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Paul Ford explains how Greg Knauss prepared for massive Web traffic. It's a great look at how Web scaling works. "Can you turn our tour bus into an airplane for a week or two?" Simple!

Reviews of (mostly) non superhero graphic novels. [via mefi podcast]

Some practical strategies for teaching empathy to kids.

Ev expands on his Instagram comment by laying out the problems with Web metrics and measuring success.

This is a big shift in the world of online payment systems.