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How sleeping 6 times a day helped the founder of WordPress build a billion-dollar company | VentureBeat | OffBeat | by Gregory Ferenstein

Gregory Ferenstein12 years ago12 years ago05 mins

Matt Mullenweg’s WordPress content management platform is one of the most influential pieces of software on the Internet, running more than 19 percent of websites (including VentureBeat). But before Automattic, the parent company of WordPress, was on the path to being a billion-dollar company, Mullenweg was simply an eager coder with a healthy attitude for self-experimentation….

My Advice To Young People – The Awl

Alex Balk12 years ago12 years ago012 mins

Whenever a young person comes to me for career counsel I let loose a dramatic sigh, fix her with a steely stare and deliver the following discourse, which is drawn on more than a decade’s experience spent toiling in this industry: “If you want to succeed, find a field in its infancy, one with no…

Scribd launches its ‘Netflix for comics’ with more than 10,000 titles – Fortune

Nolan Feeney12 years ago12 years ago02 mins

This post is in partnership with Time. The article below was originally published at Time.com By Nolan Feeney, TIME Scribd, an e-book and audiobook subscription service that has been likened to a “Netflix NFLX for books,” is now expanding to comic books. Subscribers will have access to more than 10,000 comic books, in addition to…

Own A Chromecast? Google Wants To Give You $6 | TechCrunch

Greg Kumparak12 years ago12 years ago02 mins

Begin: WordPress Article Content The Chromecast is already a damned great little device. Pretty much the only thing* that would make it better is if Google randomly gave you free money for owning one. (*except for 5ghz WiFi support, that’d be good too.) What do you know! That’s what they’re doing today. As noted by…

10 More Viral Photos That Are Actually Fake

Matt Novak12 years ago12 years ago011 mins

Believe it or not, there are a lot of fake photos on the internet. And the explosion in the number of spammy Twitter accounts like OldPicsArchive and HistoryInPics help them spread like wildfire. Today we’re taking a look at 10 more fake-ish photos you may have seen in your social media streams recently. They’re all…

Another solid suggestion toward news we can trust — Medium

Craig Newmark12 years ago12 years ago02 mins

Another solid suggestion toward news we can trust Okay, Jeff Jarvis is pushing ahead, along with the folks in the Trust Project, toward measures that can help news consumers find news we can trust. Getting to the point: Start here: What if news organizations labeled their original reporting and what if Google had a service…

Get 2GB Extra Google Drive Space Just By Checking Your Security Settings

Eric Limer12 years ago12 years ago02 mins

Want 2 GB of extra space in your Google Drive account? Today, Google will give it to you for free, just for doing something you should be doing anyway: Reviewing your security. Turning on things like two-step verification and having a strong password are great, but it’s not enough to just set it and forget…

Coming soon: ‘A meditative potted plant app,’ growing in real time – The Washington Post

Abby Ohlheiser12 years ago12 years ago04 mins

The best virtual plant-growing app seed capital can buy? (Ice Water Games) Soon, all you’ll need to enjoy the exciting experience of watching plants grow is an app. At least, that appears to be the idea behind Viridi, a project in development from Ice Water Games. The developer describes Viridi as “a meditative potted plant app”…

This guy edited 50,000 Wikipedia articles to fix a grammar error that’s not even an error – Vox

Matthew Yglesias12 years ago12 years ago04 mins

Andrew McMillan has an entertaining longread in Medium about the adventures of a Wikipedian named Giraffedata who’s dedicated his life to one specific type of edit to the world’s largest encyclopedia: eliminating uses of “comprise” as a synonym for “compose.” He has almost 50,000 pedantry-driven Wikipedia edits, all on this one point. But like so many…

18F — Snippets

Mike Bland12 years ago12 years ago05 mins

back to all blog posts December 17, 2014Tagged / culture / culture change / how we work / by Mike Bland There were many things I appreciated about the Google development culture during my time at the company. The entire environment was set up to make it as easy as possible to share information between…

Capitalism and Schizophrenia – Annotated

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The Anxiety of Influencers

Andrew Tate, charged with rape and trafficking in Romania, returns to the U.S.

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How sleeping 6 times a day helped the founder of WordPress build a billion-dollar company | VentureBeat | OffBeat | by Gregory Ferenstein

My Advice To Young People – The Awl

Scribd launches its ‘Netflix for comics’ with more than 10,000 titles – Fortune

Own A Chromecast? Google Wants To Give You $6 | TechCrunch

Another solid suggestion toward news we can trust — Medium

Get 2GB Extra Google Drive Space Just By Checking Your Security Settings

Coming soon: ‘A meditative potted plant app,’ growing in real time – The Washington Post

This guy edited 50,000 Wikipedia articles to fix a grammar error that’s not even an error – Vox

18F — Snippets