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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