Weekly Reading List 2012-09-16

This Is How Facebook Is Tracking Your Internet Activity – Business Insider http://t.co/87cEspNW # Google Charges Retailers to Appear on Shopping Site – http://t.co/Exkugarw http://t.co/QQhVuwKs # DVF Gives Google Glasses a Spin on the Runway – http://t.co/Exkugarw http://t.co/WpnSM34G # America would be better off with more strikes – http://t.co/noYacs31 http://t.co/cZyezh2o # Japan infuriates China by … Read more

‘People don’t fear change, they fear loss.’ Great. Then what?

Kevin Anderson on Strange Attractor shared a quote of the day — “people don’t fear change, they fear loss” — that compelled me unpack the ideas it contained. Anderson was writing about the tumultuous revolutions underway in the journalism industry. But it applies to any moment of transition you may be facing. Here are some … Read more

Weekly Reading List 2012-09-09

4 Pro Tips For Publishers Building A Native Ad Strategy http://t.co/qbKL2Cw2 # "…journalism, ostensibly a populist endeavour, is becoming a rarefied practice best suited … to the well-off." http://t.co/E1m1urr5 # Global Internet penetration will hit 66% in 2020, are you ready? [Video] http://t.co/SSHECxMF # GatherContent Launches An Easier Way To Collaborate On Web Content http://t.co/EBEyYwHx … Read more

Mass-produced uniqueness: not yet

This video from WildFire neatly encapsulates today’s Internetified information environment, and how businesses go about navigating it in an attempt to make money. The key phrase is “personalized messages at scale.” There are other phrases for it: mass-produced uniqueness, “mass-produced individuality,” “mass-produced customization” or “going Cabbage Patch on it.” Yeah, not so new. But “mass-produced … Read more

Become a super athlete with Stanford’s cooling glove

Heat limits what our muscles can do. Folks at Stanford had a great fix to this problem: throw on a cooling glove. Result? Muscle fatigue goes away so effectively that a researcher went from doing 180 pull-ups to more than 620 — in just six weeks. Yeah, Stanford will be selling a commercial version. I’ll … Read more

Odd job: General Role Player – Embedded Reporter

Journalists, if the fastest-dying industry in America can’t hire you, maybe pretending to be a reporter for the Tatitlek Corporation is the next step. Oddly enough, even a pretend reporter needs to “realistically [interact] with villagers in a dynamic setting” and “write in a clear and comprehensive manner consistent with a news reporter and take … Read more

Weekly Reading List 2012-09-02

This is hands down the most breathtaking version of Curiosity's descent we've seen yet (Updated) [Video] http://t.co/T7U5bNvl # Tokyo Rail System as Designed by Slime Mold http://t.co/zBZL3RtT # 'Thunderdome' Takes Shape At Digital First http://t.co/hM9T4HuL # INFOGRAPHIC: Content 4.0 And IGNITION – Business Insider http://t.co/U0QBMSgk # UPDATED Social Media Marketing Graphic – Business Insider http://t.co/AfS0ZKRt … Read more

Americans expect their politicians to lie and do not punish them for it. So who is leading what country where?

Give it a shot.break.things / Foter The first requirement for feeling outrage about a lie is to expect truth. Such expectations no longer exist, and American politicians understand and take advantage of this “relatively novel” state of affairs, writes Jason Stanley in “Speech, Lies and Apathy,” an essay prompted by the falsehoods, misleading statements and … Read more