We Love the Internet 2020/07: The 2020 trends reports edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• What the Death of iTunes Says About Our Digital Habits
• Twitch’s Non-Gamers Are Finally Having Their Moment
• How TV comedy’s funniest characters got their names
• Why Creativity Is a Numbers Game
• Does Facebook Need an ‘Understand’ Button?
• How social media has changed in the past decade, according to its influencers
• From context collapse to content collapse
• Creators finally know how much money YouTube makes, and they want more of it

Reference points:

• 2020 trends reports
• Amazon dating
• The evil list
• Introducing 78 new emotions
• The 100 Greatest Emo Songs of All Time
• FiveThirtyEight — Our Data
• The 30 Best Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs in 2019
• Premier League Average Weekly Wages £

Longer reads:

• Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Lost Notebook
• BuzzFeed In 2020
• The rise of the personal brand: how selling out became cool in the 2010s
• Kudos, leaderboards, QOMs: how fitness app Strava became a religion
• The Man Who’s Spending $1 Billion to Own Every Pop Song

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• I don’t deserve friends as good as mine
• How to Pronounce Frappuccino
• StormCiara LIVE From London Heathrow
• Super Humman stunt video compilation
• Little Girl Tastes Lemon Juice And Thinks She Likes It — Until She Realizes Her Mistake
• Hollywood’s Most Infamous Director: Who the Hell Is Alan Smithee?

Things to look at/read:

• Coronavirus causing major shortage of NHL sticks
• This Man Has Become The First Person With HIV To Fly A Commercial Plane
• People Are Finding Images Of Their Deceased Loved Ones On Google Maps

Animal corner:

• Zookeeper’s Talk Descends Into Chaos When A Pissed Off Koala Comes After Him
• Kitty Scares Off Coyote Pack
• I could be wrong but I think the squirrel sliding down a greasy pole video is even funnier when reversed and set to Westlife

Tweets of the week:

• This review is the creepiest horror story I have ever read.
• Bong Joon-ho did 100% what any of us would do if we won more than one Oscar: he made them make out
• Strong “chose his own nickname” vibes
• this is canon
• The way this silo collapses
• It’s really remarkable how this single photo explains all of American Politics in 2020
• Pokémon go die in a tornado
• Bins free, as free as the wind blows…

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• Weightlifting put sport on steroids — now ex-users can play their part in the clean-up
• Everything You Don’t Know About Chocolate
• Bring up the bodies: the retired couple who find drowning victims
• The Midlife Crisis of the American Restaurant Review
• The Art of Racing Pigeons

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