We Love the Internet 2020/37: The Nelson travels to Midnight City edition
2 min readSep 11, 2020
Part 1: For the day job
Things to think about:
- How to Make It as a Paparazzo in a Pandemic? Focus on Influencers
- Media 2020: Rise of the Renaissance Creator
- Black storytellers are using horror to battle hate
- Why a Slack Backlash Is Inevitable
- Escape the echo chamber
- Why The Hollywood Reporter Is Changing Its TV Ratings Coverage
- Netflix’s Reed Hastings Conquered Hollywood With a PowerPoint Presentation
Reference points:
- How to ensure your video creative is driving performance
- Emma Willard’s Maps of Time
- Here are the greatest novels ever written about every sport.
- Optimal Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches
Longer reads:
- Has Rotten Tomatoes Ever Truly Mattered?
- My Instagram
- The Inside Story Of Robinhood’s Billionaire Founders, Option Kid Cowboys And The Wall Street Sharks That Feed On Them
- Tencent: The Ultimate Outsider
- Why People Can’t Stand Tech Journalists: An Interview With Casey Newton
- The Conscience of Silicon Valley
Part 2: For the lunch-break
Things to play with/watch/listen to:
- Nelson Travels to Midnight City
- Léa Kyle performs an insane quick change act
- Peel, Pucker, Pinch, or Puncture? Coffee Lids, Explored
- The Collapse of Bon Appetit
- Spraying a Car in the WORLD’S BRIGHTEST Glow in the Dark Pigments
Things to look at/read:
- Toward a queer Disney canon
- New bus trip will take you from Delhi to London in 70 days
- The College Experience Myth Is Unrealistic, Puts Pressure on Students
Animal corner:
- Watch These Golden Retriever Puppies Be Transfixed By A Talking Stuffed Dragon Telling A Story
- for everyone who says “wouldn’t this be scary at night”… confirmed
- He’s doing yoga.
- Thinking about this cat that caught her man cheating
- Listening and following directions is important my mom says! I love bath time!
- she was falling asleep on jordan so i started filming her WHO KNEW she was gonna do the damn grinch smile then start gagging
- Haven’t seen my boy in about a week, you could say he was excited
- Who else thinks Zain nailed this challenge?
Tweets of the week:
- Ladies, we have a winner
- You know what’s been living in my head rent free all day? This cartoon
- WAP stands for:
- I refuse to believe this aubergine that arrived in my veg box was about to be thrown away; I would pay premium prices for this
- Julio Iglesias with Kentucky fried chicken, red wine, and tortilla de patatas in a private jet, c.1986
- Making a reservation at Olive Garden when the vaccine drops
Part 3: For the weekend
Longer reads:
- Loving the alien
- The inside story of the £8m heist from the Carnegie Library
- The tyranny of chairs: why we need better design
- A heist on time and a half: Inside the most corrupt police squad in the nation
- “I’m Going To Be Honest With You,” The Grandfather Told Police. “I Killed A Lot.”
- Click Here to Kill