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From Medium
After what felt like a long period of stagnation, the engine of change at Medium is up and running again.
Within the past few weeks, we’ve seen a huge clean-up of the article view to remove the much-maligned distractions, an entirely overhauled response experience on the web, and a significant upgrade to the newsletter experience that signals a desire to begin competing with the likes of Substack.
Read More → productivity technologyIt’s faster to accomplish a task in a familiar environment because it follows a familiar process.
My friend, Nathan, writes:
Here’s my basic problem, in a nutshell: if it’s faster to accomplish basic tasks with my laptop, I’d rather use that.
I don’t think most people today doubt that the iPad is a viable alternative platform for accomplishing the things they want to do, but I don’t think they see it as being better than what they’re already using—and that remains the iPad’s Achilles’ heel.
Read More → link technology
Illustration adapted from ouch.pics
At their best, link posts are a way for independent bloggers to engage with and continue a conversation started by one of their fellows.
We use them to boost each other up, offer constructive criticism, point out other views, or amplify a message we believe in.
I like them.
But I find that, in the tech space especially, they sometimes feel inane and circular. Occasionally, link posts will turn up in my RSS feed pointing to something that many others have also linked to, but without providing me with any additional context or insight.
Why are you showing this to me? Why are you interested in it?
It doesn’t have to be an essay, but I appreciate that little bit of commentary because it exemplifies an often-neglected value that link posts bring to the web.
Read More → digital lifestyle technology productivity
Illustration adapted from TheNounProject.
Mushrooms are the aliens of the undergrowth.
My fascination with them began at a very young age, during summers spent in the mountains of Romania where my grandfather would patiently teach me to identify and respect these unusual organisms.
Most of any mushroom is underground, invisible. The majority of its biomass consists of mycelia, a network of living threads that send up occasional fruiting bodies in the form of mushrooms.
In other words, what we think of as “mushrooms” are more like the apple than the tree. They’re difficult to categorize—neither plant nor animal, but closer to the latter than the former.
Read More → link nature
Marius Masalar