KFC v Chick-Fil-A — gay marriage deserves a better battleground.Are we going to settle immigration at Chipotle?
— ben schwartz (@benschwartzy) August 2, 2012
Thank you, Alyssa.
Random Acts of Journalism: Reddit and the Developing Story in Aurora, CO
In the wake of James Eagan Holmes’ killing spree in Aurora, CO early this morning, Redditors are on the case.
Following the lead of Redditor Morgan Jones, aka “integ3r”, users are casting a wide net—monitoring police scanners, news reports, television broadcasts, and witness statements on social media—to compile a raw timeline of events as they happen. In addition to newsgathering, Redditors are working together to fact-check the stream as the story develops.
Pick your Justin.
Part Four of “Nick Offerman Reads Tweets from Stupid People.”
If and when web series become the norm for serialized entertainment, will we look back on Bryan Singer’s upcoming H+ as one of the shows to legitimize the format?
By the looks of the trailer, the production values—at the very least—are up to snuff. If it turns out to actually be a great show, do you think that will be enough for it to succeed?
Announcing Riding Shotgun!
Riding Shotgun is a travel show powered by the internet. If you want to be involved and tell us where to go and what to do, go here! 8 cities over 6 weeks. You can vote on the top 25 until 7/23/12 at midnight EST. Let’s do this thing, internet!
“This is the only thing you must know about shooting video on iOS.”
Oh my Jebus, AMEN. Get with the program, dummies.
Roar or Whimper? OUYA’s Story So Far, Part I: Kickstarter Darling
Since its launch eight days ago, the OUYA Kickstarter project has been on a warp-speed media rollercoaster. This analysis of its journey so far—from a Community Management perspective—is the first of a series and covers OUYA’s initial two days on Kickstarter. The full series aims to look at what’s been said, what OUYA’s hit out of the park, where the team has stumbled, and tips for Community Managers tackling similar issues.
Almost like it’s Batman/”get excited about The Dark Knight Rises” day or something, but this mashup promoting a marathon of Batman: The Animated Series is too well done to pass up.
The peeps at /r/Movies speak the truth: The Dark Knight Rises isn’t gonna beat this degree of masterful deduction.
“Paradise People” by Sam Sparro
Stay punctual with The Whiskey Rule
The beauty of Ned Dwyer’s Whiskey Rule is that—on top of helping you keep appointments—it’s a means to nurture goodwill in those rare instances you do end up pulling the short-notice flake-out.
The Whisky Rule is pretty simple. If you cancel a meeting [with] less than 10 minutes notice—or if you miss it completely—then you owe your counterpart a bottle of whisky.
Plus, the sword cuts both ways:
…if someone cancels on me or just doesn’t show up I don’t get too hot and bothered by it. Instead I let them know about the whisky rule. If they really want to meet up again they should come bearing a Laphroaig or some obscure small batch Japanese whisky.
I like where Ned’s head is at!
Friends and associates might even start pulling for you to be late just for the free booze, the damn lushes.
Yay, science: Play with the universe!
Have fun “Magnifying the Universe:”
This interactive infographic from Number Sleuth accurately illustrates the scale of over 100 items within the observable universe ranging from galaxies to insects, nebulae and stars to molecules and atoms. Numerous hot points along the zoom slider allow for direct access to planets, animals, the hydrogen atom and more. As you scroll, a handy dial spins to show you your present magnification level.
It took few moments to realize what the Condition One media player was doing as the iPad moved left and right…then I was just like, “Whoa.”
What potential applications of C1’s capabilities has you excited?
