We Love the Internet 2014/02: The Parfait Paradigm edition

Part 1: For the day job

Reference points:

• Chetan Sharma’s mobile predictions for 2014
• 6 Fan Ideas So Good They Were Adopted by the Creators
• 12 spectacular acts of Wikipedia vandalism
• The year in Kickstarter

Longer reads:

• Jeffrey Katzenberg on mobile, storytelling and the Parfait Paradigm – it’s a good time for TV
• Why TED is a recipe for civilizational disaster – and a rebuttal
• Jesse Willms, the Dark Lord of the Internet
• The liberation of magic – creative opportunities for marketing
• WTF happened to movie posters?

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to watch:

• Adam Buxton’s 2013 YouTube song – the miley cyrus bit may be moderately nsfw
• Having A Bad Day? Well, At Least It’s Not Raining Shit In Your Office
• Boiling water can burn you
• Watch Michael Bay melt down onstage at CES

Things to look at:

• 22 of the best extreme selfies
• 21 Things That Inevitably Happen When You Work In An Office
• The evolution of Western dance music
• Tracksuited and booted
• 18 Of The World’s Most Amazing Tree Houses

Animal corner:

• Beagle steals chicken nuggets from microwave
• Cub’s first steps
• A real life fox and hound friendship
• Meet Peeps, The Duckling Who Was Raised In A Beard

This week on Tumblr:

• Amazon critics
• Bizarro Xmas advent – save for later this year

Tweets of the week:

• I think the Guardian may have won the 2014 typo contest already with this pic.twitter.com/Az9IK3317E
• How to piss off a hipster… pic.twitter.com/LXrXXqGyVT
• This is what a cat *owning* the cold looks like. pic.twitter.com/ebHq3Yv12g
• This just might be the best photo ever. Apparently it’s from the Jersey Evening Post. pic.twitter.com/33inCQ5fej
• “How do you want your hobbit?” pic.twitter.com/JbUdT6NuLw
• It’s pointless buying your dog a camera, they said. He’ll never be able to operate it, they said. pic.twitter.com/S1bevJBGB5

Part 3: For the weekend

Long-form articles:

• Tavi Gevinson interviews Lorde
• Michael Jordan has not left the building – but he is now 50
• The Comedian’s Comedian’s Comedian – Garry Shandling profile

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