Despite some initial technical issues, the launch of the new Offscreen website and new issue has been a big success. We’ve received well over 1000 orders so far! Thank you for the amazing support. Our shipper in Berlin is still busy sending out magazines, but copies should start to show up in mailboxes from today onwards, beginning in Europe. We’ll do another big shipment on Friday, so make sure you place your order now. As you can see, I’ve made further tweaks to the design of this newsletter, and will continue to do so. We also have the Dispatch’s first guest editor with this week’s edition. Enjoy Jonathan’s picks and have a great week!
This week’s guest editor:
Jonathan Simcoe is a Product Designer at Opal in Portland, OR. Besides spending time with his wife and kids, he enjoys photography, writing, and reading. He often writes on Dwell about products, design, and things that inspire creativity. You can follow him on Twitter @jdsimcoe.
“Boost your design career with tiny screencasts every week”. The site is beautifully designed and the screencasts are approachable enough to easily start learning various design-related subjects.
A great-looking, minimal open source screen recorder for the Mac built on web technologies. It can output recordings to MP4, WebM, and GIF, all through a simple and focused interface.
Itsycal is a tiny Mac menubar application that shows the current day of the month. When activated it gives a condensed month view with upcoming events. You can also add new events easily. A lightweight way to extend the default macOS calendar.
Timepiece is a new Kickstarter-funded clock that boasts as being "the first levitating timepiece that travels through the air.” Paired with beautiful wood, this magnetic chrome sphere counts hours, minutes, even years, depending on the settings.
The Layercase is an incredibly thin, perfectly molded case for iPhone. It adds minimal bulk and increases the sense of grip. Some say it's the only case they’ve left on their phone for good.
Food for thought: in this interview with The New York Times, Dr. Adam Alter answers questions about his latest book, Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked.
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Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.
– Francis Chan
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