~techtopia dreamz~

THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE IS UNDER ATTACK. From selfies! From gay people! From ... phones? Why, yes! Per this new study, checking your phone in front of your partner causes relationship stress. And we generally wanna avoid that. (Riiight, Jason? :)

1. Why that photo of Aylan Kurdi was viral media at its worst. There's a line between compassion and voyeurism -- and we jumped the line headfirst.

2. The inevitable end of the mommy blog. Heather Armstrong's blog once drew millions of readers and thousands of dollars in ads. But thanks to the advent of native advertising, its death -- and others' -- may be at hand.

3. When did pop-up ads get so goddamn passive-aggressive? AMEN. There is literally nothing more likely to make me ex-out then one of those stupid "no thanks" messages.

This GIF brought to you by the wonderful Jess Stahl,
who generously bought our spoiled dog her fave giant hedgehog

Pocketable: How social media is ruining politics. And everything, probably! (2323 words/9 minutes)

Postscripts: Hipster Barbie. Barbie jeep. (What Barbie meme will be next, ya think?) The most powerful makeup tutorial and the most hopeless ~techtopia dreamz~. Haven't yet watched this "hacker drama," but it sounds pretty neat. How the Duck Army stormed the Web. Why you hate Google's logo. Er sorry, but how is it a hoverboard if it doesn't hover?! On hidden geniuses, shameless email cons and JK Rowling's tiresome tweets. Let's close on yet another instance of algorithms behaving badly. Eek.

Enjoy the holiday weekend! See ya Tuesday,
@caitlindewey

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