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…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: People are getting tired of the ‘TikTok music formula’ Why advertising will never die The Obsessive World of Digital Music Collectors An Eater Critic’s Night Out With a TikTok Food Influencer It’s Time to Bring Back the AIM Away Message Summer Blockbuster Season Is in Full…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: TikTok Boom Who Owns 4chan? How TikTok’s Irreverent Humor Became Hollywood’s Indispensable Tool for Reaching Gen Z Spotify vs Netflix — Contrasting the User Interfaces An Anonymous TV Writer Offers An Inside Look At Why Special Effects Seem So Bad Right Now Reference points: Pop Culture…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Warner Bros. Discovery The 19th-Century Hipster Who Pioneered Modern Sportswriting Longer reads: How Squid Game Turned Rage and Desperation Into a Radical Hit Part 2: For the lunch-break Things to play with/watch/listen to: This is the greatest walk-up song in the history of baseball Magnetic Vibrations ZPM: The Kickstarter Failure That…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Trends are dead Facebook Doesn’t Know What It Does With Your Data, Or Where It Goes: Leaked Document Reference points Earth clock Longer reads: Unsettling Futures — Brandon Sanderson, fame, and the failure of the Long Tail Virtual communication curbs creative idea generation Part 2: For the lunch-break Things to play…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Spilling Silicon Valley’s secrets, one tweet at a time What to Do About Tudum … Amid Streaming Boom, Some Companies Love Linear TV Reference points Why American Teens Are So Sad How ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ Fuels Extremism And Fear Gen Z spends half its waking hours…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Netflix’s Bad Habits Have Caught Up With It Netflix’s Big Wake-Up Call: The Power Clash Behind the Crash Movies and the Internet Inside the Implosion of CNN+ Reference points Horrible edge cases to consider when dealing with music Longer reads: Getting To Grips With The C-Word …

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: This is as good as movies are going to get Back to the Future of Twitter Google’s New Tech Can Read Your Body Language — Without Cameras Confessions of an Information Hoarder The Miserable Lives of Cyborg Truck Drivers Reference points Communicating complex research Earth reviews …