Noah Mittman

Web professional since '96; Technologist; UX and IxD; Survivor of the era of Internet Optimism; I wish all the bunk MCs turn to fish.

Noah Mittman
flipped into Sequential Issues
Martin Short
‘Look at Me Like a Human Boy!’
vulture.com - By Rob Turbovsky
An oral history of Clifford, the 1994 cult comedy about a deranged little boy played by Martin Short. This article was featured in One Great Story, New …
1 day ago
Noah Mittman
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Memorials to Those We Have Lost to Parenting
mcsweeneys.net - by Rachel Mans McKenny
KING, LEANNE, 35, lost her long battle with seven years of poor sleep. Despite Dr. Ferber’s attempted intervention, she took her last breaths at work …
Jun 28, 2019
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Generation X
Douglas Coupland on Generation X at 30: ‘Generational trashing is eternal’
The Guardian - Douglas Coupland
I’m 59 and a half years old – and these days I no longer feel that I identify as a human being. I’ve turned into an app. I’m a filter for words. I filter the ways I experience the world. How you identify...
Jun 19
Noah Mittman
flipped into The Next Art
Gaming Industry
Ico: exploring the architecture that makes it an enduring classic — Wireframe Magazine
raspberrypi.org - Ryan Lambie
Nevertheless, Ico still has it where it counts: its story, of a young boy left to die in a mysterious castle, his attempts to escape its spooky …
1 day ago
Noah Mittman
flipped into O'RLY
Florida
Florida man washes ashore after trying to ‘walk’ to New York in bubble device
Guardian US - Adam Gabbatt
A Florida man startled beachgoers when he washed ashore inside a hybrid bubble-running wheel device. The man, identified by a local news channel as Reza Baluchi, washed ashore in Flagler county on the...
1 day ago
Noah Mittman
flipped into The Next Art
Video Games
Impossible Steam Achievement Has A Great Story
Kotaku - Ash Parrish
An unobtainable achievement in the game Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, which is out on every major console and PC, is confounding achievement …
1 day ago
Noah Mittman
flipped into The Inch Today
"'He'll say stuff like this straight to my face whenever he's drinking: ‘You're a real piece of work to be able to sit here and act like nothing ever happened if it wasn't a hoax. Shame on you for bei …
QAnon Conspiracy Theory
I’m a Parkland Shooting Survivor. QAnon Convinced My Dad It Was All a Hoax.
VICE - David Gilbert
2 days ago
Noah Mittman
flipped into Everything Everywhere
PS Vita
The PlayStation Vita's Legacy Is More Important Than Its Sales Numbers
IGN - Colin Campbell
The failed PlayStation handheld did more to connect small devs with consoles than anything that had gone before it. PlayStation Vita turns ten this …
Jun 29
Noah Mittman
flipped into Sequential Issues
Texas
Thirty Years After ‘Slacker,’ the Film Is an Austin Time Capsule—And a Hopeful Tribute to Its Spirit
texasmonthly.com - Sean O'Neal
Director Richard Linklater kicked off the thirtieth-anniversary screening of his debut, Slacker, by welcoming members of the film’s cast and crew to …
Jul 20
Noah Mittman
flipped into Mittmania
Capitalism
Nobody Wants to Be a Serf Anymore
mcsweeneys.net - by Andrew Singleton
“Job openings are at record highs. Why aren’t Americans filling them?” — The Wall Street Journal, 7/9/21 My good lords, I must bring to your attention …
Jul 13
Noah Mittman
flipped into The Next Art
Gaming
Playdate preview: You won’t believe how fun this dorky, $179 game system is
Ars Technica - Sam Machkovech
Preorders start July 29 for this $179 Game Boy-like delight—which we've tested for weeks. Lately, I find myself reminiscing about the era when digital …
6 days ago
Noah Mittman
flipped into The Inch Today
Fraud
I Tried to Make Claims About Election Fraud So Preposterous Trump Fans Wouldn’t Believe Me. It Was Impossible.
The Intercept - Jon Schwarz
The most beautiful and most terrifying Twitter experience of my life — one that made me laugh so hard I got hiccups, while also convincing me that …
Jul 21