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  • Notable Reads for 2 Apr 🔗

    Manipulating the YouTube Algorithm - (Part 1/3) Smarter Every Day 213 - YouTube Read at 9:45 PM How the US has hidden its empire | News | The Guardian Read at 9:35 PM Ahead of Its Time, Behind the Curve: Why Evernote Failed to Realize Its Potential | FYI Read at 5:23 PM Untangling your technology spaghetti – Public Digital Read at 4:44 PM What Happens When You Track Your Boyfriend on Strava | WIRED Read at 4:24 PM Shell New Energies Director on Investing in Clean Energy: ‘It’s About Survival’ | Gre Read at 4:20 PM Shaena Montanari on Twitter: “Me fact-checking the New Yorker article: true… “ Read at 3:32 PM This is why we can’t have nice things – DIGITS to DOLLARS Read at 9:58 AM Becoming a Model Thinker: My Interview with Professor and Mental Model Expert Scott Page The Knowledge Project Read at 8:13 AM Continue reading →

  • Notable Reads for 1 Apr 🔗

    Started to just skip the links for yesterday given the various pranks. A later sharing of the non-prank reads makes sense instead Tips for biking to work if you work from home • PeopleForBikes Read at 5:46 PM Benedict Evans on Twitter: “The old Apple promise was that you don’t have to worry if the t Read at 5:34 PM Netflix’s ‘Our Planet’ Is Beautiful but Uncomfortable - The Atlantic Read at 5:27 PM Dehumanization of cyclists predicts self-reported aggressive behaviour toward them: A pilot study - Read at 12:26 PM https://30daysofbiking. Continue reading →

  • Notable Reads for Mar 30 and 31 🔗

    Notable Reads for Mar 30 How Apple Card works – TechCrunch Read at 11:44 PM Steven Sinofsky on Twitter: “1/ Pre-announcing a product (/feature) seems really dumb. Still, a Read at 5:20 PM Sampo’s blog: The business model of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) - MaaS Global Read at 5:07 PM Notable Reads for Mar 31 Why Africans Don’t Swim Read at 11:09 PM The Dark Fantastic Read at 10:50 PM Ethical EdTech Read at 3:02 PM Quora - A place to share knowledge and better understand the world Read at 2:42 PM In Praise Of The Upright Bike | HuffPost Canada Read at 12:30 PM Russia Ordered a Killing That Made No Sense. Continue reading →

  • Notable Reads for 28 Mar 🔗

    Garfield phones beach mystery finally solved after 35 years - BBC News Read at 6:57 PM Job vacancies | Nuffield Foundation Read at 6:48 PM Bryan Clagett on Twitter: A @kfc in China has more digital prowess than the average US #Finser Read at 5:57 PM A tear-filled plea from one of my students to every black boy within ear-shot. After watching the re Read at 5:27 PM A Billion Pockets, Y’all – 500ish Words Read at 2:38 PM Inmates in Finland are training AI as part of prison labor - The Verge Read at 2:17 PM Last year’s headlines are in danger of disappearing forever - Columbia Journalism Review Read at 11:45 AM Meet the man spreading peace with the help of Google Translate | Google Read at 11:20 AM Matthew Cassinelli on Twitter: My review of AirPods after walking down the street and triggering… Read at 10:38 AM How Apple Card can still make money with low interest and no fees - Business Insider Read at 10:34 AM Continue reading →

  • Notable Reads for 27 Mar 🔗

    Arm Yourself With Specific Knowledge Read at 9:56 PM AiriPods | Asymco Read at 9:31 PM A Dollar Will Take You Less Than Two Miles in a Car Read at 8:29 PM Who Owns Your Health Data? Read at 5:45 PM Microsoft Hands-Free Music - Microsoft Research Read at 5:28 PM “No, No, No, No, Yes: Book Design Uncovered” showcases rejected covers Read at 5:26 PM Ingrid Kopp on Twitter: What might a protopia look like? Continue reading →

  • Notable Reads for 26 Mar 🔗

    Exploration vs Exploitation | Noah Brier dot Com Read at 11:05 PM Another tax on the poor: Surrendering privacy for survival Read at 8:53 PM Mastercard Sees Other Banks Ditching Card Numbers Like Apple Did - Bloomberg Read at 8:44 PM Automation and New Tasks: How Technology Displaces and Reinstates Labor Read at 3:05 PM Big batteries vs. natural gas — Water trouble in a warming world — Fighting brick kiln pollution Read at 2:48 PM Peter Berg on Twitter: “Seeing so many bad/misinformed hot takes about Apple Card, I might as w Read at 2:46 PM Training a Computer to Find Shapes in the Clouds | ideo. Continue reading →

  • Notable Reads for 25 Mar 🔗

    Google Stadia Is a Net Neutrality Nightmare – Variety Read at 10:13 PM OpenStax Read at 10:03 PM “I didn’t have control”: A 14-year-old on why she quit social media Read at 9:56 PM Brian Roemmele’s answer to What is Apple Card, the new credit card from Apple and why is it imp Read at 9:40 PM New Approaches to Economic Challenges - New Approaches for Economic Challenges Read at 5:30 PM Dear White Teachers: You Can’t Love Your Black Students If You Don’t Know Them - Education Week Read at 12:25 PM Effect of E-Bike Versus Bike Commuting on Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Overweight Adults Read at 10:06 AM Continue reading →

  • Notable Reads from 23 & 24 Mar 🔗

    Notable Reads from 24 Mar Why the Olympic Games Are Steering Clear of E-Sports Read at 9:22 PM Man stole $122m from Facebook and Google by sending them random bills, which the companies dutifully Read at 8:41 PM Brian Roemmele on Twitter: "To gain a perspective on how floored I am today. If Wikipe Read at 5:44 PM Human Contact Is Now a Luxury Good - The New York Times Read at 12:04 AM Notable Reads from 23 Mar Continue reading →

  • Starting from Convo

    Building a design ethos, one conversation at a time In talking with people about Avanceé, one of the questions that comes up from designers, or those with a design background, is “how often do you work with other people versus how often do you work by yourself?“ This is a very valuable question, and it tends to be answered honestly — depends on the project. For many organizations however, the work that happens is actually not doing design artifacts (strategy, research, wireframes, proptotypes, and products), which might require individual or collaborative efforts. Continue reading →

  • Notable Reads for 22 Mar 🔗

    Manton Reece (@manton) Read at 1:19 PM Trusting Driverless Cars - Library - Google Design Read at 1:04 PM Opinion | Owning a Car Will Soon Be as Quaint as Owning a Horse - The New York Times Read at 12:50 PM A new frenemy: Apple is going Hollywood. But it’s been a bumpy ride. - Digiday Read at 12:32 PM How Elmo Ruined Sesame Street Read at 11:42 AM Five things women taught me on “having it all” – Uber Design – Medium Read at 8:49 AM Continue reading →