We Love the Internet 2013/34

Things to think about:

• Why a new golden age for UI design is around the corner
• Inside Google’s culture of relentless self-surveying
• A day in the life of a target market female

Useful information:

• A timeline of slang – male and female versions
• How the internet ecosystem works
• The histo-map – history of the world in one image
• 15 historical complaints about young people ruining everything
• PRSM – introducing a brand new way to share everything
• A buzzfeed list for every second of the day

Longer reads:

• The rise of the cottage industry of TV recappers
• Lantern – a digital library of old TV and film magazines
• A presentation on connecting with youth markets

Miscellaneous

• Some kids use Instagram to return a lost phone to its owner
• Locate the London location (hint: you can scroll 360 degrees and zoom)
• Guess the auto-complete
• 33 Reasons We Should Maybe Be Worried About The Direction Of Human Innovation
• Transformation using only make-up
• London’s best underground announcer?

Animal corner:

• 17 of the best cat gifs you’ll ever see
• 29 dogs who forgot how to dog
• In-ear hamster

This week on Tumblr:

• Hot dog legs
• Shit names for things
• Pictures of hipsters taking pictures of food

Tweets of the week

• Spotted: London Underground poster warning about One Direction premiere in Leicester Square. http://huff.to/1eZORUz  http://twitpic.com/d9e4rx
• Had enough of the Daily Mail and their anti-Sonic propaganda pic.twitter.com/kPnMufBB2R (thanks @jimmicampkin) #bitharsh
• #GCSE students are cross pic.twitter.com/XFBG4fAPrA
• @Aiannucci BBC news headline, or The Day Today? pic.twitter.com/umW1S8Vu26

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