We Love the Internet 2014/01: The New Yeezy edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• 2013: The Year ‘the Stream’ Crested – time to step away from the now?
• Google’s road map to global domination
• How Netflix Reverse Engineered Hollywood – includes a genre generator

Reference points:

• The worst media tweets of 2013
• Lost viral hits of the pre-YouTube era
• The best and worst media errors and corrections in 2013 – US based, but lots of UK examples
• A good explanation of bitcoin
• Brainpicking’s 13 best books of 2013
• 2013 according to the Daily Express front page

Longer reads:

• 100 things to watch in 2014 – these series from JWT are always really good
• How tech redefines us – really interesting eight part series
• The Year of the Crush: How the Radically Unfair Candy Crush Saga Took Over Our Lives
• Remember Kim Stafford – internet memes don’t care for irony

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to watch:

• 2013 in four minutes – super-fast editing may require some adjustment once you close the tab
• Ultimate fails 2013 – there is a note saying that no-one was seriously hurt in these. I’m not sure what their definition of serious is, but some look very painful
• Best news bloopers of 2013 – part 1 and part 2
• 7 great sports moments recreated in lego

Things to look at:

• Who won 2013? Grantland’s year-end bracket. The Pope vs Yeezus. Miley vs twerking. Benedict Cumberbatch vs Vine
• Ghost stations of the London Underground – the District line used to go from Windsor to Southend, although not at the same time
• Wow this is Doge – the dogs behind the popular meme
• Insane Makeup Turns Models Into 2-D Paintings Of Famous Artists
• Imgur’s best images of 2013
• The 100 most astonishing images of 2013

Animal corner:

• Pug puppy version of Elf
• A compilation of dogs sliding on wooden floors
• Waffles the cat misses the jump
• Wild turkey vs UPS driver

This week on Tumblr:

• New Yeezy resolutions
• LOL My Thesis – summing up a year’s work in one sentence
• Welbz Is Dat Guy – the ubiquitous Danny Wellbeck
• Inappropriate comic sans

Tweets of the week pt1:

• The Corrs are looking well grumpy these days. pic.twitter.com/yCB5pG9J9Q
• Christmas miracle on Stoke Newington Church Street. pic.twitter.com/dZvFSyv4GI
• The Sun think that @BoringMilner is the real James Milner… Hahahaha pic.twitter.com/armoH40k2x
• [We’re all doomed.] RT @zachklein Got to the airport, realized I left my ID at home. TSA allowed me to use my Facebook profile instead.
• Spoiler alert. pic.twitter.com/dpivDMkF5E
• Whoever is in charge of naming armadillos is REALLY good at their job: pic.twitter.com/NJx7CvIbNa
• Aberdeen chippies are really spoiling us pic.twitter.com/burSPYLZ5W
• Nigella: more shocking revelations… pic.twitter.com/UUFeZ2UqOn

Tweets of the week pt2:

• “We’re looking for a rock-star developer to …” “Sorry, I’m more of a *singer-songwriter* developer.”
• Thank you, Pulp Fiction pic.twitter.com/b1Xwv32Zpl
• a question for the ages: pic.twitter.com/EJOlAATM0D
• I… um… yeah. pic.twitter.com/GQGNxtXVcX
• The year’s news as superhero names pic.twitter.com/W9puPq5iBe
• Kim Jong Un, with a cigarette in his hand, is riding a ski lift by himself. Photo of the year, I think so. pic.twitter.com/xRL9mTN5IQ

Part 3: For the weekend

Things to refer back to:

• What are Quora’s best answers of 2013? From explaining the end of the Matrix Revolutions to birds building nests
• Go from zero to well-read in 100 books – from Russian classics to Fifty shades
• 14 Food & Drink Trends We Predict For London In 2014

Long-form articles:

• The Prince who blew through billions – the lifestyle of Prince Jefri Bolkiah was exposed in a court trial
• The Elvis Impersonator, the Karate Instructor, a Fridge Full of Severed Heads, and the Plot 2 Kill the President – best article title ever?
• Into the Zombie underworld – fascinating look at possible people abduction in Haiti
• How Doug Band drove a wedge through the Clinton dynasty
• The match maker – was the Bobby Riggs/Billie Jean King battle of the sexes fixed?

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