Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
This post originally appeared at LinkedIn. More from Kathy here. This year, my work on Forbes, Huffington Post, and LinkedIn has allowed me to connect with millions of people I never would have had the chance to without these avenues. It’s been a deeply rewarding experience on many fronts, and surprising and eye-opening on other…
Just over a year ago, Twitter launched a new analytics tool that allowed website owners to track links tweeted to their websites and how many users clicked on them. That tool was recently retired from the site without much fanfare. The website analytics tool originally appeared under the analytics option in Twitter’s ad product, but is no…
For the next two years, the chances are good that the U.S. government will be almost completely paralyzed. After the midterm elections, power is more perfectly divided between a president and Congress that detest each other. Each sees its main job as blocking the other’s ambitions. The Republican majorities on Capitol Hill will pass bills…
Consider the humble video game cartridge. It’s a small, durable plastic box that imparts the most immediate, user-friendly software experience ever created. Just plug it in, and you’re playing a game in seconds. If you’ve ever used one, you have two men to thank: Wallace Kirschner and Lawrence Haskel, who invented the game cartridge 40…
N.Y. / Region|Status of Airports, Trains, Schools and Other Services in New York City close shell Status of Airports, Trains, Schools and Other Services in New York City – NYTimes.com.
Alexis Tsipras, center, leader of Greece’s Syriza left-wing main opposition waves to his supporters after voting at a polling station in Athens on Sunday. Petros Giannakouris/AP hide caption itoggle caption Petros Giannakouris/AP Alexis Tsipras, center, leader of Greece’s Syriza left-wing main opposition waves to his supporters after voting at a polling station in Athens on…
For nearly as long as theantifeminist culture war known as Gamergate has raged across the internet, a microcosm of the battle has taken place on Wikipedia. Should Gamergate defined as a push for ethics in gaming journalism, or a paranoid campaign against women in gaming? This week, Wikipedia’s highest court made a major decisionin favor…
All signs point to a significant blizzard in the Northeast on Monday night and Tuesday, with major cities like New York and Boston probably measuring snow in feet by the time the storm clears out. If the forecast pans out, this will be one of the most significant winter storms we’ve seen in quite a…
‘Selma’, ‘The Imitation Game’ And Rewriting The Past: Should We Expect More Accuracy When It Comes To Biopics? By Dave Crewe 19/1/15 end article header It’s fair to say that a lot of people were unhappy about the Oscar nominations announcement on Thursday. While nerds raged at The Lego Movie’s snubbing, the bulk of the…
Photo Credit Robert Wright for The New York Times close shareTools Modern Farmer, the 100,000-circulation quarterly and website that tried to link effete urban farmers’ market culture with the practicalities of actual farming, became a magazine without an editorial staff on Friday, when its remaining paid editors walked out its doors. The future of what…