Noah Mittman

Web professional since '96; Technologist; UX and IxD; Survivor of Browser War I & Browser War II; I wish the punk MCs would turn to fish.

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Streaming
Google Stadia is a Net Neutrality Nightmare
Variety - Trevor Ruben
At the Game Developers Conference (GDC) this year, Google announced that it has taken up the long and ever-lengthening dream of the video game …
The Simple Joy of “No Phones Allowed”
raptitude.com - David Cain
A few nights ago I saw Jack White in concert. It was a wonderful night, and a big part of that was due to a new rule he has imposed on all his tour …
I Cut The 'Big Five' Tech Giants From My Life. It Was Hell
gizmodo.com.au - Kashmir Hill
I needed A LOT of stuff to replace my usual tech giant devices (Photo: Myra Iqbal) A couple of months ago, I set out to answer the question of whether …
The Tunnel That Could Break New York
POLITICO - By MICHAEL GRUNWALD
How politics, and Donald Trump, turned America’s most important repair job into a $30 billion grudge match. Michael Grunwald is a senior staff writer for Politico Magazine. President Donald Trump was an
Nuclear Energy
The new, safer nuclear reactors that might help stop climate change
MIT Technology Review - Leigh Phillips
From sodium-cooled fission to advanced fusion, a fresh generation of projects hopes to rekindle trust in nuclear energy. BP might not be the first …
Technology
North Korea’s military has stolen more than half a billion dollars in cryptocurrency
MIT Technology Review - Mike Orcutt
A panel of experts has told the United Nations Security Council that North Korea stole more than half a billion dollars worth of cryptocurrency from …
- Colors that look and work great for everyone
color.review
We experience contrast differently in different colors. Because of how our eyes work, blue text on a white background will be much more easily read …
Apple
Apple announces new AirPods
TechCrunch - Jordan Crook
Apple has just announced the second-generation AirPods. The new AirPods are fitted with the H1 chip, which is meant to offer performance efficiencies, faster connect times between the pods and your devices,
Technology
Stadia is about the future of YouTube, not gaming
The Verge - Vlad Savov
Google’s starting a revolution just to keep things as they are Yesterday, Google announced plans for a new game-streaming service called Stadia. Besides the logo, the controller, and a single game — Doom
World News
The real reason the Trump administration is constantly losing in court
The Washington Post - By Fred Barbash, Deanna Paul
Federal judges have ruled against the Trump administration at least 63 times over the past two years, an extraordinary record of legal defeat that has stymied large parts of the president’s agenda on environment,
Oil
Forget Tesla, It's China's E-Buses That Are Denting Oil Demand
Bloomberg - Alaric Nightingale
The oil industry needn’t be too concerned -- for now -- about how Tesla Inc.’s electric cars are denting demand. China and its bus fleet could be …
The new auteurs of gaming
theoutline.com - Mac Schwerin
Blockbuster video games like ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ have gotten boring, but there’s never been a more diverse crop of engaging, budget-friendly …
Livestreaming
Livestreaming police surveillance video sparks privacy, racial profiling concerns
philly.com - Jonathan Lai
You never know who's watching. And in New Jersey's biggest city, that might be a problem. Newark has installed dozens of surveillance cameras around …
Technology
Stadia, Google’s gaming platform, changed the rules of the console wars
Polygon - Ben Kuchera
Suddenly the hardware on which you play games may not matter Google is finally taking gaming seriously, and a flood of news coming out of the company’s keynote at the 2019 Game Developers Conference is
Charts – Free Design System for Sketch
ls.graphics
92 charts (for web and mobile), text and color styles, resizing constraints, organized nested symbols in 3 color schemes. Free for your personal and …
A framework to give better design feedback: Analyze, Discuss, Suggest
yellowstroke.com - Budi Tanrim
Feedback is a gift. Feedback has a vital role in product development. Not only it can nurture the product, but it also could nurture the people who …
Technology
The Value of Inconvenient Design
medium.com - Jesse Weaver
In 1926, the last remaining wolves were killed in Yellowstone National Park. It was the outcome of a centuries-long campaign to rid North America of …
JavaScript
JavaScript Symbols: But Why?
medium.com
Thomas Hunter IIBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Mar 5 Symbols, the newest JavaScript primitive, bring a few benefits to the language and are particularly …
Technology
Myspace loses all content uploaded before 2016
The Guardian - Alex Hern
Myspace, the once mighty social network, has lost every single piece of content uploaded to its site before 2016, including millions of songs, photos and videos with no other home on the internet. The
Coffee
A Damn Fine Cup of Coffee
The New Yorker
From a twenty-nine-dollar cup of coffee to competitions for roasting beans and tasting notes of flavor, specialty-coffee culture is attracting coffee lovers and hard-core connoisseurs.
IPad Air
Apple quietly announces 10.5-inch iPad Air and refreshed iPad mini
Engadget - Mat Smith
Both work with the Apple Pencil. Apple's online store went dark earlier this morning, and now it's clear why: The company decided to quietly roll out not one, but two new iPads ahead of its big event week.
Long-form Journalism
Fertility Doctor Donald Cline's Secret Children
The Atlantic - Sarah Zhang
Donald Cline must have thought no one would ever know. Then DNA testing came along. Updated at 5:23 p.m. ET on March 18, 2019. The first Facebook message arrived when Heather Woock was packing for vacation,
Christoph Niemann
You are fluent in this language (and don't even know it) | Christoph Niemann
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San Francisco, CA
This man spends 8 hours every day commuting. He's not alone.
National Geographic - Carolyn Drake
MagazineThe Cities Issue San Francisco’s high housing costs mean workers often choose to live far from the city. For Andy Ross, it’s a 240-mile round-trip. MagazineThe Cities Issue 1 Minute Read Photographs
Culture
How Does Music Affect Your Brain? Every Imaginable Way
WIRED - Peter Rubin
Waking up. Working out. Riding the bus. Music is an ever-present companion for many of us, and its impact is undeniable. You know music makes you …
'Goodbye, Earth': A Story for Grown-Ups | NYT Opinion
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Liberal View
How the Suspected New Zealand Gunman Weaponized the Internet
motherjones.com - Ali Breland
Social media giants became conduits for white nationalist recruitment. After every mass murder, journalists, researchers, and horrified members of the …
Texas
Beto O’Rourke’s secret membership in America’s oldest hacking group
Reuters - By JOSEPH MENN in SAN FRANCISCO
As the Texas Democrat enters the race for president, members of a group famous for “hactivism” come forward for the first time to claim him as one of their own. There may be no better time to be an American
Guardians of the Galaxy
James Gunn returning to direct Guardians of the Galaxy 3
Polygon - Michael McWhertor
Gunn will helm Marvel’s next Guardians picture Disney has reinstated James Gunn as the director of Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, reversing a decision to drop the filmmaker. Deadline first