MTurk + Google News API = Coverage [http://customerdevlabs.com/2013/09/24/google-news-api-mturk-press/]: > How we got a dozen launch-day write ups with a little JavaScript, Mechanical Turk, and the Google News API. Code included. Probably the most curious approach I ever seen to a PR launch. Undoubtedly misses the point
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Nearly four years ago, I wrote this: > What if you could tag PR spam right from your inbox with the system sending automatic responses to each incorrect query?  Perhaps it  could even bounce them a full bio of what you *do* cover for future reference. The Big Why * Itâ
Mission and Messaging at Instagram [http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424127887324577304579059230069305894-lMyQjAxMTAzMDAwODEwNDgyWj.html] : > âFor the first two weeks, I locked him into a conference room and I said, âThis is all about getting the mission on paper,â â Ms. White recalled. Two weeks later, Mr. Systrom had boiled down the
Shane Richmond on solving Twitterâs problems with a tick [http://shanerichmond.net/shane-richmond/ve4uw2lqz2icm4crv1d8eoj9phe0p3]: Great insight from Shane Richmond around Verified accounts and a way for Twitter to get those all important registered CC details to compete with Google, Apple and Amazon. > Suppose Twitter offered to verify users
Sietsema on the Current State of Restaurant Criticism [http://ny.eater.com/archives/2013/08/the_current_state_of_restaurant_criticism.php] : > the strangulation of reviewing budgets on the part of publications means that we often read print criticism for the witty and thoughtful writing more than for a
the big Apple misunderstanding [http://www.asymco.com/2013/09/17/an-interview-by-eric-jackson-on-blogging-apple-and-whats-next/] : > since for most of its life Apple was personified as an individual, what came to pass for Apple analysis was actually the psychoanalysis of that individual. It makes for great journalism and best selling books. Itâs
Cyanogen raises $7 million to build better Android [http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/18/4742828/cyanogen-raises-7-million-to-build-the-best-version-of-android] : > operating system more focused on productivity than commerce. âThe mobile devices out there, theyâre just not meant for anybody to use,â Kondik says. âTheyâre essentially mobile cash registers. We want
The Semioticianâs Oath [https://medium.com/design-story/44dba7121a1]: > Story. Story is structure left behind when all of our memory pathways are reduced to their most common overlaps. Story is the method we use to process who did what to whom and where and why and how and when.
Did you know the Twitter bird has a name? [http://thehundreds.com/blog/2013/09/09/at-twitter/]: > The Twitter bird has a name, and it is Larry. Larry Bird. Like Adam Bomb. Totally.
âiPhone Keyboard Secretsâ from 2007 [http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/iphone-keyboard-secrets/?_r=0]: A post from a more innocent time â but itâs easy to forget details like this, which were emphasised in the old days: > Although you donât see it with your eyes, the
Klout is running out of excuses. [http://www.businessinsider.com/klout-and-startup-adolescence-2013-9]: > âWe think we have the opportunity to own earned media,â Fernandez says. âEarned mediaâ is essentially word-of-mouth advertising on networks like Facebook and Twitter. Itâs the ability to get people talking about brands because they want to,
The 150 Things the Worldâs Smartest People Are Afraid Of [http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/what-150-of-the-worlds-smartest-scientists-are-worried-about] : A good catch all: > 33. Men. âHelen Fisher, biological anthropologist
