This week's best things
Melbourne Recital Hall's rebrand, Zuckerberg's MAGA pivot, the ongoing impact of AI on search, weird tech at CES, pinball restoration, and some Czechoslovak classics.
Ash Mann
This year's best things (2024)
A 2024 round-up. The most viewed and shared editions, my favourite things, the best books/music/gigs/films I've experienced this year, and a small look forward to 2025.
This week's best things
Nokia's design archive, the dangers of bad strategy, a fun smartphone app, dyslexia-friendly content design, the impact of GPS on memory, AI skepticism, different ways of thinking about work schedules, changes in Google search, and a trip to the opera.
This week's best things
New things from the Rijksmuseum, a heuristic framework for content, more on the limitations of genAI, a Japanese farmer creating techno bangers, a call for leaders to explore different ways of thinking and working, a look at the impact of 2024's tech trends, and an interesting Radiohead cover.
This week's best things
We're all theatre kids now, 2025 trends, your camera roll, Gen Z consumer behaviour, the isolating effects of technology, AI bias, an analysis of The Love Song, silly AI-generated music, and the Moulin Rouge.
This week's best things
Google Maps begins its death spiral, AI search could break the web, analysing the UX of Trello, defeating the Spotify algorithm, generational differences in communication preferences, chasing a Waymo taxi around San Francisco, the Jaguar rebrand, and music with buckets.
This week's best things
Branding cultural institutions, Spotify vandalism, design guidelines for cancel ux, is convenience making our lives more difficult, business continuity planning, and a bunch of books and TV.
This week's best things
A site-specific digital exhibition at The Whitney, finding Twitter users on Bluesky, what makes a good newsletter, Claude takes control of your computer, the start of the internet, looking back at Wired's first website, changes at Google, an analysis of Meta, Courses from Spotify
This week's best things
Generative poetry, AI hypocrisy, women in tech leadership, immersive funding, access to French 3D scans, new AirPod features, teenage burnout, TikTok harms, GTA Paisley, perceptions of time, and a load of TV
This week's best things
A new way of exploring the British Museum's collections data, the impact of digital poverty, more issues with Google's AI search results, Netflix insights, the story behind the Lion King, how people use ChatGPT, misinformation, Radiohead, and a children's choir singing a Björk song