Daring Fireball · John Gruber
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Articles, ideas, and references I want to find again.
David Simon · David Simon
The endgame for American civic responsibility. Pt. I
I’m going to write something fresh about Ferguson, Missouri, and the once-extraordinary notion that law enforcement officers — uniquely authorized, trained and armed as they are to use lethal force against American civilians in peacetime as is necessary to serve the commonweal — need not be identified when they have…
taint.org: Justin Mason's Weblog · dailylinks
Links for 2014-08-14
BAI says Mooney Show was wrong to broadcast programme supporting same-sex marriage This is a terrible decision. As Fintan O’Toole wrote afterwards: [The] ‘BAI decision actually makes the point: a gay couple is a political “issue”; a straight couple is just a couple’ (tags: ireland law bai radio derek-mooney…
Inside Facebook · Justin Lafferty
Why are passion pages so popular on Facebook?
There’s a group of pages that achieve loads of organic reach, with little Facebook advertising involved. How are they doing it? Through passion. Passion pages — like “Architecture & Engineering,” or “Welcome to the Internet,” —...
Google Webmaster Central Blog · Google Webmaster Central
HTTPS as a ranking signal
Daring Fireball · John Gruber
Apple Publishes Employee Diversity Numbers
Anil Dash · Anil
The Semiotics of Like
We don't do nearly enough to examine what it means when we perform common actions on our social networks. These aren't just guttural, reflexive responses!...
Schneier on Security · schneier
Irrational Fear of Risks Against Our Children
A List Apart: The Full Feed
The Most Dangerous Word In Software Development
“Just put it up on a server somewhere.” “Just add a favorite button to the right side of the item.” “Just add [insert complex option here] to the settings screen.” Usage of the word “just” points to a lot of assumptions being made. A few months ago, Brad Frost shared some thoughts on how the word applies to…
timoni.org
"Speaking during an Eid el-Fitr meeting on July 28, [State Ministers of Turkey and Vice-Prime..."
“Speaking during an Eid el-Fitr meeting on July 28, [State Ministers of Turkey and Vice-Prime Minister Bülent] Arınç described his ideal of the chaste man or woman, saying they should both have a sense of shame and honor. “Chastity is so important. It is not only a name. It is an ornament for both women and men.…
Kalzumeus Software · Patrick
Harry Potter And The Cryptocurrency of Stars
If you’re wondering why my blog suddenly has Harry Potter fanfic click this to show the spoiler otherwise it might be more fun to dive right in. Recently, a new cryptocurrency called Stellar was announced. This happens on a daily basis these days, and the vast majority of them amount to nothing. Stellar, on the […]
timoni.org
"“When people perceive someone as low in competence and easily misled, they assume the person will..."
““When people perceive someone as low in competence and easily misled, they assume the person will not scrutinize lies, and that you can get away with [lying],” says Kray. Participants were asked to report how likely they thought other people would be to take advantage of a male or female buyer, and the participants…
grinding.be · m1k3y
welcome to the grim meathook present
My saddest photo yet. From #ISS we can actually see explosions and rockets flying over #Gaza & #Israel pic.twitter.com/jNGWxHilSy — Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) July 23, 2014 The Red Alert: Israel platform (for iOS and Android) “has turned into a way for people throughout Israel and around the world to show…
Both Sides of the Table · Mark Suster
The Changing Structure of the VC Industry
There has been much discussion in the past few years of […]
Rands in Repose · rands
The internet is still at the beginning of its beginning
From Kevin Kelly on Medium: But, but…here is the thing. In terms of the internet, nothing has happened yet. The internet is still at the beginning of its beginning. If we could climb into a time machine and journey 30 years into the future, and from that vantage look back to today, we’d realize that… More#
timoni.org
"he Hunger Games has this same feminist problem. Other than the initial volunteering to replace her..."
“he Hunger Games has this same feminist problem. Other than the initial volunteering to replace her younger sister, Katniss never makes any decisions of her own, never acts with consequence— but her life is constructed to appear that she makes important decisions. She has free will, of course, like any five year old…
BBH Labs · Mel Exon
Wearables And the Peak of Inflated Expectations
Another in our occasional repostings of our monthly tech column written for Marketing Magazine. This one on wearables and why Nike’s decision to ditch development of Fuelband is a course correction, not a category bail-out. The original article appeared here on 02.06.14. The news in April that Nike may be…
Cognition by Happy Cog · Cat Farman
Grunt Plugins Reviewed
The movement towards designing with performance budgets in mind has inspired more fist pumps and vuvuzela bleating in this developer than the recent World Cup. Thinking through the ramifications of design choices for site performance makes it easier for me to build a fast website when development begins. But when it…
Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing · Stoney deGeyter
The World’s Quickest (Authentic) SEO & Marketing Audit In 12+1 Steps
Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing · Jim Yu
Three SEO Personas – Are You One Of Them?
Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing · Barry Schwartz
Google’s Quality Rating Guide Leaked Again; Here Is Version Five
Daring Fireball · John Gruber
George Orwell: ‘Politics and the English Language’
Blogs | design mind · Andrew Haskin
Google’s Material Design Video Recreated in Keynote
During this year’s annual I/O conference, Google revealed Material Design, a responsive design language that aims to unify all their products, platforms, and devices. Google's promotional video amplifies the compelling theory of a rationalized space and system of motion found in Material. Videos like this are common…
taint.org: Justin Mason's Weblog · dailylinks
Links for 2014-07-16
Calendar Hacks Some great tips on managing a busy calendar, from Etsy’s managers. Block out time; refuse double-booked meetings by default; rely on apps; office hours. Thankfully I have a pretty slim calendar these days, but bookmarking for future use… (tags: calendar etsy via:kellan google google-calendar…
MailChimp Email Marketing Blog · John
Insights from MailChimp’s Send Time Optimization System
Late last year, MailChimp rolled out our Send Time Optimization feature. Built on the Email Genome Project, which powers many of our other products, Send Time Optimization does just what you’d think: It suggests to users when they should send their campaigns. "So," you might be thinking, "when is the optimal time to…
ParisLemon
"The iPad of Vacuums"
"The iPad of Vacuums": Yes, I’m linking to the Farhad Manjoo vacuum piece again. But I find it interesting: Your phone can’t do as much as your computer, but because it’s right there in your pocket and starts up in a flash, you might spend a lot more time on it than on your PC. The DC59 offers the same wonderful…
Google Webmaster Central Blog · Google Webmaster Central
Promoting modern websites for modern devices in Google search results
ParisLemon
thegongshow: This! This is why I self-identify as...
thegongshow: This! This is why I self-identify as product-obsessed when it comes to making an investment decision. Because there is only your product. The product of your labor speaks volumes more than anything you can ever say or explain. "That’s the thing. It’s a whole thing, and it’s there and that is it." This is…
Daring Fireball · John Gruber
Microsoft’s New CEO Needs an Editor
Asymco · asymco-admin
Innovation and the Future of Mobile, with Horace Dediu
Will Sherlin writes: Horace Dediu joins us for the 22nd episode of “The Innovation Engine” podcast to discuss innovation and the future of mobile – what the post-mobile world will look like; how Apple, Google, and others are shaping the mobile experience of the future; and the next frontiers of mobile after health…
Waxy.org Links
Chloe
For the second time in 18 months, I've lost a friend to depression—a unique, young talent with their greatest years ahead of them. Chloe Weil tasted words. She was vulnerable to rich emotional experiences in the summertime. She hated her birthday, and she hated surprises. She had a cat named FACE that was famous on…
Marco.org
→ The Potato Salad Guy Should Keep Every Penny
Marvelously well-written by Ian Crouch: At Slate, Jordan Weissmann has taken the position, twice, that Brown should give the money to charity, perhaps to a local food bank. While the symmetry of this is appealing—potato salad for everybody—it seems based on a basic misreading of this mini-phenomenon: that,…
danah boyd | apophenia · zephoria
The Cost of Contemporary Policing: A Review of Alice Goffman’s ‘On the Run’
Growing up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in the 80s and 90s, I had a pretty strong sense of fear and hatred for cops. I got to witness corruption and intimidation first hand, and I despised the hypocritical nature of the “PoPo.” As a teen, I worked at Subway. Whenever I had a late shift, I could […]
LukeW | Digital Product Design + Strategy · info@lukew.com
Google I/O: Designing for Wearables
In their Designing for Wearables presentation at Google I/O 2014 members of Google's Glass and Android Wear teams walked through lessons learned creating wearable UIs over the past few years. Here are my notes from their talk: Technology should do the hard work for you so you can get on with your life. Computing…
White African · hash
A BRCK Journey
We’re about to ship our first orders of BRCKs next week, on July 17th. Tomorrow (Wed, July 9th) we have a launch event happening at Sarit Centre for our Nairobi friends and media, starting at 9am, where we take over our partner Sandstorm‘s store for the day. We’ll be there all day, so come on […]
Yoast · Michiel Heijmans
Things to consider for your online shop
Last week, we had an email from somebody who was pretty desperate. He had set up an online shop, filled it with thousands and thousands of products and in the three or four months after release, still nobody had found his shop or ordered his products. The online shop at hand sells women’s cloths. This guy… This post…
ParisLemon
"There are a few things I have witnessed becoming obsolete in the past few years, the first being..."
“There are a few things I have witnessed becoming obsolete in the past few years, the first being autographs. I haven’t been asked for an autograph since the invention of the iPhone with a front-facing camera. The only memento ‘kids these days’ want is a selfie. It’s part of the new currency, which seems to be ‘how…
Asymco · Horace Dediu
Late late majority
Seven years after the iPhone was launched, 70% of the US population is using smartphones. Smartphones existed before the iPhone so the category is older than seven years but as far as adoption goes this is nearly the fastest ever. The CD Player reached 55% in seven years and the Boom Box about 62%. If…
Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing · Warren Lee
How To Integrate SEO Ranking Tools With Analytics Tools
Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect · Seth Godin
Self assurance checklist for the anxious traveler
Travel has always meant possibility and change, and for some people, that means anxiety. Add to this non-refundable fares, tight connections and security theater courtesy of the TSA, and it's easy for the fun to turn into a literal nightmare....
Quick Sprout · Neil Patel
11 Essential Elements of a Perfect Blog Design (a Data Driven Answer)
Are you trying to create the perfect blog design? You know, one that encourages people to read your content and share it on the social web and, most importantly, gets high rankings in the search engines? Luckily for you, I’ve worked with so many popular blogs - like Gawker Media and TechCrunch - that I not only know…