Week 15.20 - media diet, tiny offices, sea creatures, and more

↑ Current mood, photo by Patrick Joust I just finished The Winter People, a creepy book that toggles between two families, one in 1908 and one in modern times, living in the same haunted/cursed farm house. I just started Terriers on Hulu. It’s like a less psychedelic Big Lebowski meets 80s/90s detective show. These little animated excercising stick figures are awesome, bonus points for an excercise regime you can do in a “postage-stamp flat”

Apr 6, 2020

MapLab: A Shrinking Mental Map

“Under quarantine, the map of my world has shrunk in distance, but if I try hard enough, maybe it doesn’t have to shrink in detail.”

Apr 5, 2020

An interesting nugget from Advice from Ten Years of Leading Remote Teams:

Apr 3, 2020

Nails, foggy nights, wave forms, and more

Just doing my part to prevent doomscrolling with these short videos and pretty pictures: Nightime in Pittsburgh // wave forms from a drawing machine // one foggy night // shaking nails, stick with it // tracing murmations

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Apr 2, 2020

The 404 page for the Information Architecture Conference is fun:

Apr 2, 2020

Trains in Motion is a series of photos by Aaron Durand. /via Present & Correct

Apr 1, 2020

Still Hiring lists companies with open positions for those job hunting in these tough times. Looks like everything from grocery stores to marketing agencies are listed.

Apr 1, 2020

Some things for your eyeballs 👀

Peel Tridents are tiny little cars from the 60s // a map showing river basins in Florida // photos of the remote town of Norilsk in Siberia // tiny 3D scenes from pop culture // MD Eight is a font that seems to go with clackity keyboards + beeps and boops // commuting now

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Mar 31, 2020

The Short Story Club is like a book club, but for short stories. RSVP, read a short story, and join a live discussion with the author on Zoom. First up, a story from Cory Doctrow. Plus proceeds go towards getting masks to healthcare workers. In.

Mar 30, 2020