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this week's best things

A collection of 76 issues

This week's best things

Lessons from a museum cyberattack, Welsh AI content support, the EU’s plan to fix cookie law chaos, a doomsday prediction tracker, hat/haircut/tattoo decisions, why writing in books boosts memory, Amazon’s decline, team focus research, cultural bias in GPT, and sitcoms in Yugoslavia.

This week's best things

ACMI’s new experience principles, org design beyond charts, Neil Williams’ monthnotes, Tonga’s offline crisis, post-literate society worries, attention as agency, NGO ad parodies, Maintainers study guide, and positive results from Basic Income for Artists.

This week's best things

From change fitness and polytunity, to Edinburgh’s innovation role and why councils should share more. Plus: taste as intelligence, AI tutors, immersive art takedowns, a reminder to join the new digital culture community, and System of a Down cover bands.

This week's best things

Anonymous curators at Apple Music Classical, a zero-click AI vulnerability, the illusion of alignment in digital projects, crowdsourced visioning at the National Gallery, Excel as esport, and what playgrounds reveal about gender and space. Plus: shoes, stoops, and Karel Gott.

This week's best things

Chatbots, controversy, and what a viral side project might tell us about tech and trust in museums. Plus: open working, age verification, digital experiments, and AI that browses for you. Also: I’m planning a new community space and finally started Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar.

This week's best things

Why artists matter to tech, the unexpected power of boredom, and a new AI tool made for the heritage sector. Plus: trees, cybersecurity, detox camps, and chocolate bar nostalgia. I read Wired, Heffernan, and Turnbull so you don’t have to. Also I saw a play and bought more books.

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

A radio station in a sauna, Google's AI future, resisting busy-ness, memory molecules, ADHD web design, disappearing content, digital burnout, cultural website sustainability, coolness decoded, AI clean-up crews, and one very 80s synthpop video.

This week's best things

Influencer-led accessibility stories, the end of onedayism, hoarding pre-AI content, mobile vs TV, quitting wisely, AI’s brain impact, hybrid theatre, monopoly inertia, team tools, digital readiness, arts pay, and a brutal 1910 Tour de France, plus books, podcasts, and Anohni.