2 slash An anti fray charging cable and a weekly habit builder We are so much the victims of abstraction that with the Earth in flames we can barely rouse ourselves to wander across the room and look at the thermostat. – Terence Mc Kenna graphic ❏ Artwork by link Andreas Wannerstedt link graphic Dense Discovery table with 45 rows and 1 columns row 1 column 1 link graphic Dense Discovery row 2 row 3 Thank you all for the feedback and kind words on the first issue of Dense Discovery last week! Keeping my subscriber list clean and not giving in to the temptation to inflate numbers for the sake of impressing advertisers means that we had an open rate of 74 percent ! Yesterday I announced that link Offscreen is taking a break which means that I will dedicate more time to building out Dense Discovery. Similar to publishing Offscreen, I rely on sponsors and patrons to help me do just that. 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Check them off your list as you get them done and use the stats page to find out how successful you are at sticking to your plan over time. row 10 heading link Helium right arrow heading The floating browser window for Mac Helium is made for people who want to watch a tutorial video or a sports live stream while working without having to constantly bring that browser window back into the foreground. With Helium, you can create a permanently floating window that stays on top no matter where you click on your screen. row 11 heading link Crowdfire right arrow heading The social media manager Crowdfire is link Buffer on steroids: among many other things it helps you consolidate your social media posting schedule. If you run a blog, shop or You Tube channel, it automatically pulls in the latest content updates with its visual assets ready for sharing. row 12 heading link Ecosia right arrow heading Plant trees by searching the web We've profiled this in link Offscreen Issue 18 but in case you're not a reader, make sure to check out Ecosia, a truly wonderful social impact project built on top of Bing search results. Every time you click on a search results ad, Ecosia plants trees. row 13 row 14 heading Inbox Happy row 15 graphic ❏ heading Three (other) newsletters worth subscribing to. heading link The Whippet right arrow Let writer Mc Kinley Valentine surprise you with her thoughtful, witty exploration of bizarre science facts and unsolicited life advice. ( link Archive ) heading link Future Crunch right arrow A dense, fortnightly email with smart science and tech writing, looking at the world through the lense of link intelligent link optimism dot ( link Archive ) heading link The Discourse right arrow Sean Blanda's newsletter explores the complicated collision of technology, government, and media, and how it changes the way we discuss ideas. ( link Archive ) row 16 row 17 heading Goods and Accessories row 18 graphic ❏ heading link USB 93 right arrow heading The first unbreakable charging cable? The USB 93 has an interesting new rotating ball design at the plug which is meant to prevent the cable from fraying, giving you 90 degrees flexibility in two directions. row 19 graphic ❏ heading link Capstone right arrow heading A thoughtfully engineered backpack What impresses me most about the Capstone backpack are its many hidden compartments and access flaps, the lightweight, waterproof material, and of course its good looks. Have a browse through all the product shots on the website to fully appreciate its design. row 20 row 21 heading Overheard on Twitter row 22 Why did they call it Airbnb when they could have called it localhost ? heading – link at rishmishra row 23 row 24 heading Food For Thought row 25 heading link The Case for Slow Design right arrow heading Read Jesse Weaver makes a compelling case against our obsession with speed in designing new products: When a startup does win, it’s often not because they were fast, but because they were focused. row 26 heading link Where in the World Is Larry Page? right arrow heading Read The head of arguably the world's most influential company is mysteriously absent at a time when we need tech leaders to show corporate responsibility and ethical leadership. I mean You Tube alone is an link algorithmic moshpit of hate and lies. row 27 heading link Distinguishing between Hobbies, Jobs, Careers, and Vocation right arrow heading Watch Bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert has some sage advice for anyone considering a change in their life. Her distinction between the different types of activities that fill our days makes a lot of sense to me, especially when we dissect the concept of work slash life balance' in that way. row 28 heading link We Are All Accumulating Mountains of Things right arrow heading Read In the age of click to buy we're collecting (and eventually throwing away) a mind boggling amount of stuff. The 16,000 students who live in dorms at Michigan State University left behind 147,946 pounds of goods like clothing, towels, and appliances when they moved out this year, a 40 percent increase from 2016. row 29 row 30 heading Aesthetically Pleasing row 31 graphic ❏ link 36 Days of Type is a beautiful exploration of type design and lettering by Mario de Meyer. row 32 graphic ❏ If you're in need of some (print) graphic design inspiration, link PRINT dot PM has you covered. row 33 graphic ❏ You can easily spend hours on the link Font Review Journal reading in depth analysis and browsing case studies of remarkable typefaces. row 34 graphic ❏ I guess you'd expect a timber company to know how to work with wood and natural materials, but, boy oh boy, link this office ticks all the boxes in my book. row 35 row 36 heading Classifieds row 37 Stop wasting your time wading through tech blogs and social media for tech news. 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