Exploring design and technology at Google and beyond
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Turn your Dropbox folder into a website
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Tired of fiddling around with a CMS for that simple website? “Small Victories takes files in a Dropbox folder and turns them into a website. No CMS, no installation, no server, no coding required.”
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A searchable index of everything you see on your screen
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Atlas' promise is what I always hoped the search feature on our computers/phones would be like: it searches everything we have ever created/opened/visited – including the files on our computer, websites we visit, and social media messages we share. It's an intriguing concept that's also raising profound questions about privacy and data security.
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A command centre for your productivity apps
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Ora (still in private beta) claims to be the ‘one app to rule them all’. Connect your project management and communication tools – like Basecamp, Github, Slack, Trello, Jira, etc. – then organise your team's activity in one central place.
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Studio-quality USB microphone
I've lately been thinking about investing in a decent microphone. Still looking at various options, but if the Yeti series sounds even half as nice as they look, they have a new customer soon.
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The “world’s smallest” flashlight
“Waterproof, fireproof, small, tough, tiny, and bright.” The Bullet 01 (also kickstarted) was already impressively small and durable, and the second generation is even smaller, waterproof, and essentially indestructible (at least according to them).
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Minimalism: another boring product wealthy people can buy
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An interesting perspective and some hard-hitting truths in here: “Minimalism is just another form of conspicuous consumption, a way of saying to the world: ‘Look at me! Look at all of the things I have refused to buy!’”
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Life Lessons from a Lifestyle Business
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An insightful interview with the founder of MetaFilter, a site that turned into a profitable company during the heydays of Google Adsense. Matt talks honestly about going from making double his salary to later struggling to keep the site alive.
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Not Leadership Material? Good. The World Needs Followers.
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“The glorification of leadership skills, especially in college admissions, has emptied leadership of its meaning.” Never thought much about it before, but after reading this I can definitely see the value in teaching kids to be confident and happy followers rather than leaders.
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People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy.
– Seneca
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