We Love the Internet 2020/03: The What happened in the 2010s edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• Can an online star really make it in Hollywood?
• How to sell good ideas
• Grindr around the world
• Advertisers give a mixed verdict on Amazon’s Premier League debut
• All of YouTube, Not Just the Algorithm, is a Far-Right Propaganda Machine
• In 2020, Little Women has a men problem. But it used to be seen as a story for everyone.
• Inside the “Reckless” World of In-Flight Movie Censoring
• Personality Tests Are the Astrology of the Office

Reference points:

• What Happened In The 2010s
• Steven Soderbergh seen, read 2019
• Ashley Friedlein’s marketing & digital trends for 2020 to 2030
• How Do Bullets Work in Video Games?
• List of stories set in a future now past
• Memos
• Which emoji scissors close

Longer reads:

• Amazon Advertising, Explained
• 7 Reasons Why Video Gaming Will Take Over
• History as a giant data set: how analysing the past could help save the future
• The everything town in the middle of nowhere
• All of Jacob Wohl’s Spectacularly Failed Smear Attempts
• Tinder Lets Known Sex Offenders Use the App. It’s Not the Only One.

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Two Jabroni Truck Drivers Block Both Lanes Of Traffic For Miles
• The flight that almost killed me
• Danny MacAskill’s Gymnasium
• Hitting Earth with a Grain of Sand Going 99.9% the Speed of Light
• Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 20 years
• Pro Chefs Make Their Favorite Sandwiches
• This Violinist Went Ham Went Ham At This Wedding
• Making Abe Lincoln’s Mystery Mallet!

Things to look at/read:

• How to Survive a Nuclear Bomb
• 40 tourist scams to avoid this summer
• Deceased GOP Strategist’s Daughter Makes Files Public That Republicans Wanted Sealed
• Who Actually Uses London’s Least-Used Underground Station?
• Around the World in Rare and Beautiful Apples

Animal corner:

• Impatient Dog Jumps On Car Horn

Tweets of the week:

• i simply cannot cope with this man
• I’ve lost it. Absolutely lost it.
• Him: we’re being attacked by a UFO
• “2020 will be my year” First full week:
• Celebs get excited for Love Island! (Impressions!)
• My postman has left his sack on my doorstep. What does this mean? Am I the postman now?
• Nadine? She has experience of carrying four girls.
• toxic guys when their ex finally gets over the breakup

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• How Chinese Sci-Fi Conquered America
• Hunting black men to start a ‘race war’
• The Influencer and the Hit Man
• The Incredibly Happy Life of Larry David, TV’s Favorite Grouch
• How William Gibson keeps his science fiction real
• The art of dying
• These researchers think poop could unlock athletic supremacy. Are they right?
• The Sort-Of Socialist Church Is Taking A Radical Approach To Christianity

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