Eric Barker
How To Stop Being Lazy And Get More Done
9 min · · How do we get motivated? The latest research has secrets that can help us get going and get things done even when we don't feel like it... · Shared by 1837, including Andrei Luca, Jonathan Kogan, Chris Guselle, Katja Evertz, Hannah Morgan, vedant yogesh
matthewball.vc
The Metaverse: What It Is, Where to Find it, Who Will Build It, and Fortnite
20+ min · · There’s a reason every Big Tech CEO has a well-worn copy of “Snow Crash” in their office. · Shared by 1032, including Casey Newton, Chris Messina, Kevin Kelly, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Chris Brogan/Chief of Staff, Katja Evertz, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Hugo Amsellem, yeon, Kent Bye (Voices of VR), Bill Johnston, sircharlsxavier, Sumomi, Elena Neira, Phillip Murphy, Jonathan Kogan, Linda Liukas, simon-zaugg
The New York Times
Welcome to the YOLO Economy
Summary · 7 min · · Burned out and flush with savings, some workers are quitting stable jobs in search of postpandemic adventure. · Shared by 738, including Howard Getson, Jordi Serrano, Jess Tyson (she/her), Heather Zynczak, ⭐️Danielle Guzman ⭐️, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, Jennifer McClure, Anita Zielina, Edney Souza 🧙♂️, BenYT, Steve Case, Brooks Rainwater, Lauren Young, Alexia Bonatsos, John Schwartz, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Christopher Mims 🤌, Kevin Roose, Kyle Chayka, Esther Schindler
The Verge
The next big social network trend? Shortform audio
5 min · · Voice notes with viral dreams · Shared by 619, including Tactical Tech, Chad Underwood, Wilko S. Wolters, Matthew Guay, Matt Navarra, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Katja Evertz, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Jonathan Kogan, Jean-Patrick, Nicolas Dengler
The Verge
A teenager on TikTok disrupted thousands of scientific studies with a single video
5 min · · One TikTok created a mystery for some scientific surveys. · Shared by 575, including Daniel Kraft, MD, John Nosta, Thomas Pleil, Stef Walter, Ines Bieler, Katja Evertz, Gabriele, Matt Navarra, Mathew Ingram, Berci Meskó, MD, PhD, anildash.com, Jonathan Kogan, Digg, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, George M 🇪🇺, Akvile DeFazio, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after
Psychology Today
The Impact of Social Media on Body Image, Eating, and Health
5 min · · Emerging research suggests social media may be more harmful than we realize. · Shared by 572, including Jonathan Kogan
BuzzFeed News
Man Who Built The Retweet: “We Handed A Loaded Weapon To 4-Year-Olds”
8 min · · The button that ruined the internet — and how to fix it. · Shared by 399, including Miles Kimball, Guy Kawasaki, Bjorn Larsen, Josep M. Ganyet, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Matt Navarra, Luis Roig | @darum@indieweb.social, ...und meine Frau ist auch Elon Musk!, Design Shack, Liliane Ferrari ™, Gabriele, Tomio Geron, Chris Messina, Mathew Ingram, Amber Mac, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Jonathan Kogan, Ines Bieler, Noah Smith, Howard Getson
The New York Times
For Creators, Everything is for Sale
7 min · · Digital stars are coming up with new ways to make money. Yet fans still hold the power. · Shared by 384, including Paul Kedrosky, Arielle Pardes, Michael (मुकेश), Robert Rose, Akilah Hughes, Bethany Brookshire, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Jeremiah Owyang, Stacey Higginbotham, BenYT, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis, Kelsey Jones, Cade Metz, kate wagner (rilke era), Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (offline, on parental leave), David Weigel, Matt Navarra, Mathew Ingram, Thomas Power
a16z
1,000 True Fans? Try 100
9 min · · In 2008, WIRED editor Kevin Kelly wrote that creators only needed to earn "1,000 True Fans"—at $100 per fan, per year—to make a living. I propose an update. · Shared by 381, including Dave Kemp, Jonathan Kogan, Tiago Forte, Dave McClure, Kevin Kelly, Jo Gifford 🙋🏻♀️😄, Li Jin, Simon Carless, Dominik Grolimund, Richard MacManus, Sachin Rekhi, Kyle Lacy, Bill Slawski ⚓ 🇺🇦, Mark Little, Mathew Ingram, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Lord Travis Wright, Chris Messina, Taylor Pearson, Tara McMullin
The New York Times
Aaron Sorkin: An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg
4 min · · Facebook isn’t defending free speech, it’s assaulting truth. · Shared by 282, including Jeff Atwood, Delip Rao e/σ, Paul Roetzer, @augieray@mastodon.social, Scott Galloway, Tiffany Shlain, Joe Chernov, Mathew Ingram, Antonio Vieira Santos, Randy Deutsch, Tim O'Reilly, Kyle Lacy, Jason Stanley, Prof Michael E. Mann, Scott McLeod, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, DHH, Hiroko Tabuchi, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, Rand Fishkin
WIRED
Software Is Reorganizing the World
11+ min · · When cloud formations take physical shape, neither their scale nor duration has an upper bound: We may begin to see cloud towns, then cloud cities, and ultimately cloud countries. At first this sounds… · Shared by 268, including Dominik Grolimund, Shervin 🚀 ∞ 🚄, Tauno, Thomas Power, Ryan Boren, Alain, Bertrand Maltaverne, Vala Afshar, Ted Rubin, Balaji, Ser Jeff Garzik, Jonathan Kogan, Luzius Meisser, Leslie D, Minh Do, Pippa Malmgren, Werner Vogels, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Florian Hanke 🍎, Ryan Hoover
jonstokes.com
How the blockchain will break up Big Tech
Summary · 11+ min · · The Big Tech trust-busting conversation has a shelf-life. · Shared by 263, including Thomas Power, Christo Meid, getAbstract, Jonathan Kogan
The New York Times
Why We’re Freaking Out About Substack
9 min · · A company that makes it easy to charge for newsletters has captivated an anxious industry because it embodies larger forces and contradictions. · Shared by 253, including Eli Pariser | @elipariser@mastodon.social, Nancy, Mathew Ingram, Kara Swisher, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (offline, on parental leave), Ezra Klein, John Schwartz, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Brian Clark 🤙, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, Kelsey D. Atherton, now available on Bluesky, Kainaz Amaria, Hunter Walker, Virginia Hughes, 👨🏻💻☕️, Maury Brown, Deborah Blum, Kyle Chayka, Nathan Baschez 📧, BenYT
VICE
The Rise of the Millionaire LinkedIn Influencer
11+ min · · To some, LinkedIn's try-hard nature has become a perfect example of the worst of corporate culture. But the site's influencers say the joke's on everyone else, as they pull in big money with ease.… · Shared by 240, including Matt Navarra, Mark Kaigwa, Sujan Patel, Jessica Gioglio, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy, Minda Harts, Jonathan Kogan, Stephanie A Kowalski
TechCrunch
A huge database of Facebook users’ phone numbers found online
2 min · · Hundreds of millions of phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts have been found online. The exposed server contained more than 419 million records over several databases on users across geographies,… · Shared by 219, including Richard Gutjahr, Jonathan Kogan, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, MΛRC VIDΛL, Brian Solis, Bjorn Larsen, Privacy Matters, Katja Evertz, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Thomas Fuchs , John Nosta, Charles Baldwin, DHH, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Matt Navarra, Troy Hunt, Builtvisible
Stratechery
Microsoft and the Metaverse
12+ min · · Defining the Metaverse, and explaining why Microsoft is well-placed for the virtual reality opportunity · Shared by 218, including Damir Kusar, Peter Herger, Jonathan Kogan, Bill Johnston, Scott Monty, Katja Evertz, Ben Thompson, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Scott Brinker