Yesterday's News 3-13-18
I Refrain From Using My Smartphone Except For All The TImes I'm Using It. AMA
Apple Turns Publisher - Apple's transformation into a media conglomerate gains another stage. Texture as a part of News makes sense. As Facebook pulls back from news content to avert the PR disaster around Russian bots, Apple can put a publisher-centric model into play that isn't as gameable by garbage stories.
Yesterday's News 3-12-2018
If Douchosphere catches on we truly live in marvelous times.
Between some late nights at work last week and a trip this weekend, I missed getting up Thursday and Friday's posts. So today's post is a little longer and combines the links from the two along with some other articles I found over the weekend.
How You Forget Your Childhood - A study finds the way that our childhood memories . . .
Yesterday's News 3-7-2018
Would it really shock you if the Bluths were running DPRK?
There's Always Money In The Banana Stand - There's Always Money In The Banana Stand - North Korea has a chain restaurant with locations in a few different countries. Atlas Obscura reports about the location in Dubai and the future of the restaurant as sanctions mean most UN members have to expel DPRK citizens.
Yesterday's News 3-6-2018
The Good Enough Cycle Sounds Like A Great Fantasy Series
Lengthening The Good Enough Cycle - Following on from the article I shared last week that we need to learn to only replace our tech when it's actually broken or not meeting out need, this survey shows that smartphones are starting to get a longer refresh cycle. Though it should be said, some of this might be that iPhones aren't . . .
Yesterday's News 3-5-18
You Need To Buy Something From Amazon For Me To Get Paid For This...Awkward
You Fake It You Bought It - This is pretty despicable, but the Amazon platform, like E-Bay before it, thrives on an automated storefront. They won't change this until someone sues.
Keep English Weird - A short video showing why irregular verbs come from the oldest form of English and resisted changes in convention due to their . . .
Yesterday's News 3-2-2018
Hopefully They Never Make a Robot That Angrily Throws Controllers
From Nusciance To Monument - While it's basically a billboard for a gated community that stuck around long enough for everyone to love it, the Hollywood sign does show that beloved landmarks don't always start that way. For every planned monument, there's more than a few that happen by accident.
The Future Through The Past
Relive The Greatness of Five Minutes Ago
Considering that foundational American culture is based on deifying the founders, it shouldn't surprise me that navel-gazing is a national past time. We're about two decades into online culture, and it appears the most prominent business is staring lovingly at the past. Facebook groups that celebrate midcentury America, . . .