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 June 3rd from 18:45 to 09:57:

• Harmonix makes players musical magicians in Fantasia: Music Evolved | Polygon – Excited about this.
• Zynga’s Web Empire Is Basically Dead – iA: Zynga's lesson: "build a true gaming company — not an analytics company that manufactures virality and monetization." http://t.co/EhrU68VSSJ
• INSIDE GCHQ: Welcome to Cheltenham’s cottage industry • The Register –
• Untitled (http://kellysue.tumblr.com/post/52061564391/ive-got-three-things-ive-got-to-get-turned-in) – In which @kellysue does a *glorious* job of addressing the assumption that she gets work because of her husband.
• Untitled (http://arxiv.org/pdf/1306.0065v1.pdf) – Fiat Lux: let there be (no) light. Big dark matter experiment now underground, first science results by end of 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 June 3rd from 11:54 to 17:18:

• 4d71bdc08f96 – Medium: "Turkey at a tipping point, a hashtag guide to its mystery and momentum" by @emrecan https://t.co/trR6F0oFQf
• The Moral Crusade Against Foodies – Atlantic Mobile – heartshapedsky: This. ugh. Thoughtful poignant writing. But, ugh. http://t.co/m9hALPjgJK via @sarma
• Startup Advice – Sam Altman – simonw: Startup advice from @sama http://t.co/Q1HkBnETEr – 95 tips, all of them golden
• How Samsung Got Big – TechCrunch –
• Twitter / j_zimms: @SMLXist ELLY LOOK WHAT YOU’RE … – Here's the one picture that explains why Zynga is flushing itself down the toilet. by @j_zimms

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 June 2nd from 17:31 to 11:39:

• strat?chery by Ben Thompson | The Jobs TV Does – Great summary of what TV actually does.
• Any iOS device can be hacked within one minute with modified charger, say researchers | The Verge – It's a bit like young John Connor using a Psion Series 3 to hack an ATM, right?
• Genuinely funny response from a pharmacy trolled over its junk-mail – Boing Boing – Hey, @bruces, got some design fiction for you
• Heather’s Lunchtime Poll: “What Is Popular Privilege?” | MetaFilter –
• Meet the Man Who Sold His Fate to Investors at $1 a Share | Wired Business | Wired.com –

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 31st from 11:20 to 01:39:

• The Banality of Google’s ‘Don’t Be Evil’ – NYTimes.com –
• What does the Michigan Fish Test say about you? –
• “The Internship”: Google Gets Ready for Its Close-Up – WSJ.com – Google execs influenced final cut of "The Internship" The same thing happened with Darth Vader and "Star Wars"
• Photo by dkealoha • Instagram – When your joke has gone too far, your name goes on the "Too Far Board" @ Wieden + Kennedy
• Behind the ‘Internet of Things’ Is Android—and It’s Everywhere – Businessweek – Not entirely sure if this is the case.

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 29th from 17:10 to 14:27:

• On Why Star Trek is Great | MetaFilter –
• Untitled (http://f.cl.ly/items/3B3u3C2C3r0F1Y0D0P3j/image.jpg) – After months rerouting HVAC, the skybridge is gone, and the old building is going. The new PDX Apple Store inches on.
• Unwrapping the lessons of Candy Box | Insert Quarterly – ibogost: "Call of Duty is the Candy Box of shooters." http://t.co/3knlF8Vn5s
• Storytime Hangout – every once in a while, something launches that feels like it was made especially just for me:
• Apple’s Conundrum: What to Do With Those Profits –

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 29th from 10:02 to 13:42:

• The Corporation is at Odds with the Future – Grant McCracken – Harvard Business Review – “To the corporations, the future looks like the enemy, a risk that can't be managed, an idea that can't be thought.”
• Ideas Become Reality At The Storytelling Innovation Lab | Tribeca Film Institute – Ideas Become Reality At The Storytelling Innovation Lab via @TribecaFilmIns #tribecahacks
• 29 of the world’s largest bike-sharing programs in one map – Quartz – 29 of the world’s largest bike-sharing programs in one [amazing] map by @YAN0
• Anatomy of a hack: How crackers ransack passwords like “qeadzcwrsfxv1331” | Ars Technica – Password cracking state of the art is scarily sophisticated. Markov chain based attacks? Yikes.
• Flat or fiction — Design/UX — Medium – Flatter interfaces: as apps/websites become part of physical space, notion of separate digital space is less relevant
• This Is My Jam.es – slightly afraid
• Six Spaces of social media | TEST – Now an oldie but still a goodie.

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 28th from 11:27 to 00:16:

• South Portland doctor stops accepting insurance, posts prices online | BDN Maine mobile from the Bangor Daily News –
• Why Geeks Get Bullied (It’s Not Necessarily for Being Geeks) – Atlantic Mobile –
• An Ill-Advised Personal Note about “Media for Thinking the Unthinkable” –
• Mason Smith – This Animated Life: Pixar’s Lightspeed Brings New Light to Monsters University –
• adidas NEWS STREAM : adidas Smart Ball – Balls
• How Facebook and Brooklyn Killed America’s Obsession With Cars | Motherboard –
• Exploring the universal glue | symmetry magazine –

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 28th from 09:38 to 10:34:

• Hypercritical: Next Generation – Siracusa, as ever, being a delightful read.

  I'm still calling it for Sony.

• Cantina Creative –
• MS says gamers will buy everything, including Xbox One – Well that feels like a misstep.
• Explain Like I’m Five: The Crisis in Syria – YouTube –
• Why Reddit Is Betting On Original Content | Steve Rubel – Advertising Age – Huh. Unsurprising, but still huh.
• Mitch Hurwitz On How to Make Easter Eggs For Superfans, “Arrested Development” Style | Co.Create: Creativity Culture Commerce –

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 27th from 14:48 to 07:05:

• Mitch Hurwitz On How to Make Easter Eggs For Super Fans, “Arrested Development” Style | Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce – Mitch Hurwitz On How to Make Easter Eggs For Super Fans, “Arrested Development” Style
• Untitled (http://io9.com/an-algorithm-that-finds-face-like-structures-on-the-ear-510075519) – Artificial pareidolia MT @io9 An algorithm that finds face-like structures on the Earth's surface:
• VH1′s ‘Hit the Floor’ Launches Network’s First Ever Scripted Series Expanded Social Experience (Exclusive) | TheWrap TV – Here’s what we’re doing for VH1 in the US: transmedia story telling on a mass scale:
• The Starship Damrey review –
• First world problems. Analyzed. –
• These twisted animal mashups are some of the best we’ve ever seen –

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 25th from 17:06 to 15:47:

• Pinterest Skeptics Board –
• Lydia Davis hints at move to microblogging fiction | Books | guardian.co.uk –
• The official guide to Bioshock: Infinite’s Rosalind in her underthings –
• Would You Send Your Kid to the ‘Lego School’? –
• How To Barbecue Chicken Thighs: A Guide For People Who Aren’t Assholes –
• Embedding service design in a big organisation | plate and serve –
• What Really Happens On A Teen Girl’s iPhone –
• Tenth Letter of the Alphabet: Anatomy of a Logo: Star Wars –