I’m slowly getting into Semiology of Graphics. It’s a special kind of read, because I know that a lot of the ideas I employ already are derived from this book, but I’ve never read it directly.
Winter is Coming (Probably) Soon. Something that everyone in the tech industry likely nervously read this month. The connection between general interest rates and a specific industry - and thinking about where that industry lies in the economy - is something new to me. Bad Notes on Venture Capital is less of an intro and I’m embarrassed not to follow a lot of it.
What We Talk About When We Talk About What We Talk About When We Talk About Making: it seems like everyone read this this month, and it really is quite good. Though I hadn’t read anything from Tim Maly prior, the style feels familiar, in a good way, to some other folks I admire. That said, I think I’ve realized why I don’t always like reading this type of article, because I can’t find the intended mood or actions or whatever thoughtpieces should invoke. On a similar level of micro/macro technology social thinking is a preliminary atlas of gizmo landscapes.
Zoe Quinn’s Depression Quest: #gamergate loomed large in the public consciousness this month, and I followed Zoe’s twitter with interest. There are lots of directions - understanding the way the media talks about 4chan and the difference between the ‘underbelly of the internet’ and the, usual internet. Or about what isn’t the underbelly of the internet: what separates Facebook and 4chan?
