How Facebook’s Algorithm Suppresses Content Diversity (Modestly) & How the Newsfeed Rules the Clicks
Messaging and mobile platforms
Looking into the broader implications and motivations of Facebook opening up their Messenger platform.
THE ULTIMATE GROWTH HACKING SOURCEBOOK
As much as I loath the term "growth hacking" there are some good ideas here.
The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence
When superintelligence is achieved, how will we know when it happens and how soon before it passes us by?
The Fermi Paradox
Why hasn't alien life contacted us yet?
Cardkit
open-source tool to create Facebook and Twitter image cards developed by The Times & Sunday Times digital team
Deep Learning for NLP Applications
Presentation by Mattermark's Samiur Rahman
Why BuzzFeed is the Most Important News Organization in the World
Because they have the power to rapidly iterate on the shifting sands of digital distribution, they will win.
Efficiency: The Final Cut
Jeff Jarvis on the march of technology in the newsroom
A Product Manager’s Farewell
Jason Goldman's thoughts on Twitter and Product Management
15 lessons from 15 years of blogging
"If you write a bad post or something you don't like, just post again. If you write something great that you're really proud of and nobody notices, just post again. One foot in front of the other, one word after another, is the only path I've found to an overall body of work that I'm proud of. "
Learning Algorithms and Big Data: The Future — Part 1
Nice intro to machine learning
Parker Harris: The little-known nice guy who helped turn Salesforce into San Francisco's most powerful tech company
The Shape of Things to Come
How an industrial designer became Apple’s greatest product. Jonathan Ive and the future of Apple
64 Ways To Think About a News Homepage
forget everything you know about info design and suggest new types of homepage designs.
Pomplamoose 2014 Tour Profits (or Lack Thereof)
We have not “made it.” We’re making it.
No. 37: Big Wedding or Small?
36 questions that lead to love. Fun parlor game.
Cory Doctorow
Discussion of the gravitational pull of blogs and arguments for a re-thinking of copyright in the digital age.
New Clues
A manifesto for our times. A call to arms to take back the internet from the original Cluetrain crew.
Bitcoin for Rockstars
Practical applications of the blockchain to real-world problems such as credits, royalties, and ownership.
Why Bitcoin Matters
The Real Story Behind Jeff Bezos's Fire Phone Debacle And What It Means For Amazon's Future
Problems when Amazon tries to go up-market.
Dude! I want that
The new thinkgeek.com
Ventana Campground
New campsite, south of Carmel on the Big Sur Coast.
The Huge, Unseen Operation Behind the Accuracy of Google Maps
How Google Maps are annotated.
What Could Google Do — for News?
Jeff Jarvis is chock full of ideas on how Google could help News reinvent itself.
The Story Behind Why AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Fired An Employee In Front Of 1,000 Coworkers
"Abel, put that camera down right now." "Abel, you're fired."
What Happened When Marissa Mayer Tried to Be Steve Jobs
The rise and fall of Marissa Mayer at Yahoo.
Typeform
Beautiful online surveys done well.
Steve Albini on the surprisingly sturdy state of the music industry