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How Reddit Built Its Empire On 500 Bucks, Stickers, And Giving People What They Want

How Reddit Built Its Empire On 500 Bucks, Stickers, And Giving People What They Want

The short answer: alien swag. The somewhat less-short answer: putting users first.

Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian’s Open Letter About The Music Industry And The Band

Editor’s Note: On Wednesday, Reddit founder and Y Combinator “Ambassador to the East” Alexis Ohanian debated professor Jonathan Taplin, director of the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab and former tour manager of The Band, about copyright, pay vs. free models, and the principals behind failed legislation SOPA–at our Innovation Uncensored event in New York City. Immediately after the debate, which seemed far from over, Ohanian posted this response to his website.

Ideas

A Rugged Box Of Education Tech With Its Own Internet Connection, And Other World Changing Developing World Technology

A Rugged Box Of Education Tech With Its Own Internet Connection, And Other World Changing Developing World Technology

Credo Mobile Wants To Help Power The Resistance (And Give Away Millions In The Process)

These High-Tech Sensors Track Exactly How Fresh Our Produce Is So We Stop Wasting Food

Entertainment

Bryson Tiller, Carly Rae Jepsen, And That Lorde & Chromeo Remix: This Week In Music

Bryson Tiller, Carly Rae Jepsen, And That Lorde & Chromeo Remix: This Week In Music

He Didn’t: An “Arrested Development” Writer On Twitter’s Most-Used Political Meme

Sweden Lists On Airbnb, Gillette Asks Dad: The Top 5 Ads Of The Week

Co.Design

Google’s New Viz Tool Makes Snappy GIFs Out Of Your Data

Google’s New Viz Tool Makes Snappy GIFs Out Of Your Data

This MIT-Invented Pasta Packs Flat, Then Snaps Into Crazy Shapes

The Running Shoes Of The Future Are Alive (Oh, And They Glow)

Fast Company

Three Reasons Your Boss Is Constantly Disagreeing With You

Three Reasons Your Boss Is Constantly Disagreeing With You

I Hated Growing Up Evangelical In Sweden, But It Made Me A Better Entrepreneur

A Rugged Box Of Education Tech With Its Own Internet Connection, And Other World Changing Developing World Technology