I am Alex St. John’s Daughter, and He is Wrong About Women in Tech — Medium
“My name is Amilia St. John and I am the daughter of Alex St. John. Yes…” — Amilia St. John »
On the Road to Recap: | Above the Crowd | By Bill Gurley
Would recommend that all of those in the Unicorn ecosystem, or those considering it, read this. Times are changing: https://t.… »
Live Stream | The Current from Minnesota Public Radio
The current is streaming Prince songs right now »
Space Images: Wallpaper - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
A purple nebula, in honor of Prince, who passed away today. »
Prince Performs “Purple Rain” During Downpour | Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show | NFL - YouTube
the prince set at the superbowl has been uploaded to youtube by the NFL with minimal editorializing »
Regarding Shaun King and the Daily News — Medium
see this is why everyone should write directly into the CMS »
Live Stream | The Current from Minnesota Public Radio
Starting at 1 p.m. CDT, we are playing wall-to-wall Prince. Please listen with us »
I am Alex St. John’s Daughter, and He is Wrong About Women in Tech — Medium
I am Alex St. John's Daughter, here is why he is wrong about women in tech »
color.hailpixel.com/ios
Well, Colordot for iOS is live »
Circuit Classics | Crowd Supply
A beautiful remaking of classic circuit designs by @starsandrobots »
Nation Too Sad To Fuck Even Though It’s What Prince Would Have Wanted - The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Nation Too Sad To Fuck Even Though It’s What Prince Would Have Wanted via @theonion »
minneapoli.st
Watch news about Prince in real time »
ARGENT
friends. I disappeared so I could help bring these clothes to you. let's hang soon »
No Sale Promise
Intrigued to see the 'No Sale Promise' emblem for indie games based on @jasonrohrer's beliefs re: sales/discounts. »
i.imgur.com/LAEAb8t.gifv
Bottle rocket under ice »
PRINCE IN PRINT
. @BilgeEbiri did this insightful interview with Prince (2001) He talks Napster, copyright and problems w/music biz https://t.… »
Let Me Guide U by anildash | Anil Dash | Free Listening on SoundCloud
2 months ago, Prince played “Purple Rain” in a new way, just on piano, like he was writing it for the first time: https://t.c… »
Miles Davis Discusses Prince - YouTube
Miles Davis discusses Prince »
Prince - Full Concert - 01/30/82 - Capitol Theatre (OFFICIAL) - YouTube
Listening to Prince - Full Concert - 01/30/82 - Capitol Theatre »
Circuit Classics | Crowd Supply
Vintage hardware circuit boards from Getting Started in Electronics by Forrest Mims — Circuit Classics »
The smug style in American liberalism - Vox
I am just starting this but I’ll say the white working class abandoned Dems over attempted inclusion of minorities. https://t.c… »
Cost, privilege and paying dues: my piece of tech real estate — Medium
I wrote some thoughts on "paying dues" in tech, and what that means to me »
Cover Story: “Purple Rain,” by Bob Staake - The New Yorker
In honor of Prince, an early look at next week's cover, "Purple Rain" »
Design-Splaining — Medium
Read my latest @medium post, “Design-Splaining” Hat tip to @nfedoroff for edits! »
Airtime: Hang out with group video, share music & videos
My thoughts on Airtime on @ProductHunt »
Eventbrite Appoints Julia Hartz as CEO — Medium
I'm excited to see @juliahartz take the helm at @Eventbrite as our new CEO. Congrats! »
Dear 2016, Fuck You | VICE | United States
Dear 2016, Fuck You via @vice »
Spherical Image | RICOH THETA
And now for something completely different: a 360 degree pic from the Atlanta Pen Show. »
Raph Koster's History of Virtual Worlds - YouTube
Oh hey, looks like GDC posted my five minute little talk as a standalone video »
jlord / Git-it Electron
I'm retiring the original Git-it and officially launching Git-it on @electronjs today! So excited! »
alex.cash/saving-on-wwdc
Agreed with @alexcash - consider flying to OAK, staying at a hotel on a BART line to save money for WWDC. »
New tool launches to improve the benefits claim appeals process at the VA — Medium
More than 450,000 U.S. Veterans have appeals for benefits pending. 5,000 Veterans have appeals older than 10 years. https://t… »
Mapping With Perspective
.@HappyHorseSkull @cartoDB having a piggie party next week in the @mapzen SF offices. the elephants go wild. »
Passing in the Valley — Medium
Being queer has made me a better technologist: “Passing in the Valley” »
Blog of the Interior | U.S. Department of the Interior
Happy birthday #JohnMuir, the OG conservationist & Father of National Parks! #FindYourPark http... »
Why Internet voting is a terrible idea, explained in small words anyone can understand / Boing Boing
Why Internet voting is a terrible idea, explained in small words anyone can understand »
Bolide by Kllo, posted on music blogs / Hype Machine
Listening to Kllo - Bolide on @hypem mobile »
Advanced Slack Tips for Geeks — Medium
At the #SlackGirlGeekDinner I demo-ed some cool advanced tips for using Slack. Here's the primer on what I shared »
The Way We Build : Airbnb Design
“The Way We Build” by @alexoid. Inspiring writeup of Airbnb’s new Design Language System. »
Instagram
Tonight! Juneau! @ Kindred Post »
Director of Technology | ICFJ - International Center for Journalists
Cool job alert - @ICFJ seeks a director of technology in the service of international journalism »
Instagram
Farmers gonna farm. @fraying on a »
Richard Lyons, Negativland Founder, Dead at 57 | Rolling Stone
Is there any escape from noise? #FuckCancer »
President Obama - Today, the world lost a creative icon.... | Facebook
.@POTUS statement on Prince: "He did it all." »
Death Reported at Prince's Paisley Park Studios | Pitchfork
No, no, no, nononoono no ononoonoon “Death Reported at Prince's Paisley Park Studios” via @pitchfork »
The Curious Link Between the Fly-By Anomaly and the “Impossible” EmDrive Thruster
It’s difficult to believe we aren’t simulated when you read: “Inertia must be quantized at small accelerations.” »
Wide Gamut Photos
And you can see the color differences (if you have a9.7-in iPad Pro) at this page that Craig set up »
Google Europe Blog: Android’s Model of Open Innovation
The fact Google's response to the EU uses double-spaces after periods is pretty much an admission of guilt, no? https://t… »
Back-End Engineer - Idealist - Job Board
Oh, hey, the #portland office of @idealist is looking for a back-end engineer who knows #python... Could it be you? https://… »
Felix Kjellberg (a.k.a. PewDiePie) by Trey Parker: TIME 100
hmmmmmmmm "And he has turned passive gaming into active, enjoyable entertainment." »
The best peer-to-peer payment system - The Sweet Setup
Square Cash is great, but I don't have a debit card anymore (after multiple fraud cases). Too bad. »
Angry Chinese Construction Workers Duel with Bulldozers - YouTube
2016: year of the first real life actual giant mech battle »
Push Me Pull You - Coming May 3 - YouTube
We have a brand new trailer to celebrate: The Push Me Pull You Playbook »
The web is Doom - mobiForge
The average Web page size is now the same size as Doom »
Make work more engaging with Gamescope. « Zoho Blog
A surefire way to make the non-competitive introverts in your organization run screaming for the hills »
Instagram
We'll be posting short videos capturing our daily lives at Funsize to our new YouTube channel.… »
How It's Made -- Rubber Gloves - YouTube
Here's something relaxing yet weird about this How It's Made about rubber gloves: h/t @LaughingSquid »
U.S. spy court judge dismissed privacy advocate's concerns about data use - LA Times
It begins: Secret court rules @FBI's NSA-style programs should be used for ordinary crimes. https://t.… »
New Words: Cisgender | Merriam-Webster
Cisgender, Mx., and genderqueer are all new additions to the Unabridged today. Here's our article on 'cisgender'. https… »
Miitomo | Nintendo
Splatoon Retweet event begins! #Miitomo in-app gifts for 10k+ RTs! ⇒ #Miitomo_Splatoon_RT http… »
nymag.com/following/2016/04/dont-trust-your-cms.html
Oh, the stories I could tell about how content management systems can affect stories. @max_read is great »
Pop Superstar Prince Dead at 57 - ABC News
The I-35W Bridge in Minnesota will be lit in purple tonight in honor of Prince. »
Blandly is a full-service blanding agency / Boing Boing
Blandly is a full-service bespoke artisanal blanding agency »
Facing Lyme disease diagnosis, YouTuber Akilah Hughes turns to GoFundMe for support
Facing Lyme disease diagnosis, YouTuber @akilahobviously turns to GoFundMe for support »
NYPD cops charged with felonies after beating up mailman / Boing Boing
NYPD cops charged with felonies after beating up mailman »
Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others -- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - YouTube
This is the greatest live guitar solo of the 21st century, by the way »
Prince Dead at 57 | TMZ.com
TMZ is calling it for Prince part of me hopes this is wrong. »
Listen to 830 WCCO on Radio.com
Tune in WCCO radio Minneapolis to get live reports from Paisley Park. »
Crowds gather to support, protest Donald Trump on Eastern Shore - Baltimore Sun
"Has anyone seen Amanda Huggandkiss? I just need Amanda Huggandkiss." »
India Says It Wants One of the Crown Jewels Back From Britain - The New York Times
"but we stole A TON of shit" is a really bad argument for getting to keep the shit you stole https://… »
What Chatbots Reveal About Our Own Shortcomings - The New York Times
I was stoked for first-gen commercial chatbots - until I realized they only wanted to sell me pizza. My latest »
Procrastination meaning: How to stop Procrastinating & quotes
“If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.” — Mark Twain @Shopify »
Don’t Kick The Can Down The Road – AVC
Don’t Kick The Can Down The Road »
Ad tech is broken. Here’s how newsrooms can help fix it – Poynter
"If we'd worked on ads at the same pace we worked on making Snowfalls, our industry would be a lot healthier." »
Printer ink wars may make private property the exclusive domain of corporations / Boing Boing
Legal battle over printer ink could end up making private property a thing of the past, unless you're a corporation »
The Untold Story of Magic Leap, the World’s Most Secretive Startup | WIRED
I spent months researching virtual reality. My report is now the cover story for Wired. https://t.… »
Airbnb's controversial deal with labor union falls apart after intense backlash | Technology | The Guardian
Airbnb's controversial deal with labor union falls apart after intense backlash »
Alaska Robotics Minicon in Juneau this Saturday | Lucy Bellwood
Want to see me in Juneau with @beatonna, @TangoCharlie, @goraina & others? Here’s the deets! »
Credit Bureaus Were the NSA of the 19th Century - The Atlantic
3rd installment was my fav to research. 19th century credit bureaus were surveillance hubs: https:/… »
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Islamic State | Foreign Policy
Superb insights by @marwanhishampen into the oil trade & economic interdependence between #ISIS and rivals in #Syria ht... »
4 Men with 4 Very Different Incomes Open Up About the Lives They Can Afford
PERSPECTIVE -- 4 Men with 4 Very Different Incomes Open Up About the Lives They Can Afford https… »
Dan Grover | Bots won't replace apps. Better apps will replace apps.
Wrote a response to the recent "conversational UI" and bot hype. Warning: it's a long one! »
I Am Your Conscious, I Am Love | Harper's Magazine
Read Hilton Als on Prince from 2012 »
The Way We Build : Airbnb Design
“Nothing which is not simple and direct can survive the slow transmission from person to person.” »
The 9.7-inch iPad Pro Color Gamut « Jeff Carlson
The 9.7-inch iPad Pro Color Gamut »
We read Bill Gurley’s big warning about Silicon Valley’s big money troubles so you don’t have to | Re/code
And if you’re too busy finishing your down round (or listing spare room on Airbnb), @pkafka on most important parts: https:/… »
Push Me Pull You Crawls Onto PS4 May 3 – PlayStation.Blog
Push Me Pull You crawls onto PS4 May 3 Prepare for a wonderfully bizarre sports competition https:… »
Andrew Jackson was a slaver, ethnic cleanser, and tyrant. He deserves no place on our money. - Vox
i thought andrew jackson sucked but lol he sucked in so many more ways than i thought »
Your Chance to Design Our Fall Mailers! — Inside the Envelope
Hey look! Netflix wants free art! Guess they can't afford to, y'know, PAY ARTISTS. »
Punch a Higher Floor, brother. - University United Methodist Church | Facebook
this church billboard in Tulsa is truly wonderful ht @Walldo »
Singer Prince dies suddenly at 57 - BBC News
Prince's publicist has confirmed the unfortunate news. Prince has died. »
RIMS 2016: Sea Level Rise Will Be Worse and Come Sooner
it's not "climate change" anymore - it's "climate, changed" »
Star Simpson on designing beautiful circuit boards - O'Reilly Media
.@starsandrobots on designing beautiful circuit boards — in The O’Reilly Hardware Podcast http… »
‘And then we wept': Scientists say 93 percent of the Great Barrier Reef now bleached - The Washington Post
@JoyceCarolOates Solastalgia: a form of nostalgia & existential dread for landscapes that once were & are now gone... »
2016 Fellows Mentor — CODE2040
Engineers in the Bay: if you have time during summer apply to be a @CODE2040 mentor! There are 80+ fellows, pls RT https://… »
ESPN’s Curt Schilling Criticized Again After Post About Transgender People - The New York Times
This is amazingly subtle shade from NYT about Curt Schilling's ongoing stupidity »
Google
Well done to Google for their very simple & tasteful Prince purple rain video »
Many Middle-Class Americans Are Living Paycheck to Paycheck - The Atlantic
The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans Living Paycheck to Paycheck via @Instapaper »
Get to Know the Historical Figures on the $5, $10 and $20 Bills - The New York Times
Here are the new faces on $5, $10 and $20 bills via @julieHDavis and @Jayduh10 »
Diesel Sweeties Store: Music & Pixel T-Shirts & Socks - Welcome to Mars
I’ve got about a dozen of these space boys left. »
Using a Dyson hand dryer is like setting off a viral bomb in a bathroom | Ars Technica
Every single time I've stuck my hands in this thing I've felt like it was a glory hole of hand drying »
How to Explain Mansplaining - The New York Times
At a rough guess, 241 of those are from men and start “Actually” »
The secret rules of the internet | The Verge
@saralalala interesting read on community moderation »
Online abuse: how women are fighting back | Technology | The Guardian
Last week at the Guardian I interviewed many women working on solutions to online abuse issues »
Achewood § June 28, 2009
“Welcome to the only game in town.” »
How Casio accidentally started reggae's digital revolution
history of the sleng teng riddim, where they actually contacted the engineer who wrote the preset »
My Favorite Floppy of All Time - Anil Dash
Oh I forgot about this happy memory… the floppy disk with Prince’s original symbol font: https://t.co… »
Twitch
Last stream on Cherry Steal IV: webVR programming »
Picking Shots and Taking Punches: Confronting Abuse in Comics - The Rainbow Hub
(Again, @EmmaHouxbois nailed a lot of the issues with reporting on abuse in comics a while back »
Call for Talk Proposals
PyDX 2016 call for proposals is officially open! Join us October 1–2, 2016 in Portland, OR »
Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others -- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - YouTube
in honor of Prince's life go watch the time he made a stage full of legendary musicians look like baby dork amateurs h… »
Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others -- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - YouTube
The best part about this solo is not how audacious it is (and it is) but how respectful. »
Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others -- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - YouTube
I make people watch this all the time. Watch Tom Petty's jaw drop over Prince's playing around the 4 minute mark. https:… »
Every Prince hairstyle from 1978 to 2013
A visual reminder that reinventing yourself is healthy, necessary, and wonderful. Thanks, Prince. »
Michael Jackson, Prince & James Brown - YouTube
#Prince, #JamesBrown & #MichaelJackson live onstage together in '83. The trinity of musical greatness is complete. ht... »