suggested reads for April 3, 2022

• the Museum of Endangered Sounds
• Social proof: is there always safety in numbers?
• Microplastics found in human blood for first time

Just three articles this week, but meaningful. (I hope.)

suggested reads for March 13th, 2022

• Your helpfulness at work is hurting your job performance;
• 5 Important New Features and Updates in WordPress 5.9
• Contatto non rilevatoIn tutta l’Ue le app di tracciamento per il Covid-19 sono state un fallimento – an Italian article which summons the main reasons why the contact-tracing apps did not work in entire Europe in the fight to COVID-19;
• Everything You Need to Know About Openverse and the WordPress Photo Directory

suggested reads for February 6, 2022

• Italy’s lab leak: Technopopulism — “Mario Draghi’s government may be the purest expression yet of this era’s hot new political formula.”
• Top 10: Wallpapers. Dell XPS’s top 10 images from their Wallpapers Topic Takeover
• Do I Have Productivity Dysmorphia?
• What Is Company Culture If You Don’t Have an Office?

suggested reads for January 30, 2022

• The 7 types of rest that every person needs
• What’s the right font size in web design?
• Sharenting, BYOD and Kids Online: 10 Digital Tips for Modern Day Parents
• The Most Frequently Used Emoji of 2021
• 14 Best Free Fonts for Programming – a nice collection of monospaced fonts;

Smart failure for a fast-changing world

One of the most inspiring, and thought-provoking, TED Talk I’ve ever seen… so true and current even ten — 10 !!! — years later 😳 😱

suggested reads for December 12, 2021

• 18 WordPress Block Editor Tips in 2021 (Gutenberg Tutorial)
• Making a Living. The history of what we call work.
• The pandemic reminded us: we exist to do more than just work
• Rest of the world – “Rest of World is an international nonprofit journalism organization. We document what happens when technology, culture and the human experience collide, in places that are typically overlooked and underestimated. We believe the story about technology is as big as the world that’s using it, and that everyone — from those building technology to those using it — can benefit from a broader global perspective.”

suggested reads for December 5, 2021

• The Cost of Context Switching (and How To Avoid It)
• The iPhone experience told by the accessories in the box — “The history of iPhone accessories tells us a lot about the iPhone user experience. Now, the iPhone 13 comes with just one cable in the box.”
• Facebook publishes slides on how Instagram affects teen mental health
• New study reveals iPhones aren’t as private as you think — Android phones collect more data by volume, but iPhones collect more types of data, a study finds;

suggested reads for November 7, 2021

• How Friendships Change in Adulthood
• 1000 dreams – 1000 Dreams seeks to change prevailing refugee narratives through a storytelling project that tells the stories of 1000 refugees across Europe. 1000 Dreams is entirely authored by storytellers with a refugee background.
• Il “collasso del contesto” sui social – ‘Why do innocuous opinions shared initially with a small, complicit audience often provoke disproportionate and polarizing reactions on platforms?’ … use a translator to get the most out of this Italian post;
• EU Prize for Women Innovators 2020