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Where our decades actually fall: ’10s to the ‘80s

I don’t remember why I started thinking about this, but the other day it occurred to me that our current decade actually began a couple years before 2010. Thinking about it further, I set the beginning of the 10’s at 2008 and began setting in…

Here’s my top 11 of the world’s top 10 trending videos lists

As part of YouTube Rewind, our year-end wrap-up of YouTube’s trends of the year, I worked with a lot of local country teams to help deliver year-end lists of their countries’ top 10 trending videos. That means I’ve seen a…

I feel like this is the creepiest kid in the candy biz

Why Should We Apologize for the Internet? CC: @mikerugnetta @inkookang

This tweet (and its linked essay) from Mike Rugnetta was the 2 in an anti-internet 1–2 punch I’d read over the last 24 hours:

Some late-night fast-food thoughts

It’s Friday night. I’m bored. I’ve got some thoughts about fast-food restaurants that no one really needs to know but that I’m willing to share. Here’s the thing. I love fast food, but that doesn’t mean I love everything about fast food. Some parts of the experience of…

I can’t get this Lol Uzi Vert song out of my head, and it’s causing me problems

I’ve had this Lil Uzi Vert song stuck in my head for a couple weeks, and that’s a terrible thing. There’s a run-of-the-mill annoyance we all feel when we have a song stuck in our head that we…

Speaking at YouTube

I gave a presentation at work, about a week ago. Though nervous, I was thankful for the opportunity. Part of my plan for…

Some things I read today, 5–21–2017

I’ve started setting aside time each week to read so that I can finally get to all those things I plan to read during the day but never get around to. Maybe once a week, I can share some of those articles here and get some recommendations, as well. Read anything you…