The Outline
Here’s the typography of the next decade
4 min · · The age of font minimalism is coming to a close. · Shared by 206, including Talkwalker, Dexigner, milan-fostier, Liv 😷, Gisele Navarro, Dayyan Smith, Naved Islam, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Kat, Kevin Marks 🏠kevinmarks.com xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks, Josep M. Ganyet, Design Shack
generative.photos
AI Generated Diverse Photos
2 min · · Thousands of AI synthesized photos. · Shared by 43, including Joona Tuunanen 🇫🇮, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Josh Wolfe, Arne Keuning
Facebook AI
Powered by AI: Instagram’s Explore recommender system
10 min · · Over half of the Instagram community visits Instagram Explore every month to discover new photos, videos, and Stories relevant to their interests. Recommending the most relevant content out of… · Shared by 78, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Oscar MacDonald, Alexander Seifert, Dan Shure, Arturo Rebolledo, Gengo 🦁, Chris Messina
The Guardian
Porn, public transport and other dubious justifications for using facial recognition software
3 min · · Governments in Australia have come up with some creative reasons to sell the public on the use of facial recognition technology · Shared by 39, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Jochen Burkhard, Faik Ersoy
Product Hunt 😸
25,000 AI Photos - 25k diverse & customizable free stock photos generated by AI
· We're sharing a free collection of 25k HiRes stock photos with customizable AI-synthesized people. For this collection we focused on increasing diversity in model appearance. Reach out if you want us… · Shared by 86, including Lisha, Yisong Yue, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, Matteo Furia, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, hardmaru, ἀποκαραδοκία, Alexander Seifert
Fast Company
Proof that type design is all about tricking people’s brains
2 min · · The letters you see on your screen are not as they seem. · Shared by 76, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Matteo Furia
The New Yorker
The Beautifully Macabre Cartoons of Gahan Wilson
3 min · · The cartoonist, who has died, at eighty-nine, was part of a select group of illustrators who own their style, who deliver on paper what seems to be a good piece of themselves. · Shared by 27, including Jennifer Ouellette, Liv 😷, Carl Zimmer, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
illlustrations.co
Open source illustrations kit
· Large set of opensource illustrations · Shared by 334, including Mike Taylor, rogerverhoeven, Pablo Stanley, Evan (he/him), Sachin Gawas, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, David Hellmann, Katja Evertz, Jesús Torres 👩💻, Shut Up and Create, Gabriele, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Smithographic℠, Stephanie A Kowalski, Ines Bieler, sascha aßbach, Esther Schindler, Nils Hitze, Bernhard Huessy, Matthias Lampe
The New York Times
When Instagram Killed the Tabloid Star
4 min · · In the 2010s, celebrity culture was domesticated by a free photo sharing app, and the paparazzi were left stranded on the pavement. · Shared by 18, including Eugene Wei, Mathew Ingram, Florian Jungnikl-Gossy 🦋, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, luis antónio santos, Matt Navarra
The New York Times
How Photos of Your Kids Are Powering Surveillance Technology
13+ min · · Millions of Flickr images were sucked into a database called MegaFace. Now some of those faces may have the ability to sue. · Shared by 79, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Stammy, Craig Brown, PhD, Privacy Matters, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Mathew Ingram, Alexis Sanders, Thomas Pleil, Thomas Power, Matteo Fogli, Jane, Kashmir Hill, MIT Press
The New York Times
‘I Have to Get That’: How Henry Chalfant Became a Graffiti Ambassador
6 min · · The artist’s photographs, a major act of urban historical preservation, are on view at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. · Shared by 2, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
The New York Times
The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong?
20+ min · · Online predators create and share the illegal material, which is increasingly cloaked by technology. Tech companies, the government and the authorities are no match. · Shared by 114, including luis antónio santos, Scott McLeod, Maia Szalavitz, Matthew Holt, Jill I-Am-Permanently-OFF-Bird-Site Duffy, Ajit Pai, Antonio Vieira Santos, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Michael Seemann, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, publici, Making Sense Podcast, felix salmon, George M 🇪🇺, Liliane Ferrari ™, Jane, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Deborah Blum, Mark Kaigwa, Bjorn Larsen
medium.com
The Bauhaus: Finding Creative Inspiration in Collaboration
13+ min · · One hundred years later, what can UX learn from the iconic design school? · Shared by 93, including Bernhard Huessy, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Oscar MacDonald, Johannes Dornisch, KOstas, Ines Bieler
BuzzFeed News
Your Private Instagram Stories Aren’t Exactly Private
2 min · · A shockingly simple workaround allows your followers to share private photos and videos posted to both Facebook and Instagram. · Shared by 98, including Bjorn Larsen, Scott Monty, Thomas Fuchs , Gero Pflüger 🫡💙, Esther Schindler, Mari Smith, L. Taylor Banks, Chris Brogan/Chief of Staff, Ines Bieler, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Oliver Raduner, Matt Navarra, Jan Firsching 🆒, Johannes Lenz, Benjamin Mayo, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, John Koetsier, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Virginia Hughes
Harvard Business Review
A Study of 597 Logos Shows Which Kind Is Most Effective
6 min · · Is your logo too simple for its own good? · Shared by 345, including Boris Baldinger, Wilko S. Wolters, Christian P. Stobbe, sascha aßbach, Howard Getson, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Gabriele, Jacob Cass, Education Architects, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, mdy, Melonie Dodaro, Poppytalk, Debra Mastaler, Roland Sailer, JP Nicols 🇺🇸🇺🇦, Carla Johnson - Keynote Speaker, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Till Quack, Dominik Grolimund
The Guardian
Facial recognition is now rampant. The implications for our freedom are chilling
5 min · · This new technology is being secretly used on streets and in shopping centres across Britain, making potential suspects of us all · Shared by 111, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Tris Hussey, Gerrit Eicker, Tauno, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Thomas Power, Evan Selinger, Ines Bieler, ahg, Matthias Lampe, Ste Davies, Azeem Azhar, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛