We Love the Internet 2019/28: The I in we edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• A GIF Within a GIF of Another GIF
• Disruption Starts with Unhappy Customers, Not Technology
• The Ruthless Reality of Amazon’s One-Day Shipping
• The Real Difference Between Creators and Influencers
• Quibi: The next Go90, or streaming unicorn?
• Frigid Offices Might Be Killing Women’s Productivity
• How a video game community filled my nephew’s final days with joy
• Meaningful measurement

Reference points:

• Reuters digital news report
• Internet trends 2019
• The 100 Greatest Movie Quotes of the 21st Century
• Where are the places with the best (and the worst) weather in the United States
• The 30 Best Elaine Moments on Seinfeld

Longer reads:

• The I In We
• Big Mood Machine
• The unlikely origins of USB, the port that changed everything
• Bodies in seats
• On the Outside: The Harsh Reality of Life After ‘Love Island’
• Andreessen Horowitz Is Blowing Up The Venture Capital Model (Again)
• WeChat Is Watching

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• A Brief History Of Spotify
• HBO’s Chernobyl vs Reality — Footage Comparison
• Not A Single Word Is Needed For This Animated Short To Blow Your Damn Mind
• H.E.R.N.O.B.Y.L
• How To Fall Asleep In 2 Minutes
• Tank Runs Over Car At Top Speed And, Uh, Holy Crap
• Whoever Wrecked This Car Really Didn’t Think Through The Evidence Left Behind
• The Descent Into China’s Deepest Subway Station Is Comically Long

Things to look at/read:

• How Graffiti Became Gentrified
• Bird-killing, cancer-causing 5G is the internet’s new favourite conspiracy theory

Animal corner:

• Barking Bird Guards the House like a Dog
• A Very Cool Demonstration Of Owls’ Insane Flying Precision
• Dog Wearing Salami Mask
• Horse and Rider Jump Into Deceptively Deep Pool of Water
• Somehow all of the neighborhood cats managed to get into our trampoline…
• i’m not gonna ask you again, what the fuck is in your mouth

Tweets of the week:

• Why are the peas upside down. It’s fucking me up.
• Holy shit lmao.
• If you don’t use these EXACT character names when discussing Big Little Lies, you’re being confusing.
• Mikhail Gorbachev with the hair of Joe Kinnear and Ronald Reagan with the hair of Kenny Dalglish.
• My wife went straight savage in Waitrose. Fuck you, Doris, and your hatred of tattooed millennials.
• The #USWNT hammered after winning back 2 back world cups is honestly the best content I’ve ever seen
• The distinctive Rijksmuseum i & j digraph works well in *most* contexts.
• Amazing

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• The mindfulness conspiracy
• The Death Of The Family Secret
• Mike Tyson Smokes the Toad

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