This Week - Sep 19, 2014

Nothing about Vice’s journey makes sense. Nothing about it is a 'playbook' that any other media company could actually follow. It’s completely fucking weird and not algorithmic and shouldn’t have worked. And that’s why, whether it always follows the rules of journalism or not, Vice is a real media company and Upworthy isn’t.

— Want to understand the secret of Vice’s success? Wait and watch (Sarah Lacy for Pando Daily)

I wasn’t exactly sure how I fit into Mojang where people did actual work, but since people said I was important for the culture, I stayed.

— I’m leaving Mojang (Markus Persson for notch.net)

That’s worth real, real money — to not have assholes in your life.

— Anthony Bourdain’s Life Advice (Sean Woods for Men's Journal)