Engaged Reading Time - Issue #43
Hello. For most of you, it's been a while. For my members, less than 24 hours. But now I've got into the rhythm of the paid membership emails, I'm going to try and get this more general newsletter going again.
So here's some interesting mid-week reading, to see you through hump day. As ever, no theme. Just some compelling writing from all over the place.
Death of a Digital Upstart
The Rise and Fall of Babe.Net and The Aziz Ansari Story
The Aziz Ansari controversy was just the beginning of the trouble for the website. And it had its own #metoo waiting in the wings…
After Ive
For Better and Worse, We Live in Jony Ive’s World
Nikil Saval writes on the work and legacy of the industrial designer Jony Ive, who recently left his longtime post as the lead designer at Apple. And argues that there is still plenty of work for a talented design team to do.
Jony Ive’s Fragmented Legacy: Unreliable, Unrepairable, Beautiful Gadgets
Jony Ive’s departure from Apple gives the company a chance to try something new: working serviceable, reusable parts into their minimal, thin designs.
Stop Worrying. Be Happy.
Research Confirms That No One Is Really Thinking About You
Except me. I'm thinking about you.
But not in a creepy way.
A Group of Photographers Across the UK Passed Around One Dress
This is just great fun. I need to find a group of fellow photo enthusiasts to try something like this…
We live in a digital world…
'We're anti-influencer': ice-cream truck makes Instagram 'stars' pay double
I can't eat ice cream. (I'm recently diagnosed as lactose intolerant 😔.) But if I could, I would go an buy ice cream from this man, just because of this story.
The New Wilderness
The need to regulate online privacy is a truth so universally acknowledged that even Facebook and Google have joined the chorus of voices crying for change.
Obituaries for the Recently Canceled
I dislike the idea of "cancelling" people — it presupposes that people can't change, that arguments can't be won. And this is a rather amusing take on it…
A Shut & Opened Case
I read the first article a few weeks ago, and was convinced I now knew what had happened to the infamous missing plane. And then, I read the second…
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Where Is It?
Five years ago, the flight vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials on land know more about why than they dare to say.
The Mystery Behind the Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight Isn’t Solved Yet
An Atlantic cover story claimed to have solved the mystery of the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, but there are problems with its conclusion
Two More Cases
The Case for Eating Jellyfish
Scientists are exploring how jellyfish could be used as a greater source of food, in medicine and nutraceuticals. Um…Ok?
The Case for Walking
That 10,000 steps thing? A myth. But this article will tell you where it came from - and what you should be doing instead. And yes, it means walking…
#2minutebeachclean
Making a difference, whenever you can spare 2 minutes…
See you all at the weekend…
