We Love the Internet 2022/31: The History of user interfaces edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• Video Game Streaming Is Still Struggling to Keep the Classics Alive
• TikTok’s Latest Cringe Trend: Gen Z Critiques Their Former Selves
• Behind the Cancellation of ‘Batgirl’
• Will Alex Jones finally lose the info war?

Reference points:

• The history of user interfaces
• Notable people
• DALL-e meets Marinetti
• The 50 Greatest Fictional Deaths of All Time
• Platformer Toolkit

Longer reads:

• Very online
• The Great Fiction of AI
• The Metaverse Will Reshape Our Lives. Let’s Make Sure It’s for the Better

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Adidas vs Puma — The Family Argument That Gave Rise to Sports Marketing
• Why brands are abandoning their colors
• Miriam Hamberg wins Norway’s 2019 Death Diving Championship, a breakdown

Things to look at/read:

• Teens are rewriting what is possible in the world of competitive Tetris

Animal corner:

• If Cats Sounded Like Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Monkey hired to carry towels for tennis players resigns on first day of work!
• This is what happens when you happen to have a corgi, a watermelon, and a diy queen best friend
• You asked so here it is

Tweets of the week:

• Easily the greatest paragraph in the history of the English language
• London zoo not pissing around
• Me leaving Warner Bros Studios with ‘Batgirl’ in a hard drive up my ass

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• The haves and the have yachts

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