Welcome to a new year — a new year of great stories to read on your weekends. This week we got a pickpocket, Jerry Seinfeld, getting around the globe, quest for perfect bowling score, machine learning for normals and how to keep your new year resolutions. Read more »
Comedian Louis CK, who made $1 million selling downloads of a show through his website, has sold $4.5-million in tickets to a new tour in 48 hours. He and musician Amanda Palmer show that for content creators, building a community is more important than ever. Read more »
Web creations such as the video mashups that Andy Baio calls “supercuts” are another example of how we can broadcast stylized, curated moments of our lives — part of the “broadcast yourself” movement that is playing a key role in what we do on the social web. Read more »