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Streamline 3.0 →

Giant icon set

Remember when icon sets were all the rage? Streamline was always on top of my list of popular sets to use and they just released a gorgeous update. There are no less than 10,000 icons in three different weights to choose from.

CleanShot →

Clean screenshots

This little Mac screenshot and screen recording app comes with a set of handy features, such as hiding the icons on your desktop or setting a particular desktop background when taking a screenshot.

Better with Basecamp →

The unofficial Basecamp manual

Better with Basecamp is an unofficial guide to the project management tool, and the result of a guy called Andrew who has been using (and enjoying) Basecamp for over ten years. It must be love. 😉

Tangible

Microsoft Surface Go →

The Pocket PC is back (almost)

I'm currently planning a longer hike and I'm therefore looking for an ultra-light and compact laptop. The new Surface Go would have been on top of my list if it had been available in Germany four weeks sooner. Still, it looks like a great entry-level machine to give Windows another chance. I'll wait until I can get a second-hand one later this year.

Qbit →

Metal measuring rods

‘Qbit is a modern interpretation of the 4,000+ Cubit ruler. Inspired by its original rod form, Qbit is precision-turned with Standard or Metric scales and laser-etched graphics. Each comes with an adjustable marker for transferring measurements, making guide marks, measuring depth or simply remembering an important dimension on a trip to the hardware store.’

Perusal

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Juul and its House of Smoke and Horrors

We are so bamboozled by growth and numbers that we often don’t question how ethically they came to be. Sure, this ‘e-cigarette high growth success story’ has some very bloody obvious ethical issues, but we should use the same scrutiny a lot more often when examining other tech products that don’t have ADDICTION written so clearly all over them.

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What Elon Musk Should Learn From the Thailand Cave Rescue

‘If Silicon Valley wants to help the world, there is a lot it can do, starting with making its own products safer and its own companies more just. Perhaps most important, it can develop respect for hard-earned expertise in areas other than its own.’

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How to maintain a predominantly white workplace

‘Follow this 10-step guide, and despite the well-established market advantages of diverse companies, you will guarantee—no matter the sector or industry—that your workplace will remain predominantly white.’

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News is to the mind what sugar is to the body. News is easy to digest. The media feeds us small bites of trivial matter, tidbits that don't really concern our lives and don't require thinking. That's why we experience almost no saturation. Unlike reading books and long magazine articles (which require thinking), we can swallow limitless quantities of news flashes – bright-coloured candies for the mind.

– Rolf Dobelli