At 83 I decided to develop an app — Medium
"At 83, I also learned to write misleading clickbait headlines" »
Amazon’s customer service backdoor — Hacker Daily — Medium
“Amazon’s customer service backdoor” by Eric »
Glittering Blue
I’m trying an experiment at – please do not try it on a mobile connection (40 megs), but I’d welcome fee… »
Spherical Droste video - YouTube
In Which the Viewer Time-Travels into the Past by the Use of Portals: Spherical Droste video https://… »
The Michael Jackson Video Game Conspiracy
This is the best Sonic content I’ve ever read »
Frog and Toad are Cofounders — Medium
“Frog and Toad are Cofounders” »
ift.tt/1RJuOll
North Mississippi Avenue nearly lost its last black-owned building. Neighbors said no. »
In his essay on Income Inequality, Paul Graham credited me for pre-publication feedback. — What’s The Future of Work? — Medium
“In his essay on Income Inequality, Paul Graham credited me for pre-publication feedback.” by @timoreilly »
bit.ly/1KAvVw9
A @BernieSanders themed art show featuring over 100 artists is traveling the U.S. »
Twitter Has Stopped Showing Ads to Some VIP Users | Re/code
If you see an ad on Twitter, you’re officially basic »
Giveaways - BFF.fm
WIN TICKETS: @thesoftmoon & Male Gaze at @slimssf // Sunday, 1/31 8pm. // Ages 6+ ENTER HERE »
Alert.email
The ever inventive non-stadium @msg has a new project which sends selected emails to your Slack. »
What Paul Graham Is Missing About Inequality — What’s The Future of Work? — Medium
Just to be clear, I posted 2 pieces in response to @paulg: My original comments and extended »
In his essay on Income Inequality, Paul Graham credited me for pre-publication feedback. — What’s The Future of Work? — Medium
Just to be clear, I posted 2 pieces in response to @paulg: My original comments and extended »
What Paul Graham Is Missing About Inequality — What’s The Future of Work? — Medium
A lot of people have asked me to respond to @paulg’s piece about income inequality. Here it is. #wtfeconomy »
Open source was worth at least $143M of Instagram’s $1B acquisition — Medium
New post! Open source was worth at least $143M of Instagram’s $1B acquisition »
npmCamp
npm <3s you. you <3 npm. submit a talk to our CFP! »
Guilt And Shame As A UI Design Element - BuzzFeed News
heh. "Guilt And Shame As A UI Design Element" »
aworkinglibrary.com/writing/follow-the-links
A nice defense of internet ambling in an age of hermetically-sealed platforms: by @aworkinglibrary »
Glittering Blue
This is very nice: ht @iandees »
mathieudutour/git-sketch-plugin: A Git clie... - GitHub
"A Git client generating pretty diffs built right into Sketch." »
Former Defense Secretary Marches Into New Territory: Videogames - WSJ
“[W]e ought to find some way we can achieve steady improvement instead of simply making new glitches.” #engmanager »
At 83 I decided to develop an app — Medium
wowww @RumsfeldOffice casually dropping his new app on medium, which he built at age 83. »
jswanner/DontFuckWithPaste - HTML - GitHub
DontFuckWithPaste: a Chrome extension to prevent websites fucking with paste into input fields by @jswanner »
Behind the Signs: A Look at the DOT Sign Shop - YouTube
Here's a nice video about how the NYC DOT makes street signs, and a gif I made from it »
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine In 82.5 Hours — Maxistentialism Blog — Medium
I updated my Deep Space Nine guide with a canny observation (and some copy edits) by @esjacobs »
GitHub - Graphic Designer
Aww yeah—GitHub is hiring graphic designers to help make all the things! »
Robert Reich (The Volcanic Core Fueling the 2016 Election)
Wow! Post from @RBReich endorsing @SenSanders! If I were @HillaryClinton, I'd think hard about his message »
Harris grand jury indicts pair behind Planned Parenthood videos - Houston Chronicle
Harris grand jury indicts pair behind Planned Parenthood videos "for tampering with a governmental record" »
The Real Caucus Coverage
1. Every four years I re-read my report from an Iowa caucus in 2008 and feel enraged all over again »
Funsize 2015 Annual Report — Funsize Blog — Medium
The @funsize 2015 Annual Report is hot off the press. Thanks to everyone out there who made it an awesome year. »
PDX Startup Week: Startup Scene Spotlights Tickets, Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite
The truly fun part of organizing events is getting people to talk about the topics you really want to hear about »
Amazon’s customer service backdoor — Hacker Daily — Medium
@garrettmurray @isky Kinda doesn’t matter, though »
Calendar | OMSI
Portland! Come say hi to me n’ @PeriscopeStudio at @OMSI this Wednesday as part of OMSI After Dark: Superheroes! »
The Instant Gratification Economy — Medium
“The Instant Gratification Economy” by @umairh »
AYLI Podcast #49 - Mike Servito by As You Like It | Free Listening on SoundCloud
for your headphones, for when you're thinking about that time you lazed around a snowy wknd »
NASA's Albion H. Bowers - "Why Birds Don't Have Vertical Tails" - AMA EXPO 2014 - YouTube
also here is a more in-depth lecture about bird bio design, and why we should build airplanes more like them »
Chelsea Manning interview: DNA, big data, official secrecy, and citizenship / Boing Boing
Chelsea Manning interview: DNA, big data, official secrecy, and citizenship »
creativemornings.com/talks/lena-lencek
Join us Friday 1/29, for a talk on Language with Lena Lenček, RSVP is open now! »
Kent Nichols Theme Song by Schlomo Rabinowitz | Free Listening on SoundCloud
I'm making auto-generated personalized ringtones with @apple Music Memo App. Here is one for my buddy @kentnichols »
css-tricks.com/os-x-window-manager-apps
✽ OS X Window Management Apps :: (I rounded up a whole ton of them, thanks to your help.) »
How design can help bridge the AI gap — Medium
Ted nails what’s missing from the latest crop of AI assistant bots: Affordances. »
It’s Preschool Open House Season Motherfuckers — Medium
“It’s Preschool Open House Season Motherfuckers” by @hondanhon »
Evolution of the NBA on TNT TV scoreboard, 1990-2016 - Album on Imgur
The evolution of the "NBA on TNT" TV scoreboard from 1990 to 2016 »
At 83, I Decided to Develop an App — Medium
Too bad Rumsfeld didn’t build a Windows app, because I’d like to see how he implemented IUnknown. »
How to parent like the Germans - Business Insider
Super interesting 'Berlin doesn’t need a “free range parenting” movement because free range is the norm' »
What World Are We Building? — Data & Society: Points — Medium
“Google was trained to be “racist” by its racist users.” @zephoria »
World's Oldest Torrent Is Still Being Shared After 4,419 Days - TorrentFreak
This may be the world's oldest seeded torrent: an ASCII version of The Matrix, uploaded in 2003 and still going »
Instagram
The future is going to be amazing. This is a real bionic arm from @aannggeellll »
The Search for Planet Nine: Why Planet Nine might not exist
Skeptical about the existence of Planet Nine but don't know the good reasons to be? I provide them for you here. https://t… »
Music, Mind, and Meaning
If you haven't already, you should read Minsky's essay on "Music, Mind and Meaning" #histSTM https:… »
Amazing Teams: Animals - The Bloopers - YouTube
No CGI animals were harmed in the making of this blooper reel. »
Diamond DA42 Centaur Optionally Piloted Aircraft (OPA) - Airforce Technology
Self-flying planes! (Sort of) — really neat to see this done to a DA-42 (a few years old but new to me) »
The Foursquare Blog — Introducing Trip Tips: A new way to plan travel...
Introducing Trip Tips: A new way to plan travel with help from friends »
CASH Music
@horacepanterart Yes! »
The incredible work of Jonathan Djob Nkondo. Work... LESEAN THOMAS²
Jonathan Djob Nkondo's work is most intriguing and virtuosic indeed »
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right: Jane Mayer, Kirsten Potter: 9780307970657: Amazo...
Holy. Shit. Holy shit. Holy shit. There are literally no words for how fucked up this is. https://… »
Bark At The Moon 100% FC Guitar Hero Smash Hits - YouTube
"This is a cool song but it was taken down by youtube so I fixed the audio." »
nowtoronto.com/news/risky-legal-strategy-in-sammy-yatim-case
The logic of an attempted murder charge (and now conviction) in the Sammy Yatim case »
Dutch Museum renaming art for cultural sensitivity... - People of Color in European Art History
Update: How Re-Titling works in Rijkmuseum's collection to be less racist *actually* works https:/… »
512pixels.net/blog/2016/1/the-harry-potter-collectors-ipod
A little about the Harry Potter iPod, which everyone has forgotten about. »
High-Rise Super Bowl Ads Draw Activist's Ire | Hoodline
"They got the green light from the Mayor's Office, as the ads are temporary, and connected to a civic celebration." »
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bernie Sanders and the Liberal Imagination - The Atlantic
"Treating a racist injury solely with class-based remedies is like treating a gun-shot wound solely with bandages." htt… »
Earlier Amazon backdoor exposed wishlist mailing addresses - parker higgins dot net
Nice job by @xor finding an address leak vulnerability in Amazon Wishlists: But 5 months to fix it seems awful slow. »
The Vinyl Record Factory That Makes Your Niche Music Dreams Come True | WIRED
Really cool set of photos of Record Industry, a pressing plant in Haarlem: via @WIRED »
Wal-Mart: It Came, It Conquered, Now It's Packing Up and Leaving - Bloomberg Business
#RequiredReading What happens when Wal-Mart drives competitors out of business and then shuts down and leaves? »
Women outnumber men by nearly 2-to-1 in USC's video game design graduate program / Boing Boing
Women outnumber teh menz nearly 2:1 in @USC video game design graduate program »
Tabby Cat - Chrome Web Store
update: this is still the best chrome extension of all time »
Software - The Google Pixel C Review
“shocking to see these issues on a device designed by Google running software designed by Google.” <@daringfir... »
The Restaurant That Will Change L.A. | Observer
Roy Choi and Daniel Patterson's Locol is the restaurant that could change everything https://t.co… »
Uber discussions need to go beyond the fact it offers a cheaper ride - Business - CBC News
If Uber succeeds, game over for business regulation for environment, civil rights, consumer protection, etc. »
What emotions do our apps inspire? — Medium
When we talk about "engagement" in apps, we're talking about inducing powerful emotion. Somehow we won't admit that. »
Stop taking "probiotics" / Boing Boing
Stop taking "probiotics" »
Font: The letter f goes missing or rearranges itself in a word · Issue #2720 · Automattic/wp-calypso · GitHub
computers are so great. Google pushed an update to Google Fonts that broke the letter F. true story. »
jacobinmag.com/2016/01/vox-bernie-sanders-single-payer-ezra-klein-matt-yglesias
“Vox’s attack on Bernie Sanders is […] a dishonest exercise in managing the Democratic Party base.” »
Appeals court orders confirms patent troll must pay costs / Boing Boing
Appeals court orders confirms patent troll must pay costs »
An Early Valentine’s ‘GIF(T)’ from Lonac | Colossal
An Early Valentine’s ‘GIF(T)’ from Lonac »
Air Bonsai: Levitating Magnetic Bonsai Trees by Hoshinchu | Colossal
Air Bonsai: Levitating Magnetic Bonsai Trees by Hoshinchu »
Wealth gap between middle-income and upper-income families reaches record high | Pew Research Center
Wealth gap between middle-income & upper income families reaches record high »
A What We Do In The Shadows Sequel Is Coming, and It Has an Amazing Title
YESSS!! "A What We Do In The Shadows Sequel Is Coming, and It Has an Amazing Title" via @io9 »
Video Lectures | The Society of Mind | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | MIT OpenCourseWare
Want to experience Marvin Minsky's joy & brilliance? Here's his Society of the Mind class »
Music Thing: The Triadex Muse
One of Minsky's lesser-known inventions, the very cool Triadex Muse synthesizer. Minsky loved music »
thecut.io/1SfRAzX
Planned Parenthood attack video backfires spectacularly »
Lawsuits Claim Disney Colluded to Replace U.S. Workers With Immigrants - The New York Times
Lawsuits Claim Disney Colluded to Replace U.S. Workers with Immigrants »
The complex reality of adopting a meaningful code of conduct |
The complex reality of adopting a meaningful code of conduct »
Guests – Alaska Robotics Mini-Con
Come to the Alaska Robotics Mini-Con in April! A unique opportunity to see @dmeconis & me in the same place! »
Characters You May Not Remember From Children’s Literature - The Toast
Characters You May Not Remember From Children’s Literature | »
Why America isn’t paying attention to The Daily Show With Trevor Noah in 2016.
Great analysis "Why are Americas ignoring Trevor Noah?" »
What Facebook's On This Day shows about the fragility of our online lives | Technology | The Guardian
My latest Guardian column is about the fragility of our lives and stories online »
FDA Takes Steps To Ban Chemicals In Pizza Boxes - Modern Farmer
The FDA moves to ban chemicals in pizza boxes. (FYI: There are chemicals in pizza boxes) »
All-female crew row for 9 months, 8,500 miles from California to Australia
All-female crew row for 9 months, 8,500 miles from California to Australia »
2 Abortion Foes Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Are Indicted - The New York Times
Breaking News: A grand jury investigating Planned Parenthood has instead indicted two anti-abortion activists »
2 Abortion Foes Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Are Indicted - The New York Times
2 Abortion Foes Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Are Indicted, via @nytimes #fuckYeah »
sfmta.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/2016/SB50-Map-Muni%20-1.13.16.pdf
Here’s the MUNI changes for the next 3 weeks. SFMTA suggests using Van Ness or Gough/Hyde for traversing SF via car. »
Eric's Archived Thoughts: Designing for Crisis, Design for Real Life
“Designing for Crisis, Design for Real Life”: a new full-length video and a new book announcement. »
Chapters - The best way to add chapter markers to your podcast on the Mac App Store
Chapters is now available on the Mac App Store. Thanks for your support everyone. »
Alaska Robotics Mini-Con – A Comic Convention and Artist Camp in Juneau. April 22-26, 2016
Guests at our art camp include @beatonna @ryanqnorth @boltcity @goraina and many other awesome people. Apply today! »
Marvin Minsky, Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88 - The New York Times
RIP Marvin Minsky, the founding father of AI (and our lab) »
Barack Obama: Why we must rethink solitary confinement - The Washington Post
Barack Obama: Why we must rethink solitary confinement »
Obama bans solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons - The Washington Post
BREAKING: President Obama is banning solitary confinement for juvenile offenders in the federal prison system »
jekyll/CONDUCT.md at master · jekyll/jekyll · GitHub
Awww, Jekyll 3.0 came with a Code of Conduct! <3 »
Marvin Minsky, Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88 - The New York Times
Marvin Minsky, Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88 »
Marvin Minsky, Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88 - NYTimes.com
RIP Marvin Minsky; I couldn't thank you enough for all the brilliance & joy you created & inspired! »
Guests – Alaska Robotics Mini-Con
Camp attorney @_katie_lane is a lovely human being with Very Strong Opinions™ about stories »
Wikipedia Turns 15: Jimmy Wales Speaks About The Diversity Struggle And Advice For News Media : All Tech Considered : NPR
Gee, I wonder why people think Wikipedia has a culture that's hostile to women? »
New Jersey rejects request for dolphin necropsy results, citing "medical privacy"
#NewJersey tried to get out of a #FOIA request by claiming dolphins have medical privacy: https://t.… »
January Privacy Lab - Privacy for Startups Tickets, San Francisco | Eventbrite
Do you work at a start-up? I cannot recommend this month's Privacy Lab on enough, come this Thursday! »
Episode 666: The Hoverboard Life : Planet Money : NPR
@starsandrobots you listened to right? »
Main Stage | Design Week Portland
This is the last week to get $100 off Main Stage tickets for #dwpdx, you guys. T minus 6 days »
Instant De-Stressor Therapy (Revolutionary New Neurotherapy)
I have achieved unbelievable success with this method ==> »
Library of Babel
is now a true universal library! All possible text, fully searchable. it even has this tweet. http… »
Twitch
Today's Quadrilateral Cowboy development stream starts in 20 minutes »
99% Invisible | A Tiny Radio Show About Design with Roman Mars
Some of you might want to saunter over and check out the new »
csvconf.com
Announcing csv,conf,v2 this May in Berlin. A conference for data makers. Submit a talk! https://t.… »