This week's best things #85
Opaque web filtering, accessibility, algorithmic power, the world's quietest room, crisis leadership, Google's year in search, and the dangers of organisational firefighting.
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search
A collection of 15 issues
This week's best things
Helsinki’s epic library, future storytellers, museum memory in wartime Ukraine, resisting busy-ness, the protective value of good ux, media’s traffic apocalypse, Medium's turnaround, foggy governance, Apple UI frost, sustainable comms, and a (new) podcast on building (real) things.
This week's best things
Immersive funding, designing a platform for young people, YouTube is 20, new AI stuff from Google Arts & Culture, Microsoft is shutting down Skype, stakeholders, a case study of website carbon reduction, Seb Chan being interviewed, Google's antitrust cases, and PrepperDisk
This week's best things
Tone of voice, Google and the future of search, Digg returns, a fish doorbell, designing better error messages, Duolingo's product principles, Albania shuts down TikTok for a year, can ChatGPT replace a curator, a load of vacancies, salt sculptures, and Sweden's Eurovision entry.
This week's best things
Alternate history, research on business models, AI news, disruptions to search, tap design, the accessibility of museums and galleries, a classical music VR experience, the UX of buying an airline ticket, an interview with Charlotte Higgins, immersive experiences, and a Guns n Roses cover.
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.
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
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
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
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