“Eye of the Tiger” played on a modified dot matrix printer | Colossal
How we make gods | Nautilus
Taking lessons from the rise and fall of divinity in online games | 15 min read
How Facebook’s news feed algorithm works | The Federalist
Here’s a hint: it rewards ad purchases | 15 min read
How we can fix online video advertising’s weakest links | TNW
The content is finally great, the audience is already here. 2014 might just be the year in which online video advertising evolves into what it should have been from the very beginning | 8 min read
Management consultants vs. creative agencies | Peter J Thomson
Does the future hold room for both? | 10 min read
In sync | The Guardian
We still don’t know if infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters can produce the complete works of Shakespeare. But after two weeks of anarchy, it appears tens of thousands of people collectively controlling a single Game Boy can beat a famous game | 8 min read
Your memory rewrites the past and edits it with new experiences | The Independent
How memory reframes and edits events to create a story to fit your current world | 4 min read
Facebook’s identity crisis | Slate
User identity was the key to Facebook’s global domination–until it wasn’t | 4 min read
The dark psychology of being a good comedian | The Atlantic
New research shows that the best humour is both a little bit wrong and a little bit right. Is there something about comedians that makes them better at subversion? | 15 min read
How Medium took calculated design risks–and won | Co.Labs
“Going to Medium, the team didn’t know what it was going to be but we knew whatever we created, it had to be different, and a step forward” | 8 min read
The Periodic Table of storytelling | Co.Labs
All your tropes in one place | 20 min read
Management consultants vs. creative agencies | Peter J Thomson
Does the future hold room for both? | 10 min read
How Netflix reinvented HR | HBR
The 127 page PowerPoint on HR practices that Sheryl Sandberg has called one of the most important documents ever to come out of Silicon Valley | 10 min read
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival launches Australia’s first-ever iBeacon campaign via DT & Ogilvy | Campaign Brief
Venues across the city are set to utilise the cutting-edge technology to encourage festival goers to explore the festival | 8 min read
17k LED lights, brought to life by tweets of hope | I.D.
Check out this beautiful piece by Designworks for Vivid Sydney