Collected bits and pieces I’ve noticed this month.

I am gladly joining the chorus singing praise to Marcin Wichary’s Unsung blog. It’s unreasonably good.

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“But the vast majority of the time, the single biggest problem you have is that nobody knows you exist, and nobody gives a damn about what you do.”
Anil Dash in Launch it 3 times

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A video with every sample from Paul’s Boutique by the Beastie Boys.
via Kottke

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I recently re-read and re-enjoyed these two interviews, one with Frank Chimero in The Great Discontent and the other with Wilson Miner on Staff Design. Both publications are no longer active, so fingers crossed these stay online, still.

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“The lost interview” with Steve Jobs.

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Om Malik sadly passed away. In addition to his writing, I’ve immensely enjoyed his photography.

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“As an adult, those books had turned into a phone, and reading turned into a thing I’d get to after I checked my “socials,” which never seemed to happen. And when I was reading, I was mostly reading a lot of industry books because I wanted to be good at my job. But that turned reading into a chore, which it had never been before.
Never turn your escape pod into a utility closet.”
Mike Monteiro, “How to read”