2017

Ben Thompson's 2017 Stratechery Year in Review highlights the most popular articles covering themes like aggregator power, media shifts, cryptocurrency, and Facebook's influence.

via Stratechery

WIRED recommends six tech books from 2017 and includes excerpts from each book.

via WIRED

Anisa Purbasari Horton recommends business and leadership books covering success, personality types, and navigating the tech world. via Fast Company.

Valet Magazine shares the most-clicked Morning Report stories from 2017, including pieces about Strava, J.Crew, and Gucci Mane.

FlowingData highlights Cards Against Humanity's public polling project, which surveyed Americans on their opinions about unusual topics and categorized the data by political leanings.

PSFK, a trends and innovation research resource, reports that Netflix is personalizing graphic design to individual viewers.

This video showcases turning highway divider markers into animation using the zoetrope effect. via kottke.org

Alice Antheaume, of Sciences Po Journalism School, argues that journalists need to become fluent in AI to thrive in a media landscape driven by algorithms.

via The Nieman Journalism Lab

This article explores the economic challenges millennials face, arguing that systemic issues are to blame. via The Huffington Post

FlowingData shares an interactive tax calculator from The Upshot (NYTimes) that allowed users in 2017 to see how the proposed Republican tax bill might impact them. via FlowingData