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Semplice →

A portfolio system by designers, for designers.

Semplice gives you the tools to create a custom design portfolio without a template. Using a simple drag & drop interface, you can design beautiful pages and branded case studies with zero coding knowledge. Our favorite designers already use Semplice. Join the family and get 10% off with code “offscreen”.

Digital

Kialo →

A debate platform powered by reason

I played around with a Kialo account for a bit and I'm very impressed with how much thought that went into its design: ‘Kialo is designed to facilitate constructive debate about the most important issues in the world, without turning into the usual Internet Shouting Factory. ’

Tweetbot →

New Tweetbot for Mac

Just before Twitter is telling its third-party developers to pay up or get off their platform, the lovely folks behind Tweetbot updated their Mac app.

There →

Another time zone manager for Mac

We already featured a few of these on the Dispatch: There is another time zone manager, this time in the shape of a menu bar app for Mac.

Shift →

Google Account switcher

Shift is a 'wraper' that allows you to navigate seemlessley between different Google Apps of different Google accounts.

Tangible

Patagonia Lightweight Travel Tote →

A durable, lightweight convertible travel tote

I wish I could afford more Patagonia gear. This little travel tote can also be used as a backpack and collapses into a tiny pack so that you can throw it into your main luggage as a back-up.

Design Giving Magazine →

Creativity for a kinder planet

‘Design Giving is an annual print magazine celebrating well-crafted products that improve people’s lives and are kinder to our planet.’

Perusal

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I Don’t Know How to Waste Time on the Internet Anymore

‘Today, through that web browser, there are movies and TV shows and every song ever recorded; it’s where I do my writing and chatting and messaging; it’s where my notes and calendars and social networks live. It’s everything except fun.’ – I hear you Dan, though I'd argue that we're wasting more time than ever on the internet. We're just doing it under the disguise of 'productivity'.

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Say Goodbye To The Information Age: It’s All About Reputation Now

‘A civilized cyber-world will be one where people know how to assess critically the reputation of information sources, and can empower their knowledge by learning how to gauge appropriately the social “rank” of each bit of information that enters their cognitive field.’

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Tech’s Amish solution

Interesting idea: should we take some inspiration from the Amish and observe how new tech changes society before jumping on the next big trend?

Quote

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

– Maya Angelou