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After last week’s issue I received a couple of replies from readers (I assume in response to Tracy Chou’s mention of male/white privilege) saying that they liked the newsletter but didn't want to be given a lesson in morality or politics. I found that quite surprising and a bit ironic given how often I share content on (the lack of) ethics in tech. This issue is no exception, as you can see in the Food for Thought section below.
I believe it’s wrong to separate work and morality. In fact, I think doing that has helped create the mess we’re in right now. I’ve long argued for taking your conscience to work. This doesn’t mean you have to vote for the same party as your boss. It means you should check whether the ethics and values of your employer align with your own. Especially in technology, where the impact of your work is felt by thousands or millions or even billions of people, it’s worth asking yourself more often: is the world I spend eight hours every day creating truly the world I want to live in myself? – Kai
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Yourbrand.Anything
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Your new favourite domain registrar
Sure, you could go with a .com for your next project, just like you could get a gas engine in your next car. They're reliable... we get it. But maybe a .app or a .blog is what you really need. Try something new. Be a domain pioneer. Start your search at iwantmyname.
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Apps & Sites
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Building digital products means managing bug reports, feature requests, and general feedback. Keeping track of it all and keeping both customers and your own team in sync is what Canny is trying to do: the one platform to share, collect, and respond to customer feedback.
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Intuitive, simple list-making
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Flowlist is a compact Mac app to easily and rapidly create lists that you can re-organise and structure any way you like. Its simplicty is its main strength because it allows you to customise it to fit into your workflow.
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Control your Mac's CPU to save battery
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This little menu bar app allows you to control your Mac's CPU performance, and thereby temperature, so that you can extend your battery life when on the road. (I think Mojave support is beta only.)
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The Internet is Awesome
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DD asked: What was a recent website you stumbled across that made you go 'The internet is awesome!' Here are some of your answers.
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A database of paper airplanes with easy to follow folding instructions.
A website that makes learning music more accessible through fun, hands-on experiments.
The most complete breakdown of the colour, shapes, layouts, and designs used in world flags.
A platform for gathering a human perspective on moral decisions made by machine intelligence.
Digitally explore thousands of artifacts excavated from an Amsterdam canal.
Searchable graphic listing of the world's tallest structures.
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Goods & Accessories
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Linen-bound diary
This beautifully haptic linen-bound planner for 2019 features weekly and monthly views as well as generous notes pages and maps.
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Collapsible take-away cup
In the US alone, an estimated 58 billion disposable cups go to landfill every year. There are plenty of reusable alternatives and Stojo is one that takes up minimal space in your day pack. Made from food grade, recyclable materials, the leak-proof cup collapses into a disk that stows away nicely.
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Smart wi-fi power strip
With this app-controlled power strip, you can independently manage six outlets and charge three USB devices. The app also shows you the energy consumption of each outlet. Set individual schedules for each of them to turn on/off devices at a specific time.
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Overheard on Twitter
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Instagram is down. Thousands of people wander the streets with crude sketches of sunsets screaming hashtags at strangers. People carry their breakfast with them and introduce it to everyone they meet. Chaos ensues. In the distance, sirens.
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Food For Thought
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“It is our responsibility to actively seek the ‘outliers’ that seem to be shrinking data points in the metrics that define our work – data points that are often representatives of entire populations who never seem to make it to the whiteboard as a compelling enough reason to alter a design.”
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Telling students to follow their passion is bad career/life advice: “Rather than searching for their one true passion, they should understand that interests, expertise, and even passion can be cultivated through experience, persistence, and hard work.”
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An extensive, well-argued list of examples showing how iPhones (and all smartphones, IMO) are becoming increasingly difficult to use. I have plenty of anecdotal evidence based on my mum's growing frustration with her phone, but I'm frequently surprised myself about how many features I come across by an accidental swipe or tap.
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This is the first time I heard of the concept of a 'tech tax' and based on this short article, it makes a lot of sense to me: “Artificial intelligence can only achieve its potential if its use is determined not by the pressures of private competition, but by a desire to serve the public interest.”
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Aesthetically Pleasing
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Beausite is a typeface system that applies contrast onto a neogrotesque skeleton.
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Studio South's gorgeous branding work for Queen, a redevelopment project in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Lots of plants and natural materials in this simple but beautiful office of Jacada Travel.
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There is so much detail to explore in every piece of digital art by Miguel Membreño.
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Classifieds
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Fathom Analytics provides simple and useful website stats that focus on user privacy (GDPR compliant). Available in two delicious flavours: open source/free and hosted/paid.
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The WDRL is a newsletter written by Anselm Hannemann for people working on the web. Not a list of links, but well-curated content with something to think about every week.
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The Week in a GIF
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Email us the URL to your favourite GIF and we might feature it here in a future issue.
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