Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
I’m so freaking bored of geek culture feeling the need to knee-jerk defend enormous corporate entities. Large organizations hire professionals for the sole purpose of defending themselves against bad press. We don’t need to jump in. Tesla isn’t the five issue comic you loved as a teenager – it is a enormous money-rich company; no…
Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) initiative has gotten the stamp of approval from major publishers, including The Washington Post, Vox Media and The New York Times. But lingering questions about the initiative’s inner workings, and some latent paranoia about Google’s real motivations, have others feeling skeptical. AMP’s stated mission is to speed up the mobile Web, which…
Find out how to save time, increase output, and up traffic with a strategic approach and excellent digital tools. The time it takes to author more articles, even if they are shorter, to keep in the churn of Google News, social media, and your readers’ needs takes away from the time of editorial staff to…
3 Month Internet Reading Stats Internet reading goals vs accomplished stats for the last three months: Stories Read / Stories Queued To Read August: 438 / 536 ( 81% completed ) July: 493 / 544 ( 90% completed ) June: 400 / 546 ( 73% completed ) Notes: not all stories read made it to…
Had great tweetchat with @chronotope today about adblocking and state of adtech, digital advertising and publishing with a cameo by @mediatwit. Sequence edited for readability. Today in #Adblocking Tweetchats · Storify.
I’m so done with people posting over and over that MLK would never have supported BlackLivesMatter protesters interrupting stumping candidates. 1: Using an imaginary argument based on a person whose media environment was far different is a stupid bullshit redirect. 2: MLK’s Wikipedia page: “He is best known for his role in the advancement of…
After years of using delaying tactics and last minute deadlines to push last minute Senate votes, Mitch McConnell’s attempt to use building deadline pressure to extend, with some modification, three of the more controversial Patriot Act provisions failed late Sunday night. The bill to do so is the USA Freedom Act. It is still likely…
A great article about tea as a symbol of nationalism in England and how it might reflect an attempt to grasp a nationalistic identity that might be better left behind. Though this article isn’t too long it is pretty deep, and the problem of tea for Briton-\-\as a cultural touchstone for a culture that grew…
What’s going on with the Hugo Awards and the what are the Sad Puppies? Read this first: The Hugo Awards are a yearly Science Fiction and Fantasy set of awards given by an organization called WordCon, a long lasting convention around the same topics. Nominees for the award are voted in by members of WorldCon,…
What’s going on in Indiana with a religious freedom act and LGBTQ people possibly being denied service as a result? Read This First: Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana just signed a bill into law over significant in and out of state protests. It is one of a number of bills passed into law across both…