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 4th from 16:15 to 09:52:

• Know Your Words: Why Reading Is The Absolute Best Thing A Designer Can Do — Design + Startups — Medium – “Know Your Words: Why Reading Is The Absolute Best Thing A Designer Can Do” by @uxdiogenes
• Twitter / jchutchins: Still think it’d be the funniest … – Still think it'd be the funniest sci-fi "buddy cop" story of all time.
• Twitter / robmanuel: Douglas Adams in Highgate … – Douglas Adams in Highgate Cemetery.
• Rumors: Facebook acquires Anybots? – Pilot Presence – is there a fanfic community about startup acquisitions? i have some ideas for stories inspired by this old rumor
• AI card game knows how to bend the rules – tech – 04 May 2013 – New Scientist – AI creates card games using genetic algos. Fascinating! Thanks for the link @benbritten
• Sony Careers | About Sony Electronics | History of Innovation –