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For anyone who needs to express their feelings through GIF in a comment, Tweet, email or forum post — Giphy is going to be the site for finding them. Its responsive design is perfect for all devices and its library of GIFs is impressive for the newly launched site. I particularly like when browsing on the iPad, its site doesn’t try to load all the GIFs which would impact load times. Instead, it shows a thumbnail and when you tap on it, it will give you a preview of the animation.

2013-05-21

I thought this 350 square-foot apartment was maximizing space and pushing the limits of living in New York City, but it looks like you can live even simpler. Luke Clark Tyler pays $800 dollars a month and lives in a 78 square-foot mini studio in Manhattan. I never knew apartments came this small. It’s a real eye opener.

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"Smile. Everyone gets a free terabyte."

Last night during a press conference in New York, the new Flickr was announced and it was no small upgrade. Marissa Mayer and co. are now giving one terabyte of storage for free to anyone who signs up for the photo sharing service and are supporting high resolution viewing and sharing. Its redesigned website puts your photos front and center and their companion apps are just as nice. If you are using a phone with an 8 megapixel camera, according to Yahoo, that would allow you to upload over 400,000 photos. That’s rather compelling. Even if you kept all of your photos private, you are still receiving a terabyte of free cloud storage for your memories.

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The One-Person Product

In 2006, I moved to New York and started working for David Karp doing web development for various media companies. That fall, in a brief gap before starting a new client, David said that we were going to make a prototype of an idea he’d had for a while. He had already bought the domain: tumblr.com, because it was an easy platform for publishing tumblelogs.

If there is anyone qualified (besides its CEO) to talk about the Tumblr acquisition with authority, it is Marco Arment. Although he isn’t considered a founder of Tumblr, he was there from the beginning — employee #2. This piece he has written is the best I’ve read on his blog thus far. You can really feel that he loved Tumblr and still has a soft spot for the newly acquired company.

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Celebrity Keyboard Portraits: You've got to see this

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Source: designboom.com

2013-05-20

Speaking of Tumblr. They shipped a nice little update today.

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Yahoo! to officially acquire Tumblr.: Does PR the right way.

From the subtext of its official press release…

Promise not to screw it up

To the .gif posted on Yahoo’s new Tumblr…

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And both CEOs words on the matter…

Marissa Mayer:

Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going. We will operate Tumblr independently. David Karp will remain CEO. The product roadmap, their team, their wit and irreverence will all remain the same as will their mission to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve. Yahoo! will help Tumblr get even better, faster.

David Karp:

Yahoo is the original Internet company, and Marissa and her team share our dream to make the Internet the ultimate creative canvas. I couldn’t be more excited to have her help. We also share a vision for Tumblr’s business that doesn’t compromise the community and product we love. Plus both our logos end with punctuation!

I think we are all going to be OK.

I run my blog on Tumblr and although its platform isn’t perfect at times, it can only get better now that the Tumblr team has some more firepower behind it. I don’t think anyone should start worrying unless they are given a reason to. I’m glad this happened.

2013-05-18

Quirky Instagram Snapshots Of Human Bodies With Their Pet's Heads

Toronto-based photographer and filmmaker Zach Rose has a regular project on his Instagram where he photographs people and their pets separately, and then presents the Instagram snapshot as a mash-up of a human body and a pet’s head.

Clever and original.

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The Plane Was About to Crash. Now What?

The captain came out of the cockpit and stood in the aisle. His cap dangled in one hand. […] I could see sweat stains under his arms. “Not going to sugarcoat it,” he said. “We’re just going to try to land it.”

I’ll be the first one to admit to you that I hate flying; But it’s a necessary evil. Noah Gallagher Shannon goes through a nightmare everyone hopes to never be in. It’s told exquisitely and may scare the hell out of you.

2013-05-15

List of NYC’s outdoor summer movies

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There are a lot of outdoor movies showing in NYC this summer: here’s a listing of the whats, wheres, and whens. Movies include The Goonies, Jaws, Duck Soup, Moonrise Kingdom, Grease, and Blade Runner.

I’m going try and attend at least one this summer.

Source: jkottke

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Think of the sand castle your most proud of and multiply it by 1000. This is the sand sculpture festival in England.

Source: digg

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The cast of The Office talk about their favorite memories and get a little emotional saying goodbye after 9 seasons on the air. The series finale is May 16th 2013.

2013-05-14

Machines For Life: Daft Punk

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Daft Punk are standing on a helipad overlooking downtown Los Angeles as fireballs make their sequined suits glisten with hot heat. It’s a few days before this year’s Coachella, where the duo’s shiny new duds will premiere by way of a Jumbotron trailer for their new album, Random Access Memories. But for now, only a very select few have laid eyes on the outfits— and everyone involved in today’s photo shoot desperately wants to keep it that way.

Ryan Dombal from Pitchfork writes a fantastic feature on Daft Punk’s new album with extensive interviews and great story’s.

UPDATE: I originally read this piece on my iPad, so I was unaware of the amazing Desktop layout Pitchfork created. It’s just phenomenally stunning. I’d sugges you read it that way if you can.

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Realmac Software, creators the of the popular to-do app Clear, has teased us with a new camera app they are coming out with called Analog Camera. From the short clip, it seems fast, gesture based and could be a nice companion to Instagram or even a competitor. We will see very soon.

Source: realmacsoftware.com