Travel the world and work remotely with interesting people
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Want to travel without leaving your work behind? The Remote Life is a program designed for entrepreneurs, designers, hackers and creative professionals. If you work remotely or plan to take a sabbatical, build your startup or just want a break and get inspired, then come and #LiveTheRemoteLife. Offscreen readers get $100 off. Apply for free!
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In a world full of applications, why do documents and spreadsheets seem to run everything? Coda is a new type of doc built to keep up with today’s super-collaborative world. No more ping-ponging between spreadsheets and docs. Coda keeps all your words and data in one place.
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If you’re like me and love spell-checker Grammarly you’ll be glad to hear they’ve released a mobile keyboard too. It integrates smoothly with all apps, so no more sloppy morning emails, mid-day tweet storms or late-night WhatsApp tirades.
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Eventually, we will have one app to rule them all when it comes to converting audio into words. Until then you can do worse than using oTranscribe for recorded interviews to avoid constantly switching between your audio and writing app. Oh, and it’s free so get typing!
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A captivating minute
I use this mesmerising hourglass to get in the zone before taking on a new task at work. A sedative one minute scene to get lost in.
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A smart alarm clock to replace your phone
The morning struggle is real. Let Circa put you to sleep to soothing nature sounds and wake you up with your favourites from Spotify. Also built to know when you’re in light sleep to help make the break of dawn less of a shock.
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A bold new year
For my money the best looking calendar around. This piece from the ’60s endures as an example of excellence in modern graphic design, stunning in both homes and workplaces. Sells out year by year, so make sure you grab them while you can!
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The next generation of jobs won’t be made up of professions
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Here's something for your (kids') career planning: to prepare for the future, we need to shift from thinking about jobs and careers to thinking about challenges and problems, writes Alina Dizik.
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To Grow Talent, Don’t Move Fast and Break Things – Move Slow and Build Them
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Alida Miranda-Wolff’s splendid piece on reconsidering the prevalent approach of burning the midnight oil in order to nurture and retain talent. "It means building reward systems that privilege ideas over hours, elegant solutions over brute force, and holistic well-being over 'machine-like' performance."
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Should Children Form Emotional Bonds With Robots?
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Toys powered by AI are becoming an intimate part of kids’ lives. Alexis C. Madrigal writes down his thoughts on where the line between robots and real people should be drawn.
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For every complex problem, there is an aswer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
– H. L. Mencken
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