Francesco Schwarz

Economist Timothée Parrique about the idea of degrowth.

Es bräuchte mehr Geschichten, die zeigen, wie schön das Leben in einer nachhaltigen, postkapitalistischen Wirtschaft sein könnte.

Master class in problem solving. 

Via Dense Discovery:

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The year was 1821 and technically the spreadsheet was a book of logarithmic tables. The frustrated cry came from Charles Babbage, who channeled his frustration into a scheme to create the world’s first computer.

What a lovely use of typography on Andrew Walpole’s website! 😍

There is so much to learn from this podcast episode, I listened to it during a run this morning.

On days when good things happen, as you’d expect, people tend to report increases in things like positive affect, life satisfaction or self-esteem, but individuals who score high in measures of purpose in life, on those days when good things happen, they tend to look emotionally even keel. It’s almost as if that good thing didn’t happen. I’ll just say, although that may be jarring at first, it’s like purpose almost blocks you from reaping the benefits of a good thing, over time, you would not want your emotional tone to be bouncing around based upon the experiences that are happening to you. Over the course of one’s lifespan, it might be beneficial to remain even keel or as close as possible to life’s experiences, and feel good irrespective of what’s happening around you.

Most conversations about performance are a total waste of time, […]

Lots of people started moving to Mastodon. I figured I should do the same for my syndicated notes.

Sarah Drasner, killin’ it over at CSS-Tricks:

When a site is done with care and excitement you can tell. You feel it as you visit, the hum of intention. The craft, the cohesiveness, the attention to detail is obvious. And in turn, you meet them halfway. These are the sites with the low bounce rates, the best engagement metrics, the ones where they get questions like “can I contribute?” No gimmicks needed.

Struck a cord with me, so true! Some links in the comment section are also pretty good:

• a website of a local cafe, written over 20 years ago
• the Wiby search engine, a web of pages as it was in the earlier days of the internet (hit the “surprise me…” link)

I remember websites with a statement, character, attention to detail, playfulness, boldness, and rough edges. What I don’t remember: websites chasing the next web trend, trying to be like everyone else, mere manifestations of the insubstantial.

I think that’s why I also love Heydon Pickering’s website so much. It’s so playful and thoughtful. Everything seems to be done with intention. And that makes me smile.

I just discovered Matthias Ott’s challenge of wiriting something every day for 100 days just recently. Since May 27 he’s constantly outputting such good content that it leaves me deeply impressed.

What will I learn from this? Will my writing improve? Will I think more about what to write? Will I make it a habit? Will you enjoy what you read? Will I fail? I don’t know. All I know is that I already like the idea of writing more and seeing where this leads me. I’m actually excited! Let’s do this. I’ll see you tomorrow.

Beth Finke:

I never got to the part where I was supposed to give them a call. The emojis got in the way.

You can easily fuck up accessibility by over- or misusing them. Thanks for these simple tips, Beth.