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20. What Is Your Type?
Typography surrounds us—yet so many people ignore it. By paying better attention to type, how can we better appreciate its influence on us and how we communicate? Notes Never Use Futura (2017 book) by Douglas Thomas ‘390- Fraktur’ from 99% Invisible podcast by Roman Mars Helvetica (2007 documentary) by Gary Hustwit on Vimeo iA Writer…
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19. Dis Dat All of the Above with Special Guest Natasha Kandilas Feld
In celebration of my wife Natasha’s birthday this week, I invited her on the podcast to discuss one of her absolute favourite things: cake. We ask the big questions, such as ‘What constitutes a cake?’ and ‘What role does cake play in our lives?’. Notes Wedding cake from September 2018 Babka on Wikipedia ‘The Dinner…
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Rumination 66: An Essential Roll
During last week’s episode of the Lounge Ruminator podcast, 17. Non-essential Formula, I spent some time discussing what it means to be ‘essential’ and indeed, ‘non-essential’. It is not only a shift in our vernacular to use these phrases, but also a shift in the way that we think about people’s value in society; this…
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18. Home-office Soundscape
A strange, yet mundane interlude to usher in a week of remote work…
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17. Non-essential Formula
A non-essential person considers what it means to be essential and discusses the televisual triumph that is Dave Holstein’s Kidding (no spoilers!). Notes iPad Cursor with Craig Federighi on YouTube In praise of the iPadOS 13.4 cursor by Jason Snell on Six Colors COVID-19 as World War by Andrew McLuhan on Medium Oxford Languages Word…
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Critiquing the Apple TV User Experience
Background After an interesting episode of the podcast Mac Power Users (‘#528: The Merlin Awakens’) with David Sparks, Stephen Hackett and special guest Merlin Mann, I was inspired to write my own piece about the experience of using Apple’s tvOS. I have been a fan of the Apple TV (as a device) since its very…
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16. Silence and Sound
No day is free of silence or sound but how do we feel when confronted by each of them? With which do we generally prefer to surround ourselves? Notes Kate’s quoted tweet Downhill on IMDb Force Majeure on IMDb The Office (UK) on IMDb The Office (US) on IMDb Kath and Kim on IMDb When…
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15. Remoteness and Openness
As use of powerful and accessible digital technology proliferates worldwide, how can we reconsider our approach to work and also reassess how we interact with news and information on the Web? Notes ‘Sorry, but Working From Home is Overrated’ (opinion piece) by Kevin Roose at The New York Times ‘The tools and tricks that let…
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by Martin Feld
