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ASMR as a Platform

ASMR as a Platform

Today’s newsletter topic comes from Kevin Barrett, a senior software engineer at Postlight. In a post here on Track Changes he wrote about…
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Paul Ford2 days ago
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Laughter Doesn’t Scale

Laughter Doesn’t Scale

It’s April Fools’ Day on the Internet! Once, years ago, this was a fun day when people made stupid, nerdy jokes. Take, for example, “A…
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Paul FordApr 1
Commenting on leaks

Commenting on leaks

Have you heard about the Panama Papers? Or seen the Panama Papers website? Or seen the #panamapapers hashtag? Or read the story about how…
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Paul Ford4 days ago
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A Strange Mental Resonance

A Strange Mental Resonance

Ease on your Sennheisers as I sidle up to this binaural microphone: it’s time to talk about ASMR. ASMR is a silly medicalish retronym that…
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Kevin Barrett2 days ago
Podcast #7: The Man Who Killed Clippy, Part 2

Podcast #7: The Man Who Killed Clippy, Part 2

We finish our conversation with Dean Hachamovitch, and while we start out making fun of Clippy, we end up discussing conversational…
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Paul Ford5 days ago
Bots won’t stop

Bots won’t stop

We were wrong — Microsoft did not kill Clippy, but rather has kept him alive all these years in suspended animation, like Snow White…
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Paul FordMar 31
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The $.99 store of apps

The $.99 store of apps

I (this is Rich) had a conversation not long ago like this:
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Rich ZiadeMar 30
Podcast #6: The Man Who Killed Clippy, Part 1

Podcast #6: The Man Who Killed Clippy, Part 1

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Paul FordMar 28
The new silent films

The new silent films

It’s an odd new phenomena that just sort of happened to everyone’s Facebook feed. Facebook set the stage: as you scroll through your feed…
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Rich ZiadeMar 28
Tay, this week's “It” bot

Tay, this week's “It” bot

It’s been a big time for bots, as readers of this newsletter know. They’re in our Twitter and our Slacks. Never one to lag too far behind…
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Paul FordMar 25
Lessons learned: Ember to React

Lessons learned: Ember to React

Aaron Ortbals is a Senior Engineer at Postlight who recently wrote a very interesting essay about learning React.
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Paul FordMar 23
You don’t have to choose one tool: Lessons learned moving from Ember to React

You don’t have to choose one tool: Lessons learned moving from Ember to React

In 2013, I started exploring Ember.js as a way to build robust Javascript applications. Having done a lot of Rails work, the core…
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Aaron OrtbalsMar 22
Podcast #5: Add Me to Your Professional Network

Podcast #5: Add Me to Your Professional Network

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Paul FordMar 22
Some (other) interesting newsletters

Some (other) interesting newsletters

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Paul FordMar 21
Technology in distress

Technology in distress

A small collection of interesting images.
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Paul FordMar 18
Interfaces over time

Interfaces over time

On Tuesday night at our Postlight session Dean Hachamovitch talked about his decades building software like MSWord and Internet Explorer…
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Paul FordMar 17
How we used React to build GIF Battle

How we used React to build GIF Battle

Postlight spends a lot of time chatting and sharing links, and in particular we share a ton of animated GIFs throughout the course of the…
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Jeremy MackFeb 5
Track Changes Podcast #4: Anil Dash, Entrepreneur to Activist

Track Changes Podcast #4: Anil Dash, Entrepreneur to Activist

Paul and Rich talk to entrepreneur-turned-activist Anil Dash about the early days of the web, access and inclusivity, and the ethical…
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Paul FordMar 15
The Life and Death of Clippy

The Life and Death of Clippy

Tomorrow night, at 6:30PM, Dean Hachamovitch will come by Postlight and talk about his work over several decades at Microsoft. You’re…
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Paul FordMar 14
Star Profile: Photos by Darrell Hanley

Star Profile: Photos by Darrell Hanley

Every two weeks at Postlight one employee is named “Star of the Week.” They are granted certain playlist and food-ordering privileges…
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Paul FordMar 11
I miss staging

I miss staging

Something important has gone missing from our magical multi-platform content distribution future
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Paul FordMar 10
Tracking down a cat GIF

Tracking down a cat GIF

I was struck by the level of detail in this amazing GIF of a cat destroying everything, forever:
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Paul FordMar 9
Track Changes Podcast #3: Make HTML Great Again

Track Changes Podcast #3: Make HTML Great Again

Which candidate has the best web platform? To find out, we viewed source. It’s Track Changes, the newsletter (and podcast) of Postlight for…
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Paul FordMar 8
Global App Madness

Global App Madness

Executive summary: App economies
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Paul FordMar 8
Track Changes Podcast #003: Make HTML Great Again (Transcript)

Track Changes Podcast #003: Make HTML Great Again (Transcript)

Paul Ford: Hi and welcome to Track Changes, the official podcast of the Postlight Agency. We’re a product shop in New York City. We build…
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Paul FordMar 8
Caricatures

Caricatures

Originally published at posts.postlight.com on March 3, 2016. Some nights I can’t sleep after a long day building digital platforms for…
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Paul FordMar 7
Fun Photoshop File Format Facts

Fun Photoshop File Format Facts

Originally published at posts.postlight.com on March 2, 2016. A typical computer file has some kind of format — a set of rules for how it…
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Paul FordMar 7
Track Changes: Apple vs. the FBI and Paul vs. Rich

Track Changes: Apple vs. the FBI and Paul vs. Rich

Originally published on posts.postlight.com on March 1, 2016. INSIDE: Our second podcast is here and it’s filled with the sound of people…
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Paul FordMar 7
Risks We Accept

Risks We Accept

Originally published on posts.postlight.com on Feb 28, 2016. Could a content management system help you avoid retractions? Welcome to the…
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Paul FordMar 7

Nine Fine Vines

Originally published on posts.postlight.com on Feb 24, 2016.
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Paul FordMar 7
Meet our new podcast, Track Changes

Meet our new podcast, Track Changes

Originally published on posts.postlight.com on February 24, 2016. PINSIDE: We’re launching a podcast, and this is the first one. Plus a…
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Paul FordMar 7
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