Thinking Outside the Box
Uncommon perspectives and solutions to common problems.
Collection by Charles Baldwin
The Guardian
'It’s a miracle': Helsinki's radical solution to homelessness
7 min · · Finland is the only EU country where homelessness is falling. Its secret? Giving people homes as soon as they need them – unconditionally · Shared by 436, including Fern, Rico Grimm, Gregg Caruso, Charles Baldwin, Connie Ragen Green, Florian Hanke 🍎, Aral Balkan, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Matthew Turland, Aníbal M. Astobiza, Konrad Lischka, Yvette Dubel, Tim O'Reilly, Martina Grolimund, Gabriel Weinberg, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social
Fast Company
The former lead designer of Gmail just fixed Gmail on his own
4 min · · The free Chrome extension Simplify will give you the Gmail you want. · Shared by 251, including BrendanEich, Yvette Dubel, Philippe Surber, pizza.lottie 🍕, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Benedict Evans, Nils Hitze, Ellie Wheeler, Luca M. Sergio, Scott Williams, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Liliputing, Howard Getson, Adrian Zumbrunnen, Fawzi A. Baba-Ali, ReturnPath from Validity, Jake Knapp, ᴄʟᴀᴜᴅɪᴏ sᴄʜᴡᴀʀᴢ, Steven Sinofsky, Dominik Grolimund
Fast Company
The newest hot coworking space costs just $2.25 an hour, because it is a parking spot
3 min · · WePark shows that in cities like San Francisco, coworking is unaffordable to many, and the sheer volume of free space allocated to parked cars could be put to much better use. · Shared by 152, including Dominik Grolimund, Greater Greater Washington, Glenn Oberholzer, Strong Towns, Thomas Power, Daniel Jörg, Great Place To Move, Devon ☀️, Daniel Hüfner
CNN
Finland is winning the war on fake news. Other nations want the blueprint
1 min · · Russia's neighbor has developed a plan for countering misinformation. Can it be exported to the rest of the world? · Shared by 136, including Digital Ideation, Yvette Dubel, Nieman Reports, Stephanie A Kowalski, Esther Schindler, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, luis antónio santos, Tobias Kopka, Charles Baldwin, Mathew Ingram, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Bill Johnston, Christian Fauteux
The New Yorker
The Urgent Quest for Slower, Better News
12+ min · · The current system for delivering news online is broken. Readers and journalists will need to work together to find a new one. · Shared by 133, including luis antónio santos, 瑞拿頭, Dominik Grolimund, Charles Baldwin, Jeremy Caplan, Mathew Ingram, Nieman Reports, CORRECTIV, Jane, Liv 😷, Mark Little, Stéphane Renault, Vincenzo Tremonte, Oleg Baskov, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Oscar MacDonald
The Guardian
From inboxing to thought showers: how business bullshit took over
15+ min · · The long read: Vacuous management-speak is easily laughed off – but is there a real cost to talking rubbish? · Shared by 108, including Liv 😷, Jane, Christian Fauteux, Henning von Vogelsang, Maureen, Esther Schindler, Nico Lumma, Charles Baldwin
Inc.
Amazon Almost Killed Best Buy. Then, Best Buy Did Something Completely Brilliant
3 min · · This is how Best Buy used a combination of corporate strategy and emotional intelligence to save itself from ruin. · Shared by 106, including Guy Kawasaki, Charles Baldwin, Thomas Pleil, Erick Mazer Yamashita, Alexandra Wong, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧
TNW
Delete yourself from the internet by pressing this button
3 min · · The internet can be horrible, and it isn't weird to sometimes feel like you want to leave. But there's wasn't an easy way out, until now. · Shared by 106, including Johannes Lenz, Sara Tian, Howard Getson, Leslie D, Bernhard Huessy, Matt Navarra, k, Charles Baldwin, Education Architects, Mark Kaigwa, Stephanie A Kowalski, Aamir Raz, Bilal Aslam, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Ruben Schönenberger, Nils Hitze
National Geographic
This city bans cars every Sunday—and people love it
7 min · · Spurred by environmental concerns, an experiment in Bogotá, Colombia, is spreading worldwide. · Shared by 92, including Tom Connor, Moritz A. Mihatsch, Liliane Ferrari ™, Charles Baldwin, @AlgoCompSynth@ravenation.club by znmeb, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Strong Towns, Dominik Grolimund
Forbes
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
1 min · · City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank. · Shared by 91, including Brent Toderian, Martin Varsavsky, Brooks Rainwater, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Fabrizio Bianchi, Strong Towns, Charles Baldwin, Ward Plunet, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️
Fast Company
3 cities in the U.S. have ended chronic homelessness: Here’s how they did it
6 min · · Nine more have ended veteran homelessness. It’s part of a national program called Built for Zero that uses a data-based approach to help officials figure out exactly who needs what services. Now it’s… · Shared by 81, including Charles Baldwin, Nir Eyal, Glyn Britton, Jochen Burkhard, Acumen, Stephen C Sanders, Yvette Dubel, Tom Connor, Scott Williams
The Guardian
'We're anti-influencer': Ice cream truck makes Instagram 'stars' pay double
3 min · · Joe Nicchi has had enough of self-proclaimed ‘influencers wanting free cones for publicity. Now he’s the one going viral · Shared by 80, including Loubna Rais, Charles Baldwin, Rachel Botsman, Korben, Tom Bruehwiler, Oliver Raduner, Adam Tinworth, Josep M. Ganyet
The Economist
Streets ahead
4 min · · Europe is edging towards making post-car cities a reality · Shared by 77, including Bernhard Huessy, Charles Baldwin, Tauno, Gerrit Eicker, Steve Case, Ward Plunet, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
TechCrunch
To stop copycats, Snapchat shares itself
6 min · · Evan Spiegel has finally found a way to fight back against Mark Zuckerberg’s army of clones. For 2.5 years, Snapchat foolishly tried to take the high road versus Facebook, with Spiegel claiming “Our… · Shared by 72, including Mark Kaigwa, Bjorn Larsen, Gianluca Diegoli, Johannes Lenz, Mike Allton, Charles Baldwin, Matt Navarra, Oliver Reichenstein
Ars Technica
Before Netscape: The forgotten Web browsers of the early 1990s
8 min · · From the archives: Does anybody remember Erwise? Viola? Cello? Let's reminisce. · Shared by 70, including Thomas Power, luis antónio santos, Andrea Smith, Esther Schindler, Jason Walz, Charles Baldwin, Katja Evertz, Yvette Dubel, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
Bloomberg CityLab
Surveillance Cameras Show Good Samaritans Prevail Over Bystander Effect
4 min · · A new study uses camera footage to track the frequency of bystander intervention in heated incidents in Amsterdam, Cape Town, and Lancaster, England. · Shared by 67, including Fabricio Teixeira, Tauno, Charles Baldwin, Nils Hitze, Vikram Dutt, Nir Eyal, Esther Schindler, Strong Towns, Nat Eliason, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Yvette Dubel, Jane