Thu. 02/18 - Improving Twitter with an 1800s Etiquette Handbook

<p><strong><em>The Los Angeles musician who helped design the microphones on the Perseverance rover that will hopefully give us our first-ever audio recordings of Mars. Can a 19th century etiquette book make Twitter bearable? And what some of the top websites looked like on this day in 2011.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li>Skillshare, Get a free trial of Premium Membership at <a href="http://skillshare.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">skillshare.com/kottke</a>&nbsp;</li><li>OurCrowd, <a href="http://ourcrowd.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ourcrowd.com/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/musician-who-designed-microphone-mars" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The LA Musician Who Designed a Microphone for Mars</a> (Wired)</li><li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/everyone-on-twitter-needs-an-etiquette-manual/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Everyone on Twitter Needs an Etiquette Manual</a> (Wired)</li><li><a href="https://neal.fun/ten-years-ago/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ten Years Ago</a> (Neal.fun)</li><li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Stuck10YearsBehind/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">r/Stuck10YearsBehind</a> (Reddit)</li><li><a href="https://kottke.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kottke.Org</a></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/jackisnotabird" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jackson Bird on Twitter</a></li></ul><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>