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February 29 · Issue #2 · View online
Hi friend! I'm looking forward to sharing all sorts of awesome tidbits from the lands of #Mobile, #Marketing, #Strategy, #Privacy, #VR, #UX, #ProductManagement and #LeanProduct!
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We made it to number two! Glad to see you opening this thing up again. This week we’ve got Etan Cohen from Idiocracy lamenting how his film has proven to be a prophetic documentary vs a smart parody, serious notes on the Apple vs FBI #privacy debate and a strong argument against any attempts to juice your way to happiness. Please, please, PLEASE hit that Reply button and give me some feedback. Then, hit the Forward button an send to some friends that would enjoy getting the weekly highlight reel! I APPRECIATE YOU!
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Juicing Is Bad for You and the Earth - The Daily Beast
Pulverizing food until all the nutrients have been squeezed out is a dangerous fad. There’s a reason we’ve been cooking what we eat for several thousand years.
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Why Do We Teach Girls That It’s Cute to Be Scared? - The New York Times
Stop telling your daughters to be careful all the time. Let them face their fears.
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Why Young College Grads Returned to American Downtowns in the 2000s - CityLab
Millennials, housing costs, and shorter commutes are the usual explanations. But a careful new study points to another reason young college grads returned downtown in the 2000s.
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'Idiocracy' Writer Says Satirical Film About Dumbed-Down America Has Become A 'Documentary'
“I thought the worst thing that would come true was everyone wearing Crocs,” said Etan Cohen.
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You Can Now Get a College Minor in Drone Aviation
Dowling College School of Aviation’s new drone aviation course prepares pilots to get a job piloting the vehicles.
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Free Range Kids: Get off your high horse, dude!
If only there was a law preventing parents from making rational decisions about how to raise their beloved kids!
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Video: I Dared Two Elite Hackers to Ruin My Life
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The US government is playing with fire in the FBI's privacy fight with Apple - Quartz
The fight between Apple and the FBI over iPhone security has turned nasty and dangerous. Especially for the US government’s credibility. Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. In an April 5th, 1887 letter to archbishop Mandell Creighton, Lord Acton coined words that were to be widely quoted–and too often forgotten when inconvenient [as always, edits and…
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Twitter Introduces New Customer Service via DM Option and Feedback Tools | Social Media Today
Twitter’s introduced some interesting new customer service additions, including the ability to direct tweets to direct messages and a new customer feedback system to monitor performance.
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Netflix’s Deals for Movie Rights to Foreign Films Impacts Global Biz | Variety
Netflix’s deals for global movie rights on foreign-language films is causing repercussions across the international entertainment business.
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PBS announces free streaming service for kids, with interactive games | Current.org
Embedded interactive games will allow kids to switch between a program and a related educational activity.
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Blur moving objects in your YouTube video with the new Custom blurring tool on YouTube
This is pretty killer technology for it to be offered right inside of a consumer social network like this!
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Mobile VR Tsunami on the Horizon: Prepare Yourselves!
You’re going to need a big ol’ pile of cash if you want to get into high-end virtual reality on the PC, but that is creating an opportunity for Samsung and Google to sweep up entry-level consumers.
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The National Portrait Gallery now has a painting of Frank Underwood | The Verge
Kevin Spacey’s Frank Underwood is only the fictional president in Netflix’s House of Cards, but it increasingly feels like the pretend politician is bleeding through into the real world. Spacey…
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