We beg you to turn display images on. Click here to open in your browser. Wednesday - December 25, 2013 "I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays."  - Henny Youngman rantnrave:// I left Santa some General Tso's Chicken and Yeung Chow Fried Rice. He left a note: "What, no dim sum?"... Santa and Amazon Prime announce eternal distribution partnership. Digital rights included... On Xmas Eve, my 4 year old niece retaught me how to play Go Fish. I was close to winning but there was an 8 missing and she was not forthcoming with her Jack... This is the genius letter my 8 year old niece wrote to Santa... Merry Christmas everyone! under the tree The Best of VICE on YouTube vice.com It's been a crazy year for VICE. Our HBO show was nominated for an Emmy, Ad Age called us the Publishing Company of the Year, and our YouTube channel hit almost 4 million subscribers. DreamWorks Animation Is Pioneer In "Cloud Atlas Strategy" forbes.com It would seem that multi-platform branding is all-the-rage. Marvel announced its big Netflix series deal to branch out four of its smaller-scale superheroes to compliment the current Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Bits Blog: Is the Internet a Mob Without Consequence? bits.blogs.nytimes.com How an Internet mob went after Justine Sacco after a controversial tweet. CNBC Originals: Coca-Cola: the Real Story Behind the Real Thing cnbc.com With extraordinary access, CNBC takes viewers behind the scenes of the company's system of mass production and remote distribution, revealing how this iconic American enterprise has quenched the thirst of people around the world. How Hitler Tried To Redesign Christmas fastcodesign.com When the Nazis took power in 1933 Christmas was one of their first targets. Not even Santa was safe. Crazy currency: The more I report on Bitcoin, the weirder it gets arstechnica.com Op-ed: Despite a year of reporting and Bitcoin's insane rise, I'm happy not to own any. Bill Gates Looks Ahead ozy.com Here's the article everyone's talking about, as one of the richest men in the world finds the good news in 2013 and previews 2014. The Food Lab: The Science of the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies sweets.seriouseats.com Bionics, Transhumanism, and the end of Evolution [Full Documentary] : Upworthy — What Happens When a Growth Hacker Launches a Media Company growthhackers.com If you’ve spent any time on Facebook in the last year, it’s likely you’ve seen more than one story from Upworthy, the viral hit-driven new media company that packages content designed to spread like wildfire across the social web. The company clocked an impressive 88 million uniques in November 2013, placing it just behind the Gawker Media Network in terms of size, and has spawned a whole host of copycats looking to drive viral traffic to stories that make us laugh, cry and cheer. in the stocking Edward Snowden calls for a restoration of privacy in Channel 4′s Alternative Christmas Message thenextweb.com Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who leaked intelligence about the security agency’s surveillance activities, has broadcast a Christmas message to the world. This is the first time he has made a public statement and it was aired as the “Alternative Christmas Message” on the UK’s Channel 4 network. New Possibilities Arise When Companies Build Experiences Instead of Products linkedin.com I do not wear earbuds to listen to music on my smartphone or any other device for that matter. Music is the one thing that accompanies me on my journeys, experiences, as well as my adventures in writing. Why ‘viral mills’ like Buzzfeed & Upworthy are content marketing at its worst venturebeat.com Business Insider -- as well as Buzzfeed, Upworthy, and a growing number of others -- definitely show impressive traffic numbers, but are they a good indicator of a successful business? Wolf Q&A: Jonah Hill on Working With Martin Scorsese, Eating a Goldfish... grantland.com Martin Scorsese's (amazing) The Wolf of Wall Street and the best Leonardo DiCaprio has ever been. Silicon Valley's Secret CEO Whisperer usatoday.com Executive coach Bill Campbell is an adviser to some of the top names in Silicon Valley. Howard Stern Show: Steve Carell Interview (12/17/13) HowardStern.com DATA DEATH (Part 1) medium.com (Re)introducing ‘forgetting’ to the web, our desire for privacy and why ephemeral data is a wise but short-sighted move. American gets 1-year prison sentence for parody video cnn.com American Shezanne Cassim, accused of threatening UAE national security for a video parody, was sentenced to a year in prison Rap Genius Founders – Open Letter to Google About Rap Genius SEO news.rapgenius.com tl;dr: We effed up, other lyrics sites are almost definitely doing worse stuff, and we’ll stop. We’d love for Google to take a closer look at the whole lyrics search landscape and see whether it can make changes that would improve lyric search results. How Uber could reinforce car culture washingtonpost.com Uber is encouraging us to ditch our personal vehicles — but it's not encouraging us to get out of cars more generally. How Lego Became a Fast-Fashion Company businessweek.com You might think of Lego as a perennial, and by several measures it clearly is. The 81-year-old Danish brickmaker is now the world’s No. The Coolest Toys from the 1911 FAO Schwarz Catalog paleofuture.gizmodo.com Smithsonian's Around the Mall blog recently dug up an awesome FAO Schwarz catalog from 1911, found over at the Internet Archive. It's filled with some pretty fantastic toys, including airship-themed board games, Kodak cameras, and carriages led by sheep. How technology is changing childhood telegraph.co.uk Gadgets are top of the list for today’s tech-savvy children User Experience Debt medium.com Technical debt is a pretty widely covered topic in the tech world. It was coined by Ward Cunningham to describe “those internal things that you choose not to do now, but which will impede future development if left undone” in software projects. How Valve's eSports mastermind shook up the industry in 2013 dailydot.com Erik Johnson, an eSports legend, had perhaps his most important year yet in the industry. Chat Apps: The Next Big Content Marketing Opportunity contently.com Here’s a content marketing quote you probably haven’t heard: “Snapchat is my most valuable marketing tool right now.” Justine Sacco And The Self-Inflicted Perils Of Twitter forbes.com A few weeks ago, I had a drink with my friend Justine Sacco and we talked about what makes for a good Tweet.Justine is an easy person to like — frank, funny, quick to laugh. To a reporter, she’s the kind of flack who’s all too rare, the kind who doesn’t stop being a person when she badges in for the day at work. In Tech Buying, U.S. Still Stuck in Last Century nytimes.com Despite the furor over the rollout of HealthCare.gov, there is little evidence that the Obama administration is moving quickly to change how the government hires and manages private technology companies. How Lobbyists Will Keep You Hooked on Vitamins thedailybeast.com No matter how many studies show you’re wasting money and possibly harming your health, dietary supplement makers are selling their own version of science—and reality. Technology: A Virtual Alternative to the Hot Pursuit nytimes.com Using a GPS launcher, police can attach a tracking device to a vehicle and follow it via computer instead of by a high-speed chase. "Christmas In Hollis" - RUN-DMC Click here for more REDEF picks. Like what you see? Spread the love. SEND TO A FRIEND   “REDEF is dedicated to my mother, who nurtured and encouraged my interest in everything and slightly regrets the day she taught me to always ask ‘why?’” — @JasonHirschhorn YOU DON'T GET IT? Subscribe - Unsubscribe   WHO WE BE REDEF, Inc. 95 Morton Street // New York, NY 10014 www.redef.com