This week's apps, gear, and recommended reading by Offscreen
Offscreen Issue 20 is progressing nicely: three out of four interviews are recorded and transcribed (still editing) and most of the smaller features are done. I'll hopefully be able to start with photo-editing late next week. As a release date we're still looking at late August at this point.
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What a neat idea from the team at Mozilla: This Firefox extension helps you control more of your web activity from Facebook by isolating your identity into a separate container. This makes it harder for Facebook to track your activity on other websites via third-party cookies.
Choose from four different genres (Chillwave, Funky House, Deep & Tech, or Mixtape), press play, and listen to curated tracks from Soundcloud. It's like Noon Pacific before it went Spotify-only.
Are you building a mobile app and need a set of device mockups for your press folder or presentation? With Shotsnapp you simply upload your screenshots, adjust your design settings, and download high-res mockups in seconds.
Weapons of Reason is a publication analysing and articulating the global challenges shaping our world. The fifth issue is all about food, and the extraordinary lengths that we'll go to produce it. It investigates the damage that production and consumption are doing to our bodies and our planet, and the means and methods by which we might instigate change for good.
I'm wondering if I was more inclined to draw and paint if I had a workspace with a beautiful drawing board like this. Not that I really need this to get started, but it sure is inviting...
Volunteering Is the Most Powerful and Important Part of My Daily Life
Design*Sponge founder Grace Bonney has long been a source of inspiration for me. In this interview she answers some great questions about healthy habits and general contentment as a creative founder.
This extensive summary of 'dark pattern design' shows how many large companies (I'm looking at you, Facebook!) are making use of questionable design practices.
“Ok, so do I just npm install ethics?” A thoughtful round-up of tips for being a more (proactive) ethical front-end developer.
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I don’t think there’s an artist of any value who doesn’t doubt what they’re doing.
– Francis Ford Coppola
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