Tyler Hayes

Tyler Hayes is a Southern California native, early technology adopter, and music enthusiast. You can reach him at tyler@liisten.com

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In the 23andMe era, kids of sperm donors are finding each other

Imaging discovering you have a half-sibling you’ve never met—or dozens of them. Customers of genetic-information services are uncovering family secrets, and then using social networks to make connections..

Tech

Gravy is the HQ Trivia of shopping, and it’s pretty addictive

Does this app gamify shopping or shopify gaming? Either way, it’s another inventive, engaging application of live video.

Tech

China’s WeChat Isn’t Just An App—It’s A Cross-Cultural Education

The powerful messaging app has a billion users, and is both a major influence, yet strikingly different from Western competitors.

Creativity

You’re About To Get Down With This Week’s New Music, Feat. A$AP Rocky, Snoop And…Third Eye Blind?

Rod Stewart rocks the new A$AP Rocky song, seriously.

Creativity

Tanlines Gets Down To Business, Sets up Conference Call To Preview New Album

Tanlines band are crushing the art of releasing a new music album in 2015.

Creativity

SWISH: You’ve Got A Week’s Worth Of New Music To Listen To

Hear the new jams from Disclosure, Britney Spears, and My Morning Jacket.

Creativity

Your Weekly New Music Guide, Featuring Refused, Jamie XX, Hot Chip, And More

Get down with new music from Refused, Mates of State, Hot Chip, and hear Grimes’s thoughts on Tidal.

Creativity

Your New Music Roundup, Featuring Blur, Alabama Shakes, And Neil Young

Get down with new music from Panic! At The Disco, Mew, Peter Bjorn And John, and more.

Creativity

Your Between-Coachella-Weekends New Music Roundup, Featuring Mumfords, Tyler The Creator, And More

Hear new music from Tyler the Creator, Mumford & Sons, Brand New, The Weeknd, and more.

Tech

How The Grid Will Automate Web Design Without Killing The Designer

Can you replace a human designer with artificial intelligence?

Creativity

Don’t Get Stuck In A Playlist Rut: Check Out The New Music Roundup Featuring Beyonce, Rihanna, Passion Pit, And More

Beyonce, Rihanna, and The National provide Tidal with big exclusives. There’s also new music this week from Passion Pit and more.

Tech

Spotify, Tidal, Taylor Swift, And The Coming Streaming Music Wars

The battle for listeners is about much more than one star’s catalog.

Creativity

Your 2-Minute New Music Roundup, With Jay Z, Joy Williams, Ludacris, And More

Hear new music from Joy Williams, All Get Out, and Toro y Moi, and find out what #TIDALforALL is all about.

Creativity

Your 2-Minute New Music Roundup, Featuring Sufjan Stevens, Death Cab For Cutie, And More

Get caught up on this week’s new releases from Florence and the Machine, Shamir, Charli XCX, and more.

Tech

Moju Wants To Be A Smarter Instagram

On the surface, this app is awfully Instagrammy. But it has big, ambitious plans for your photos.

Creativity

Your 2-Minute New Music Roundup, Featuring Kendrick Lamar, Grimes, SXSW

There’s a new Kendrick Lamar album, plus new stuff from Laura Marling, Grimes, AWOLNATION, and more.

Creativity

The Story Behind The Insanely Catchy “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Theme Song

The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt earworm combines old-school TV-music principles with the Internet-era-appropriate auto-tuned news. Here how it came together.

Creativity

Your 2-Minute New Music Roundup, Featuring M.I.A., Mumford, More

Hear new music from Mumford And Sons, M.I.A., Lord Huron, Local H, and more.

Creativity

Your 1-Minute New Music Roundup, Featuring Carly Rae Jepsen’s New Earworm, And The Mumfords

Your new music round-up for the week of March 2, featuring the follow-up to “Call Me Maybe,” a stirring performance by Alabama Shakes, and more.

Tech

Why Kelly Clarkson Is Treating Twitter Like A Music Platform

“It’s the place where she’s really herself.” And the new audio cards don’t hurt, either.

Impact

Why haven’t we evolved a solution to aging?

Impact

To fix the climate, we have to fix our soil

Impact

High CO2 levels will wreck plants’ nutritional value, so don’t plan on surviving on vegetables

Creativity

“The day innocence died”: How the media covered Columbine 20 years ago

Creativity

That tone-deaf Ancestry ad was playing on Canadian emotions about Americans

Creativity

Netflix is opening a production hub in NYC

Co.Design

The story behind the redesigned Game of Thrones title sequence

Co.Design

Tyler Hayes

In the 23andMe era, kids of sperm donors are finding each other

Imaging discovering you have a half-sibling you’ve never met—or dozens of them. Customers of genetic-information services are uncovering family secrets, and then using social networks to make connections..

Gravy is the HQ Trivia of shopping, and it’s pretty addictive

Does this app gamify shopping or shopify gaming? Either way, it’s another inventive, engaging application of live video.

China’s WeChat Isn’t Just An App—It’s A Cross-Cultural Education

The powerful messaging app has a billion users, and is both a major influence, yet strikingly different from Western competitors.

You’re About To Get Down With This Week’s New Music, Feat. A$AP Rocky, Snoop And…Third Eye Blind?

Rod Stewart rocks the new A$AP Rocky song, seriously.

Tanlines Gets Down To Business, Sets up Conference Call To Preview New Album

Tanlines band are crushing the art of releasing a new music album in 2015.

SWISH: You’ve Got A Week’s Worth Of New Music To Listen To

Hear the new jams from Disclosure, Britney Spears, and My Morning Jacket.

Your Weekly New Music Guide, Featuring Refused, Jamie XX, Hot Chip, And More

Get down with new music from Refused, Mates of State, Hot Chip, and hear Grimes’s thoughts on Tidal.

Your New Music Roundup, Featuring Blur, Alabama Shakes, And Neil Young

Get down with new music from Panic! At The Disco, Mew, Peter Bjorn And John, and more.

Your Between-Coachella-Weekends New Music Roundup, Featuring Mumfords, Tyler The Creator, And More

Hear new music from Tyler the Creator, Mumford & Sons, Brand New, The Weeknd, and more.

How The Grid Will Automate Web Design Without Killing The Designer

Can you replace a human designer with artificial intelligence?

Don’t Get Stuck In A Playlist Rut: Check Out The New Music Roundup Featuring Beyonce, Rihanna, Passion Pit, And More

Beyonce, Rihanna, and The National provide Tidal with big exclusives. There’s also new music this week from Passion Pit and more.

Spotify, Tidal, Taylor Swift, And The Coming Streaming Music Wars

The battle for listeners is about much more than one star’s catalog.

Your 2-Minute New Music Roundup, With Jay Z, Joy Williams, Ludacris, And More

Hear new music from Joy Williams, All Get Out, and Toro y Moi, and find out what #TIDALforALL is all about.

Your 2-Minute New Music Roundup, Featuring Sufjan Stevens, Death Cab For Cutie, And More

Get caught up on this week’s new releases from Florence and the Machine, Shamir, Charli XCX, and more.

Moju Wants To Be A Smarter Instagram

On the surface, this app is awfully Instagrammy. But it has big, ambitious plans for your photos.

Your 2-Minute New Music Roundup, Featuring Kendrick Lamar, Grimes, SXSW

There’s a new Kendrick Lamar album, plus new stuff from Laura Marling, Grimes, AWOLNATION, and more.

The Story Behind The Insanely Catchy “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Theme Song

The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt earworm combines old-school TV-music principles with the Internet-era-appropriate auto-tuned news. Here how it came together.

Your 2-Minute New Music Roundup, Featuring M.I.A., Mumford, More

Hear new music from Mumford And Sons, M.I.A., Lord Huron, Local H, and more.

Your 1-Minute New Music Roundup, Featuring Carly Rae Jepsen’s New Earworm, And The Mumfords

Your new music round-up for the week of March 2, featuring the follow-up to “Call Me Maybe,” a stirring performance by Alabama Shakes, and more.

Why Kelly Clarkson Is Treating Twitter Like A Music Platform

“It’s the place where she’s really herself.” And the new audio cards don’t hurt, either.

Impact

Why haven’t we evolved a solution to aging?

To fix the climate, we have to fix our soil

High CO2 levels will wreck plants’ nutritional value, so don’t plan on surviving on vegetables

Creativity

“The day innocence died”: How the media covered Columbine 20 years ago

That tone-deaf Ancestry ad was playing on Canadian emotions about Americans

Netflix is opening a production hub in NYC

Co.Design

The story behind the redesigned Game of Thrones title sequence

An ex-Apple designer explains why Cupertino didn’t address screen addiction earlier

The real reason why luxury fashion brands love the art world

Work Life

Why transparency is much more than just disclosing information

You should take “you have too much time on your hands” as a compliment

Running a business helped me recover from burnout. Here’s how