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  • Think Tank: Instagram’s Embrace of Landscape and Portrait Photos

    Instagram announced today that in addition to its signature square posts, the app will now allow users to upload  photos and videos in both portrait and landscape orientations. Prior to this change, users made their whole photos fit by using other apps to add borders. Instagram realized that 20 percent of its users use these apps extensively…

  • Link Party: 8/17-8/21

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. A discussion of the color black in the art world. 2. Living in a post-delete world. 3. The research this article is based on is kind of old, but this is still an interesting perspective on the geography of New York business lunches that I think may be applicable…

  • Think Tank: 22 Things That Make Me Happy

    I’m not a big fan of having big birthday celebrations. But I do think that on special occasions, whether that’s a birthday or a holiday or an anniversary, it’s important to reflect on what you love about your life and who you want to be. Twenty-one has been incredible, and I feel really lucky to wake up every morning to…

  • Think Tank: Internet Detoxing

    Think Tank: Internet Detoxing

    In case you were wondering, I completed my Internet Detox and lived to tell the tale. As a refresher, here were the rules: 1. Because so much of life in 2015 is dependent on the Internet, I detoxed just for the week: Monday morning (actually, I unofficially started on Sunday night after dinner) when I woke up to…

  • This Has Been A Post: Zoë is Going on an Internet Detox

    This Has Been A Post: Zoë is Going on an Internet Detox

    I’ve been feeling particularly uninspired lately, and I think I need a detox. Specifically, an Internet detox. The breaking point was earlier this week when I aimlessly opened Facebook on my phone while I had Facebook open on my computer — I was apparently so distracted by boredom scrolling through my social media feeds that subconsciously…

  • Link Party: 8/3-8/7

    I had a really difficult time this week getting interested in what I was reading and finding stuff to write about — the motivation for a forthcoming blog post. Here’s what I read that I actually found insightful: 1. Adventures in typography. 2. Infiltrating a white pride Facebook group and turning it into a LGBT Southerners for…

  • Link Party: 7/27-7/31

    I’d like to know where July went. Please tell me. Anyway, here’s what I read this week: 1. iTunes is the worst re: metadata. 2. You all are sleeping on the Arctic Monkeys, but the South Americans are not. This article also has some interesting things to say about South America infrastructure and the power of…

  • Culture Connoisseur: The Hollywood Bowl

    A special Friday edition of Culture Connoisseur.  Last night I attended a classical music concert at the Hollywood Bowl. Not only did I get to see one of my favorite shows being filmed (something I didn’t know until the night before), I got to indulge in one of the best things to do in Los Angeles…

  • Link Party: 7/20-7/24

    I had a good week and I hope you did too. Here’s what I read: 1. A Paul Ford discussion on Internet security in light of both the Ashley Madison hacks and the latest Gawker controversy. 2. I finished “The White Album” earlier this week, so I am loving this Paris Review interview with Joan Didion. 3. Inside couture…

  • Culture Connoisseur: Tame Impala’s “Currents”

      The beginning of my interest in music began in late middle school and early high school, a time I spent listening to a lot of 1960s rock. I don’t really remember what prompted the exploration and why I chose to start there, but I was obsessed with “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” read…