{"id":15732,"date":"2013-08-09T16:08:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T21:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediastorm.com\/blog\/?p=15732"},"modified":"2013-08-23T15:33:10","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T20:33:10","slug":"worth-clicking-mediastorm-links-roundup-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/09\/worth-clicking-mediastorm-links-roundup-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth Clicking: MediaStorm Links Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>All links are hand-picked by the MediaStorm <a href=\"http:\/\/mediastorm.com\/contributors\/mediastorm-staff\" target=\"_blank\">staff<\/a> for your enjoyment this weekend. Cheers!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Own your audience and stop relying on YouTube. [<a href=\"https:\/\/socialtimes.com\/jason-calacanis-youtube_b133819\" target=\"_blank\">Social Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Trying to understand the invisible array of algorithms that power your Netflix suggestions has long been a favorite sport, but what\u2019s actually going on in that galaxy of big data, those billions and billions of ratings stars? [<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/underwire\/2013\/08\/qq_netflix-algorithm\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wired<\/a><\/em>] <\/p>\n<p>See &#8220;A Darkness Visible:Afghanistan&#8221; take shape, from radio cuts to final output in less than 3 minutes. [<a href=\"http:\/\/mediastorm.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/06\/time-lapse-the-making-of-darkness-visible-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\">MediaStorm Blog<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>In New York, widely regarded as a gay-friendly city, reports of attacks on same-sex couples are on the rise, one young couple tells their story. [<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/2013\/08\/06\/opinion\/100000002376656\/an-attack-on-equality.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times<\/a><\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>In this multimedia presentation Nichols and Williamson re-create the feast and famine of the plains; the purring, bleating, and roaring of these cats; the fragile balance of lion survival. [<em><a href=\"http:\/\/ngm.nationalgeographic.com\/serengeti-lion\/index.html#.UgVEimTTVYi\" target=\"_blank\">National Geographic<\/a><\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have no problems with others telling the story. Our own perceptions need to be challenged. It is the monopoly that the West has had on our storytelling that we question.\u201d [<a href=\"http:\/\/lens.blogs.nytimes.com\/2013\/07\/19\/wresting-the-narrative-from-the-west\/?_r=2&#038;\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The New York Times<\/em> &#8211; Lens Blog<\/a>] <\/p>\n<p>In a new book, \u201cAmerica\u2019s Obsessives,\u201d author Joshua Kendall argues that obsessive compulsive personality disorder has shaped many great figures who have in turn shaped our country. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/08\/07\/america_was_built_by_obsessive_compulsives_partner\/\" target=\"_blank\">Salon<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness&#8221; &#8211; George Saunders gives advice to graduates [<a href=\"http:\/\/6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com\/2013\/07\/31\/george-saunderss-advice-to-graduates\/?_r=1&#038;\" target=\"_blank\"><em>New York Times Magazine <\/em>&#8211; The 6th Floor<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Famous guns. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.federicomauro.eu\/11918\/1638836\/works\/famous-guns\" target=\"_blank\">Federico Mauro<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c12 O&#8217;CLOCK BOYS\u201d are a notorious urban dirt bike pack in Baltimore &#8212; popping wheelies and weaving at excessive speeds through traffic, the group impressively evades the hamstrung police. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cpM54lf3BbA\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Somebody went and wrote the ultimate Craigslist missed connection. [<a href=\"http:\/\/gawker.com\/somebody-went-and-wrote-the-ultimate-craigslist-missed-1057443676\" target=\"_blank\">Gawker<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All links are hand-picked by the MediaStorm staff for your enjoyment this weekend. Cheers! Own your audience and stop relying on YouTube. [Social Times] Trying to understand the invisible array of algorithms that power your Netflix suggestions has long been a favorite sport, but what\u2019s actually going on in that galaxy of big data, those [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":15742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1,1518],"tags":[1473,1472,317,1003,1474],"class_list":["post-15732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","category-mediastorm-announcements","category-worth-clicking","tag-links","tag-news","tag-online-videos","tag-staff","tag-web-picks","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}