Victor Loux — bookmarks

PLACEBOS. Facing a long plane trip with a nasty… | by Seth Godin | Medium

sethgodinwrites.medium.com/placebos-6f3bc4456eaa

“Excuse me, do you have any placebos? I have a really horrible cold… I’ll take the strongest one you’ve got.” “Hey Sylvia,” she yelled, “there’s a guy out here who wants some placebo, but he doesn’t…

Inside the ‘Covid Triangle’: a catastrophe years in the making | Free to read | Financial Times

ft.com/content/0e63541a-8b6d-4bec-8b59-b391bf44a492

Three east London boroughs were already at breaking point. Then the pandemic struck

This Word Does Not Exist

thisworddoesnotexist.com/

I have one of the most advanced prosthetic arms in the world — and I hate it

inputmag.com/culture/cyborg-chic-bionic-prosthetic-arm-sucks

Decades of research reveals very little difference between male and female brains - The Academic Times

academictimes.com/decades-of-research-reveals-very-little-difference-between-male-and-female-brains/

What is design debt?

thoughtbot.com/blog/what-is-design-debt

What does this look like in the real world? Imagine our team is working on a personal training app that lets users get on-demand virtual training from available trainers. We’ve decided to launch a new feature that also prompts the user to order fitness products. We assume this will be a bonus revenue stream. It makes sense, right? Shouldn’t more opportunities to make money = more money? If our team had done some user interviews and user testing, what we would have actually learned is...

Creative Code algorithms & techniques

notion.so/Creative-Code-algorithms-techniques-c5550ef2f7574126bdc77b09ed76651b

A Cephalopod Has Passed a Cognitive Test Designed For Human Children

sciencealert.com/cuttlefish-can-pass-a-cognitive-test-designed-for-children

A new test of cephalopod smarts has reinforced how important it is for us humans to not underestimate animal intelligence.

Stockton’s Basic-Income Experiment Pays Off - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/stocktons-basic-income-experiment-pays-off/618174/

A new study of the city’s program that sent cash to struggling individuals finds dramatic changes.

What does sponsorship look like? | Lara Hogan

larahogan.me/blog/what-sponsorship-looks-like/

Illustration by Catt Small

Things your manager might not know

jvns.ca/blog/things-your-manager-might-not-know/

Things your manager might not know

Rams Palettes. – Present&Correct

blog.presentandcorrect.com/rams-palettes

Test and Trace Coronavirus App Failed to Log Restaurant and Pub Data - Eater London

london.eater.com/platform/amp/2021/3/4/22313073/test-and-trace-app-coronavirus-restaurants-pubs-data-breaches

“BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH CRYPTOART WILL BE SOLVED SOON, RIGHT?”

everestpipkin.medium.com/but-the-environmental-issues-with-cryptoart-1128ef72e6a3

Cryptocurrencies and NFTs are an absolute disaster for so many more reasons than the ecological.

What we can learn from Apple's dataviz accessibility by Sarah L. Fossheim

fossheim.io/writing/posts/apple-health-dataviz-a11y/

Screenotate: Recognize text in your screenshots

screenotate.com/

How to Apologize to Remotely

clubhouse.io/blog/how-to-apologize-remotely

Christine Cha, a Senior Software Engineer here at Clubhouse, dives into what she's learned about making amends with colleagues and co-workers who you never see beyond a computer screen.