Links
A regularly updated collection of things I find worth reading, watching, or listening to. Subscribe via RSS.
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Thank you to Nat for bringing this to my attention; a very thoughtful handbook created by the folks at Fictive Kin, on how you can transform your website into an "ROI-generating money machine".
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This 5-chapter podcast by journalist Alex Pappademas is the best podcast on music I’ve found in quite some time. Instead of dissecting the music beat by beat, he dives deeper into the creative process and the context in which the music was made, speaking to the collaborators that helped Kendrick make the album, as well as to the man himself. "Good Kid was the classic, DAMN. was the blockbuster, and To Pimp A Butterfly the masterpiece."
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Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is, already, one of my favourite books I’ve read in 2022. It’s an incredible and sensitively written book. He has now won a MacArthur "genius" grant, and spoke to The New Yorker about his approach to writing.
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Jerry Useem with some interesting nuggets with regards to what we’re missing out on when we don’t commute.
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A long summary of Johnny Rodgers' experience building a modern home in the woods. "It covers the 5 years from before we bought the land to after we completed the house and took residency." Inspiring read, reminiscent of the one by Emmanuel.
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A fascinating look behind the scenes of Bookshop.org’s unexpected growth. What may come across as an overnight success is (of course) the result of lots of hard, hard work (although, there is an element of 'overnight' hidden in the bookselling-boom of the pandemic).
I’m currently awaiting my Bookshop affiliate profile. I was already linking to them from my newsletter, and will soon be linking to them from my website, as well.
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Eames Institute
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The Eames Institute enlisted Instrument to "co-create a digital platform to unveil their vast collection to the world". A dream client if there ever was one, the folks at Instrument asked themselves: can a website have a soul? The answer is a resounding yes, and the accompanying case study documents that work beautifully.
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While everyone’s scampering back to build and publish personal websites, let’s not forget about those who never went away (although, admittedly, Jason did take a brief hiatus, which feels even briefer considering the timespan of Kottke.org).
"25 years is more than half of my life, spanning four decades (the 90s, 00s, 10s, and 20s) and around 40.000 posts—almost cartoonishly long for a medium optimized for impermanence."
Congratulations, Jason! Please, keep at it!
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Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul reflects on his latest movie—his first not shot in Thailand— the process of shooting it on film, and the role sound design played in its creation. I absolutely loved watching this in the cinema and highly recommend you do so, if you can.
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Fascinating essay on how digital platforms (like iTunes, Spotify and the like) have killed "collecting" as a hobby.