Mashable: How Social Networks Are Redefining Journalism

Meet the Mind Behind Barack Obama’s Online Persona

Tumblr + The Daily Beast bring you the first interview with online voice of Barack Obama. Plus, the story behind that photo.

"‘Life-work balance’ is a nonsense term. The idea that I have to segment work and life is based on some archaic lunar-calendar thing."

NY Times: Housecleaning — Provided by the Boss? In Silicon Valley, Perks Come Home. «awesome»

Marissa Mayer Once Told Me About the Time She 'Broke' The Internet

Best line: “I began to have this horrifying sense of just how many millions of people were… clicking straight over to Yahoo.”

Did Men Really Invent the Internet?

So begins the lead of this New York Times piece, about the gender discrimination lawsuit shaking Silicon Valley. Kind of an odd way to start a piece about sexism, no?

—Lawsuit Shakes Foundation of a Man’s World in Tech

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Well, new icons!

My mind is a little blown.

how cute are you, new Tumblr icons? and: rainbow!

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Kids Explain a Computer on a 1984 Episode of Sesame Street

via laughingsquid

Cutest thing ever. Also: gotta love those NY accents. “What does a compuwtah do?”

(Source: lonelysandwich)

AOL email as status symbol

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Nope, not buying it.

"It was the slash heard round the world. Suddenly, every page on the Internet was popping up with a big red warning: THIS SITE MAY HARM YOUR COMPUTER. You couldn’t access anything. It was as if the Internet was broken."

Google VP Marissa Mayer, in this week’s NEWSWEEK on the day she accidentally broke Google. (Oops.)