[Survivorship bias: why 90% of the advice about writing is bullshit right now | Tobias Buckell Online](http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2013/05/27/survivorship-bias-why-90-of-the-advice-about-writing-is-bullshit-right-now/)
“the self assured expertise of anecdotes drives me nuts”
tags: [ebooks](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/ebooks) [marketing](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/marketing) [economics](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/economics) [critique](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/critique)
[2013 Internet Trends — Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers](http://www.kpcb.com/insights/2013-internet-trends)
“The latest edition of the annual Internet Trends report finds continued robust online growth.”
tags: [internet](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/internet) [trends](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/trends) [demographics](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/demographics)
[Five Undercover Police Cars Sent To Arrest Single Alleged Movie Pirate | TorrentFreak](http://torrentfreak.com/five-undercover-police-cars-sent-to-arrest-single-alleged-movie-pirate-130525/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)
“What remains remarkable about FACT operations is how they are able to persuade the police to invest significant resources towards detaining individuals for non-violent crimes.”
tags: [police](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/police) [copyright](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/copyright) [piracy](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/piracy) [law](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/law) [abuse](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/abuse) [fact](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/fact)
[‘If You Can Get To Buffalo: An Exploration of a Rape in Cyberspace’ at Acme Corporation by Amanda Gunther | DCMTA](http://www.dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2013/05/23/if-you-can-get-to-buffalo-an-exploration-of-a-rape-in-cyberspace-by-amanda-gunther2/)
“A deep topically relevant exploration of this cyber drama comes to light as The Acme Corporation presents If You Can Get To Buffalo: An Exploration of a Rape in Cyberspace by Julian Dibbell, a new work by Trish Harnetiaux.”
tags: [lambdamoo](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/lambdamoo) [play](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/play) [review](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/review)
[svg.js - A lightweight JavaScript library for manipulating and animating svg](http://svgjs.com)
“A lightweight library for manipulating and animating SVG.”
tags: [svg](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/svg) [javascript](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/javascript) [library](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/library)
[Jackson Pollock’s ‘One - Number 31, 1950’ Restored by MoMA - NYTimes.com](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/28/arts/design/jackson-pollocks-one-number-31-1950-restored-by-moma.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0)
“That meant they were added after 1962,” Mr. Coddington said. “And since Pollock died in 1956, those photographs confirmed they were put there after his death.”
tags: [pollock](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/pollock) [authenticity](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/authenticity) [aesthetics](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/aesthetics) [restoration](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/restoration)
[Me and Sad Keanu: A 3D-Printing Story - Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/13/05/me-and-sad-keanu-a-3dprinting-story/276256/)
“a meme materialized”
tags: [3d-printing](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/3d-printing) [memes](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/memes) [keanu-reeves](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/keanu-reeves) [keanu](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/keanu)
[TRUSTAFARIANS OF THE BELLE ÉPOQUE | CAREER SUICIDE](http://careersuicideblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/trustafarians-of-the-belle-epoque/#more-1760)
“here’s just a few of the famous artists who conducted art as a full time hobby” with added photoshops.
tags: [trustafarians](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/trustafarians) [artists](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/artists) [satire](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/satire) [hahahahahahaha](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/hahahahahahaha)
[Facebook agrees to block sexual assault 'humor' - NBC News.com](http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/facebook-agrees-block-sexual-assault-humor-6C10094982)
“Facebook is changing its policy on “humorous” posts and images that make light of rape and violence against women, following pressure from activists and advertisers.”
tags: [facebook](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/facebook) [censorship](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/censorship) [inconsistency](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/inconsistency) [boycott](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/boycott) [rape](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/rape)
[BSA Study Demonstrates Open Source's Economic Advantage - Open Enterprise](http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/05/bsa-study-demonstrates-open-sources-economic-advantage/index.htm)
“the fundamental premise of the latest BSA study - that licensed proprietary software is better in many ways than pirated copies - actually applies to open source software even more strongly”
tags: [bsa](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/bsa) [free-software](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/free-software) [economics](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/economics)
[Google defends its use of proprietary tech in Hangouts | TechHive](http://www.techhive.com/article/2039820/google-weak-xmpp-support-capabilities-led-us-to-proprietary-tech-in-hangouts.html)
“Google is feeling the heat over its decision to build its new Hangouts IM and audio/video chat product with proprietary technology”
tags: [google](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/google) [hangouts](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/hangouts) [free-software](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/free-software) [proprietary](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/proprietary)
[New World Notes: Anita Sarkeesian's Tropes vs Women in Video Games Is Back With More On That Oh-So-Irritating Damsel Trope](http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2013/05/tropes-vs-women-2.html)
“Anita Sarkeesian’s Tropes vs Women in Video Games Is Back With More On That Oh-So-Irritating Damsel Trope”
tags: [video-games](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/video-games) [critique](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/critique) [feminism](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/feminism)
[A Terrifying, Fascinating Timelapse of 30 Years of Human Impact on Earth - Emily Badger - The Atlantic Cities](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/05/terrifying-fascinating-timelapse-30-years-human-impact-earth-gifs/5540/)
“a few of the GIFs Google has created showing some of the most startling pockets of change”
tags: [timelapse](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/timelapse) [maps](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/maps) [map](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/map) [climate-change](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/climate-change)
[Beneath the Fold: The Twisted Tale of Origami v. Sarah Morris | GalleristNY](http://galleristny.com/2013/05/beneath-the-fold-the-twisted-tale-of-origami-v-sarah-morris/)
“Ms. Morris did say that a friend pointed out to her that a group of origami zealots suing an artist was just about “the ‘least zen’ thing he’d ever heard.””
tags: [art](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/art) [fair-use](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/fair-use) [sarah-morris](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/sarah-morris) [origami](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/origami) [free-culture](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/free-culture)
[Where Looks Don’t Matter and Only the Best Writers Get Laid | The Cluster Mag](http://theclustermag.com/2013/05/feminism-and-other-unfulfilled-promises-of-the-text-based-internet/)
“How the feminist internet utopia failed, and we ended up with speculative realism”
tags: [cyberculture](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/cyberculture) [feminism](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/feminism) [ooo](https://www.diigo.com/user/yarrel/ooo)