The Internet's ruining everything

Lol, guys, did anyone really think Grumpy Cat made more $$ than Oprah and Jay-Z? The cat gets around, sure, but $100-million of getting around is probably more than one feline can swing. Also, it seems disrespectful to Jay-Z. Sing it, J:

"Cat-fightin, cat-walking, it happens often /
It's true how society don't want me to move /
Into the penthouse building with spectacular views."

... this musical interlude brought to you courtesy Roc Nation™. Without further ado, the links!

1. We are living in the age of cultural obsession. Soooo, what's up? What's the 411? What's the hot gossip? What are the cool jams? Whatever it is, it's probably everywhere -- a la Serial, cronuts, "Too Many Cooks," or whatever else the Internet's salivating over today. As with most thing, I find, social media is to blame.

2. Livestreaming is the future -- but of what? Mobile cameras, streaming live audio and video, have taken us places we might not otherwise have seen. But even after Ferguson, a huge breakthrough for the medium, it's not totally clear what it's mainstream applications will be.

3. I will never not read a personal essay about Man Servants, the Uber for attractive men. (Plus this one's by Ann Friedman, so you know it's a gem.)

Ahh, Monday.

Pocketable: Professional writing, the golden age of TV, and how the Internet's ruining everything. (4646 words/19 minutes)

Postscripts: Joe Biden looking out windows. Taylor Swift walking by things. The dream of the '90s is alive online -- in more ways than one, I think. 16 signs you're in a women's magazine list. 28 Internet acronyms every parent should (not) know. How Google Maps gets made and how Albert Einstein took on trolls. Speaking of trolls, some people you should unfriend: all your exes, rape truthers, and any of yr racist "friends."

Until tomorrow!
@caitlindewey

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