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How is ARCore better than ARKit?
In some ways, but not others
Matt Miesnieks
Aug 31
An open letter to the men who want to date me.
Elizabeth Meg
Aug 18
Toast
A real life adoption story I couldn’t believe. Mine.
Gemma Kennedy
Aug 15
When The Racist Is Someone You Know and Love…
“Don’t worry, pretty lady. I’ll make sure to use a good, strong lock to keep the niggers out.”
Katherine Fugate
Aug 30
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The Decline and Fall of America (In Numbers)
In numbers, a lot about the United States appears to be on the decline. Of course, you can focus on the positive numbers like unemployment…
Tobias Stone
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Making Sense
Aug 30
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Stop (Silently) Telling Your Female Co-Workers to Drink More
For those of us who like to blow off steam with a beer, office happy hours are typically welcome events. Who doesn’t want to work for a…
Mallory Schlossberg
Aug 29
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Killer Robots and the Moral Dilemma of Automation (2 of 2)
How will we teach robots to understand our values? Maybe by reading them stories.
Jacob Ward
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Guidance Systems
Aug 30
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Liz Phair, Writing After Midnight
Steven Johnson talks to the indie rock icon about her creative workflow, the emotional challenges of collaboration, and why she’s always…
Steven Johnson
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Workflow
Aug 14
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How A Burning Man Camp Project Became A Multimillion-Dollar Business
Thousands of $1,500 Shiftpod shelters have been sold, and are being used in disaster relief areas globally. Now the company has its own…
Fast Company
Aug 21
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What Happened When I Replied “Call Me” To Every Email I Got For A Week
After forcing himself to become more “phone-prone,” this CEO finds that empathy sometimes equals efficiency.
Fast Company
Aug 1
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Software Glitch or Russian Hackers?
Election Problems Draw Little Scrutiny
The New York Times
Sep 1
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Issa Rae: Why ‘Insecure’ Is Not Made ‘for Dudes’ or ‘White People’
By Brittany Spanos
Rolling Stone
Sep 1
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Why Holistic Medicine Is Marketed to Rich White Women
And how this leaves behind those who need it most
Katie Fustich
Aug 29
Are You And I Related?
It seems a simple question: Are you and I related? When we phrase a question in this manner, we assume that there is a simple “yes” or “no…
R. Philip Bouchard
Aug 31
In The Psychic Crystal Drug Apocalypse, We Will All Wear Converse
In the psychic crystal drug apocalypse, we will all wear Converse. We won’t have any choice. Their lack of arch support and slender toe…
Alex Borkowski
Aug 29
The Printer We Need
Printers: They don’t work. Here’s my wishlist for one that might.
Anil Dash
Sep 1
This genius photo experiment shows we are all just sheeple in the consumer matrix
Images from the same exact spot for two hours at a time
Rian Dundon
Aug 30
Technology
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Who is VR for?
What are the models we could set up to build a more inclusive group of artists and field builders working in the creative virtual reality…
Ingrid Kopp
Aug 30
Cloud Is Not a Digital Transformation Strategy (Unless You Are Amazon)
How did an online bookstore eat the cloud?
Jedidiah Yueh
Aug 29
IoT: The Internet of (Every)thing?
Gone are the days when I had to get up out of my bed to turn the lights on. Now every morning my lights slowly turn on automatically…
Rebecca Franks
Aug 30
Hands On With Google’s ARCore
Google’s ARCore will let Android phones experience augmented reality. We took it for a spin.
PCMag
Aug 31
Learning with video games
Retronator Editorial
Matej ‘Retro’ Jan
Aug 22
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Kevin Kelly Writes To Find Out What He Doesn’t Know
Steven Johnson talks with the Wired co-founder and bestselling technology theorist about writing in public and strange power of music on…
Steven Johnson
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Aug 29
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The Myths of Creativity.
My professional career has had me running creative for everything from Volkswagen to the launch of The Affordable Care Act. It’s been a…
Josh S. Rose
Aug 30
Beating your imposter syndrome
How we can solve our creative block and improve the way we judge our work.
Mustafa Kurtuldu
Aug 29
The Illusion of Authorship
Today I started reading There Are No Accidents by Robert H. Hopcke. It’s about my favorite topic — synchronicities.
Jenna Atkinson
Aug 29
The Excuse Factory
How your quest for perfection is crippling you
Simone Gobbo
Aug 28
Entrepreneurship
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Demystifying Startup Equity
This is part five of my big ol’ nine-part series, exploring every imaginable aspect of startup funding. From funding rounds to valuation…
Ryan Law
Aug 31
“14 Points”
The essential elements of venture capital strategy
Scott Lenet
Aug 25
Founder Tips: Pitch Deck Questions Answered From Both Startup CEO & VC
When I built my first pitch deck for Mimir in 2014, I spent more time Googling for best practices than working on the actual deck. Below…
Prahasith
Aug 31
4 Strategies for Successfully Bootstrapping Your Startup
Although many startup founders dream of securing massive investments from VCs or Angel investors that catapult their companies to endless…
Josiah Humphrey
Aug 31
What you need to think about before starting a venture firm
Along with the reasons I’ve previously discussed, this list and chart below clearly suggest that becoming a venture investor (or more…
samir kaji
Aug 28
Culture
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Star Wars at The o2: The End of an Identity
Did YOU find yours?
Carl Roberts
Aug 31
Manly Man Things: The Jock Strap
What used to protect your balls from harm is now meant to show them off
Tove K. Danovich
Aug 29
How the Jazz Age Lives on in NYC
The bygone era of flappers, jazz and speakeasies can still be found in New York City if you know where to look.
Nikki Vargas
Aug 30
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Melania’s Quick Trip Around the Internet in High Heels
The first lady set off for Texas, but her shoes got all the attention.
The New York Times
Aug 30
That LOST finale, for the first time, seven years later
Watching Lost a little over seven years after it wrapped up totally blind was impossible. But there’s also so much going on in this show…
J. Michael Osborne
Aug 30
Self
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Read This if You Think Age Doesn’t Matter
“Wait, they gave the job to who?”
Todd Brison
Aug 24
Use Domino Actions To Change Your Life
A simple thing that had a huge impact on my productivity, motivation and discipline.
Stian Pedersen
Aug 23
Redefining Smartness
People regard me as a “smart” person. I can’t remember a time in which I wasn’t, but I would hate to have the word stick.
Bridgette Adu-Wadier
Aug 20
3 Simple Steps to Silencing Your Inner Critic
Neuroscience explains it, but psychology offers the fix
Matthew E. May
Aug 22
Turn Experiences Into Experiments
And Other Thoughts On Failure
William Frazier
Aug 23
Politics
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Science knows if a nation is testing nuclear bombs
Earthquake? Nuclear explosion? Fission or fusion? We know, even if world leaders lie.
Ethan Siegel
Sep 1
ICE Is Abusing the ACLU’s Clients Because They are Fighting Trump’s Deportation Machine
ICE is trying to make our clients’ lives so miserable that they voluntarily give up their immigration cases.
ACLU National
Aug 31
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The Decline and Fall of America (In Numbers)
In numbers, a lot about the United States appears to be on the decline. Of course, you can focus on the positive numbers like unemployment…
Tobias Stone
in
Making Sense
Aug 30
No Madness Like American Madness
Scenes from a debacle in Phoenix.
Dave Eggers
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Scenes From A Debacle In Phoenix
Aug 31
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Robert Mueller Eliminates Trump’s Trump Card
His power to pardon underlings is gone
New York Magazine
Aug 30