Almost Human: The Surreal, Cyborg Future of Telemarketing [http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/12/almost-human-the-surreal-cyborg-future-of-telemarketing/282537/] : > Letâs just put it out there: This a creepy system. On the Internet, no one may know youâre a dog, but on the phone? It just seems wrong. What
The NSA: An Inside View [http://lorensr.me/nsa-an-inside-view.html]: > Many are concerned about the NSA listening to their phone calls and reading their email messages. I believe that most should not be very concerned because most are not sending email to intelligence targets. Email that isnât related
Facebook Wants to Be a Newspaper. [http://allthingsd.com/20131210/facebook-wants-to-be-a-newspaper-facebook-users-have-their-own-ideas/] : > Teams explored a number of user interface and product mock-ups with this idealized form of user behavior in mind. It was all housed under an umbrella project broadly blanketed under the term âReaderâ (an initiative that was widely
Facebook Wants to Know Why Youâre Self-Censoring Your Posts [http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/12/facebook_self_censorship_what_happens_to_the_posts_you_don_t_publish.html] : > In their article, Das and Kramer claim to only send back information to Facebook that indicates
Gaming Made Me: Charlie Brooker [http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/07/15/gaming-made-me-charlie-brooker-part-1/] : > Itâs one of the best stories that Iâve seen in games, but there is still a ridiculous amount of just non-stop peril thatâs slightly divorced from the story and I know thereâs
âIT Buyers Shun Social Mediaâ [http://in2.holmesreport.com/2013/11/it-buyers-shun-social-media-study/]: Arun Sudhaman: > New research suggests that IT buyers continue to shun social media, preferring search engines, personal networks, consultants, trade media and industry analysts when choosing their suppliers. The study, from CCgroup, polled 150 IT decision-makers in
The rise and fall of YouTubeâs celebrity pioneers [http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-11/27/youtube-community]: From Wired UK: > âI remember Chad and Steve parading celebrities onto YouTube which made the community go fucking ape-shit,â said Paul. Â âWe completely mobbed their videos with shitty comments and
Inside the mind of Marc Andreessen [http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2013/11/21/marc-andreessen/]: > Facebook today is worth around $120 billion. So the market value of Facebook in the last two years has swung between about $40 billion and $120 billion, so maybe average it out to $80
Whereâs Waldo? Thatâs Easy. A Foolproof Strategy for Locating the Stripe-Loving Cartoon Man. [http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/11/where_s_waldo_a_new_strategy_for_locating_the_missing_man_in_martin_hanford.html] : > I knew that Handford had placed Waldo in each of
Growth Hacking Word of Mouth | Ryan Hoover [http://ryanhoover.me/post/66965594138/growth-hacking-word-of-mouth]: > Sometimes effective growth hackers execute less scaleable tactics to drive WOM. Every Thursday, Dan Martell, CEO of Clarity, picks up the phone to call 25 to 30 users and asks how the company can make a
The Unacknowledged Compromise â Matt Gemmell [http://mattgemmell.com/2013/11/12/the-unacknowledged-compromise]: > By all means make a choice, and by all means obtain the maximum utility from it. Just donât deceive yourself about the reasons for your decision. If you can only afford one machine, then thatâs
âThe Mission of Teslaâ = great âblogâ PR [http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/mission-tesla]: > It is also why arsonists tend to favor gasoline. Trying to set the side of a building on fire with a battery pack is far less effective. Tesla is maybe my strongest example of communicating your