We Love the Internet 2018/20: The Street Fighter IRL edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• Time Travel on the YouTube Express
• How Slack Got Ahead in Diversity
• Bad TV
• Atlanta, Westworld, and the episode-description revolution
• The rise of Patreon – the website that makes Jordan Peterson $80k a month
• How Vogue is shifting its global Instagram strategy
• Is Peak TV Slowly Killing TV Critics?
• Tech’s Two Philosophies

Reference points:

• The 100 Pages That Shaped Comics
• Research into @CharlieBinbags on Twitter
• Data visualisation: how the FT newsroom designs maps
• How The Economist uses its 12-person data journalism team to drive subscriptions

Longer reads:

• Why Silicon Valley can’t fix itself
• Are You Really the Product?
• Inside the Wild Race to Overthrow Every Consumer Category
• Heads up: the oral history of Iron Man’s original HUD
• Univision Is A Fucking Mess

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Street Fighter IRL……
• Pressing Non-Newtonian Fluid Through Small Holes with Hydraulic Press
• Guy Opening Wine With Blow Torch Explodes Bottle
• How Black Panther’s Visual Effects Were Made
• Flash flood in Utah desert
• Warren G ft. Nate Dogg | Regulate | Sesame Street Version
• Guy Tries to Hit Golf Ball Through Trees
• Are Rich People Worse Humans?

Things to look at/read:

• We’re the Good Guys, Right?
• The Famous Soccer Player Hiding in Plain Sight in a California Bakery
• Writer Picks Up Poker For Book Stunt, Wins So Much Money That The Book Is On Hold
• The last man who knew everything
• I Played Fortnite and Figured Out the Universe
• The VICE Alternative Team of the Premier League Season 2017-2018

Animal corner:

• Dog frozen from fear of vet.
• i dont use the words absolute unit lightly but let me say………this is
• This is the most precious thing I have ever seen.
• Every time someone who ordered food after you gets theirs before you.
• Our dog has arthritis, so I made a bus for him
• just make me look like a bad boy.

Tweets of the week:

• HULK SAD
• you haven’t experienced life until you’ve seen Muppet outtakes
• tfw there’s no-one Irish on your rebranding team
• Which Ted Hastings are you today?
• Oooh shit, TV camera. Best keep out of shot
• this remains as one of the best vine series of all time
• The moment my mom decided I was no longer her daughter anymore
• My culture is NOT your goddam prom dress

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• Meet The New California Counterculture: College Republicans
• Alex Jones’ Protegé, Paul Joseph Watson, Is About to Steal His Crackpot Crown
• The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code
• All-American Nazis
• The Doting Boyfriend Who Robbed Armored Cars
• The Mobster Who Bought His Son a Hockey Team
• Murder at the Alcatraz of the Rockies

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