Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
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George Orwell’s timeless advice on writing Facebook.
There has been much research that shows that page performance — how fast a page loads — can have a significant effect on the bottom line of a company. However, most of the research is focused on eCommerce sites. I have long been interested in seeing how page performance affects users on a news site, and Vox.com…
Hillary Clinton has noted, at Tuesday night’s Democratic debate in Las Vegas, that electing a woman as president of the United States would be a historic first. She also, it seems fair to say, just became the first presidential candidate to make reference during a debate to how long it takes women to pee. Anderson…
Bernie Sanders nearly matched Hillary Clinton’s fundraising in the last quarter – raising an eye-popping $26 million to Clinton’s $28 million – and multiple sources on Clinton’s team told POLITICO they expect him to beat her when the next financial disclosures are filed next week. | AP Photo Clinton donors say Sanders is raising more…
Seeing the whole world is a fantasy that Michel DeCerteau calls the “totalizing eye” and Donna Haraway calls “the God Trick”. This is the first image taken of the whole earth in 1967. From Wikipedia. In January, I’m headed to the Responsible Data Forum’s event about Data Visualization. While there is a lot of hype…
The Hess Triangle outside of Village Cigars this week. (Photo by Sai Mokhtari/Gothamist) There is a small plot of land located outside of Village Cigars at Seventh Avenue and Christopher Street that’s got a big story behind it—it involves a headstrong landlord, the 7th Avenue subway extension, and the City of New York. The story…
Suffragette: No people of color allowed. I really didn’t want to write this review. I still don’t. Not because Meryl Streep is a lie (she appears for like 15 seconds). Not because the main character never existed in this supposedly historical film (the director calls it a “composite character”). Not because Suffragette is a…
Source: iStock If you checked out Jose Antonio Vargas’s documentary about White people, aptly titled White People, you’ll know that many White people struggle discussing race (not that some of you needed a documentary to confirm this fact). Throw “White Privilege” into the discussion, and the awkwardness – and defensiveness – can multiply astronomically. What…
How would you like to own 150,000th of a Picasso? That’s what Cards Against Humanity (CAH) is asking the 150,000 customers who subscribed to its Eight Sensible Gifts For Hanukkah. Sort of. Each year, the irreverent, Kickstarter-funded card game offers a holiday special card pack of sorts. This year, it was the Hanukkah themed Eight Sensible Gifts…