Myspace previews its ground-up redesign, will send out invites to the new service ‘very soon’
My God. I can’t imagine signing up for Myspace again. That’d be a really weird full circle to make. But this video makes the new Myspace look pretty compelling.
Journalist Lucy Morgan with video camera and phone. 1985.
Along with the flowered shirt, this whole image is spectacular. Lucy Morgan is my new spirit animal.
(via thisistheverge)
Paul Miller on fulfillment and the internet.
Reddit and SenórGIF were a different type of binge. If an endless trip through Bob Dylan’s worst-received albums is “exploring,” Reddit is getting lost in the woods — you don’t know where you’re going, and the more you walk the more lost you are. You don’t know why you just read that page, you don’t think it was a good use of your time, but maybe if you read just one more page you’ll find fulfillment. It’s like you’re eating pistachios, and those pistachios are salty animated GIFs of corgi pratfalls, and you can’t stop.
“App-sessive Compulsive” by Jen Sorensen
This cartoon probably comes off as more curmudgeonly than I am in real life, since I’ve been a little app-sessive myself lately. I’m a fan of Evernote, which I use to jot down cartoon ideas or information while I’m on the go. Recently, Evernote released specialized apps for remembering meals and people you meet, both of which I would probably find cool and useful. But then I got to thinking: how much time do I really want to spend interrupting life in order to peck away at my phone? Can one no longer enjoy an immersive experience with a plate of Drunken Noodles without getting all meta-noodly?
Okay, maybe I’ll make a note if they’re really good. But down that path obsessive content creation lies.
Recently, note-taking and syncing app Evernote bought sketchbook app Penultimate, leading us to wonder what the new collaboration would be great for. The answer, Emonote.
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