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Europe’s 'first' digital nomad village to open in Portugal in February
4 min · · Digital Nomads Madeira is an initiative that has been transforming the landscape of the municipality of Ponta do Sol over the past months. · Shared by 64, including blinch
Farnam Street
We Are What We Remember
6 min · · Memory is an intrinsic part of our life experience. It is critical for learning, and without memories we would have no sense of self. Understanding why some memories stick better than others, as well… · Shared by 151, including davidabrock, Oscar MacDonald, Vikram Dutt, blinch, Scott Monty, Doug Sundheim, cackles (jeff weisbein), Jason Lauritsen, Gisele Navarro
Fast Company
How to train your brain to be more present
3 min · · This temptation to multitask has only gotten worse in the work-from-home era. But there are ways to fight it. · Shared by 682, including Neil Hart 💙, rohit, SusanaDeLeón, MD, Matthias Lampe, Doug Sundheim, Ceferino Díaz, Art Markman, blinch, LARRY ELKAN, Bilal Aslam, Florence, Katja Evertz
dwell
How to Humanize Working From Home, According to Experts
5 min · · Designers from Google, Nike, Logitech and more weigh in on how we can create inclusive and healthy spaces for ourselves. · Shared by 145, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, blinch, Luminous Kaleidoscope, Marsha Collier
Ness Labs
5 thinking tools to add to your metacognitive toolbox
3 min · · Bloom's taxonomy, DOVE brainstorming... Add these five thinking tools borrowed from education to your metacognitive toolbox. · Shared by 527, including Bernhard Huessy, maxadorno, Mark Kaigwa, Luminous Kaleidoscope, Filippo Antonio Capizzi, Gabriele, J. YouKnowMe, Sanni, Matthias Lampe, Oscar MacDonald, blinch, Katja Evertz, Tom Connor, Pascal Sulser
First Round
30 Tips for Managing Up
20+ min · · What is managing up and how do you build a good relationship with your boss? Here are the best tips for managing up at work. · Shared by 149, including Bill Trenchard, Developer to Manager, blinch, Joan Lockwood, Keerthi G, Oscar MacDonald
OM
What Twitter Can Learn From Spotify
8 min · · Ever since Twitter unveiled its new Fleets, I’ve been mulling over the company’s future. What can they do that’s uniquely their own? How can they take advantage of their past and present in a way t… · Shared by 152, including hiten.eth, Ceferino Díaz, rogerverhoeven, Konrad Weber, Ines Bieler, Mathew Ingram, Mark Little, Mark Kaigwa, blinch
Maarten Lambrechts @maarten@vis.social
The list of 2020 visualization lists
1 min · · The year in visual stories, graphics maps and satellite images · Shared by 194, including Follow me on Bluesky or Mastodon (see below), Gabriele, micah.fyi, Amanda Shendruk, Alli Torban, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy, Jon Schwabish, Katja Evertz, Stephanie A Kowalski, Mara Averick, Christian Surchi, Wisevis (also vis.social/@wisevis), Andy Kirk | Visualising Data, @mcgeoff@mastodon.social, Alex Selby-Boothroyd, Martin Stabe, Robert Kosara, Mirko Lorenz, Yves Mulkers
TED Talks
TED’s holiday book list: 68 reads that will inspire you
20+ min · · For this year’s holiday book list, we asked TED speakers, educators and podcasters: “What books have inspired you?” We hope their recommendations help you refresh and recharge. · Shared by 160, including Katja Evertz, Stephanie A Kowalski, blinch, David Epstein, Kevin Roberts
Benedict Evans
What comes after smartphones? — Benedict Evans
4 min · · Computing has always moved forwards in jumps of scale, but smartphones reach everyone on earth, so what’s the next jump? AV and VR? Cloud, machine learning and crypto? Or is that the wrong model to… · Shared by 212, including Gabriele, Lelio Simi, Johannes Dornisch, blinch, Michael Grupe, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Brian Halligan, Scott Brinker
Ness Labs
50 lessons learned from writing 50 newsletters
13+ min · · This week marked an important milestone: I just sent the 50th edition of Maker Mind, a newsletter about mindful productivity. Countless hours of careful writing, thoughtful conversations with readers,… · Shared by 403, including Matthias «Delay» Göbel, redjotter, Gabriele, Stephanie A Kowalski, Philipp Laurim, John Bardos, Jonathan Kogan, Chad Underwood, Arne Keuning, blinch, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Mark Kaigwa, LoriBeth
Robert Heaton
Systems design for advanced beginners
20+ min · · This post is part of my Programming for Advanced Beginners series. Subscribe now to receive specific, actionable ways to make your code cleaner, every other week, entirely free. · Shared by 151, including sircharlsxavier, Clemens, blinch, mastodon.social/@renestalder, rohit, Tom Connor
Inc.
6 Traits That'll Make You Indispensable at Work
2 min · · In my experience at all levels within large organizations as well as small ones, the team members valued the most, and usually promoted first, are the ones seen by others as indispensable or "goto"… · Shared by 186, including Katja Evertz, Real Marsha Wright®, Martin Zwilling, blinch
Aeon+Psyche
How to read more books
14+ min · · Modern life can feel too frantic for books. Use these habit-building strategies to carve out time for the joy of reading · Shared by 395, including Bilal Aslam, Gabriele, blinch, Jess Tyson (she/her), Adam Thomas, Christian Surchi, Randy Mane, Anita Leirfall, Juliana de Albuquerque | @ajuliana@mas.to
Vox
The “free speech debate” isn’t really about free speech
14+ min · · The debate over "cancel culture" is about something real. But it’s not about free speech. · Shared by 188, including luis antónio santos, LARRY ELKAN, Kevin Roberts, blinch, Akilah Hughes, Kara Swisher, Jennifer Ouellette, thelousylinguist, Christian Surchi, David V. Johnson, Barry C Smith
The Muse
10 Habits To Help You Be Happier and More Productive at Work
3 min · · A few simple changes could make a big difference. · Shared by 241, including blinch, Kathryn Minshew, Leo Blazquez, Katja Evertz