Matt Alldian

FiveThirtyEight writers chat about the unexpected rise of Donald Trump’s popularity in 2015. via FiveThirtyEight

Taylor Pearson shares their ten most influential reads of 2015, covering topics from business to writing to science. via taylorpearson.me

Emplifi is a platform offering solutions for social marketing, commerce, and customer care, featuring customer success stories and a resource center with guides and industry insights. via Emplifi

Author Leo Babauta reflects on his year by reviewing his travel, files, purchases, and journal entries as a way to close out the year.

via Zen Habits

Entrepreneur's video page features diverse content including pitch competitions, CEO interviews, and expert advice on topics like fundraising, business growth, and leadership. via Entrepreneur

This Freakonomics Radio episode investigates whether a lack of sleep contributes to health disparities between racial and socioeconomic groups. via Freakonomics

Radiohead released their unused theme song for the James Bond Film *Spectre*. via Engadget.

This Hackaday article provides links to all the talks from the first Hackaday Superconference, which was held in November 2015. The topics of the talks range from quantum technologies and motors to open-source projects and hardware startups.

One US cassette tape factory is seeing a resurgence in demand, reporting a 31 percent increase in orders in 2015. The factory supplies major labels, smaller artists, and blank tapes.

Columbia House is being revived with a focus on vinyl records after filing for bankruptcy earlier this year. via Consequence

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This article from Hackaday explores the concept of the derivative and how it can be used to calculate instantaneous velocity. The article also challenges readers to apply this concept to a real-world engineering problem. via Hackaday.