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#Design lessons from guitar pedals: buff.ly/3ybarH4 via Clive Thompson

I've been writing about "rewilding your attention" for two years now Yesterday I did a talk for Medium Day about all the main tricks/hacks/routines I've developed ... ... to diversify the stuff I read and surf and see Here's the writeup! clivethompson.medium.com/a-quick-primer…

"Clipping In, Clipping Out", or ... ... making decisions when the expert advice is all over the place A little tale from my bike ride across the country: clivethompson.medium.com/clipping-in-cl… (A "friend" link in case you're not a Medium subscriber: clivethompson.medium.com/clipping-in-cl…)

My vote for "the most common line of coding in history": =SUM() ... in a spreadsheet From my essay "Why Spreadsheets Are The Biggest Gateway To Coding": clivethompson.medium.com/why-spreadshee…

The paperless office may finally be arriving: clivethompson.medium.com/the-paperless-…

Strava, The World’s Sweetest Social Network by Clive Thompson link.medium.com/3Kf7v0pIHCb

Okay people It's time for "the opposite of doomscrolling" My latest "Linkfest" newsletter just dropped Includes: 🏗 moving building while everyone's inside 🕹 "Reverse Tetris" 🎾the "marshmallow shot" Read it here: buttondown.email/clivethompson/… Subscribe: buttondown.email/clivethompson

An online resource for cross-stitchers is "pulling double duty as an archive of an endangered craft": fastcompany.com/90941376/how-t… #ethics #internet #tech #access h/t Clive Thompson

"You have to choose your camp. When browsing on the 'normal web', it is increasingly required to disable at least part of your antifeatures-blockers to access content. Most of the time, I don’t bother anymore": ploum.net/2023-08-01-spl… #ethics #internet #tech h/t Clive Thompson

People It's time for THE OPPOSITE OF DOOMSCROLLING My latest "Linkfest" newsletter has dropped Includes: 🦪 Oyster insomnia 👮 the TSA's rules for lightsabers 📊 Harry Styles and the "Mel Spectrogram" ♟️ "Conway's Game of Chess" Read/subscribe here: buttondown.email/clivethompson/…

“It’s worth noting that the sharing of practical, problem-solving advice is not merely valuable, but is sort of the opposite of the inertially doomscrolling, emotional-button-mashing ‘content’ that large social networks provoke…” — Clive Thompson link.medium.com/NPNxqKgqrDb

"The Cognitive Style of Subtitles": clivethompson.medium.com/the-cognitive-…

The Cognitive Style of Subtitles by Clive Thompson link.medium.com/JogxJinjsDb

“Harry Styles and the ‘Liar’s Dividend’” Or … … how the epistemological crisis caused by deepfakes is hitting the world of pop culture My essay: clivethompson.medium.com/harry-styles-a…

“The B-Side of ‘Ozymandias’” Shelley wrote the poem in a “friendly competition” with his pal the novelist Horace Smith … … so Smith wrote his own “Ozymandias” And damn It might even be *better* My essay: clivethompson.medium.com/the-b-side-of-…

YOU LUCKY PEOPLE 🍀 My latest "Linkfest" newsletter just dropped 📬 "The opposite of doomscrolling" Free to read here: buttondown.email/clivethompson/… Includes: 🧀 tyromancy 🚀 "Point Nemo" 📱 why movie villains never use iphones 🕹 36 versions of Pong 🎨 next-gen Spirograph

Thoughts on Clive Thompson’s “writing hacks”: community.macmillanlearning.com/t5/bits-blog/t…

Excellent medieval manuscript mystery of the fighting snails via Clive Thompson bbc.com/future/article…

My kid loves going to the library— now they're all closed on Sunday. Eric Adams just slashed the DOE lunch budget, too, so they've cut the best meals at his school: chicken dumplings, roasted chicken & burritos, plus cookies & salads. He asked me when the next mayoral election is

Citizens of Twitter, I'm nervous and excited to announce that my new book about reality television comes out on JUNE 25th! Absolutely love the cover... penguinrandomhouse.com/books/563029/c…