I just submitted twitterlag to meriam-webster
twitterlag
(noun) : a condition that is characterized by various psychological effects (as feeling in a different time zone), occurs when one on Twitter follows a group of people in a single different time zone than they are.
Biz Stone on Twitter and Activism
Responding to Malcolm Gladwell, the co-founder and Creative Director of Twitter discusses how social media can affect real change.
People who lived through this time repeatedly referred to feeling a “fever” to participate. Gladwell says this fever is better described as “a military campaign,” adding that “Martin Luther King, Jr., was the unquestioned authority.” Gladwell tells us that, “the center of the movement was the black church,” and makes a strong argument that the status quo can only be truly challenged and changed by a hierarchical, militarily-like organization. Gladwell is wrong. Big change can come in small packages too.
Read the full essay here.
Gladwell’s original essay, “Small Change,” is available here.
Interesting - Twitter’s new interface (dubbed #newtwitter) is allegedly derived from and integrates the Golden Ratio.
To anyone curious about #NewTwitter proportions, know that we didn’t leave those ratios to chance.
This, of course, only applies to the narrowest version of the UI. If your browser window is wider, your details pane will expand to provide greater utility, throwing off these proportions. But the narrowest width shows where we started, ratio-wise.
About the Golden Ratio, from Wikipedia:
In mathematics and the arts, two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio of the sum of the quantities to the larger quantity is equal tothe ratio of the larger quantity to the smaller one. The golden ratio is an irrational mathematical constant, approximately 1.6180339887 … At least since the Renaissance, many artists and architects have proportioned their works to approximate the golden ratio—especially in the form of the golden rectangle, in which the ratio of the longer side to the shorter is the golden ratio—believing this proportion to be aesthetically pleasing. Mathematicians have studied the golden ratio because of its unique and interesting properties.
(via katyzack)
i wish pee wee and i were friends in real life so we could tequila dance into the sunset
A friend just sent me this photo of Pee-Wee and Regis. And I smiled huuge.
shut it down, folks. Internet’s done.
Does anyone understand this video? Good song but Kanye, what is this?
