe/2015/12/13/denmark-passes-law-to-seize-jewelry-from-refugees-to-cover-expenses
Denmark, you're doing it wrong. Denmark passes a law allowing govt to seize jewelry from refugees to cover expenses. https://t… »
David Letterman Interview | Whitefish Review Archives
David Letterman on his new crazy beard »
“Marvel’s Jessica Jones” - The New Yorker
Ladies and gentlemen @emilynussbaum one of the great critics, and great magazine stylists, of our time. Wow. https://t.… »
Media Companies Will Lose Even More Control in 2016 - Fortune
WE’RE ALL DOOOOOMED says @mathewi NOPE says @alishalisha »
The Force is strong with Apple's new Star Wars radio station - Six Colors
Guys, Apple’s added a Star Wars radio station to iTunes. This is the best thing ever. »
The Surrealist Republican Debate Scorecard - The Daily Beast
Surrealist Scorecard: Rick Santorum (my latest column!) »
middleman/CHANGELOG.md at v4.0.0 · middleman/middleman · GitHub
v4 is released: This may be a bumpy upgrade. Be patient and report bugs … »
Donald Trump just proposed closing “areas” of the internet - Vox
Can we use our "best mind" to close the "areas of the Internet" involving support and campaign funding for Trump? »
Curb Your Enthusiasm - MP3 to MIDI and Back by waxpancake | Free Listening on SoundCloud
Most of these MIDI conversions are a hot mess, but the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme sounds amazing. »
Slack Launches $80 Million Fund to Boost Third-Party Development | Re/code
Slack launches $80 million fund to boost third-party development by @ahess247 »
More Responsive Tapping on iOS | WebKit
A thorough and well explained solution for removing the 350ms tap delay has been implemented by the WebKit folks: https… »
Terrified Jeb Bush Beginning To Fade From Visible Spectrum - The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Terrified Jeb Bush Beginning To Fade From Visible Spectrum #GOPDebate »
Star Wars, List1 | LINE Webtoon
Whoa, there's an officially-licensed Star Wars webcomic from LINE? »
The Environmental Impact of the Data-Center Industry - The Atlantic
I wrote about energy and the cloud and talked to the very smart @NEnsmenger »
The Elements of Focus — A free video class by Shawn Blanc
Today's "Elements of Focus" video by @shawnblanc is a great example of the "be kind to your future self" principle https… »
Idle Thumbs > Shows > Idle Weekend
Yay congrats to @idleweekend for being New and Noteworthy! »
Jizz-wailer - Wookieepedia - Wikia
my god how deep does this rabbit hole even go »
The sad economics of being famous on the internet | Fusion
"Many famous social media stars are too visible to have “real” jobs, but too broke not to". #platformcapitalism »
pvslib/MPoly.pvs at 3b423dc0715ca57dc2b63f64426664f864c4bf72 · nasa/pvslib · GitHub
Watching my screener of The Martian and V IMPRESSED hab shutdown code is actual NASA code »
Physicists in Europe Find Tantalizing Hints of a Mysterious New Particle - The New York Times
While peak idiocy takes place on stage, the brilliance of collaborative humanity shines more light on our particles »
TimesMachine: Sunday September 12, 1976 - NYTimes.com
We called Stormtroopers robots in a 1976 Star Wars review and have yet to correct in print. https:… »
An Unbelievable Story of Rape | The Marshall Project
She said she was raped. Then she said she made it up. And that’s where our story begins. New, wit… »
Slack Aims to Become a Control Panel for Your Job - The New York Times
Now that the debate is done, read my story about Slack launching an app store. »
thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/11/30/3725562/you-are-more-than-7-times-as-likely-to-be-killed-by-a-right-wing-extemist-than-by-muslim-ter...
Talked about a lot different kinds of terrorism, except the right-wing kind that actually kills more Americans. »
“Whites against Trump”: Kamau Bell tells white people — yes, even you good liberals — to “come get your boy” - Salon.com
The #WhitesAgainstTrump tag is getting me through this. Thank you, @wkamaubell. #GOPDebate »
Congress wants to give NASA $19.3 billion next year, even more than Obama asked for | The Verge
Congress wants to give NASA $19.3 billion next year, even more than Obama asked for »
Amazon.com: HV-270 HIT270 RECHARGEABLE BY VIBRATEX HV270 MUSCLE MASSAGER CORDLESS MULTI PATTERN MAGIC WAND HITACHI (2015 BRAND NEW JUST C...
Celebrate the birth of Christ with Hitachi’s Magic Wand Rechargeable! Crazy good sale at Amazon: $88 (normally $125) »
Star Wars Tribute Exhibition to the Classics - Artwork - Nucleus | Art Gallery and Store
All this Star Wars art is great: but @hendrixart telling story of ANH in icons is amazing »
10x15
03. Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper »
LifeLock used to electronically stalk Arizona woman
LifeLock used to electronically track Arizona woman »
How to Shave Obama: Behind the baffling, nearly two-year-long quest to find Frog Fractions 2 | Polygon
How to Shave Obama: The baffling, nearly two-year-long quest to find Frog Fractions 2 »
Apple shuts down Twitter analytics service Topsy | The Verge
I loved Topsy :( Apple shuts down Twitter analytics service Topsy via @verge »
Slack launches an app store and an $80 million fund to invest in new integrations | The Verge
Slack launches an app store and an $80 million fund to invest in new integrations »
UXNight: Mentor Night Tickets, San Francisco | Eventbrite
Today is the last day to buy early bird tickets for #UXNight #mentornight! Get them »
Amazon.com: kleon: Kindle Store
STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST and SHOW YOUR WORK! are $2.99 on Kindle today. That's a... steal. »
Get Rekt | Seth Boyer
Get Get Rekt. I Got Get Rekt. It's by Alaskan artist @sethboyer »
App Camp Quiz Compendium 2015 on the App Store
The Yellow Wandering Dolphins, creators of today’s app. Thanks to sponsor @daringfireball! https… »
What Happens When the Fed Raises Rates, in One Rube Goldberg Machine - The New York Times
If your loan is at a lower interest rate than the current rate and inflation is modest, it’s easier to repay it. »
Boing Boing Gift Guide 2015 / Boing Boing
Do consider shopping in our @BoingBoing Gift Guide. Your support helps us stay weird! »
shop bysusanlin
Last two days to get Miniprints & Stickers before the holidays. »
shop bysusanlin
Last two days to get Miniprints & Stickers before the holidays. »
politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump
Donald Trump, 75 fact-checks, zero statements rated True. »
Mass shootings since Sandy Hook, in one map
These candidates are right. We are at war, and Americans are dying. Want to protect American lives? Deal with this. »
Here’s who was winning the presidential race four, eight and 12 years ago today - The Washington Post
At this point in -- 2004: Dean +18 2008 (D): H. Clinton +18 (R): Giuliani +2.3 2012: Gingrich +10.5 »
Slack API | Slack
4) Ability to install bots on any team! 5) Much improved API docs: 6) A new `/apps <keyword>` slash command »
Apps | Slack
I'm looking forward to deploying some of my bots as Slack apps since a Slack app distribution system is now a thing! »
How to Apply - Awesome Portland
We're looking for applicants for our $1,000 January grant @awesomepdx - Learn more »
Modified London police brag-sheets - Boing Boing
Modified London police brag-sheets #1yrago »
Twitch
Alternatives to the Republican press conference: - Secret Hitler: - Me & @PatrickRothfuss »
Relay FM
Our last episode of the year, streaming live at the top of the hour with guests @settern and @hotdogsladies! https://t.co… »
Health Insurance Marketplace, Affordable Care Act | HealthCare.gov
Only a few hours left to apply for healthcare for January! »