Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Photo Credit Brian Rea My interview with Justin McLeod was winding down when I tossed out one last question: “Have you ever been in love?” The baby-faced chief executive had designed Hinge, which was a new dating app. My question was an obvious throwaway. Justin looked stricken. No one, he said, had ever asked him…
“Push button. Get Mortgage.” That’s the tagline of Quicken Loans’ new product, Rocket Mortgage. The company introduced Rocket Mortgage to the massive television audience watching Super Bowl 50 in a one-minute commercial. The ad describes a simple push button app that allows people to get mortgages on their phones, which would lead to a “tidal…
The comments made by Madeleine Albright about the “special place in hell reserved for women who do not help other women” certainly caught my attention this weekend. While the implications were that those who support Bernie Sanders might find themselves suffering eternal damnation, which I reject, I will leave it to other more capable experts…
Senator Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton among nearly every demographic group in the Democratic New Hampshire primary, according to exit polls. He carried majorities of both men and women. He won among those with and without college degrees. He won among gun owners and non-gun owners. He beat Mrs. Clinton among previous primary voters and…
Amid corporate turmoil and an uncertain future, Twitter is taking another step to protect its users from harassment, the latest in its series of attempts to balance free speech and personal safety. On Tuesday the company announced in a blog post that it had created the Twitter Trust and Safety Council, with which it will consult…
Back in January, Heidy Rehman, the founder of “ethical British fashion house” Rose & Willard, wrote an article for Huffington Post UK to announce her company’s curious decision to make their models contractually obligated to eat in the company’s presence. “The consequence of non-compliance will be that neither she nor her agency will be paid,”…
There’s a scrappy quality to Full Frontal, the new TBS late night talk show led by former Daily Show correspondent Samantha Bee. Confident and natural on stage, the host—who’s currently (as no one’s been able to let her forget) the only woman in late night—strikes out immediately with a fury that’s startling and invigorating. The…
In Istrolid you design your own unique spaceships from large number of parts to fit your strategy and play style. With no set units or factions you are free to create a fleet where each ship has its own balanced strengths and weaknesses, from basic fighters and bombers to hulking battleships and speedy destroyers. [www.istrolid.com]…
[if IE]> < ![endif] [if IE]> < ![endif] This weekend, Beyoncé pulled a Beyoncé and graced us all not only with a brand new single and an iconic Super Bowl halftime show performance, but with her politics. A black woman and music icon with unyielding power, Beyoncé has been criticised by many by not being “feminist...
cache hit 500:single/related:ee9a377d23910d5c96a7168043ad3e87 empty On the Adwords Google+ page, Google just announced a timeline for banishing Flash from its advertising network, announcing that “Google Display Network and DoubleClick Digital Marketing are now going 100% HTML5.” Starting on June 30, 2016, Google will no longer accept new Flash display ads from advertisers. On January 2, 2017, even old Flash ads…