“Small Victories takes files in a Dropbox folder and turns them into a website. No CMS, no installation, no server, no coding required.” Simple as that.

Listed is a blogging extension of the Standard Notes app that I previously featured here. With Listed you turn any note into a blog post that’s publicly available. It even gives your readers the option to receive an email update every time you publish new posts. (Example blog here)

Polypane is a browser built from the ground up to create and test websites and apps in various responsive scenarios. You can see the full range of viewports for your site in a single overview with all the interactions synced in real time. It also comes with layout debugging, CSS stress-testing and the Chromium-based devtools.

Thyself is a little Chrome extensions that prompts you a few times a day to tell it how you are feeling in that moment in order to “collect your moods and see the ups and downs of life.”

Travel Tripod →

Space-saving, mobile tripod

Travel Tripod by Peak Design “takes up half the volume of a traditional travel tripod” while still being sturdy (life-time warranty) and quick to set up. Kudos to them for also offsetting the production’s carbon footprint and ensuring product longevity by making almost every part replaceable.

Bring Your Human To Work →

How to design a workplace that’s good for people

Another book that comes recommended by a friend: “A human company is real, genuine, aligned, and true to itself. A real company flaunts its humanity, instead of hiding it.” I like the sound of that.

“Paralysed by climate despair, I’m finding it hard to think about the end of the world and what to make for dinner.” An article that summarises my current emotional state: it gets a bit dark at the beginning, but there some hopeful signals towards the end.

I recovered this article from the bottom of my reading list. Written shortly after the Apple Watch came out, it’s as relevant today as it was back then: “Future shock is over. Apple Watch reveals that we suffer a new affliction: future ennui. The excitement of a novel technology (or anything, really) has been replaced – or at least dampened – by the anguish of knowing its future burden.”

An alternative take on ‘Strong Opinions, Loosely Held’ with a surprisingly simple way to invite others to challenge our views: “All you need to do is add a degree of uncertainty to your statements.”