Messner Talks, Twitter Quits Facebook, Livestreaming Suicide

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– Tom Messner on web two-dot-oh: “TV was still social medium in 1965 as people gathered around it; nobody gathers around the Internet unless you think that everyone is gathering around it at any time.” Read more up-close with Hustle Knockin’. (V–via.)

– Twitter waves $500 million in Facebook stock off the table.

– Montreal-based Sid Lee opens doors where we all wish we could: in Amsterdam!

– “Oh, haven’t you heard of Glah-day?” Someone finally speaks out about those Godforsaken Glade Scented Candles ads.

– George Parker will host your Second Life wedding if you promise to pass him some dirt on Enfatico.

– Google lets you customize search results.

– Planning to die? Don’t forget to switch on the webcam.

– Shepard Fairey discusses his work and his design agency, Studio Number One, in a video interview.

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