Reading this weekend a few Kindle samples, and there’s one which has made enough of an impression to consider the full read. Specifically, Why Cities Look the Way They Do hits between the eyes of the consistent conversation about design and it’s value — for itself and for the things design behaviors communicate.

…Design responds to processes, such as the demands for housing, or for places for people to work, or for buildings that make attractive capital investments, to pick examples of typical urban processes… and design is often trying o ameliorate the effects of processes…

Such is part of what mediates the theme of this week’s notable reads. Design is communication, orchestration, and artistry. These reads are efforts to understand the frequency and friction at play.

• Why thousands of Amazon packages converge on a tiny Montana town - The Verge
• A Native Tribe’s Quest to Reclaim Duluwat Island — CityLab
• Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on why Spectacles are a new kind of camera — The Verge
• Estonia has a new way to stop speeding motorists —The nick of time
• Dad on How Apple Watch Noise App Helped Son with Autism — PEOPLE.com

A single article posted, a single initiative started, and a reminder of the roads travelled are the times from here:

• Reviewing Vue’s Bone Conduction Glasses
• Notable Reads for 8 Nov 🔗
• Notable Reads for 1 Nov 🔗

Signed up for the NYC to Philly Greenway Bike Ride (page tweaks in progress). This ride is to support the efforts to complete the East Coast Greenway. Instead of asking for the usual site support, will promote this effort until the ride. Still want the site support, but this is a decent endeavor.