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 September 15th from 23:43 to 09:48:

• FiftyThree Team on Twitter: “Look Ma, we made a place where everyone can create together. https://t.co/vKjn5bilNM http://t.co/tFbZaZviut” – Look Ma, we made a place where everyone can create together.
• Untitled (https://mix.fiftythree.com) – Look Ma, we made a place where everyone can create together.
• Automatic on Twitter: “Detroit & Silicon Valley partnering up in unprecedented ways – http://t.co/8bn6XoCv3M @Ford @Automatic #drivesmarter http://t.co/dqR3TrNaXM” – Detroit & Silicon Valley partnering up in unprecedented ways – @Ford @Automatic #drivesmarter
• Upgrade Your Ford With Automatic | Automatic – Detroit & Silicon Valley partnering up in unprecedented ways – @Ford @Automatic #drivesmarter
• Breach Of Trust | Bitsplitting.org – I do think there’s merit in scrutinizing the U2 deal. This time it’s about respect for customer primacy, not privacy.
• Untitled (http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2014%2F09%2F16%2Fupshot%2Fa-national-admissions-office-for-low-income-strivers.html%3Fsmid%3Dtw-share%26_r%3D2) – Fascinating article about a program that successfully gets outstanding low-income students into good colleges
• A New Stage of Growth for Fastly | Fastly – The Next Gen CDN – We’re excited to announce that Fastly has raised a $40 million Series C round:
• How to see into the future – FT.com – Irving Fisher was once the most famous economist in the world. Some would say he was the greatest economist who ever lived. “Anywhere from a decade to two…
• What I know about Minecraft – (well, a little bit of it)
  Today, Microsoft and Mojang announced that the deal, which has been rumored for the past week, is true. Microsoft is buying Mojang,…