The 18th Annual Independent Games Festival
Here's your 18th annual Independent Games Festival finalist, hon mentions - congrats to all »
The search for the killer bot | The Verge
"Bots are here, they’re learning — and in 2016, they might eat the web." The search for the killer bot »
Beauty.AI First Beauty Contest Judged by Robots
this pretty much encapsulates everything that is wrong with how AI is framed, implemented and deployed »
Unite 2016
We're hosting our first-ever Partner + Developer Conference, March 22-23 in #SanFrancisco Buy your tickets today!​​​ »
Swiss in CSS
11:11 might as well look at something cool. »
age of aquarium
Dan from @Optus is politely not having any of your racist crap today. »
propub3r6espa33w.onion
Hey world, you can read @Propublica without leaving a data trail, by visiting using Tor browser. T… »
Diversity in Games - Home
Great initiative for those less privileged wanting to visit GDC. »
tafttest.com
SWEET! RT @NagleCode: The Taft Test is now real: Inspired by talk from @Pinboard #webdev #programming #webdesign #ux »
NYPL Public Domain Release 2016 - Visualization
Hotness from our friends at the New York Public Library »
NYPL Public Domain Digital Collections
+180,000K hi res images of all public domain items are now free to download & reuse. https://t... »
The Next Phase Of UX: Designing Chatbot Personalities
And the most consistently great voice on challenges of building bot UX is @benbrown on conversational interfaces »
Rural Organizing Project | Advancing Democracy in Oregon
Oregon's Rural Organizing Project statement on extremists in Harney County. @ruralorganize https:… »
There Will Be Blood with gaze locations of 11 viewers on Vimeo
People's eyes are like moths to a flame and they can't help but try to predict where to go next. »
StrangCore
A Tumblr dedicated to the early-2000s normcore style of Dean Strang »
Psychonauts 2 - Fig: Video Game Crowdfunding
We're funded! THANK YOU!!!! The video says it better »
I built a chopping machine - YouTube
the future is great @SimoneGiertz »
Yellow Cab to file for bankruptcy - The San Francisco Examiner : The San Francisco Examiner
BIG scoop: San Francisco’s largest taxi company, Yellow Cab co-op, to file for bankruptcy ht… »
WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE MOST INTERESTING RECENT [SCIENTIFIC] NEWS? WHAT MAKES IT IMPORTANT? | Edge.org
The 2016 @edge question : What do you consider the most interesting scientific news of the past year? #AlwaysGreat »
Machine Learning is Fun! Part 2 — Medium
super mario levels designed by a recurrent neural net, awesome description by @ageitgey https://t.co… »
Yellow Cab to file for bankruptcy - The San Francisco Examiner : The San Francisco Examiner
Lawsuits and ride hailing companies drive Yellow Cab to bankruptcy - via @FitzTheReporter »
Drummond Central on Periscope: "#DrummondPuddleWatch"
Someone's set up a live stream of people trying to cross a giant puddle in Newcastle. »
Daring Experiment by a Waterworks Forman and a Renegade Journalist - IGNITION
Copy this. Japanese magazine for and about construction workers »
John McCain: "I Don't Know" If Cruz Is Eligible For Presidency With Canadian Birth - BuzzFeed News
WHAT IS GOING ON McCain: “I Don’t Know” If Cruz Is Eligible For Presidency With Canadian Birth »
The email app loved by millions | CloudMagic for Mac
Has anyone used email app CloudMagic? Looks kinda cool »
Igloo pops up on median in downtown Chicago - redeyechicago.com
Mystery solved. Chicago man talks about why he built igloo on downtown median. »
I Guess We're Grown-Ups Now #23: We Burn Something and Drink - Goodstuff FM
Happy New Year from Brook and Kari! Ep 23 "We Burn Something and Drink" is all about resolutions and traditions: https://t… »
Romhacking.net - Hacks - Kaizo Mario Bros 3
@doougle i was also confused, but here's the one we just watched »
Eisner Awards Current Info | Comic-Con International: San Diego
Indie comics pals: Send in a copy of any 2015 book for Eisner consideration! »
Prisoner's Dilemma (by jrc03c)
Ludum Dare always bring smart stuff, but LD34's Prisoner's Dilemma is really simple and clever. »
Better as a Tweet - The Awl
soooooo, that story you're working on. wouldn't it be better as a tweet? »
Donald Trump Has Something To Say
And now a very important announcement from Donald J. Trump by @VicBergerIV »
Some Thoughts on the Oculus Rift's Pricing & Backlash (with tweets) · austin_walker · Storify
Here's a Storify compiling those tweets about Oculus Rift pricing (and the response to it) »
Twitter’s White-People Problem | The Nation
Twitter's board has more white men named Peter than women and people of color combined. https://t.… »
Robert Smith of The Cure Brilliantly Reimagined as a Variety Classic Horror Comic Book Monsters
These Robert Smith horror comic book covers by @billythebutcher are fantastic. »
Building the Casper homepage - Destroy Today
Awesome writeup by @destroytoday on building the Casper homepage »
Silicon Valley Is Lying to You About Economic Inequality - Mic
.@JackSmithIV talked to economists about Silicon Valley's claim that it can create wealth: (Spoiler: … »
They’re right. The era of a $19 plastic disc is over. But a beautiful object matters. — Medium
Thoughts about @Prince3EG and the importance of making beautiful objects for your audience. »
What I Learned From Pro-Gun Twitter | Trout Nation
What I Learned From Pro-Gun Twitter #StopGunViolence »
What I Learned From Pro-Gun Twitter | Trout Nation
What I Learned From Pro-Gun Twitter #StopGunViolence »
What Tech Workers Can Learn From Harry Bridges
transcribed my @forwardjs talk on what tech can learn from Harry Bridges. it's secretly my goodbye love letter to SF http… »
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine In 82.5 Hours — Maxistentialism Blog — Medium
I hope you're happy @maxtemkin, you've made me want to watch DS9. »
Frank Chimero - Hi, I’d Like To Add Myself to The New Yorker
New post! About the time I “won” The New Yorker caption contest: ✎ Hi, I’d Like To Add Myself to The New Yorker »
Why Today Is The Most Popular Day To Look For A New Job
“One in two employees have left their job to get away from their manager.” »
Why the Redskins’ Players Are So Frugal - WSJ
@mrmoneymustache on the other hand, your message IS gaining momentum in unexpected places! »
Content Strategist (Brand Marketing) - Careers and jobs at Shopify - Shopify
Sweet #contentstrategy gig alert! Our team is hiring a brand marketing-focused CS for our Toronto office. »
GIBBERTON's post on Vine
2016 dog vines are pretty strong so far »
ow.ly/VW9Nu
This Teenager’s App Is Reducing Cyberbullying by 93 Percent by @bkassoy »
Bernie Worrell: Retrospectives | Indiegogo
Terrible news: Bernie Worrell has stage 4 cancer. But we can help the legendary artist by supporting his new album »
NYPL Public Domain Digital Collections
Starting today, over 187k Digital Collections items are available in high res »
Forensic scientist gives Dan Aykroyd's Crystal Head Vodka skull bottle a reconstructed face · Newswire · The A.V. Club
I love this facial reconstruction of Crystal head vodka by a forensic specialist »
xkcd: Judgment Day
Optimism defined: — »
Tech Portrait Project — Call For Subjects — Medium
For the next three months I am looking for underrepresented folks in tech with stories to tell. Plz read and share: https://t.c… »
Petition · Support Lemmy tribute, name newly discovered heavy metal 'Lemmium' · Change.org
Heh, a petition to name a newly discovered heavy metal element 'Lemmium' - \m/ »
Michael Bay quits Samsung's press conference - YouTube
@PatC @patr1ck I try to forget, but I sometimes wake in a cold sweat, dreaming I'm Michael Bay at CES. »
Psychonauts 2 - Fig: Video Game Crowdfunding
…this one is by Adventure Time, and Lil Pink Best Buds creator @buenothebear! »
Two Saturnian moons, lined up
The Cassini spacecraft took a photo of two moons of Saturn, beautifully aligned »
Vox Media Terrorized by Pissroach - The Awl
Everyone on media Twitter is talking about urinal-bound vermin right now #pissroach »
Instagram
Check out the incredible custom logo sign that @realasa and @avoiceandname surprised us with! »
Leslie Jensen Inman - Designing To Learn - YouTube
Here’s @jenseninman on how we should be educating our next generation of web designers »
The Thermals - Hey You - YouTube
brand new thermals song "hey you" dropped today »
Women Are Learning About Herbal Abortion Online — Here's Why That's a Problem - Mic
TRAP laws are pushing women to self-induce abortions with herbs. Here’s why that’s very bad https:… »
TSA screener insists that full-body screening is mandatory / Boing Boing
TSA screener insists that full-body screening is mandatory »
Design Researcher at Mule ~ Authentic Jobs
We are hiring @muledesign! I'm looking for a design researcher »
Osama Been Loanin': head of Oregon terror-cell borrowed $530,000 from fed-backed loan program / Boing Boing
Osama Been Loanin: head of Oregon terror-cell borrowed $530,000 from fed-backed loan program »
NYPL puts 180,000 public domain images online
NYPL puts 180,000+ high-res digital images of its collection online for free download »
TOM THE DANCING BUG: The Cattle Caliphate Invades Chagrin Falls, USA / Boing Boing
TOM THE DANCING BUG: The Cattle Caliphate Invades Chagrin Falls, USA »
The Thermals Announce New Album We Disappear, Share "Hey You" | News | Pitchfork
.@thethermals return with new album We Disappear. Listen to "Hey You" »
Instagram
@lauraolin Have some sad cow »
Negotiating with Clients Over Money | Work Made for Hire
As promised! A brand new post for a brand new year! Negotiating With Clients Over Money »
Do I work for David or Goliath? | Made by Eno
Do I work for David or Goliath? A brief guide for designers trying to decide what size company to work for »
ncase.me/simulating
@bitcraftlab I mean this link »
Dolce & Gabbana launched a line of beautiful, high-end hijabs and abayas - Quartz
Dolce & Gabbana Debuts Line Of Hijabs & Abayas - respect the smart business move. Muslims = 1.6 Billion. https://t.... »
Super Hexagon on the App Store
Super Hexagon is free on iOS for the first time ever »
slideshare.net/mobile/ActivateInc/activate-tech-and-media-outlook-2016/23
The key is that bots & apps delivered via messaging are *already* a huge business in Asia. »
Contributors to howdyai/botkit · GitHub
This is so cool - in just 20 days, 20 new people have contributed to @HowdyAI's Botkit project »
Off the Clock: Space Opera Millennials and Their Grand Narratives - Giant Bomb
I tried to resist, but I was weak... I... I wrote about Star Wars: The Force Awakens and structuralism »
nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/01/end-bullying-get-the-cool-kids-to-help.html#
Study uses high school thinkfluencers to fight against bullies - and it works. »
Conference Pass to the O’Reilly Design Conference 2016 Giveaway!
Conference Pass to the O’Reilly Design Conference 2016 Giveaway! via @designerhangout »
Incredible timelapse of Dubai skyscraper in flames / Boing Boing
An incredible timelapse video of that burning 63-story Dubai skyscraper »
DC TV news crew's car broken into while they covered anti-robbery press conference / Boing Boing
DC TV news crew's car broken into while they covered anti-robbery press conference »
Kodak introduces a new Super 8 film camera / Boing Boing
Kodak just introduced a new Super 8 film camera #ces #gadgets »
Fund Diversity & Inclusivity in Tech
It’s @ashedryden’s birthday! Aka a good time to say thanks for her work in diversity »
nymag.com/thecut/2016/01/answering-for-their-husbands-sins.html
Why should wives have to answer for their husbands' actions? Camille Cosby, Hillary Clinton+ the marital double-bind »
White Feminism & The School To Prison Pipeline | Mikki Kendall
ICYMI White Feminism & The School To Prison Pipeline »
DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Quadcopter with 2.7K Camera CP.PT.000160
dji dropped the price of the phantom 3 advanced to $800 too. that's a crazy good deal... »
Charter schools are turning into the next subprime mortgages / Boing Boing
Charter schools are turning into the next subprime mortgages »
The 18th Annual Independent Games Festival
2016 Independent Games Festival debuts Main Competition finalists »
Slide Show: New Yorker Cartoons January 11, 2016 - The New Yorker
A cartoon by Paul Noth. Find more cartoons from this week's issue »
New York Public Library does the public domain right / Boing Boing
New York Public Library does the public domain right »
We need alternative sources of bandwidth just like we need alternative sources of fuel / Boing Boing
We need alternative sources of bandwidth just like we need alt sources of fuel #8yrsago »
How the Daily Fantasy Sports Industry Turns Fans Into Suckers - The New York Times
Wrote about the three months and 1950 dollars I spent in the gassed up world of daily fantasy sports »
Daniel Clowes withdraws from Angouleme Grand Prix consideration - Fantagraphics
"I support the boycott of Angouleme and am withdrawing my name from any consideration." -@danielclowes Read more: https:… »
Dan From Optus Politely Schools Racists On Facebook | Gizmodo Australia
Dan from @Optus should win an award for being the community manager of the year. #realaustralianssaywel… »
Paul Graham has accidentally explained everything wrong with Silicon Valley’s world view - Quartz
Paul Graham has accidentally explained everything wrong with Silicon Valley’s world view »
One Hundred Sixty-Eight Hours and One Second by Wafaa Bilal — Kickstarter
Kickstarter — Help Iraqi artist @Bilal3rdi rebuild the library at the College of Fine Arts at Baghdad University http… »
Razor promises its Hovertrax hoverboard won't catch fire or explode | The Verge
@nickstatt delivering the news while standing on a hoverboard is the best trend of 2016 »
How About Some Oregon Militia Homoerotic Fan Fiction? - Joe.My.God.
"It ain't snacks I'm hungry for, Trevor." Oregon Militia Homoerotic Fan Fiction - »
Super Hexagon on the App Store
Super Hexagon, my favorite iOS game, is free right now. »
atom/CONTRIBUTING.md at master · atom/atom · GitHub
Atom's Git commit emoji guidelines »
Gamasutra: Liz England's Blog - "The Door Problem" of Game Design
REMINDER "The Door Problem" by @lizardengland brilliantly explains complexities of gamedev... and why we hate doors »
The Burner app saved me from PR hell at CES this year | The Verge
For those of you at #CES2016... cc: @BenPopper @Verge »
18F — Tips for adapting analytics.usa.gov from Tennessee, Boulder, and Philadelphia
Tennessee, Boulder, and Philadelphia talked with 18F about how they adapted the code behind »
My favorite book of 2015 | dooce®
My favorite book of 2015 »
My favorite book of 2015 | dooce®
My favorite book of 2015 »
Report: Cartoon Network UK censoring Steven Universe for queer content | Polygon
Report: Cartoon Network UK censoring Steven Universe for queer content »
The beautiful geometric GIFs of Erik Söderberg / Boing Boing
These animated GIFs by @eriksoderberg are mesmerizing! via @BoingBoing »
Tension grows as Oregon militia occupies wildlife refuge for fourth night | US news | The Guardian
“These are excellent conditions compared to other standoffs I’ve taken part in" »
Intel invented rock 'n' roll's terrible opposite tonight at CES | The Verge
You guys hearing about this huge bomb? Well here it is: Intel’s keynote-closing performance band »
25 Best Coffee Shops in America - Gear Patrol
Top 25 of best coffee in the US and we did the branding! Congrats @boxcarcoffee cc @anthonydimitre @okayjeffrey »
Podcast 489: Comment Chameleon | Macworld
Join me & special guest @antichrista on this week’s @macworld podcast And…leave a comment. #foreshadowing »
Pinterest Hires Its First Head of Diversity - The New York Times
Pinterest hired a black woman to head up diversity! That's dope! »
Spectacular Camera Drone Footage of New Year’s Fireworks Over Lima | Colossal
Spectacular camera drone footage of New Year’s fireworks over Lima by @JCremerPhoto. Watch: https://t… »
New York Public Library Invites a Deep Digital Dive - The New York Times
The New York Public Library has released 180K+ public domain images from its special collections. A treasure trove. https://t… »
What Will Replace Email? - The Atlantic
Fight it out: Email is hell vs. Email is the last great unowned piece of the Internet. »
The Hear-Nothing Gun Crowd - The New York Times
We can't talk about guns as long as folks keep lying about them being "taken away." No one's doing that. Stop. https://t.co… »
Working while brown: What discrimination looks like now - Nov. 25, 2015
60% of Latinas surveyed said they experienced backlash when they expressed anger or weren't deferential. »
Seth's Blog: No direction home
Seth's Blog: No direction home »
A top venture capitalist thinks startups are causing inequality. He’s wrong. - Vox
Friend protested at Occupy Wall St. & did a YC startup 2 yrs later. No contradiction IMO »
World's Largest Meatpacking Firm Wants To Test Out Robot Butchers : The Salt : NPR
Note how "Robot Butchers" gets your hackles up in a way that "Automated Meatpack Processing" probably wouldn't. »
New York Public Library Invites a Deep Digital Dive - The New York Times
New York Public Library releasing over 180,000 hi-res photos, maps and other items for patrons to use as they wish. https:… »
The Dress Code for Power Lunching at the Four Seasons - The New York Times
OMG. First 9 people answer Qs about their "power lunch" outfit. And then there's Kissinger. https:… »
Shine Squad
#ShineSquad is an anonymous forum for sharing abuse, harassment, & discrimination @ work. Break your silence safely:... »
Joshua Dubois: What the President secretly did at Sandy Hook Elementary School | Vox Populi
Any consideration of Obama's tears about Sandy Hook should be mindful of this secret thing he did. »
Kickstarter Fulfillment Report —Kickstarter
91% rewards delivered. The largest independent analysis to examine the Kickstarter community and project fulfillment »
Psychonauts 2 - Fig: Video Game Crowdfunding
Psychonauts 2 is so close! It's almost real! »
Flexbox Froggy - A game for learning CSS flexbox
My latest project: A game for learning CSS flexbox called Flexbox Froggy. »
fig
Psychonauts 2 is 100% funded! YAY @DoubleFine!!! »
Mine Kafon | Callum Cooper on Vimeo
Fascinating short doc on a designer who created an artificial tumbleweed to clear landmines https:/… »
Oculus - Oculus VR
Preorders for Rift are live! GO GO GO »
Cassie Marketos
Hello world! Still avail for some short-term work this winter, pre-start of a new job. Would <3 to work w/ you: http... »
analytics.usa.gov | The US government's web traffic.
Tennessee, Boulder, and Philadelphia talked with 18F about how they adapted the code behind »
The 18th Annual Independent Games Festival Finalists
(BTW, as always, the IGF finalists longform page - - has more info on platforms/availability/etc. for the games!) »
Update Your Footer.
cuz it’s 2016, websites. »
t.co / Twitter
The bit of vacation where I muse if is this slow only to dissuade people from clicking links & stay inside @t... »
Job Openings at EFF | Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF has jobs at all three points of our eldritch triangle of power: tech, activism and the law: ▲ ▲‌ ▲ »
FACEBOOK ON THE OCULUS
We’re updating to include floating dollar bills all over »
Suck: Daily Archive 2001
And just like that, Suck is back online. »
All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
The Force Awakens box office is only 1/2 of Star Wars (over multiple releases) and is still behind Phantom Menace. https:/… »
Pixar
Internship reminder! ALL Summer 2016 #Internship openings have been posted: #PixarIsHiring ht… »
Awesome Games Done Quick
*Super* exciting block of Donkey Kong Country & Mario games today at @GamesDoneQuick, including Kaizo Mario 3 (!!!) »