A day in the life of a young black male engineering "coding" student. (with images, tweets) · rodneysampson · Storify
@KasimReed I hope you've got someone getting to the bottom of Totally unacceptable. An intercession would help. »
Nintendo Employee 'Terminated' After Smear Campaign Over Censorship
Here's my story about how Nintendo fired one of their employees after a smear campaign »
Introducing Safari Technology Preview | WebKit
I am thrilled to introduce you to Safari Technology Preview — Safari for web developers. https://t.c… »
Resources | Model View Culture
So excited to roll out @ModelViewMedia's collection of resources on diversity in tech today. ➯➯ »
Unintuitive Things I’ve Learned about Management — The Year of the Looking Glass — Medium
I just published “Unintuitive Things I’ve Learned about Management” »
live.theverge.com/microsoft-build-2016-live-blog
THE GREATEST PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION ARTIST EVER IS ON STAGE. »
We’re Hiring: Outreach, Social Impact — Medium
This role at @Medium for Head of Social Impact could be truly meaningful. Underrepresented folks: Please apply! »
.www | GMUNK
New project on GMUNK: SUB.DIVISION a print series of perceptual landscapes #SubDivision »
Most Startups Aren't Crap
Most startups aren't crap (via @bryce) »
The Federalist Papers — Medium
What do I do for fun? Oh, you know, normal stuff. Like republishing The Federalist Papers on Medium »
Indie MEGABOOTH PAX East 2016 Line-Up! - Indie MEGABOOTH
GNOG will be at PAX East with the @IndieMEGABOOTH »
Conversational interaction design: constructing context — Medium
My latest piece on bots is up! Conversational interaction design: constructing context »
Bot Framework
More bots! Microsoft rolls out "bot framework" for SMS, email, Slack, Skype and more. https://… »
San Francisco, CA | AlterConf
Last night I launched a SURPRISE, Bay Area friends »
Thanks 2016 - Powell's Books
Today (March 30) is the last day of the 30% Off Everything sale at Powell's! Coupon code: THANKS2016 (Online only) https:… »
Developers can run Bash Shell and user-mode Ubuntu Linux binaries on Windows 10 - Scott Hanselman
ANNOUNCED: Developers can run Bash Shell and user-mode Ubuntu Linux binaries on Windows 10 »
I CAN'T SLEEP / Kio Stark
Starting tomorrow, get intermittent stranger stories from me at or (same content) »
Municipal Archive by Kio Stark
Starting tomorrow, get intermittent stranger stories from me at or (same content) »
xkcd: Jack and Jill
Don’t miss the alt text on this one. »
Laughing Squid Tumblr
turns 9 today! Thanks, @laughingsquid, for showing us the best of art + technology. »
bit.ly/1MBlXRv
Microsoft's chatbot returned, said she smoked weed in front of cops (then disappeared again) https://… »
ELLE on Earth | Observer
this needed an edit »
Activists cover the stars on Hollywood Walk of Fame with names of those killed by police officers -
Activists cover the stars on Hollywood Walk of Fame with names of those killed by police ... https://t… »
CodeStart Scholarships by Rodney Sampson - GoFundMe
If you missed it, please read @rodneysampson's harrowing story: Then support his program »
Most Startups Aren't Crap
Most Startups Aren't Crap »
The Amazon Echo and Shabbos | The 5 Towns Jewish Times
Asking the right Jewish Questions: Do we need to turn off the Amazon Echo on Shabbat? »
Humble Monthly Bundle
We've caught wind of a new Humble Original coming to this Friday's Humble Monthly lineup! »
To SoundCloud, Love Dave — Airplane Mode
@jessevondoom @magicbeans Wow, worse than I thought »
March Show And Tell - YouTube
Can't make it to the Portland Creative Coders meetup tonight? Catch the live stream »
The Art of Organized Noize | Netflix
(The Organized Noize documentary is on Netflix now: ) »
Why and How We Designed Our Boxes From Scratch - Lumi Blog
What makes a box from @lumi special? It's in the design details (you can order your own »
Spectator Mode for Job Simulator - A new way to display social VR footage! - YouTube
Omgyay VR trailers today: The Gallery: Hover Junkers: Job Simulator »
Interactive Media Developer | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
JOB OPENING: We are looking for an Interactive Media Developer. Come join the team! #musetech »
The Manual Rescue: Take Two, And Please Help « ASCII by Jason Scott
The Manual Rescue: Take Two, And Please Help »
Indie MEGABOOTH PAX East 2016 Trailer - YouTube
Announcing our line-up for PAX East 2016 - The Games of the Future! »
Building a lever — Signal v. Noise — Medium
“If you want to move something, you need leverage — especially if you don’t…” — @jasonfried »
Amazing fan-made Wonder Woman sweater pattern to download and knit / Boing Boing
Amazing fan-made Wonder Woman sweater pattern to download and knit »
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I am thrilled to introduce you to Safari Technology Preview — Safari for web developers. https://t.c… »
Coming, the collapse of radio’s iHeartMedia |
iHeartRadio is $21bn in debt and about to die. I'm convinced this is finally the year for podcasting. »
Collections Program - Collections Photo Gallery
Things organised neatly, at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. »
Presentations: March 2016 Total Solar Eclipse
Absolutely stunning twin views of March 9th’s total solar eclipse by @NASAHyperwall »
Gender diversity in VC firms
1 year after @ekp's trial @CNBC underscores lack of progress by interviewing man who agreed not to discuss diversity »
Mississippi Senate Votes For Sweeping Anti-LGBT Religious Freedom Bill - BuzzFeed News
GOP state legislatures are having a biggest shithead contest and they're all winning »
Clippy’s Back: The Future of Microsoft Is Chatbots
Is this Clippy's first magazine cover? »
Massive email leak reveals the worst bribery scandal in history / Boing Boing
Massive email leak reveals the worst bribery scandal in history »
Meghan Trainor's "No" (90's Mashup) - by kina + nataly - YouTube
Turns out you can fit EVERY 90's SONG into Meghan Trainor's "No". ALSO I ❤️ @kinagrannis. »
Oculus Rift CV1 Teardown - iFixit
The @iFixit Oculus Rift CV1 teardown has lots of interesting stuff on the board, mechanicals, and optics »
Donald Trump: 15-Year-Old Girl Assaulted at Wisconsin Rally
15 year old girl sexually assaulted then pepper sprayed at @realDonaldTrump rally »
Five Horizons: Articles, Musician Magazine 5/95
And reminder of how @pearljam was influenced by TLC, especially their first album »
TopatoCo: Get Out Of My Mentions Shirt
I love this, thank u Jephho (your new nickname is Jephho) »
Trump promises "some form of punishment" for women who have abortions after it is banned / Boing Boing
Trump promises "some form of punishment" for women who have abortions after it is banned »
Letranger Absurde | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Lego Monkey Island by Letranger Absurde »
Thermals Reddit AMA
HEY Thermals @reddit AMA TOMORROW 11AM Pacific »
GRAIL Text Recognizer
I wrote an active essay on the GRAIL handwriting recognizer from 1966. Read it here! https://t.c… »
David Marcus - This is one that I've been personally eager... | Facebook
Excited to announce the first airline on Messenger. Welcome KLM! »
​Microsoft and Canonical partner to bring Ubuntu to Windows 10 | ZDNet
Ubuntu will run on Windows 10: Not in a VM, but integrated at a lower level. »
Former Uber Worker Claims Company Investigator Illegally Entered Her Home - BuzzFeed News
.@Uber's acquisition of Pinkerton Detective Agency makes more sense now »
Women in Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories: Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack: 9781632170668: Am...
It's a book I believe in. And I'm proud to be included with a group of such accomplished women. You can buy it here! https… »
It’s Really Hard To Get Bernie Sanders 988 More Delegates | FiveThirtyEight
Does this look feasible to you? Then you can say with a straight face Sanders has a chance. http… »
The only people who aren’t penalized for promoting diversity at work are white men — Quartz
The only people who aren’t penalized for promoting diversity are white men. With great power, great re… »
World War II justified by former German soldiers - YouTube
Aged Nazi veterans calmly defend Germany's actions in WW2. Content warning: murder, rape, hatred, esp. comments. »
How to use a Ricoh Theta S to make 360 videos - YouTube
New video series from @mettavr & me teaches you how to create & edit #360video: #VR R... »
After suddenly dropping Apple case, FBI now defeating security on iPhones in other cases / Boing Boing
Huh, weird. After suddenly dropping Apple case, the FBI's now offering to hack iPhones in other cases. »
Contest: Nerf Herder At The Troubadour (The Scenestar)
Win tickets to see Nerf Herder (@NerfHerder_Band) at the Troubadour (@TheTroubadour)! Info: https… »
Unarmed man begged for his life before being shot 5 times by Arizona cop with a "YOU'RE FUCKED" sticker on his rifle / Boing Boing
Unarmed man begged for life before being shot by AZ cop with "YOU'RE FUCKED" on his rifle »
Landmark study on the effects of copyright takedown abuse on online free expression / Boing Boing
Landmark study on the effects of copyright takedown abuse on online free expression »
American prisons are doubling up solitary confinement cells, turning them into murder boxes / Boing Boing
America prisons are doubling up solitary confinement cells, turning them into murder-boxes »
Superman And The Damage Done | Birth.Movies.Death.
“It’s like making a Strawberry Shortcake movie that is all about diabetes.” »
Ransomware creeps steal two more hospitals. Again. Again. / Boing Boing
Ransomware creeps steal two more hospitals. Again. Again. »
SlackBot | Documentation | Bot Framework
Here's Microsoft's new bot layer, built on top of @HowdyAI's Botkit! Whoa. Microsoft builds stuff on MY platform! »
Man has his account frozen because his payment for his dog "Dash" reminded bank of "Daesh" / Boing Boing
Man has his account frozen because his payment for his dog "Dash" reminded bank of "Daesh" »
MIT Media Lab will default to permitting student code to be free/open / Boing Boing
MIT Media Lab will default to permitting student code to be free/open »
Contemporary Women Working in GIS and Cartography: Geraldine Sarmiento, Dawn Wright, and Gretchen Peterson - CityLab
Lovely profiles of @sensescape, @PetersonGIS, and other women cartographers by @mslaurabliss »
'Mixed Reality' Technology Brings Mars to Earth | NASA
The answer, happily, is yes. And your tour guide is Buzz Aldrin. Coming this summer to Kennedy Space Center »
Rivers through time, as seen in Landsat images « Hindered Settling
VERY cool - Rivers change through time, as seen in Landsat images @nature_brains »
Introducing doctl: the Command Line Interface to DigitalOcean | DigitalOcean
We’re excited to announce a new way to use DigitalOcean: a command line utility »
newsweek.com/2016/04/08/michigan-air-pollution-poison-southwest-detroit-441914.html
Choking to Death in Detroit: Flint Isn't Michigan's Only Disaster »
Minimize documentation requirements for open source projects · Issue #85 · WhiteHouse/source-code-policy · GitHub
We left a comment on the White House's code policy, asking for minimal documentation requirements for open source »
nymag.com/thecut/2016/03/history-of-piers-morgans-terrible-opinions.html
a condensed history of piers morgan's terrible opinions »
Agencies should secure distribution rights when procuring custom software · Issue #87 · WhiteHouse/source-code-policy · GitHub
We commented on the White House policy, on ensuring government can publicly distribute any procured software code »
Judge says Citibank's law-school loan isn't "student debt" and can be discharged in bankruptcy / Boing Boing
Judge says Citibank's law-school loan isn't "student debt" & can be discharged in bankruptcy »
How a street artist pulled off a 50-building mural in Cairo's garbage-collector district / Boing Boing
How a street artist pulled off a 50-building mural in Cairo's garbage-collector district »
Michael Stipe: The Man Who Sold the World - The Tonight Show
Michael performs @DavidBowieReal "The Man Who Sold the World" »
PA Attorney General - Surveillance Vehicles - Auctions By Gov
Pennsylvania AG selling surplus unmarked surveillance vans. Bidding starts at $1000. »
‘Ryan’s Law’ proposed to allow you to cancel Comcast online with one click | TechCrunch
Concast to discontinue online service signups if ‘Ryan’s Law’ mandates ‘one click’ cancellations, sources say. https:… »
The Bribe Factory
What looks like a pretty massive piece of global investigative reporting will drop over the coming days »
The "Colbert Emoji" - Six Colors
@jeremyburge So I assume you saw the Colbert thing? »
bit.ly/State-Econonic-Snapshots-March-2016
America in past year Income: up 0.7% Home cost: up 5.8% California in past year Income: up 0.3% Home cost: up 7.1% http… »
McCann Japan hires first artificially intelligent creative director | The Drum
This is so good in so many ways. cc @atduskgreg (h/t @tobybarnes) »
Ubuntu’s bash and Linux command line coming to Windows 10 | Ars Technica
Truly, 2016 will be the year of Linux on the desktop. »
Starting today, anyone can turn their Xbox One into a dev kit for free | Polygon
"Any Xbox One Can Be A Devkit" is restricted to UWP apps, and devs only get access to 1gb of ram »
Urban Revival? Not For Most Americans | Jed Kolko
That ideal of high-density urban living? Increasingly, it's only for the rich. »
Bank of America, Microsoft Denounce North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law, but Fund Politicians Who Passed It
Bank of America, Microsoft Denounce North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law, but Fund Politicians Who Passed It »
My Heroic and Lazy Stand Against IFTTT (Pinboard Blog)
.@Pinboard is truly one of the best and brightest on the internet. He has my 100% support on this one -> »
Citing anti-LGBT law, Portland to block employee trips to North Carolina | OregonLive.com
#Portland to block employee trips to North Carolina because of anti-LGBT law. »
Locals Only Playlist 3/27/16: Wetwood Smokes, Kid Cadaver, She Wants Revenge, & More – Listen and Vote « The World Famous KROQ
Keep us spinning on KROQ. #1 last Sunday; Vote all week now & see where we end up this week! »
Post-mortem on thirteen dead sperm whales finds their stomachs full of plastic - Telegraph
Post-Mortem on the 13 Stranded North Sea Sperm Whales Finds Their Stomachs Full of Plastic htt… »
Soul Survivor - The New Yorker
‘Aretha is everywhere. There is no “Formation” without “Respect.” One queen follows another.’ »
Barney Frank is not impressed by Bernie Sanders.
…[Y]ou’re saying Bernie’s voters have a slightly unrealistic sense about political process. I didn't say slightly. »
FBI Agrees to Unlock iPhone, iPod in Arkansas Homicide Case - The New York Times
FBI Agrees to Unlock iPhone, iPod in Arkansas Homicide Case Welp, that didn't take long. »
Workers 'blame Google Maps' after demolishing the wrong house 
Workers 'blame Google Maps' after demolishing the wrong house  »
Oracle v. Google: Klingon and copyrighting language.
The applicability of Oracle v. Google to Klingon language comes from a now-extremely-prescient @charles_duan article »
It Looks Like Flickr is Now For Sale
Oh Boy: It Looks Like Flickr is Now For Sale »
Congresswoman Katherine Clark Sent Genius a Letter About Online Abuse | Re/code
Genius adds report abuse button in response to controversy, letter from Congresswoman Clark https://t… »
Microsoft is adding the Linux command line to Windows 10 | The Verge
Microsoft is adding the Linux command line to Windows 10 »
The tech industry wants to use women’s voices – they just won't listen to them | Technology | The Guardian
everything about this column is beautiful. Thank you for all of this, @leighalexander! https:/… »
The tech industry wants to use women’s voices – they just won't listen to them | Technology | The Guardian
The tech industry wants to use women’s voices – they just won't listen to them. Well put @leighalexander »
San Francisco's New Public Art Is 5 'Monumental Illuminated Rabbits' - CityLab
Huge glowing rabbits are coming to San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza »
Invisible Wall: Games Writing for Women Tickets, Thu, 5 May 2016 at 19:00 | Eventbrite
If you're a woman looking to get into games writing, we have an event that may interest you: @Event… »
‘Ryan’s Law’ proposed to allow you to cancel Comcast online with one click | TechCrunch
HAHAHA omg. ‘Ryan’s Law’ proposed to allow you to cancel Comcast online with one click »
Steven Universe is coming back for two more seasons | Polygon
Steven Universe is coming back for two more seasons »
Houdini: Maybe The Most Exciting Development In CSS You've Never Heard Of – Smashing Magazine
A way to patch CSS features until browsers actually implement them? Why didn’t we start this fifteen years ago »
Confab Central 2016 | Confab Events
Content strategy folks — I’ve keynoted Confab Central before and it’s a great, well-run conference. Dig it »
Ordinary Women | Seed&Spark
Each Ordinary Women episode will feature a distinct animation style. Help make it happen! »
The Ugly New Front In The Neverending Video Game Culture War
Alison was actually a great rep of Nintendo and its games in my experience. Catch up here: https://t.c… »
Cruise Da Fukboi's post on Vine
Just in case anyone's having a bad day. 12/10 would bounce with »
Feminist Frequency Newsletter
We interviewed @tatianamaslany for our newsletter FREQ. You definitely want to subscribe now »
Design | The New York Times Company
We’re hiring a product designer to create the future to The Time’s Real Estate section, search & apps. Interested? »
From Japan, With Changes: The Endless Debate Over Video Game 'Censorship’
Here are links to some write-ups about some of the stuff that’s been going on. & https://t.co... »
The two brilliant, prescient 20th century science fiction novels you should read this election season / Boing Boing
@djspooky @MargaretAtwood @GreatDismal @neilhimself Two best novels I know on the subject »
Join Slack Developer Hangout on Slack!
If today's news got you excited about bots: 1) Get yourself a @HowdyAI in Slack and 2) Join and join 1500 other devs »
Having trouble coming up with talk ideas? Here's our wishlist! | AlterConf
I’m looking for marginalized ppl in tech/games for *paid* speaking opps. No exp reqd! Free ideas for you »
Night in the Woods Merch by NITW on Etsy
since folks are askin' you don't have to be at PAX to score a NITW shirt. you can do that through THE WWW's. https://t… »
Speak | AlterConf
so, you should apply! with the added incentive that if you speak ill draw ur cute little face! (w/ permission) »
Longform Podcast
This week on the podcast: @aaronlammer talks to @gabrielsnyder about running TNR + the introduction of a new co-host https:/… »
Sponsorship Prospectus | AlterConf
I’ve got a limited number for @alterconf SF sponsorship opportunities available and they go quick! »
Gamasutra - 'Gamers' don't have to be your audience. 'Gamers' are over.
it's not these "GG" mouthbreathers, it's corporate culture, dev culture, consumerism, you »
Channel 9: Videos about the people building Microsoft Products & Services
@shanselman envia saludos a @MSFTArgentina directo desde #BUILD2016 seguilo en vivo por @ch9 https:/… »