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 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

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 9th from 15:15 to 21:28:

• Mothering Cal –
• Clipboard – Select. Collect. Reflect. – @philgyford The note on is totally worthy of Our Incredible Journey
• Godzilla vs. Mothra, the sequel – Fortune Tech – "Amazon and Google are on a collision course"
• Untitled (http://i.imgur.com/VbCkNHT.jpg) – NEXT BIOSHOCK SEQUEL LEAKED!! RT @Cabel
  Hey cool! A Bioshock in downtown Portland! (via @ericfruits)
• The TIME Cover is Upsetting, But the Video, Oh God the Video | The Billfold – The TIME Cover is Upsetting, But the Video, Oh God the Video

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 8th from 11:53 to 12:12:

• Untitled (http://pdx.eater.com/archives/2013/05/09/heart-roasters-opening-second-location-in-the-west-end.php) – Welcome to the neighborhood. @heartroasters to open Westside location near @WiedenKennedy. #heartclub #coffee
• Google Glass hands-on: This isn’t and never will be a good device for consumers | VentureBeat – "Imagine working on an airplane engine and having the manual right in front of you" everything old is new again.
• Twitter / MartinBelam: Tonight’s lack of #BBCQT … – Tonight’s lack of #BBCQT #Vennfest coverage explained in one easy to grasp diagram
• Untitled (http://www.jeromecukier.net/projects/agot/events.html) – frankly amazing interactive visualization of the interrelationships in the Game of Thrones universe (via @jsantley)
• Hyperbole and a Half: Adventures in Depression –
• “Tiger Mom” study shows the parenting method doesn’t work. – Slate Magazine – "Tiger Mom" study — kids of authoritarian parents have worse grades, are more depressed+alienated from their folks
• Redirecting… – Go see @ADAMATOMIC tonight at NYU-Poly Game Lab in Brooklyn: Part of Play Day, from 3-6pm:
• This 17-Year-Old Coder Is Saving Twitter From TV Spoilers (Spoiler: She’s a Girl) | Mother Jones – Here’s a spoiler: Your boys club is gonna get clobbered by women like this:

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 7th from 15:52 to 11:37:

• Data Artist –
  Bitly – Job Board – Interesting – @bitly are hiring a data artist HT via @PatrickRiot
• Dolphin sounds – YouTube – So apparently the news is telling us that dolphins have names for each other. Here's our dolphin office chatter.
• Growing Up — The Year of the Looking Glass — Medium – aaaaaand – we're back. wha' happen'd? Mark Zuckerberg liked this post: "Growing Up" by @joulee
• Irony in ad-placement algorithms #7452 | Flickr: Intercambio de fotos – Irony in ad-placement algorithms #7452
• How many people would pay $5.95 a month to watch you talk about JBieber? –
• Regrettable, but necessary –
• Twofivesix: A Videogame Arts + Culture Conference – Starting to get really excited about the upcoming #Two5Six event in NYC! We arrive Thursday – holla!!
• Twitter / bonniegrrl: I love the History of Board … – I love the History of Board Games exhibit by @SFOMuseum in the @VirginAmerica terminal at @flySFO! #Tabletop @wilw