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The genius of Timehop’s Valentine’s Day warning screen

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by on February 14, 2015 at 6:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Over the years, services like Facebook have come under fire for the news feed’s algorithm and its cold brutality to human feelings. You know exactly what I mean; after something distressing happens (maybe you broke up with a partner or someone passed away), Facebook seems to endlessly show you the exact person you don’t want to see. Timehop has found a simple solution for this Valentine’s day: a special page that warns of the perils of reminiscing on a day like today. Not only does this graphic quickly remind you that you could be in for some “exes and feels,” it gives you the opportunity…

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Walking up a mountain, one step at a time

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by on February 14, 2015 at 5:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Boris, Column, Entrepreneur, ski

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Last weekend I went skiing in Alagna, Italy. On our first day I skied about 2 hours, and mostly on piste. On the second day we met our ski guide in the morning who asked us if we were fit and able and willing to walk up the mountain a bit for a really great run. Well, of course we were! My fellow skiers all had skis that could be fitted with skins, but mine couldn’t and I didn’t want to ski on a different pair, so I asked the guide what my options were. He suggested snowshoes which I could fit under…

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The complete beginner’s guide to social media benchmarks

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by on February 14, 2015 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, How-To's, Insider, Social Media

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This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. If I were to tell you that a recent tweet of mine received 20 clicks, what would you think? Maybe 20 clicks sounds like a lot based on what you’ve found for your own accounts. Maybe 20 clicks sounds rather lean, considering what you know about clickthrough rates of big brands or your most successful posts. Checking out the raw numbers of your social media stats, free of context, makes it quite hard to draw any concrete conclusions. Imagine having a way to tell at-a-glance the success of a social media update.…

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How to design infographics for superfans and connoisseurs

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by on February 14, 2015 at 3:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Profiles and Interviews

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Alexander Huls is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Esquire and other publications. This post was originally published on the Shutterstock blog and has been reprinted with permission. Many infographics are visualizations of things like survey results, social media statistics and cold, hard data of all shapes and sizes. And that’s all important, of course — but one company is making infographics of a different kind. Since 2010, Pop Chart Lab has distinguished itself by producing gorgeously designed infographic posters and prints based on another type of data: the everyday things people…

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10 years later, YouTube is still pure Internet

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by on February 14, 2015 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Google, Insider

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YouTube is the Internet in its purest form. For better or worse, this is the audio-visual mirror of humanity’s digital experience. YouTube was launched 10 years ago as a video dating site inspired by the Hot or Not site. That’s why its anniversary is Valentine’s Day. Three guys launched an online dating video site and the Internet said, “nope” and so they transformed into a destination for people to upload videos for auction sites. People started using the auction video site. But the videos that were uploaded and shared to Myspace pages and on blogs didn’t quite fit the footage-for-auctions business plan.…

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