10 slash A modular desk system and a contract for the web To be clever enough to get a great deal of money, one must be stupid enough to want it. – G dot K. Chesterton graphic ❏ Fragments’ by link James Firnhaber link graphic Dense Discovery table with 43 rows and 1 columns row 1 column 1 link graphic Dense Discovery row 2 row 3 heading Welcome to Issue 10! link View slash share online right arrow row 4 Thank you once again for the many supportive words to the intro in link the previous issue dot It’s really uplifting to know that the DD readership does not shy away from challenging topics. I think we’ve only just scratched the surface when it comes to having these difficult conversations about ethics and morality in the tech world. But I'm cautiously optimistic as I outlined in link my editor’s note of link Offscreen Issue 18 dot I’m currently in transit so today’s intro is a bit shorter than usual. Enjoy this issue and have a great week! – Kai row 5 row 6 heading Hassle Free Job Hunting link SPONSOR row 7 graphic ❏ heading link Underdog dot io right arrow heading Connect directly with growing tech companies Get your name in front of hundreds of companies with a single application. 85 percent of our candidates receive an interview request in their first week. Don't waste time, apply today! row 8 row 9 heading Apps and Sites row 10 heading link Team Watch right arrow heading Status indicator for remote teams Team Watch is a small app for your Mac menu bar (but also available for Windows) showing the current status and time zone of all of your team members around the globe. row 11 heading link Amelia Timer right arrow heading A beautiful, free interval timer Just a couple taps to set your interval length, break length, and number of sets. No ads, no bloat, just a simple periodic timer. row 12 heading link Macaw right arrow heading Twitter, summarised This i OS app looks through all the people you follow on Twitter and compiles a compact summary of the most liked tweets of your stream. row 13 heading link Fast Poll right arrow heading Simple online polls, fast As the name suggests, Fast Poll allows you to create open (or private) opinion polls you can create and share in seconds – wrapped in a lovely interface. row 14 row 15 heading A Magna Carta for the Web row 16 graphic ❏ If you believe in an open and fair web, please take five minutes out of your day today to read up on this new campaign by Tim Berners Lee: the number For The Web campaign reflects on what the web has allowed humanity to accomplish over the past nearly 30 years, examines the current trends that threaten its future, and outlines actions we must take to reverse these trends and ensure that the web remains free and open for everyone: right arrow link More about the campaign right arrow link Read the Contract for the Web’ right arrow link Add your voice to this campaign row 17 row 18 heading Goods and Accessories row 19 graphic ❏ heading link De sk right arrow heading The modular desk system A resizable and affordable desk system that allows you to pick and rearrange panels with various functions: from power points to wireless charging pads to built in pots for plants. row 20 graphic ❏ heading link Company of One right arrow heading The antidote to the growth hacking frenzy Written by Offscreen alumnus Paul Jarvis, Company of One is a book about staying small: The real key to richer and more fulfilling work could be to not create and scale something into a massive corporation, but rather, to work for yourself, determine your own hours, and become a (highly profitable) and sustainable company of one. (Pre order now, release in Jan 2019) row 21 row 22 heading Overheard on Twitter row 23 I rarely use the term agile’ these days. If I mean responsive to change’ or adaptive’, I just say those words. If I mean self organising’, I say it. If I mean lightweight’, I say that. If I mean cynically exploiting a trend to sell certifications’, I say that. heading – link at jasongorman row 24 row 25 heading Food For Thought row 26 heading link The Google Pixel 3 Is A Very Good Phone. But Maybe Phones Have Gone Too Far. right arrow heading Read A product review that ends with Jesus. What's happening to us? is worth a read even if you're not in the market for a new phone. I ve updated my phone last year too and reading through some reviews at the time I couldn t help but think: here I am again believing better slash newer specs would make my life slash work easier when all it does is upgrade my dependency and addiction. row 27 heading link The power of vulnerability right arrow heading Watch In this great talk, researcher Brené Brown shows us how vulnerability is at the core of so many of our decisions. One idea of hers that stood out to me is that we cannot selectively numb our feelings which is why when we excessively drink or eat (or spend time online) we’re numbing the bad and the good. (Her link follow up talk is also great.) row 28 heading link The Fat of the Lab right arrow heading Read There is only so far the vegan slash vegetarian message can influence long established thinking about the role of meat in our diet. So rather than replacing meat with plant based foods, lab grown meat could very soon ease the pressure on the environment. Here’s an update from the meat labs. row 29 heading link You don't have a career. You have a life right arrow heading Read I’ve linked to this before, but after the positive response to my intro in the previous issue of DD it’s worth sharing again: Professionalism has become a destructive myth. Ditch it. row 30 row 31 heading Aesthetically Pleasing row 32 graphic ❏ Gorgeous aerial photography by link Stas Bartnikas dot row 33 graphic ❏ link Fixture is a massive 72 font take on plentiful offerings of the late 19th century’s typefaces, posters and wood letterpress sundry done in the Grotesk genre’. row 34 graphic ❏ This link Indian based office celebrates natural materials and an airy design perfectly adapted to the local climate. row 35 graphic ❏ Outstanding packaging and editorial design for the link Zeit los coffee table book. row 36 row 37 heading Classifieds row 38 link This Week at The Ready is the best thing you'll read about org design each week. 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