“There seems to be a certain essence in us that we must allow to guide us through life. If we defy this compass, we can end up in places we don’t belong. But if we trust it, follow it, we might do something as grand as fulfilling our purpose.”
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Some things to click for your Friday.
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On Additive and Extractive Technologies, “an extractive technology seeks to extract value from you instead of providing it.” Avoid.
Seer, “the built environment itself is, for all intents and purposes, becoming a gigantic archive, at all scales, forensically recording every event that occurs within it, with few or no options for opting out.” Also, BLDGBLOG is still alive.
Google Fonts organized by vibe, even if fonts aren’t your thing, visit to see all the little cursors flying around the Figma canvas.
Alistair Smith’s personal site is pretty neat.
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Photos of Baltimore at Night.
BS 2000 a Beastie Boy adjacent project.
Good advice from Chris Glass: Send the Card.
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From Found Way, an amazing are.na collection of wayfinding, signs, etc.
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Great sky last night.
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Look: The art of Kristin Moore
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Watch: a summer without algorithms.
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Read: The sound of inevitability: “These are some big names in the tech world, all framing the [AI] conversation in a very specific way. Rather than “is this the future you want?”, the question is instead “how will you adapt to this inevitable future?”. Note also the threatening tone present, a healthy psychological undercurrent encouraging you to go with the flow, because you’d otherwise be messing with scary powers way beyond your understanding.”
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Sites I like: The HTML Review, Issue 04
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Sites I like: ambient.garden
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Podcast: Breaking the Internet, 30 years of web history to answer the bewildering question many ask when they go online today: “How did we get here?”
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Words: Petrichor, the smell of rain.
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Sites I like: Artemis, a calm web reader.
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Listen: new Public Enemy album!
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Look: the art of Shuan Tan.
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Sites I like: linkitylink.lol
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Look: the art of nata metlukh. The animated GIFs are a delight.
