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Marker’s Weekend Reads: Webcam MacGyvers, Dissecting Palantir, Social Media Manager Breakdowns

A person dines outside Breads Bakery on the Upper West Side as the city continues the re-opening efforts following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of Covid-19 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)

Looking for a great read this weekend? Marker’s editorial team has compiled a list of some of the great articles on Medium that we’ve been reading and talking about. Enjoy your weekend and happy reading (and highlighting!).

It’s incredible to fathom, but it turns out that, eight months after Covid-19 could be ignored no longer, corporate America has somehow fallen short on the one breakout product of the entire pandemic — the webcam. My favorite piece this week is Rob Walker’s account of how Canon, noticing this mystifying blindspot in the market, exploited it by using nothing more inventive than gum, tweezers, and a rubber band. —Steve LeVine, Editor at Large, Medium

One Company’s Pandemic Shortage Is Another’s Golden Opportunity

I can’t stop thinking about this self-published story about how a digital “skin” for an extremely popular video game may have stolen the identity of a real person. This one takes some bizarre twists and turns.
— Peter Slattery Audience Development Editor, OneZero and Marker