Favorite tweet: Mozilla's $33 smartphone has almost the same specs as the first iPhone http://t.co/4SUyRZps4w via @maxart http://ift.tt/1zIKXtq #128MB — Neil Shah (@neiltwitz) August 28, 2014

Paps in a Diaphanous T-Shirt Glengarrisdale Bay Last summer, my friend Fiona worked as a SYHA warden at the Port Charlotte youth hostel on Islay. When I visited her there at the summer’s end, we made the short ferry crossing of the Sound of Islay to explore the isle of Jura for a few days. When we…

Favorite tweet: London maps: a unique view of the capital through classic cartography http://t.co/Q5SdnIoxGX — Guardian Travel (@GuardianTravel) August 28, 2014

Favorite tweet: Mobile Now Accounts for 50.3% of All E-commerce Traffic http://t.co/9gCw94rukT — Luke Wroblewski (@lukew) August 27, 2014

Favorite tweet: UK ISP says Netflix is more popular than YouTube http://t.co/gt4wYKlcO9 — David Skerrett (@skegz) August 21, 2014

Favorite tweet: V. cool: mini sticker beacons from Estimote: http://t.co/JXoo7RtXvF (But can we pls agree not to call them "nearables"?) — R/GA (@RGA) August 21, 2014

Favorite tweet: Looking for the perfect log cabin? Try Montana http://t.co/NeAL6xRP3U — Guardian Travel (@GuardianTravel) August 17, 2014

Favorite tweet: Norway's amazing hiking cabins http://t.co/I3XHWNe7La — Guardian Travel (@GuardianTravel) August 20, 2014

Favorite tweet: .@Adidas embraces the 'global neighbourhood' concept with beautifully #designed flagship store in #London http://t.co/3j1nmINlkq — Nakama Global (@NakamaGlobal) August 20, 2014

Favorite tweet: Airports: The True Cities of the 21st Century http://t.co/4PFb13eRx1. I read this Ballard piece for my MA in 1997 and it's as brilliant now. — Gary Naylor (@garynaylor999) August 14, 2014

Favorite tweet: Here are some top tips from @cottydale on sparking new life into your old bike without a bug expense: http://t.co/zRtH3Ew889 — roadcyclinguk (@roadcyclinguk) August 12, 2014

Favorite tweet: How to hack a better music festival http://t.co/kDagIe6kUW @tanyacombrinck on the importance of #Hackdays following the #AFHackFestival — AnalogFolk (@AnalogFolk) July 15, 2014

Favorite tweet: A checklist for giving great presentations http://t.co/p5ouQlloiI #speaking #professionalspeakersday #archive — Scott Berkun (@berkun) August 7, 2014

Returning to work after maternity leave was not easy. I still shudder at the memory of carting around a breast-pump briefcase and spending my lunch breaks using it in the tiny, basement bathroom at my job. But surprisingly, motherhood greatly improved another aspect of my workday that I once…

Favorite tweet: Nice look at this history of WordPress and a dive into the diversity of its ecosystem. https://t.co/eMGskpRTzD — Mark Jaquith (@markjaquith) July 10, 2014

Favorite tweet: GitHub Pages now has Sass and CoffeeScript support, custom document collections, & a new default markdown processor https://t.co/5fvVpw9wC1 — GitHub (@github) July 30, 2014

A peek at Scoop, the custom built NYTimes CMS. http://t.co/les0Ti0r1y — Khoi Vinh (@khoi) June 17, 2014 khoi

Was a Fisher Price alphabetic fridge magnet set responsible for a generation of synaesthetic people? Science!: http://t.co/tb9MMpBdvJ — Frank Swain (@SciencePunk) June 11, 2014 SciencePunk

Your Design Team Needs A War Room. Here's How To Set One Up | on @fastcodesign http://t.co/ex5NRGallx — InVision (@InVisionApp) June 10, 2014 InVisionApp

The ability to recognize human faces has always been a benchmark for artificial intelligence. Facebook’s new facial recognition technology–called DeepFace–comes astonishingly close to human intelligence in that measure. Although it’s currently still a research project–which Facebook will present as…

A personal account of yesterday’s events at @6Wunderkinder when we took @wunderlist offline due to #heartbleed https://t.co/D1mwMJVQ5M — Duncan Davidson (@duncan) April 9, 2014 duncan

London smog is 'perfectly fine' according to the Mayor. I outline my action plan | Left Foot Forward http://t.co/Fna3ozjC4V — Jenny Jones (@GreenJennyJones) April 3, 2014 GreenJennyJones

The Agency 'Frogger' Problem of Jumping Employees - Digiday http://t.co/Zs5DOSM6JG via @digiday — Joe Melton (@joemelton) March 31, 2014 joemelton

Illustration by Christoph Niemann Twelve months ago, Lululemon Athletica was one of the hottest brands in the world. Sales of its high-priced yoga gear were exploding; the company was expanding into new markets; experts were in awe of its “cultlike following.” As one observer put it, “They’re more…

Once the home of groundbreaking startups, Silicon Roundabout has been adopted by estate agents, local councillors and government. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty I live in a neighbourhood in London that, for its sins, has been dubbed Silicon Roundabout. This is a particularly weird bit of…

ALAMY Birmingham and Manchester are usually mentioned when the subject of Britain's second city comes up. But is Hebden Bridge - population 4,200 - the rightful owner of the title? Pretty much everyone in the world knows which is Britain's biggest city, but who can name the second? It is a trick…

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“One of the most scalable organisations in human history was the Roman army." The Scaling Dilemma http://t.co/qmj1jggN8o — Makeshift (@makeshift) February 20, 2014 makeshift

How to keep warm in the Cairngorms National Park this winter @cairngorms http://t.co/Sm1inhEWnM — coolplacesuk (@coolplacesuk) February 11, 2014 coolplacesuk

Always exceptions, but it's harder for great players to become great coaches. My NS column http://t.co/j8XunhHlQM — Ed Smith (@edsmithwriter) February 12, 2014 edsmithwriter

Today's Guardian column asks: Have we all fallen for The Great Doping Bluff in the war against drugs cheats?http://t.co/S52ks77nJ6 — Sean Ingle (@seaningle) January 20, 2014 seaningle

Fish and chips … an inspired example of English praxis: Belgian fried potato mixed with Ashkenazi fried fish. Photograph: Martin Parr / Magnum N early 20 years ago I wrote an essay for the Guardian on English culture – and by extension, Englishness. I entitled it "The Valley of the Corn Dollies".…

Why does it seem quieter outside when snow is falling? The science behind the silence of snowfall. By @duncangeere https://t.co/ggXNR85q43

Cyclists and pedestrians pass a digital display in Tokyo. Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters The Japanese, as a nation of 120 million people packed into the floodplains of a largely mountainous country, are a practical people. If there's a minor inconvenience that can be solved by technology, then…

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