Extenuating Circumstances

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 21st from 11:08 to 14:48:

• Amazon.com: Hot or Cold Sesame Noodles: Grocery & Gourmet Food – Amazon does recipes too. Who knew?!
• Untitled (https://plus.google.com/106119964731604142156/posts/MySzdU34UmB) – An update on my commitment to move away from WordPress to my own platform by June:
• The Startup Bringing Video Games into the Real World | Entrepreneur.com – The Startup Bringing Video Games into the Real World: @medialab alumni @merrill & Jeevan Kalanithi talk about @Sifteo
• Exclusive First Look at Xbox One | Gadget Lab | Wired.com –
• Twitter / DanRyckert: Oh hey, look at Sony’s stock … – Haha, here's a telling graphic of reaction to the Xbox reveal: Sony's stock over the last hour.

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 20th from 19:05 to 10:07:

• 1: China’s “Copy Towns” | A Pair Of Artists Reveal China’s Counterfeit Cities | Co.Design: business + innovation + design – These copied architectures are super interesting.
• Twitter / preciousforever: the facebook search design … – Facebook is iterating a lot on their search field design. (compare: )
• Twitter / preciousforever: Facebook is iterating a lot … – Facebook is iterating a lot on their search field design. (compare: )
• Untitled (http://io9.com/star-trek-into-darkness-the-spoiler-faq-508927844) – This was pretty much the conversation I had with myself as I watched the new Trek flick. Spoilers and laughs abound.
• alexvitlin.com — Why you should follow @petermolydeux – Bashed out a little thing on why I think creatives should follow @petermolydeux

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 19th from 12:58 to 17:35:

• The One-Person Product – Marco.org –
• urbanMamas – Portland parenting group.
• hello typepad: Frequently Asked Questions about Yahoo’s Acquisition of Tumblr –
• Unknowable –
• Our Incredible Journey – It’s going to be so meta when Tumblr’s “We’re excited to announce…” post shows up on

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 17th from 20:06 to 10:52:

• An Exodus from Google — Hack / Make –
• From Gmail to FastMail: Moving Away from Google – ReadWrite –
• Turbojet train – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia –
• (79) Chris Grayson’s answer to Business: What’s the shrewdest, smartest maneuver you’ve ever seen in business? – Quora –
• To encourage creativity, Mr Gove, you must first understand what it is | Ken Robinson – foe: To encourage creativity, Mr Gove, you must first understand what it is. http://t.co/UlHcBzJ5UM via @guardian
• Revenge, ego and the corruption of Wikipedia – Salon.com – GlennF: “Qworty,” the Wikipedian responsible for trolling Amanda Filipacchi among other things, unmasked http://t.co/oCgLwcRa0t

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 17th from 10:06 to 14:11:

• Is This Virtual Worm the First Sign of the Singularity? – Atlantic Mobile – The quest to create digital lifeforms will definitely be a piece of my next book.
• Twitter teams with NBA to offer in-tweet pro hoops replays | Internet & Media – CNET News – Twitter teams with NBA to offer in-tweet pro hoops replays
• Gizmodo Pivots From Gadgets to Design | Observer – [hearty +1!] RT @warrenellis: Amazing news that the excellent @bldgblog is becoming Editor in Chief at @Gizmodo
• Twitter / torrez: They say you should build … – They say you should build software for yourself first and then it will find an audience. I don’t think this counts.
• Welcome to Google Island | Gadget Lab | Wired.com –
• Short Words to Explain Relativity –

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 16th from 01:52 to 20:41:

• Limelight: an app to catalog your favorite movies, inspired by Delicious Library | The Verge –
• Gmail Actions –
• BLDGBLOG: Eyeball –
• Layers Of Video Game Action, Captured In Eye-Exploding GIFs | Co.Design: business + innovation + design –
• Google Search Evolution –
• Decoherent Histories: Ghost Spin by Chris Moriarty | Tor.com –
• A Utopia of One’s Own — Weird Future — Medium –
• Chasing away the big black bird: a monologue on cancer and depression by Jeff Simmermon – Boing Boing –
• Why the New Google Maps Is the Most Honest Form of Cartography – Leo Mirani – The Atlantic –
• How All Millennials Think About Pregnancy – James Hamblin – The Atlantic –
• ? The Facebook Flop –
• Google Plus, or: Hidden Agendas in Design | Tumbling Conduct – dingstweets: So I wrote this: The New Google+, or: Hidden Agendas in Design http://t.co/8CyIaeHDBV
• Ars Electronica | Prix Ars Electronica – Very pleased that Dronestagram has been awarded an Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2013:

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 14th from 18:17 to 14:10:

• How, When and Where Will The First Truly Great Digital Design Studio Emerge? | Mobile Inc – "Not to forget last week’s pivot of London boutique consultancy Berg into a cloud services company."
• Venus Patrol & MOCAtv Present HORIZON, an Alternative E3 Press Conference | VENUS PATROL – ibogost: This is nice: http://t.co/TPA4UHbjf6
• Exclusive: Inside Hangouts, Google’s big fix for its messaging mess | The Verge –
• Sony’s largest investor calls for partial sale of Sony Entertainment | Polygon –
• ‘Adventure Time,’ ‘Regular Show,’ ‘Ben 10: Omniverse’ games coming from D3Publisher this fall | Polygon –

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 13th from 17:32 to 15:34:

• What is Design on scriptogr.am – "Design is about understanding people. and prototyping examples to try them out." —Bill Moggridge
• nomad :: world-class command line utilities for iOS development – nomad: world-class command line utilities for iOS development.
• Untitled (http://i.imgur.com/jeAWZGe.jpg) – Adventure Time Katamari (found via )
• Polygon – Adventure Time Katamari (found via )
• Tail wagging – Matt Gemmell –
• The Information Operation Division – Chapter 1 – The_Whelk – The Avengers (2012), Marvel Avengers Movies Universe [Archive of Our Own] –
• Every Hero Needs an Origin Story – seekingferret – West Wing, The Avengers (2012) [Archive of Our Own] –

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 13th from 05:50 to 16:41:

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• Crib sheet: Singularity Sky – Charlie’s Diary –
• Twitter / Caterina: LinkedIn says I could apply … – LinkedIn says I could apply to be Sr. Product Manager of Mobile for Flickr! Plus some other jobs. Woo!
• Nike Flyknit ‘Fit’ Installation by Universal Everything (@universalevery) / #Milan2013 – More Kinect powered motion tracked squiggly coloured lines projected in a space for some sports client
• Twitter / Marthalanefox: Gulp. Bit nervous about to … – Gulp. Bit nervous about to go into @UKHouseofLords to make maiden speech #digiskills

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 10th from 18:03 to 03:53:

• Alice E. Kober, 43 – Lost to History No More – NYTimes.com –
• Untitled (http://www.stephencollinsillustration.com/gallery/a_apps.jpg) – (I ordered two copies of this – one for my office, one for a friend who's been nominated as chair of FCC in US – )
• Greg Klerkx – Living in space –
• Back to the future: What if the ‘mass media’ era was just an accident of history? — paidContent – aleksk: Back to the future: What if the 'mass media' era was just an accident of history? asks @mathewi (quoting me) http://t.co/ZJDp3p1whI
• What is an XCD? | Digiday – prindlescott: Congrats to @bskahan on the new XCD role http://t.co/nmiUEKVUmZ via @digiday