Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The age of algorithmic anxiety Amazon’s Roomba Deal Is Really About Mapping Your Home Netflix is not in deep trouble. It’s becoming a media company Why HBO Max Spent $130 Million to Shelve ‘Batgirl’ and ‘Scoob 2’ Reference points: The Seriousness of Device Fragmentation and How…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Video Game Streaming Is Still Struggling to Keep the Classics Alive TikTok’s Latest Cringe Trend: Gen Z Critiques Their Former Selves Behind the Cancellation of ‘Batgirl’ Will Alex Jones finally lose the info war? Reference points: The history of user interfaces Notable people DALL-e meets Marinetti …

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: TVs Are Too Good Now The Perils of Audience Capture Dall-E, make me another Picasso please I’m a VFX Artist, and I’m Tired of Getting ‘Pixel-F–ked’ by Marvel The Duffer brothers’ plans to retroactively edit episodes of Stranger Things could be the beginning of a worrying…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Marvel Has a VFX Problem There is no objective history of video games — every player’s experience is different How recession-proof is the esports industry? Reference points: No One Even Comes Close to Bad Bunny’s Stardom Right Now TikTok doesn’t show the war in Ukraine to…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The Age of Peak TV Is Ending. An Age of Austerity Is Beginning. TikTok’s Latest Cringe Trend: Gen Z Critiques Their Former Selves The internet is a constant recommendations machine — but it needs you to make it work ‘They couldn’t even scream any more. They…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: When Raw Emotion Goes Viral Can Elvis Survive Gen Z? The Extremely Online Workplace Nobody Knows How to Watch Movies Anymore Disney could soon lose exclusive rights to Mickey Mouse Reference points: It’s great, but why? The 10-Year-Old Tweet That Still Defines the Internet Can a…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The Personal Brand Is Dead TikTok Killed the Video Star Hard data: The erotics of infographics Reference points: Long Reads That Stand the Test of Time This 715-song playlist is scientifically verified to give you the chills, thanks to “frisson” Microsoft finds Gen Z is redefining…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: It’s TikTok’s world. Can TV live in it? The Open Secret of Google Search Inside The Washington Post’s Social Media Meltdown ‘Duke Smoochem 3D’ creator Dan Douglas on capturing Britain’s weirdness Game Design Mimetics (Or, What Happened To Game Design?) Reference points: Filmot Big picture competition…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: How DALL-E could power a creative revolution How The Internet Became a Doom Loop AI Trained on 4Chan Becomes ‘Hate Speech Machine’ Reference points: Cyclic references finder Every Language Everywhere All at Once Longer reads: The Internet Encyclopedia of Memes FaZe Clan’s Grand Plans Inside the $100K+ forgery scandal that’s…