Open Whisper Systems >> Blog >> WhatsApp's Signal Protocol integration is now complete
WhatsApp has finished integrating the Signal Protocol into their app. End to end encryption for everyone by default: https://t.c… »
PayPal Withdraws Plan for Charlotte Expansion | PayPal Stories
Bigotry comes at a cost: In this case 400 jobs. Good job, NC state government! »
Forget Apple vs. the FBI: WhatsApp Just Switched on Encryption for a Billion People | WIRED
Forget Apple v the FBI: Whatapp just turned on encryption for a billion people »
Virtual Reality - SteamVR featuring the HTC Vive - YouTube
It's hard to explain what good VR feels like, but Valve's new "mixed reality" Vive trailer comes very close. »
The time that Tony Fadell sold me a container of hummus. — Medium
Google/Nest is bricking a product after all the warranties expired. Meanwhile my parents 1st gen TiVo still works. htt… »
SteamVR
We are launched and live - ! »
Virtual Reality - SteamVR featuring the HTC Vive - YouTube
Valve's new trailer for the Vive really captures what the joy of VR is all about »
Pattern by Etsy
Launched! Now Etsy sellers can build their own websites with Pattern »
diversityindesign — Tomorrow Looks Bright
I get many many many many many any requests to talk about diversity in design…So here y’all go »
What is Medium - Medium
We let Al pursue his passion for hand modeling in our latest work with @Medium. Go team! »
Open Whisper Systems | Open Technology Fund
@csoghoian 404 not found. Looks like a double paste of the URL. »
Making new homes — Femsplain — Medium
Yay! @femsplain is now on @medium and it’s gonna be freakin' great for us! »
SteamVR
Valve showcases many of the @HTCVive launch titles with mixed reality footage that shows how social VR can be »
Current – Transact where you interact
Current status: live. Let’s connect financially. »
Lieve Oma by Florian Veltman
Lieve Oma, a game about my grandmother, is RELEASED! #indiegames #altgames #indiedev https://t.c… »
Zelda 30 Year Tribute
Wow this some amazing Web-GL Zelda goodness »
A little thing about release notes — Several People Are Typing — The Official Slack Blog — Medium
Advice from @SlackHQ on writing release notes. Though humor is a three-edged sword. »
100 Portraits That Tell The Stories Of People Underrepresented In Tech | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
In 100 profiles, photographer @helena tells a less-often-heard story of "Techies." https://t.co… »
Authentic Jobs: Web, Design, Freelance, and Tech Jobs
Join our team. Pull your weight. Go home at 6. »
Introducing The Visual Minute: A Video Series About Visual Content | Killer Infographics
Visual content: what makes it worth looking at? Cool series of 1 min interviews w/ smart people by @TopInfographics »
That Feeling When You Mistake Risks for Rights and Thus Consent to Oppression — Medium
I just published “That Feeling When You Mistake Risks for Rights and Thus Consent to Oppression” »
Zelda 30 Year Tribute
Holy shit. via @chiahuihsieh »
Techies Project — Medium
Publishing an interview a day on so you can interact with the content in different ways. Follow along. »
The Tech Story Is Over — NewCo Shift — Medium
I just published “The Tech Story Is Over” »
VR Talk Show Is Awkward And Amazing
"It’s a bit crude and clumsy at times, but the potential of Smith’s show is tremendous." - Kotaku »
Techies: A Study of Silicon Valley — Techies Project — Medium
“Techies: A Study of Silicon Valley” by @helena »
‘Hamilton’ Tickets for Students and Wisdom From Its Creator - WSJ
Like I needed *another* reason to <3 @Lin_Manuel. »
Introducing DGit - GitHub Engineering
Yo @github w/two major outages in the last 12 hrs you should take this blog post down & republish in a few days lol »
UENO Happy Hour w/ Helena Price Tickets, Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 5:45 PM | Eventbrite
Join us for happy hour with @helena. We'll be talking about her most recent project "Techies" and probably cats. https://t.c… »
New York City Murder Rate Drops To Historic Low | Huffington Post
NYC murder rate drops to historic low, shootings down too during period with historically few #stopandfrisks https://t… »
Oil Companies Donated To Clinton Foundation While Lobbying State Department
EXCLUSIVE: Docs show Clinton Fndtn oil donors lobbied Clinton on tar sands just before she backed tar sands pipeline https… »
WhatsApp :: Legal
Awesome that @WhatsApp is encrypted, but keep in mind it doesn't hide who you're texting https://t.c… »
GPG signature verification · GitHub
You can now verify GPG signed commits and tags! »
Another prediction failure for 'Obamacare' critics | MSNBC
All things considered, I still think this is the toughest chart for ACA critics to explain https://… »
Need / Sunset
We’re also offering deeply-discounted Need-branded wares I cannot believe they let me call it Sunset. »
Foremost: Matt - YouTube
What happens when you take a sleepy British founder person and ask them to talk aimlessly for a teaser video? Well »
Iceland's Prime Minister Resigns After Panama Papers Leaks
It begins: Iceland PM 1st world leader to fall as a result of the #panamapapers »
Irrational Exuberance: Prologue on Steam
Irrational Exuberance: Prologue is released!!! GO GET IT @htcvive owners! It's free!! https://t.… »
Watch Max Huggins's Vine "Nova wins!!"
This security guard was everyone »
The FOO Show featuring Will Smith on Steam
And then, The FOO Show is on Steam! »
NEW INC 2016-2017 Information Session Tickets, Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite
We're announcing the next round of applications for @NEWINC next week! Want to know more? Attend an info session: https://… »
Happy 100th birthday to Herb Caen, with a twist - The San Francisco Examiner
Make San Francisco Caen Again! Today would be the 100th birthday of Herb Caen. »
Say No To The Dress - BuzzFeed News
i've worked w/ chinese merchants selling knockoffs on a sliding scale: pay $ or $$$ depending on material/accuracy »
Beyond TYPO Font – Alphabettes
“The Beyond TYPO Font is a hybrid creature, mixing hand-made letters and amœba.” »
WikiHouse Foundation - Jobs: WikiHouse Foundation - Delivery Manager - Apply online
Join the team! #DeliveryManager role available. An exciting opportunity to reinvent housing: https:/… »
Sen. Bernie Sanders predicts #PanamaPapers in 2011 - YouTube
“The agreement with Panama would bar the US from cracking down on illegal offshore tax havens” @BernieSanders, 2011 »
10 Questions with Gaby Peña — Medium
Wise words from a great PM. @gpena on PMs and Comp Sci degrees »
Pretentiously Kawaii • unpretty: “villain attempts to go back in time...
Some remarkable fan fiction about Superman’s mother. »
Techies
Such a beautiful interview w. @Chanpory (my @MixmaxHQ partner in crime) in #TechiesProject »
Vaping Congressman accused of using campaign funds on $1300 worth of Steam games | ZAM
Vaping congressman accused of using campaign funds to buy $1300 of Steam games »
GDC Vault - Design In Detail: Controlling Land Sliders
My #GDC16 talk is now online for FREE! It's a deep design breakdown of @LandSlidersGame's control logic »
Instagram
get ouf of my life »
gdcvault.com/play/1023255/GDC-Microtalks-2016-Everyone-Loves
the GDC Microtalks from this year are free on GDC Vault! My section is the last talk, starting at right around 55:00 »
Taxi, Uber, and Lyft Usage in New York City - Todd W. Schneider
The latest taxi, Uber, and Lyft usage trends in NYC via @todd_schneider »
PayPal Withdraws Plan for Charlotte Expansion | PayPal Stories
PayPal Withdraws Plan for Charlotte Expansion »
Anti-Censorship GamerGate Group Demands Removal Of Offensive Content – Point & Clickbait
Anti-Censorship GamerGate Group Demands Removal Of Offensive Content »
PayPal Cancels Plans for Operations Center, 400 Jobs Over North Carolina’s Transgender Law - WSJ
PayPal cancels plans for operations center, 400 jobs over North Carolina’s transgender law »
The New TextExpander | Smile
w00t @TextExpander 6 is out and there is a Windows beta! The app is moving to subscription pricing too »
Panama papers reaction - BBC News
Iceland prime minister resigns over allegations he hid millions in investments #PanamaPapers https… »
Making Medium More Powerful for Publishers — The Story — Medium
“Making Medium More Powerful for Publishers” by @Medium »
Life of an Indie App Developer - Computerphile - YouTube
Chatting with @marcoarment for @computer_phile about his life as an app-making person— »
TextExpander Updates Focus on New Service – MacStories
With today's updates, TextExpander is becoming a paid service. Here's what you need to know »
Ordinary Women: Just a few days left! - YouTube
Time is almost up to back Ordinary Women! Please watch & share this message from Anita about why the series matters. »
Backlash to university's gender pay gap bake sale highlights 'trend of online behaviour towards women' - ABC News (Australian Broadcastin...
Women hold bake sale that charges based on gender to highlight wage gap. Men respond with rape and death threats. https://t.c… »
Techies: A Study of Silicon Valley — Medium
aaaand we're live. So excited to share this with you. »
percentage of people with internet, by country in 2011
apparently qatar and bermuda have a higher % of internet users than we do »
Tedious Graphic Design
I have some $15 per hour, tedious graphic design work I need done quickly. Apply »
The Smiths have joined Twitter | Fusion
Because of this story I’ve decided today will become my annual “binge The Smiths” day »
Middle class housing projects are the Bay Area's future / Boing Boing
When an “affordable” SF home is priced “from the low millions,” it’s not just the working poor who get pushed out »
The Grave of Saint Oran: A Neil Gaiman Animation by Jim Batt — Kickstarter
I just backed The Grave of Saint Oran: An animated film by @battsignal and @neilhimself. »
Medium Takes Aim at WordPress With a New Way to Power Websites | WIRED
Reading: “The Tech Story Is Over” by @JohnBattelle: Re: @Medium publications, see also »
Online Film & Video / Web Personality — Webby Awards — People's Voice
.@donttrythis has been nominated for Web Personality in @TheWebbyAwards! We'd appreciate your vote! VOTE >> https://... »
Using Artificial Intelligence to Help Blind People ‘See’ Facebook | Facebook Newsroom
Nicely done by Facebook: Blog post explains how they're using AI to make alt text for blind users. (h/t @zkahn94) »
Women Slipping Out Of Embraces In Western Art History - The Toast
Women Slipping Out Of Embraces In Western Art History | »
Man builds massive extraterrestrial face in his backyard to attract them / Boing Boing
OK. “Man builds massive extraterrestrial face in his backyard to attract them” »
Websites / Cultural Blog/Website — Webby Awards — People's Voice
.@matthew_daniels is in 2nd place and so close to joining the #Webbys Winners Circle. Vote if you know what's good. https://t.… »
NYPL Community Oral History Project Transcript Editor
Help make 1,000+ NYC stories more accessible with a new transcription tool from @nypl_labs »
Why All Printers Suck (Even the Best Ones) | The Wirecutter
Why All Printers Suck (Even the Best Ones) »
Iceland's Prime Minister Resigns Amid Panama Papers Scandal - BuzzFeed News
BREAKING: Iceland's prime minister resigns after being named in #PanamaPapers »
HP's new logo is the awesome one it never used | The Verge
Interesting - HP might use that Moving Brands logo after all for its consumer side - ~@thefoxisblack »
Cover Her Costs - JustGiving
If u can, pls consider donating to @AbortionSupport, who cover the »
Iceland's Prime Minister asks to dissolve Parliament / Boing Boing
Iceland's Prime Minister asks to dissolve Parliament »
Google reaches into customers' homes and bricks their gadgets / Boing Boing
Google reaches into customers' homes and bricks their gadgets »
CSSclasses - OpenTechSchool Berlin (Berlin) - Meetup
Good morning #Berlin! Join us on 30th of April @ 10am for the first CSSclasses event this year! »
SF supervisors seek to make employers pay for family bonding time - San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco tomorrow will probably become first city to mandate fully paid leave for new parents. »
Here’s What We Know About the ‘Panama Papers’ - The New York Times
In case you are wondering why there aren't many Americans named in the Panama Papers, well… https://t… »
Facebook begins using artificial intelligence to describe photos to blind users | The Verge
Twitter: please add photo tags for blind users manually Facebook: Our AI will do it for you »
Panama Papers Could Shake Capitalism
Why the Panama Papers could lead to a great crisis for capitalism via @TIMEBusiness »
Origami Community Public Group | Facebook
We're giving a talk on design prototyping at F8 on April 13th, and hosting a event that evening in SF! RSVP: https://t… »
The true history of Eve Online | Polygon
Today I have an Empires of EVE excerpt up on Polygon! The War for Insmother and the Siege of C-J6MT »
San Francisco Tech Firms See Workers Flee From $4,500 Rents - Bloomberg
The rate of growth in SF tech jobs has slowed to 5%. »
How would you feel if a robot asked you to touch its buttocks? | Ars Technica
@chrisnoessel Not sure I’d want to apply to work on this AI project… »
California and New York raises state minimum wage to $15 / Boing Boing
California and New York to raise state minimum wage to $15 »
Pattern by Etsy
Smart move by Etsy: “Turn your Etsy shop into your own website with Pattern” »
Twitter Beats Amazon, Verizon for Global NFL Streaming Deal | Re/code
Can streaming NFL games do for Twitter what it did for Yahoo dot com??? »
TSA paid IBM $47,400 for an app that only pointed right or left
The TSA paid IBM $47,400 for an app that random points left or right. »
HB1523 (As Sent to Governor) - 2016 Regular Session
Here’s the actual Mississippi religious freedom law. The only religious freedom it enshrines is “I hate LGBT people” »
Trump reveals how he would force Mexico to pay for border wall - The Washington Post
Tiny Hands vows to cut off the money that immigrants send home to their families - that’s how he pays for The Wall. »
The time that Tony Fadell sold me a container of hummus. — Medium
"On May 15th, my house will stop working. [...]This is a conscious intentional decision by Google/Nest." »
The Tampon of the Future - The New York Times
This article about tampons as diagnostic tools is as fascinating as it is maddening. »
throwawaynest comments on Is anyone concerned about the future of Nest?
Brutal Nest assessment from a person who says they're an engineer there »
The Loop Magazine app is dead
The Loop magazine: Marco-then-me and Jim — we tried! “…the App Store is not a place for independent publishers…” »
9 things Bernie Sanders should’ve known about but didn’t in that Daily News interview - The Washington Post
9 things Bernie Sanders should’ve known about but didn’t in that Daily News interview https://t.c… »
9-year-old reporter breaks crime news, posts videos, fires back at critics - The Washington Post
My hero: 9-year-old reporter breaks crime news, posts videos, fires back at critics »
Anonymous Informal Survey Regarding Your Design Career's Mortality in Journalism
News designers/devs: I'm giving a talk at @SND and want to know if you have abandoned journalism. Y or Y not? https://t… »
9-year-old reporter breaks crime news, posts videos, fires back at critics - The Washington Post
9-year-old reporter breaks news on her blog, beats local paper »
You probably missed Sarah Palin’s speech in Wisconsin. It was totally bizarre. - The Washington Post
This 18m Sarah Palin speech in Wisconsin is a Lynchian, Kafkaesque piece of art. It'll be played in museums one day. »
Twitch
Jenn and I will be streaming Undertale in just 10 minutes at I have already started my wine »
Teaching Men to Be Emotionally Honest - The New York Times
"Many young men compose artful, convincing masks, but deep down they aren’t who they pretend to be." — »
Techies
aaaand we're live. So excited to share this with you. »
Ordinary Women | Seed&Spark
Barely 2 days left to back Ordinary Women! Help put an end to this tired logic-Donate today! »
Techies
We're delighted to see @trucy (RC S'12), @marthakelly (RC S'12), and @jessicamckellar (RC resident) featured here: https… »
Ordinary Women | Seed&Spark
Ordinary Women - new video series about challenging stereotypes, smashing the status quo, and being defiant. »
Ordinary Women | Seed&Spark
Ordinary Women has only two days left!!! »
Legally Yours: A Creator's Guide to Working Within (and Around) the Law - View All - Emerald City Comicon
I'll be presenting "Legally Yours: A Creator's Guide to Working Within (and Around) the Law" w/ @dmeconis at #ECCC. »
A Burglar’s Guide to the City
Today is the official publication date for “Burglar’s Guide”—hope to see you tonight! »
Gosh Darn Fiasco
Have you listened to this week's episode? If not, this mouse wearing a saddle may vex you. http… »
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… »
Twitch
Gearing up to Stream All Day! Playing Vive games to celebreate Vive day! Will be »
What's It Like in Space?: Stories from Astronauts Who've Been There: Ariel Waldman: 9781452144764: Amazon.com: Books
My book is now out! It's about the weird, funny and awe-inspiring stories from astronauts about their time in space. »
Mix
Expa’s domain game so, so strong: and now »
Main Stage | Design Week Portland
Portland friends--I'm speaking at Portland Design Week next Friday, and the rest of the lineup looks ace »
kit.com
Expa’s domain game so, so strong: and now »
Spot
Expa’s domain game so, so strong: and now »
LEGO Ideas - Lovelace & Babbage
Vote here to make computer scientists be the next Legos characters »
Herb Caen, 80, San Francisco Voice, Dies - NYTimes.com
Make San Francisco Caen Again! Today would be the 100th birthday of Herb Caen. »
Ladies' Night
LADIES’ NIGHT 6 IS LIVE! Thank you @stefhatcher @WiedenKennedy ladies! The site is a dream! »
Music | Seth Boyer
listen to this record I put out at the end of last year. I'm still proud of it »
Design Patterns on CodePen
Design Patterns, ideas for your projects »
She's so LOUD! #kids
The goat vine in question »
Cotton Bureau – Blackbar by Neven Mrgan
Back by popular demand! The Blackbar shirt is available again, in a variety of dystopian colors. »
Giant Bomb
Our day-long look at the Vive VR thingamabob is ongoing! »