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journo-geekery: New Tech City: Tech Writer Anil Dash on The Web...

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:07:04 -0400

New Tech City: Tech Writer Anil Dash on The Web We Lost - WNYC

Blogger Anil Dash says we tend to trumpet the tech revolution, with its vast social networks and slick smartphones, as a triumph of usability and empowerment. But Dash says a spirit of collaboration and emphasis on the user experience has been lost along the way.

He wrote about this shift on his blog in a post called The Web We Lost.

“There is an ignorance or a lack of history to the way that a lot of people that build the social networks, especially the young engineers, think about this because they weren’t around to see it any other way,” Dash told Manoush Zomorodi, host of WNYC’s New Tech City.

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Mon, 13 May 2013 09:00:04 -0400

Tyra Banks' Investment Company

Fri, 10 May 2013 23:08:51 -0400

Tyra Banks' Investment Company:

The Tyra Banks Company just got more fierce with Fierce Capital LLC. We are developing and investing in early-stage startups, including female-focused businesses, that wanna be on top!

journo-geekery: A Page One Selfie » Cyborgology by Nathan...

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:15:31 -0400

journo-geekery:

A Page One Selfie » Cyborgology by Nathan Jurgenson:

I’m fascinated by the cover of yesterday’s Sunday New York Times. Fixated on the image of Boston Marathon suspected bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, I was momentarily unable to notice the words surrounding it. I was a little stunned, then angry, then captivated. The image, not just the Instagrammed selfie of Dzhokhar, but this photo within the culturally significant New York Times front page, is endlessly sociologically fascinating.

…

Beyond just right or wrong, the fact that the paper chose an Instagrammed selfie is novel and interesting in and of itself. The image does capture well the story it accompanies. The article is, in my opinion, a well-told and intriguing story about Dzhokhar’s efforts to cover a disturbing set of motivations with a likeable exterior. The faux-vintage Instagram glow on an attractive selfie might very-well be a paradigmatic modern example of the sort of identity “face work” we all engage in. The selfie is, of course, face work in the literal sense that it is a photo of one’s face, but also in the way Erving Goffman famously discusses “face work”: as the demonstration and maintenance of positive social value and attributes in an effort for acceptance and approval. Goffman notes that this is a “’working’ acceptance, not a ‘real’ one”, which is precisely what theNew York Times story describes Dzhokhar attempting to pull off in this front-page selfie.

Via Jaime on OldReader.

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Tue, 07 May 2013 23:12:01 -0400

fastcompany: In a new campaign, Reporters Without Borders shows...

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:11:16 -0400

fastcompany:

In a new campaign, Reporters Without Borders shows world leaders flipping you off.

All the leaders depicted are of the nondemocratic sort that some might label dictators—the kind who might restrict the freedom that journalists enjoy in other parts of the world with the kind of gleeful “f*ck you” depicted here.

pricelessambiti0n: Interracial»> :*

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:09:47 -0400

pricelessambiti0n:

Interracial»> :*

framenoir: TIGER roar! Solange & Humberto in Kenzo!...

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:05:28 -0400

framenoir:

TIGER roar! Solange & Humberto in Kenzo! #metgala (cc @humbertotoo @kenzoparis_hq)

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Tue, 07 May 2013 23:02:18 -0400

The Day That Punk Died Again

Tue, 07 May 2013 20:28:14 -0400

newyorker:

“There is no axis along which this exhibit functions properly: the historical, anecdotal, or superficial. A tough, mythical New York punk wouldn’t see herself here—neither would her more flamboyant English relative.”

Sasha Frere-Jones on the Met Museum’s “Punk: Chaos to Couture” exhibit: http://nyr.kr/15AE7MT

lalunafemme: queerfatfemme: I love her...

Wed, 01 May 2013 23:09:52 -0400

lalunafemme:

queerfatfemme:

I love her work!!!!

two-browngirls:

Saira Hunjan

I’ve loved Saira Hunjan since I started thinking about getting a tattoo but when I found out last year that she’d retired from tattooing I was so gutted! If I ever got a tattoo done, I’d only get it done from her. Why? Because she’s incredible, intricate and unique!

Check out her new collection for Ettinger here

- S

!!!!!! beauty!

"Corporations and the oligarchs who control them are no longer under the control of democracy. How..."

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:04:16 -0400

“Corporations and the oligarchs who control them are no longer under the control of democracy. How badly will they beat the people who cling to their self-description as middle class and their dreams of something better for their children before something changes? And why should we think we have some better idea about how to organize things, when our intellectual elites have nothing to contribute?”

- The Rise of the Corporate State (via azspot)

vibemag: Triple-threat Italian artist @AriannaSinger spent the...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:52:57 -0400

vibemag:

Triple-threat Italian artist @AriannaSinger spent the afternoon w/ us! (You may recognize her from the @fiatusa commercial with #Pitbull)

Reblogging for that jacket!

fourthsectorconsulting: Placemaking + street art + urban...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:07:29 -0400

fourthsectorconsulting:

Placemaking + street art + urban culture = www.streetartutopia.com

"Every dollar spent at a locally owned business generates two-to-four times the economic development..."

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:45:54 -0400

“Every dollar spent at a locally owned business generates two-to-four times the economic development impacts as a dollar spent on an equivalent non-local business.”

- Forbes piece on the amazing power of spending locally. (via poptech)

"An estimated 5 million Americans are already using wearable devices to sync their lives to the..."

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:40:10 -0400

“An estimated 5 million Americans are already using wearable devices to sync their lives to the cloud, and their ranks are growing rapidly. Like Paulus, they are sending vast amounts of information—collectively referred to as Big Data—to the servers of salivating Silicon Valley executives. In just the first half of last year, venture-capital firms invested $700 million in businesses developing new wearable and embedded devices. According to a study by the consulting giant McKinsey, Big Data could be worth $300 billion annually to the health-care industry alone. But its value to sports-apparel companies, health-food purveyors, and even mattress-makers is also apparent. At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, 283 vendors showed up to promote digital health products—over 100 more than the number of companies hawking games. One British mobile-research firm estimates that by 2017, 70 million people will be buying wearable devices annually and slapping them on their wrists (and chests, ankles, and necks). And while there is no valuation yet for, say, what Paulus’ heart rate is worth per beat, there’s reason to think that users of tracking apps and sensor-laden devices are giving the milk away free.”

- Who Really Owns Your Personal Data?: Critical Eye : Details (via infoneer-pulse)

laughingsquid: Miniature NES Video Game Cartridge Rings

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:12:15 -0400

laughingsquid:

Miniature NES Video Game Cartridge Rings

Hair Color Inspiration.

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:15:08 -0400

Hair Color Inspiration.

blackfoxx: thesimplethingsthatmakemesmile: brokebeautifulandfab...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:38:25 -0400

blackfoxx:

thesimplethingsthatmakemesmile:

brokebeautifulandfabulous:

write4life:

whoaaitsjess:

Redesigned DC Metro ads by Paul Weber.

LMAO!!!!

but why is this so true!!

D: thankfully I am going home for the summer…but this will be my hell again come aug :/

Omg the last one lmao!! they FINALLY fixed the dupont escalator!

I only laughed because it’s true. Despite that, I still miss Metro’s raggedy ass.

brideandsoul: Pretty Curls: Natural Hair Inspiration for...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:31:52 -0400

brideandsoul:

Pretty Curls: Natural Hair Inspiration for African-American Brides