McElroy Flavelle

May 20

nice job, Flickr.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucking nice job, @flickr.
— Stewart Butterfield (@stewart) May 20, 2013

If you know the sad story of Stewart, Flickr and Yahoo this is awesome. Like a man who has found his long lost child.

May 13

An iPhone Jury-Rigged as a Microscope -

Researchers detected eggs of intestinal worms in stool samples with about 70 percent accuracy using an iPhone with an $8 lens attached.

May 09

And this is why you should learn to write code

Read Quote of Ryan Stout’s answer to Job Interviews: What’s the craziest thing you ever said (or did) at an interview and still got the job? on Quora

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May 06

(Source: whatgoesupthengoesdown, via av0nflame)

Remember

The kid with the pipe at harrison

What a family eats in a week.

(http://designtaxi.com/news/357367/Fascinating-Portraits-Of-What-Families-Around-The-World-Eat-In-A-Week/)

May 05

Brilliant - Challenging math problems and physics problems -

Another company I wish I had started. Apparently they are doing a great job of identifying some of the smartest kids in the world.

May 03

Fighting Gifs - Imgur -

so beautiful

Apr 27

VSRE: very short reply expected (netiquette) | blog.vrypan.net -

I would LOVE to see this widely adopted. This matters to the clan of the keyboard. via @anoop

Apr 26

By: Romain Jacquet-Lagreze

found here: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/romain-jacquet-lagreze-vertical-horizon

[video]

Apr 24

Puddle -

Create a line of credit on-the-fly with your friends.

I love that this is from the Kiva guys. Kiva is maybe my favourite company of the last 100 years. But don’t think I believe in this. Everyday a talented Nigerian craftswoman said “I wish I could borrow $25 bucks to get my business off the ground and be self sustaining. Same as Indian women, Congolese women and everybody else.

I on the other hand, I have never said, I wish I could borrow money from my friends.

Smart guys, already proved they can change the world- but the jury’s out on this one.

Apr 23

Why Twitter Worked

twitter was powerful because they didn’t tell you what it was- they just told you what it could do.

users decided what it actually was. and different groups of users made twitter their own thing.

the power was in the ambiguity- the malleability of the tool.

then, what if you added a +1 / -1 system to twitter. basically a simple currency of non-specific value.

a currency of user defined value.

(at least I suspect this significantly contributed to why twitter blew up)

Apr 21

Darkstalkers Postsr

Apr 20

Boa Constructor