We Love the Internet 2017/34: The If I ran a newspaper edition
Part 1: For the day job
Things to think about:
· Silicon Valley siphons our data like oil. But the deepest drilling has just begun
· Netflix is using the Defenders to understand its audience
· In the Land of Internet Subcultures, Try Not to Look Like a Tourist
· Why Personalization Projects Fail
Reference points
· Genius Steals presents Planning Tools & Processes
· Box Set Britain: UK’s TV and online habits revealed
Longer reads:
· Three days at the Microsoft Office world championships
· Yes, smartphones are destroying a generation, but not of kids
· Can Oath, the arranged media marriage of Yahoo and AOL, avoid a rough divorce?
Part 2: For the lunch-break
Things to play with/watch/listen to:
· Asia Beatbox Championship 2017 Solo Battle Wildcard
Things to look at/read:
· Steve Bannon believed in Trumpism. Donald Trump doesn’t.
· The agonizing, 8-page memo on how to chauffeur a congressman
· The Story of the DuckTales Theme, History’s Catchiest Single Minute of Music
Animal corner
· American Bulldog vs the dangerous Chihuahua
· take a little time out of your day to watch this
· Momma teaches her cub not to go near the water.
Tweets of the week:
· Can’t believe Ronaldo has leaked the first six tracks on Morrissey’s new album
· The President and Vice President of the United States
· They saw an opportunity and they ran with it
· I just spent 99p for nothing from McDonald’s
· Fire golf, what could go wrong?
· A photo caption written by someone who’s never played or even seen Pac-Man.
· I guess Peter Weller finally got his photo taken with the Greatest Shirt Of All Time
Part 3: For the weekend
Longer reads
· St Vincent’s cheeky, sexy rock
· This Is How Sexism Works in Silicon Valley
· Notes from a baby name obsessive
· Oprah Winfrey Is On a Roll (Again)
· The Fallout From Sportswriting’s Filthiest Fuck-Up
· Professional wrestler Booker T’s raw life
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