Commonplace Reading #1

Some great reading from the interwebs. Why "Commonplace Reading"? Well, think of this as a digital equivalent of a commonplace book.

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Journalism

Audience engagement and newsroom attitudes

Essential journalism read of the week, I think.

What Social Media “Experts” Are Doing Wrong

The people who are running social media for the rest of us, exposed. Sort of.

Anywhere but Medium

Dave Winer makes the case for publishing anywhere on the open web - bar Medium. Because he thinks they're a threat

Jilted bride left at the altar quits her job, sells her house, travels the world and writes a book

Blogging is dead. Apart from all the book deals and stuff.

Tech

Mr. (Swipe) Right?

Fascinating profile of the Rad man at the top of Tinder. (It's a dating app for the young people, don't you know?)

The other side of paradise

A brutal picture of life in start-up land for both the stars and the merely good of the coding world.

Adobe Voice Video Creation App Launches on iPhone

This looks like a cool, fun toy.

Why do people keep coming to this couple’s home looking for lost phones?

An utterly bizarre - and unexplained - story.

Culture

Farewell Friends Reunited – the site that offered time travel and sexual infidelity

I'd completly forgotten the "have an affair with your school sweetheart" aspect of Friends Reunited.

Intelligent people are more easily distracted at work, study claims

It's my excuse, at least.

The tube at a standstill: why TfL stopped people walking up the escalators

Plus it stops that horrible moment when you realise that the escalator is longer than you expected when you started walking, and you have to push in for a rest.

Moving with the reindeer in the winter.

Relax and enjoy - reindeer migrations viewed from the air are strangely compelling.

Endpiece

Hope you enjoyed that. If you have feedback - just hit reply. Otherwise, expect more carefully-selected nuggets next week…