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I'm Matthew Mills
Friday, February 07, 2014
This week, a man named Matthew Mills interrupted the post-Super Bowl MVP press conference to let the world know that 9/11 was perpetrated by the US Government. News outlets pounced at the chance to interview him, flocking to the internet to locate his web presence. A few ended up contacting a different Matthew Mills, who gamely played along. PJ Vogt talks to the non-conspiracy minded Matthew Mills about his run-ins with the news media. This story originally aired on TLDR -- OTM's new blog and podcast.
#13.5 - I'm Matthew Mills
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
Gossip By Algorithm
Friday, January 31, 2014
This is embarrassing to admit, but I got fooled by an algorithm this week.
Deport Bieber Petition Bad For Bieber, Good for Democracy
Thursday, January 30, 2014
A New Website Lets You Hear Some of Spotify's 4 Million Unheard Songs
Thursday, January 30, 2014
In our podcast about Matt Farley, the musician who has written fourteen thousand songs in the past six years, we mentioned that twenty percent of the songs on Spotify have never been played.
A 33-Year-Old NPR Story Convinced Me Google Glass Will Stop Looking So Dorky Soon
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Google showed off a new version of Google Glass yesterday.
Tuesday Links: A Reddit Oral History of Gawker, Insurance that Covers Google Glass, and more
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Hello everyone. It's one of those Tuesdays where there's a million interesting things on the internet, none of which particularly need two cents added to them. So without further ado:
Eve Online Is Having Its Largest Ever War
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Tumblr Crowdsources Their Terms of Service
Monday, January 27, 2014
This is kind of cool, insofar as the words “Terms of Service” and “cool” can sit comfortably in the same sentence. Tumblr just updated their Terms of Service, and as part of the process they allowed users to input their ideas and suggestions via GitHub.
#12 - Hunting For YouTube's Saddest Comments
Friday, January 24, 2014
A Reporter Interviews Men On an Anonymous Phone Sex Line
Friday, January 24, 2014
In the Bay Area, there's a number you can call to chat anonymously with strangers. People use it for phone sex. On the new Love + Radio, reporter Julia DeWitt called up and tried to interview the men on the line, and it's very great radio.
#11 - RIP Vile Rat
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
#10 - One Hundred Songs In A Day
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
100 Songs in a Day
Friday, January 17, 2014
One way to make money making music online is the boring way. Write one song that does incredibly well and live off the royalties for the rest of your life. Matt Farley is a musician who's gone a different route. He's written over 14,000 songs and he makes a tiny bit of money each time someone plays one on Spotify or iTunes. OTM producer and TLDR co-creator PJ Vogt visited Matt at his home recording studio to see how it all works. Programming note: This story originally aired on TLDR -- OTM's new blog and podcast.
What if We Got Rid of Likes?
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
There’s a million reasons why no social media platform wants to get rid of whatever version of Like it has. As a human though, it's kind of crappy.
A Weird, Gwen Ifill-Related Twitter Mystery is Happening Right Now (Update: Solved!)
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
At 2:01 this afternoon, a bunch of journalism-related Twitter accounts suddenly started tweeting this cryptic message: "f gwenifill." If you search twitter for the phrase, you see that it's very widespread, and that no one really seems to know what's going on.
Businesses Might Suffer If They Google Prospective Employees
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Scientific American reports on a study that shows job applicants who know their prospective boss viewed their social media profiles are more likely to think that their hiring process was unfair. This is even true in cases where the applicant gets the job.
