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My picks for #sundayread for May 29, 2016:

• Y’all Connect: The world of Facebook Live
• Rebecca Solnit on How Modern Noncommunication Changes Our Experiences (via @jabdulai)
• Beyond Moore’s law: Future of chip development, by @MitchWaldrop via @BaxterSally)
• It’s always Peak TV in blogging and social media
• The Missed Opportunity in Influencer Marketing, by @JayAcunzo (via @vidswish)
• Why (almost) everything you know about food is wrong, by Julia Belluz @juliaoftoronto
• Are we ready to live with robots? By @RobertShrimsley (RT @Garigalicious)
• What’s wrong with Craig Venter? By @RogerHighfield (via @wellcometrust)
• Amy Cuddy’s “Power Pose” Research Is Example of Scientific Overreach (via @JeffTPhD)
• Your Life Is Tetris. Stop Playing It Like Chess. By @TorBair (via @SerenaChaudhry)

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: The produce below, the skies above

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My picks for #sundayread for May 22, 2016:

• Resettling the First American “Climate Refugees” (RT @ClimateMusic)
• Y’all Connect: Save time on social media with these scheduling apps
• 9 Books Every Content Marketer Should Read, by @DemianFarnworth (RT @TylerChisholm)
• The Business of Too Much TV, by @TVMoJoe and @writerchica (via @sternbergh)
• Everybody’s a Critic. And That’s How It Should Be. By @AOScott (RT @FamilyNature)
• Flashback: Do everything wrong and backwards
• Understanding iterative, incremental product dev, by @henrikkniberg (via @p_roessler)
• The Long Prehistory of Artificial Intelligence by Jessica Riskin (RT @PublicDomainRev)
• You Can’t Trust What You Read About Nutrition, by Christie Aschwanden @cragcrest
• Flashback: Y’all Connect – 36 hours in Birmingham
• Oral history of “Alias” on 10th anniversary of its finale, compiled by @KimRoots
• Locked up for life at 14, by @Tom_Allard (via @julieposetti)
• “Still a city of slaves.” Life in Selma, by @Chris_Arnade (via @Jsutton05)
• @talentsmarteq on 6 Ways Nice People Can Master Conflict (RT @Dar_Connections)

More posts from Wade this week:

• Video: The Power of Digital Storytelling [Alabama Media Professionals]
• The Birmingham channel: Blazer film festival 2016

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My picks for #sundayread for May 15, 2016:

• The Privilege of “Civilized” Political Discourse, by @IjeomaOluo (RT @FamilyNature)
• Y’all Connect: The unfair world of storytelling
• @ChrisRock on Hollywood: “It’s a White Industry.” (via @ronkelawal)
• My Grandma the Poisoner, by John Reed @easyreeder (RT @AfrikaReads)
• Lit-blog pioneer Jessa Crispin ends @TheBookslut after 14 yrs by @Borisk /via @fatmanatee
• Flashback: WordPress Bham presentation: Cheapest Website You Can Do in 60 Minutes
• 10-Year Study Reveals What Great Executives Know and Do, by @RonCarucci (RT @hubsg)
• Schools say goodbye to the long summer, by @Mackenzie_Ryan (RT @PPTAWeb)
• Are High-Tech Hotels Alluring … or Alienating? By @Matt_Kronsberg (RT @commsource)
• Flashback: Last steps for Noah Galloway in “Dancing with the Stars” finals
• The 100 Jokes That Shaped Modern Comedy, by @JesseDavidFox
• FBI coerces immigrants to become informants for citizenship (via @newscommander21)
• Drilling, Dollars and Disease Down North, by @NikaKnight (via @TheHoads)
• How Baltimore drag queen Divine inspired Disney’s Ursula (via @TeaAndTemerity)

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My picks for #sundayread for May 8, 2016:

• Your Brain on Nature, by Florence Williams @flowill (via @bats_w_borders)
• Y’all Connect: Lessons for storytellers from “On Writing”
• The Woman Who Can’t Remember Her Past, by @ErikaHayasaki (RT @kickpointinc)
• Study on Biggest Loser contestants shows slowing metabolism behind weight gain, by @GinaKolata
• Every stranger in the world is a cousin of yours, by Tim Urban @waitbutwhy (RT @shahil)
• Flashback: Double time for Noah Galloway on Week 8 of “Dancing with the Stars”
• How fiction ruined love, by @AlaindeBotton (RT @Garigalicious)
• Monica Lewinsky talks with @JonRonson for Guardian’s “The Web We Want” series
• 16th c. urban farmers grew produce w/ renewable energy, by @Kris_De_Decker /via @RevelAndRoost
• Flashback: My interview on the “Birmingham Shines” podcast premiere
• Oral history of “Now That’s What I Call Music!” compiled by @LaurenDuca
• Texas troopers ticketing Hispanic drivers as white, by @BrianCollister and Joe Ellis
• The smug style in American liberalism, by @EmmettRensin
• Study: Pulling Out as Effective as Condoms in Pregnancy Prevention by @CharoShane /via @SexnSand

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• The Birmingham channel: Sing sing sing!

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My picks for #sundayread for May 1, 2016:

• Y’all Connect: Hello, 2017!
• How These Infographics Reveal Your Brain’s Blind Spots, by @LenaGroeger (RT @PPTAWeb)
• The Post-Ownership Society, by @MonicaBPotts (via @kickpointinc)
• Just read @StephenKing’s terrific “On Writing,” thanks to @insomniactive. Aff. link: http://amzn.to/1pTYRup
• Kid Wage Gap? Boys Paid More, More Profitably by @schemaly /via @AdamMGrant @FamilyNature
• “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Writers on Season 2’s Memorable Jokes, by @JesseDavidFox
• Flashback: The personal touch on LinkedIn
• Hugo awards shortlist dominated by rightwing campaign, by @DavidMBarnett
• Jack @McCallum12: Dream Team scrimmage greatest game nobody ever saw (RT @KKyW)
• Flashback: Noah Galloway gets his strut on for Week 7 of “Dancing with the Stars”
• In “Black-ish,” Barris Rethinks Family Sitcom, by @EmilyNussbaum (via @mattzollerseitz)
• Six-part @WashingtonPost series on college athletics and money
• Seeing the Spectrum: A new history of autism, by Steven Shapin (RT @tobys_words)
• Bronx School Embraces a New Tool in Counseling: Hip-Hop, by @WinnHu (RT @TORSHCO)

More posts from Wade this week:

• Video: The Absolutely Essential Social Media Tools [PRCA West Alabama]
• The Birmingham channel: Our time to shine

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My picks for #sundayread for April 24, 2016:

• An update on Y’all Connect 2016
• Independent voter in Calif.? Not if you checked this box. (via @adamplease @EmmaLee05733408)
• “Women’s running boom is 1 of most revolutionary sports stories.” By @exerscience (via @WeHoWLC)
• Finally read Pulitzer winner “Slavery by Another Name” by @DouglasBlackmon: [aff. link] http://amzn.to/1XNUVqO
• From 2012: A paean 2 Prince, by Hilton Als
• From 2014: Unlocking Prince’s “Purple Rain,” by @AnilDash
• Flashback: “The Great Invisible,” 5 years after the BP oil spill //4:30p on @APTV
• Zuckerberg reveals vision for Facebook’s future in rare interview (via @starpphoto)
• The sugar conspiracy, by @MrIanLeslie (RT @balmig)
• Flashback: Why I’ll always be a “high-maintenance” speaker
• The Hypocrisy of “Judge Judy,” by Alex Mayyasi @amayyasi
• Investigative report on #Bham temp company and systemic discrimination, by @willCIR
• The Voyeur’s Motel, by Gay Talese
• 19 Summer Books Everyone Will Talk About, by @MeredithTurits (via @swirlandthread)

More posts from Wade this week:

• Video: The Absolutely Essential Social Media Tools [American Marketing Assn.]
• Audio: The Power of Digital Storytelling [Craft Content Nashville]
• The Birmingham channel: A tumble in spring

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My picks for #sundayread for April 17, 2016:

• Y’all Connect: The best sources of inspiration for our storytelling
• In Ala., pricey licensed day cares or risky unregulated religious ones by @AmyJHarris
• What Amazon and Libraries Have in Store for 2016, by @RonCallari
• Wade’s 101: Haiku retrospective 38 #haiku
• How “Hamilton” became most important musical in US history by @jxmccarter (via @alexmae)
• What if UK leaves European Union this summer? By Swati Mishra (h/t @BrexitInstitute)
• Vote 2016: Alabama primary election runoff results
• 26 writers on the 2016 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist (h/t @ForCreativeGirl)
• At Tampa Bay farm-to-table restaurants/markets, you’re fed fiction, by @lreiley
• Speaking gigs: PRCA West Alabama, April 2016
• How to make great TV, explained by FX spy drama “The Americans,” by @CarolineFramke
• Myth of the Ethical Shopper, by Michael Hobbes @RottenInDenmark (RT @kickpointinc)
• Does CIA want your DNA through mass market skin cream? By @lhfang (via @HighfieldsUK)
• The reality of being an architect with a new house, by @BobBorson (RT @C9studios3D)

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• The Birmingham channel: Spring breakers

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My picks for #sundayread for April 10, 2016:

• Y’all Connect: Springtime in Birmingham
• Good riddance, gig economy, by @StevenHill1776 (via @PPTAWeb @damianchristie)
• Vote 2016: Sample ballots for Jefferson, Shelby County primary runoffs #alpolitics
• How one man’s fight for his Detroit neighborhood went viral, by @MichaelJackman
• The Absolutely Essential Social Media Tools: What you said
• Investigative Reporters and Editors’ 2015 award winners and finalists
• After seeing movie + TV show, finally read wonderful “Friday Night Lights.” Aff. link: http://amzn.to/1qfRXjS
• How US schools turn dead PCs into speedy Chromebooks, by @BenPopper (RT @kickpointinc)
• Speaking gigs: American Marketing Association – Birmingham chapter, April 2016: http://itswa.de/2241qqu
• Being Breanna Stewart, by Elizabeth Merrill @MerrillLiz (via @ddeguzmanWHSV)
• 26 years later, an oral history of “Blossom”
• How to Hack an Election (via @BaxterSally)
• An American health crisis plaguing white women, by @EliSaslow (via @nelson_aj)
• Shakespeare, the Book Tour, by @JennySchuessler (via @streborv) [Oct. in Montgomery]

More posts from Wade this week:

• Video: The Absolutely Essential Social Media Tools
• The Birmingham channel: Out like a lamb

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My picks for #sundayread for April 3, 2016:

• 129 more reasons guests give to attend Y’all Connect
• Gina Locklear (@ZkanoOrganicSox), the Sock Queen of Alabama, by @skurutz #bham
• Speaking gigs: PRAM Conference, April 2016
• Eating Right Can Save the World, by Tim Zimmermann @Earth_ist (via @ajney)
• Flashback: Where the old things are: “Antiques Roadshow” in Birmingham
• The 100 Funniest Jokes in the History of Twitter, compiled by @FreddieCampion
• Flashback: No links, no style, no service
• Rooftop solar, and the four levers of social change, by @EthanZ (h/t @calebzim)
• Flashback: Tango time for Noah Galloway on Week 3 of “Dancing with the Stars”
• 10 Favorite Columns by Beer Writer Michael Jackson (via @lucyburningham)
• Oral history of ABC’s TGIF
• FOIA Lawsuit Uncovers How Obama Administration Killed FOIA Reform, by @JasonLeopold
• The woman who was trans before her time, by @kdaubs (via @brianjbradley)
• Extremely Abridged Versions of Classic Books, by John Atkinson @WrongHands1

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: Wondrous the joy of springing together

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My picks for #sundayread for March 27, 2016:

• I re-read “The Power of Now,” a terrific self-help book. Aff. link: http://amzn.to/1UlwaUG
• How Nike lost Stephen Curry to Under Armour, by @SherwoodStrauss (via @GodsavetheHam)
• Y’all Connect: Ike Pigott on the power of stories and blogs
• What Happens When Millennials Run the Workplace? By @BenWiddicombe (RT @acearley)
• Finally read “The Happiness Trap,” well worth it. Aff. link: http://amzn.to/22PVpQi
• Garry Shandling: The Reclusive Master of American Comedy, by @MsAmyWallace
• Flashback: Excerpt from Amber Benson’s “The Witches of Echo Park”
• How Nixon’s White House invented the costly destructive War on Drugs, by @DanielSBaum
• In Alabama, a government we deserve, by @Josh_Moon (via @JFleming84)
• ♫ 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going ♫ (RT @kickpointinc)

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: Feel the rush

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My picks for #sundayread for March 20, 2016:

• Y’all Connect: Syed Balkhi on leveraging free to gain business
• License to Launder: Cash, Cops and the Cartels, series by @MikeSallah7
• Freaknik: Rise and fall of Atlanta’s most infamous street party (via @nic_mclean)
• Flashback: My first garden
• Delving into artist William Wegman and his Weimaraner dogs (RT @18thStreetArts)
• Peanuts Every Sunday: The 1950s Gift Box Set is a collection absolutely worth having
• My philosophy of customer service
• 1964: The Paranoid Style in American Politics, by Richard Hofstadter (via @MormonPress)
• Download 448 Free Art Books from Metropolitan Museum of Art, compiled by @ColinMarshall
• Flashback: Country-western samba for Noah Galloway on Week 2, Dancing with the Stars
• “The Americans'” nuanced examination of Christian belief by @Phil_Christman (RT @moryan)
• For Wealthiest, Private Tax System Saving Them Billions, by @NoamScheiber @PatCohenNYT
• Inside the abortion clinic where no one shames by @Rebecca_Ruiz (RT @newscommander21)
• How to Tell If You’re in a Flannery O’Connor Story, by @lilyelizajane (via @edsbs)

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: From every angle
• A Guide to Getting Started on LinkedIn
• The Art of the Brand [Pine Beach PRAM]
• The Art of the Brand [PRAM Beach]

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My picks for #sundayread for March 13, 2016:

• Y’all Connect: We have two more speakers coming for 2016 …
• New Clues to How the Brain Maps Time, by @EmilySinger (via @gsisson64)
• Speaking gigs: Mississippi times three, March 2016
• Guardian report on Chicago PD holding 7,000 at secret interrogation warehouse
• Flashback: Wade’s 101: Haiku retrospective 34 #haiku
• The Haunted Twilight of Richard Simmons, by Andy @MartinoNYDN
• Flashback: Noah Galloway tries cha cha on Week 1 of “Dancing with the Stars”
• Graffiti artist gives voice to Afghan women, by @DebVankin (via @18thStreetArts)
• Y’all Connect: Andrea Weckerle on the challenge of digital antagonists
• The Mass-Market Edition of “To Kill a Mockingbird” is Dead, by @Alex_Shephard
• The Deadpool Moment: The Secret History of Marvel’s Boom Brand, by @abrahamjoseph
• By the time you read this, I’ll be dead, by John Hofsess (via @KipkemboiKoech)
• The Corporate Takeover of the Red Cross, by @JustinElliott
• Heartwarming: Bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh by @brainpicker (via @coffeetographer)

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: Some folks like to get away

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My picks for #sundayread for March 6, 2016:

• Y’all Connect: Ramon De Leon on humanizing brands
• Poor people in the Deep South are on their own, by @ChicoHarlan
• Birmingham’s E.O. Wilson talks with NYT’s @ClaudiaDreifus #bham
• Vote 2016: Alabama primary election results
• Stephen Curry Is the Revolution, by Benjamin Morris @skepticalsports (RT @keithkemp)
• The World’s Most Dedicated All-Natural Perfumer, by @AliceGregory (RT @DeborahMain)
• How to embed Facebook video in blog posts
• Master of street art @RobbieConal chats with @shelikestowatch (RT @18thStreetArts)
• What Women Find in Friends That They May Not Get From Love by @rtraister (RT @marvivilla_b)
• The struggle over music licenses to get beloved TV shows onto DVD, by @tvoti
• Late night lads: Conan O’Brien (23 yrs) / James Corden (1 yr)
• Must-read: The rise of American authoritarianism, by @AmandaTaub (via @warondumb)
• An Unbelievable Story of Rape, by @txtianmiller and @bykenarmstrong (RT @afantz)
• Vonnegut recommends “An ABZ of Love,” by @brainpicker (via @VonnegutLibrary)

More posts from Wade this week:

• Vote 2016: Alabama v. Apathy: Dawn of Super Tuesday
• The Birmingham channel: Primary warmup

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My picks for #sundayread for Feb. 28, 2016:

• 25 Maps That Describe America, compiled by @bekonnell (RT @nvyoung)
• Death on the Highway: Chattanooga’s 3-interstate nightmare (via @MBDinBHAM)
• How Poor Single Moms Survive, by @AlanaSemuels (RT @shrivercenter)
• Oral history of “The Big Bang Theory” as it hits 200 eps, compiled by @mctelevision
• Have authorities covered up match-fixing by 16 Top 50 tennis players? (via @jjrsays)
• “Spotlight,” a personal view, by @MattAtMIT (via @mathewi)
• Y’all Connect: Mitch Canter on the chapter and verse of storytelling
• The Wisdom of the Aged, by @JohnLeland (RT @gsisson64)
• The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield, by @DanEngber (RT @FamilyNature)
• Books: Excerpt from @KathyGandCo’s “Food, Fun and Fabulous”

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: The voice and the idol
• Video: The Power of Digital Storytelling [Pine Belt Entrepreneurs]

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My picks for #sundayread for Feb. 21, 2016:

• Y’all Connect: Shelly Kramer on better content marketing
• Medical emergencies in flight, compiled by @PJSkerrett (RT @nighealthwatch)
• Excerpt: Getting stuffed: A tale of love & taxidermy, by David Sedaris /RT @kickpointinc
• Enjoyed reading @Ramit Sethi’s “I Will Teach You to Be Rich.” Aff. link: http://amzn.to/1Lyc8xR
• Race, murder and the law in 1957 Georgia, by Mary Claire Kelly (RT @georgetalbot)
• The Last Dying Cat, by Gregory Martin
• Dispatches from the world of social media
• Jury Duty: A Lawyer’s Journey, by Keith Lee @associatesmind
• Death by Coconut: A Food Obsession Gone Too Far, by Nina Martyris (RT @AfrikaReads)
• Flashback: Y’all Connect – Storytelling in depth: Nothing to it but to do it
• How Esperanto is finding new life online, by @SamAugustDean (h/t @BooksLIVESA)
• Unpregnant: The silent, secret grief of miscarriage, by @AlexEKimball
• Dead Father’s Daughter, by @RodNordland (via @TishaSrivastav)
• How People Learn to Become Resilient, by @mkonnikova (via @DigantKapoor)

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• The Birmingham channel: It used to be mad love

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