Part 1: For the day job
Things to think about:
- The Marvel Tumblrwave – on Tumblr and fandom
- Is WWE network the future of branded sports content? – they are going the Netflix route
- AMA: How a Weird Internet Thing Became a Mainstream Delight
- How Russia could – but probably won’t – spy on people in Sochi
- Google Glass, The Corporate Gaze and Mine
Reference points:
- 101 ways to save Apple – written in 1997
- The four stages of disruption
Longer reads:
- Evgeny vs. the internet – profile of the anti-evangelist of tech, and one of his recent pieces on the “maker revolution”
- The Inside Story Of Snapchat: The World’s Hottest App Or A $3 Billion Disappearing Act?
- Global digital statistics 2014 – country by country, but fairly top level
- The future of wearable tech
- Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky: State of the World 2014
Part 2: For the lunch-break
Things to watch:
- A baby sees her Father’s twin for the first time – and gets very confused
- A compilation of Vine “magic” tricks
- What if Google was a guy?
- Insane street football skills
- Screw you channel – a guy takes requests to insult people through the medium of YouTube
- Paintings by Caravaggio, Vermeer, & Other Great Masters Come to Life in a New Animated Video
Things to look at:
- If 2014 Oscar nominated movies told the truth – and a few films that weren’t nominated
- What Disney characters would look like if they were real
- 100 days of Leake Street – how the graffiti near Waterloo Station changes over time
- A gif of a year’s worth of selfies
- Water wigs – photos of water that look like hair
Animal corner:
- 27 Ways The Capybara Is The Life Of The Party
- 15 Funny Photos Prove That Cats Are Liquid
- Mewbacca the Wookiee cat
This week on Tumblr:
Tweets of the week:
- Sainsbury’s many, many fish puns
- So that’s why they call it Bing. pic.twitter.com/g8SW5U6yxZ
- Some great advice from Will Ferrell pic.twitter.com/DtPox33uhE
- People say Pirlo has the best beard in football like they’ve not watched a Hansa Rostock game & seen Matthias Holst. pic.twitter.com/qt1k0r81Qb
- this is in no way a FUN fact pic.twitter.com/uJ9zSVuEwy
- RT @ThomasNoppers: Come on guys. Give it up pic.twitter.com/sPMG4W0Yy9
- It’s HMV Oxford Circus’s last day, so you better hurry if you want to save money on three copies of Tulisa’s album pic.twitter.com/RmXmxlzFU8
- Eats, shoots, and leaves folks #grammar RT @madamezooble: pic.twitter.com/mKRKugKQmy
Part 3: For the weekend
Long-form articles:
- I went on a Backstreet Boy’s Cruise
- Dr V’s magical putter – strange tale of someone’s quest to overcome inertia to build a scientifically superior golf club
- Why I bought a house in Detroit for $500 – really great writing
- Inside Monopoly’s secret war against the Third Reich
- What makes a (US) footballer player smart?
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