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My name is Ken Yeung and I’m a Strategy and Research Content Lead at Orange Silicon Valley, a subsidiary of the global telecommunications firm. My role focuses on generating content to help promote our mission of working with the startup ecosystem, investors and our corporate partners and better understanding the changing digital landscape.
Previously, I was the Bay Area reporter for the technology publication The Next Web, where I covered startups and companies like Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Flipboard.
My love of technology has led me to a lot of great experiences. I’m a marketer by trade and I’m fascinated by the new tech innovations sprouting up every day. It piques my interest to see how companies can utilize these devices, tools and software to not only communicate with their employees and constituents but to really grow and be a real global citizen.
I use Flipboard as a means of curating all the news. I’ve discovered that I’m a bit of a news junkie (no, not of the gossip kind). But anything technology-related, plus political or news with a global impact, is something I’m fond of.
I started using Flipboard as a way to easily bookmark stories and articles that were really important to me but I didn’t have time to read at that moment. Now it’s become a repository for me to share with others things about potential world-changing events.
The first magazine I created was called “FYI” and it’s aptly named as I felt that if you’ve had a busy day and don’t want to navigate through numerous sites to consume the news, then “FYI” will provide you the tl;dr you need to get what’s important about what’s happening in tech right now.
My collection has since evolved to include more magazines focused on things like design, photography, U.S. and world news, business, viral tidbits and those long editorial features one would usually read in the Sunday papers.
The best article I read all week was a three-way tie…but for different reasons. The first one is called “The Shut-In Economy” by Lauren Smiley as it paints a very realistic picture of the current on-demand economy. We’ve all done it and experienced what she’s writing about in one way, shape or form, I’d imagine.
Another article was in The New York Times entitled “Female-Run Venture Capital Funds Alter the Status Quo” written by Claire Cain Miller. It was very complementary to the last one I’m throwing in as a “best” article: “The Discrimination Double Standard” written by Re/code’s Liz Gannes. Both the NYT and Re/code articles are relevant given the current state of the tech industry when it comes to equality and I found both to be especially informative.
My favorite topic on Flipboard is technology. As a former reporter and someone who has spent the past few years bearing witness to some interesting innovations, it’s like I’m a kid in a candy shop when I see people demo their products and I’m amazed when they have the gumption to go off and create a business and also when it receives funding. Each idea, no matter whether it’s good or bad (and this is often subjective), opens up the mind to provide you with a new way of looking at an industry, platform or problem that needs to be solved. It’s interesting to see why one startup succeeds while another similar one, sadly, does not.
A magazine I’ve found on Flipboard that’s made my life better is Mike McCue’s “The Designer Standard” (hi Mike!).
I have an appreciation for design and while I may not have the right skills to succeed in that profession, I still admire it. Magazines like Mike’s offer me inspiration for how things can be done better, at least aesthetically speaking.
Another magazine would be Robert Scoble’s “Startups Only” as he curates a great list of startups that really feeds into my desire to know what the latest startup is up to.
~ShonaS is reading “Steve Jobs Lives”
Spotlight: Maclean’s Online Editor and Journalist Lindsey Wiebehttps://vi-vn.about.flipboard.com/magmaker/spotlight-macleans-editor-and-journalist-lindsey-wiebe
My name is Lindsey Wiebe and I’m a digital journalist and associate online editor at Macleans.ca, a Canadian national news magazine. My love of writing led me to journalism, and my fascination with media’s evolution in a digital world has kept me there through a period of amazing change.
I use Flipboard as a newsfeed and as a repository, a way of keeping track of the articles that accumulate in my browser bookmarks, my Twitter favorites, my full-to-bursting Pocket account. A lot of that writing relates to the future of the kind of work I do, and I’ve started collecting those stories in my Online Media magazine on Flipboard as (I hope) a resource for the similarly obsessed. I’m still new to Flipboard’s magazine-creating space, so I’ve just started branching out: My newest is on Wearables in Journalism—yes, a lot about the Apple Watch lately, but also the implications of everything from VR headsets to sensors to fitness trackers for news coverage.
The first article I flipped was a story on the growth in digital reporting, part of a major ‘state of the media’ Pew Research Center study. I’d made my first magazine as food for thought ahead of the Online News Association’s annual conference, and positive response to that is what spurred me to keep it up.
My favorite topic on Flipboard is by now probably obvious, but it’s not all about journalism. I follow Canadian news for work and my own interest. I like immersive longform writing of all stripes. I have a weakness for Dwell’s home photo spreads and have never met a tiny, artfully efficient kitchen I did not like.
The best article I read all week was titled “The Itch Nobody Can Scratch,” a great Matter/Medium piece on the medical conundrum (Internet-fuelled psychosis? Undiagnosed condition?) that is Morgellons.
A magazine I’ve found on Flipboard that’s made my life better is Mathew Ingram’s magazine Media Past and Future, along with Harry McCracken’s mag Technologizer: two great hubs for writing and thinking on digital media.
My media diet is pretty happily omnivorous and maybe a little app-centric. Most of what I read comes via Twitter—I save articles for subway commute reading in Pocket, share them back to my feed and on Flipboard, and see the good stuff I’ve missed with Nuzzel notifications.
Instagram is a quieter space, kind of a mental reprieve for friends and occasional photo creativity. I’m a semi-regular lurker on Vine, which has developed this unexpectedly weird, funny community of its own. On my last vacation my media consumption was mostly inhaling travel magazines on Next Issue (which is partly owned by my employer’s parent company, but I’d use it even if they didn’t), #longreads saved en masse, and Ann Patchett novels on my new Kobo—I’m so late to the e-ink screens, but am a total fan.
A unique productivity tip of mine is to be wary when it comes to productivity tips. As a former Lifehacker obsessive I can say with some experience that reading about better way to get things done is a nice way to not get any things done. (And yet, I do it still…)
~ShonaS is curating “Compulsive & Conscious”
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My name is Wayne Van Horne, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anthropology at Kennesaw State University, and my medium is anthropology.
My love of trying to understand everything about human behavior—what makes us tick, why we do the things we do, why people act so differently in cultures all around the world—led me to pursue a career in the field of anthropology.
Anthropology & Archaeology News by Anthro Prof
My research has spanned such diverse areas of cultural behavior as the teaching of values in Japanese martial arts to the impact of European settlement on the landscape of the southeastern United States. I teach courses on cultural and ecological anthropology, theory and American culture.
As a professor I am privileged to be able to teach university students about the role of culture in shaping human behavior and to explore important social topics.
I use Flipboard to…
… share news about anthropological research with people around the world. I want to people be aware of current research with “Anthropology & Archaeology News”. I believe we have to be informed about the things that shape human behavior so that we can solve the issues that face humanity in the modern world.
…bring anthropology to a broad readership. “Anthropology & Archaeology News” is followed by people in countries all around the world. It is followed by people who are simply interested in anthropology as well as students and professional anthropologists.
…motivate myself to keep abreast of how research in anthropology is being reported in the news. There is a tremendous amount of research published, but only a small portion is reported in the popular press. I’m able to get a sense of the information being read by non-professionals by perusing popular press reports.
Flipboard is also great for curating magazines relating to my long-standing interests in health and nutrition and the environment.
As a scientist I have been following major research topics in health and nutrition over the last few decades. I like to apply this knowledge to my personal life and I feel that it has had a positive impact. I share those articles in Health & Nutrition News.
I’m also interested in conservation and am able to share relevant news about the natural history of my own locality in Georgia Nature and Environment News.
I can’t remember the first article I flipped into a magazine, but I did it to start “Anthropology & Archaeology News.” I had just begun to use Flipboard and was unable to find a magazine devoted to the entire field of anthropology. I felt that as a professional anthropologist I could be performing a valuable public service.
In one word, I’d describe Flipboard as powerful. As an educator, social news is the best thing that has come from the world of social media. The ability to curate and share news and to read thoughtfully curated magazines gives us the power to disseminate important information to one another in a rich format. The more we share important knowledge, the better off we’ll be as a global society.
Some of the magazines I follow on Flipboard include Sandra Clark’s Language and Culture. I recommend it as a good companion to “Anthropology and Archaeology News” if you are interested in anthropological linguistics. I am both personally and professionally interested in a variety of social issues, so among the magazines I also follow are Addressing Racism by Nadi, Gay Voice by Chris Cash and Black News by Biz Chica.
~ShonaS is reading “Culture Decanted”
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You’ve probably heard of the actress Helen Mirren, right? Imagine our surprise when we came across a magazine curated by “Melen Hirren”—and no, we’re not dyslexic.
The person responsible is Catherine Park, a content producer and aspiring writer/designer from Los Angeles. Protective and somewhat shy, she uses a pen name for privacy reasons. She graciously agreed to tell us a little bit about herself, her interests and her unusual alterego.
My name is Catherine Park and my medium is content and culture curation. I want to stay semi-anonymous because I’m a little bit paranoid. I want to be able to control what people know about me, even though I know that’s not possible. I’d like to become a writer and designer.
I use Flipboard as a way to access a bunch of things that I like that aren’t really related to each other in one place. My mom says that my taste is either one end of the spectrum or the other end, with no in-between.
My favorite topic on Flipboard is Kanye West; also right now I’m into the NBA.
A magazine I’ve found on Flipboard that’s made my life better is my own. I also keep a Tumblr so I can archive photos I find that I like, and I tag them so I can refer back. I have a very extensive #makeup and #goals tag. I think Flipboard is similar to Tumblr, but instead of pictures, it aggregates more written content. Melen Hirren is Helen Mirren with the first letters swapped. I had a very vivid dream in which she featured like, five years ago. At the time, I was really into learning about lucid dreaming, and Inception had come out and I was obsessed with it. I also like Fast Company, Business of Fashion and Uncrate.
My biggest influence is trying to be a person who “collects hobbies,” like Penelope from The Brothers Bloom. It seems like the ultimate luxury and I want to be ~*lUxuRiOus*~.
My media diet includes Instagram, articles my family and friends send me, and, lately, Buzzfeed videos. And Netflix: I like Gilmore Girls and Psycho-Pass. Out of the shows airing right now, I like How to Get Away with Murder, Nashville and Red Band Society (RIP). I’m also obsessed with a Korean show called Get It Beauty. I like reading magazines—usually fashion—like W, Dazed, Russh.
I like websites that curate photos like Academy New York, Wild at Heart or Jjjjound. I still listen to music from 2009 because I’m lazy, except when it comes to Korean music, which I find is easier to keep up to date with.
I find new information to be “interesting” when it makes me ask questions. I like finding something that is new to me.
~ShonaS is curating “Proof of Experience”
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My name is Maja Miasek.
My love of travel began a few years ago. I can’t complain about my daily life in Poland. But learning about the beauty and diversity of the world is truly addicting.
When it comes to dropping everything to go to Africa to spot a herd of elephants, I’m the person to call. Meanwhile, my bathroom still needs a serious facelift, my windows are really drafty and I can’t afford a new vacuum.
I use Flipboard as a way to make my dreams come true. Basically that means “travel planning.” Flipboard is an excellent tool for inspiring myself with trip ideas.
I’m feeding my wanderlust here. Seeing the world’s beauty on my smartphone isn’t enough — I want to see, hear, smell, taste and feel it. When I’m planning my next trip, I’m conducting research and marking points of interest. So I’m collecting my dreams on Flipboard, framing them into magazines, and from time to time, making them come true.
The first article I flipped was probably something about some beautiful place at the ends of of the earth. It might’ve been something about the United States—for someone from Pruszków, Poland, the U.S. is really an exotic place!
Maybe it was this article about one of my dream cities—Charleston, North Carolina— from my magazine “American Dream.”
The best article I read all week was a National Geographic piece about Albert Yu-min Lin, the modern Indiana Jones. It’s partly because I loved Harrison Ford as a teenager (who didn’t?!), but also because this guy Albert is simply awesome.
My favorite topic on Flipboard is travel, obviously.
A magazine I’ve found on Flipboard that’s made my life better is “Take Me Somewhere Nice.”
My biggest influence is the guy from the magazine above. Sometimes we explore the world together and try not to push one another off some picturesque cliff. The world is even more interesting when there is someone to share it with.
My “media diet” includes the entire Internet, in Polish and English.
OK, half of the entire Internet: places like Rolling Stone, Variety, The Guardian, The New Yorker, The New York Times, HuffPost and Buzzfeed. And CNN. And BBC. Oh, and Lonely Planet. And Mashable. And Matador Network. And PetaPixel. And The Telegraph.
A unique productivity tip of mine is to stay away from wi-fi. The Internet is the worst time-eater for me. I think I could have a masters degree in procrastination.
But seriously, the key to being productive is to put love into everything you do. I could spend hours planning and building future adventures in great detail because nothing compares.
~ShonaS is curating “Out & About”
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My name is Nicholas Goodden. I’m an award winning urban photographer based in London, founder of the Street Photography London collective. I also specialize in social media and have written articles on both subjects for many top international publications. My urban photography can be seen on my website.
My love of photography originated from a need to be creative and this has led me to focus on London and shoot everything that makes this fantastic city what it is. It’s the perfect place to keep your creative juices flowing. Inspiration is all around.
I use Flipboard as a way to help me both share the photography-related articles I love and easily tweet or share on other platforms. I can also include articles or blog posts I’ve written in my curated magazine, which is a great marketing tool.
My favorite topic on Flipboard is photography, obviously. But I also have an interest in design, typography, food, London, graphic design, Photoshop.
A magazine I’ve found on Flipboard that’s made my life better is Mirrorless by Eric E. Anderson. Plus I find Eric shares a few of Street Photography London’s blog posts and interviews. He’s a great supporter. But since I created World Photography News, I hope it is now the best photography resource—at least for the regularity, diversity and sheer number of articles included there. I try to skip the too-obvious articles you come across everywhere and dig a bit more to find the gems.
My biggest influence is the environment. Yes, it’s an influence in itself. My work depends on the area I’m in, the time of the day, the weather, my mood. I try not to use others as influence; it’s hard enough to be original.
I find new information by creating lists on Twitter that I then import as a mag on Flipboard, making it a lot easier to flick through and flip into World Photography News. For example, for photography I have a list on Twitter of the all the best accounts relating to photography, so that’ll include blogs, camera manufacturers, photo mags, photographers, etc.
A unique productivity tip of mine is to be regular. So I wake up and flip a few articles. Have lunch and flip a few more in and then a few more in the evening. People want a magazine that makes their lives easier. If all the best info on photography is regularly updated in my mag, people needn’t look further.
~ShonaS is curating “Proof of Experience”
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My name is Simran Thadani, and I’m part of the team at Pocket. My work in Marketing connects me to our user community, to the apps we make with pride and love, and to all the great content flowing through our platform: the stories, videos, blog posts, news pieces and links that millions of people save for later.
My love of the written word in all its forms has driven lots of my experiences, both personally and professionally. I’ve taught Shakespeare to undergrads; practiced calligraphy for 20 years; studied the history of the printing press and handwriting; designed a font; and read over 6 million words digitally in Pocket. (Needless to say, I’m also an avid book collector, and a haunter of used and rare bookshops.)
I use Flipboard as a megaphone for my work at Pocket. Pocket Hits is our growing collection of content recommendations, powered by data and curated by hand. Through Flipboard we can get the word out to a large and loyal audience that we know is looking for interesting things to read and watch. If that sounds like you, be sure to check out our Pocket Hits magazine!
The first article I flipped was “Cheap Words” by George Packer. It’s an in-depth—and deeply critical—look at Amazon’s unstoppable ascent in the worlds of books and retail (both virtual and brick-and-mortar). When The New Yorker opened up its archives in the summer of 2014, I curated my first Flipboard magazine with the best New Yorker reads ever seen in Pocket. Packer’s piece was by far my favorite. The whole exercise was tremendously fun, and fueled my reading list for weeks.
The best article I read all week was William Langewiesche’s brilliant profile of wine critic Robert Parker, from deep in the archives of The Atlantic. The piece is 14 years old and 17,000 words long, but with Pocket I was able to save it for when I actually had the time to read it intently without distractions or bothersome ads, and easily share it with my other wine aficionado friends.
My favorite topic on Flipboard is Burning Man. As each year ticks slowly by between stints in the Black Rock Desert, it’s great to have a constant supply of awesome BM reads. (P.S. The Man burns in 200 days!)
A magazine I’ve found on Flipboard that’s made my life better is Meditation, Mindfulness & Yoga by Flora Spink. I’m new to mindfulness practice—despite the fact that my name actually means meditation!—and this popular magazine has given me a series of excellent resources to learn from.
My “media diet” is similar to the way someone else might approach processed foods—I’ve gone back and forth between overdosing on social media and cutting it out entirely. At this point I don’t have Twitter, YouTube, Netflix or Facebook on my phone, which forces me to streamline to Flipboard, Feedly, Instagram and Pocket. When I do have a bigger screen in front of me, I’ll most often use it to watch a bit of Downton Abbey or House of Cards (OK, several episodes at a time).
A unique productivity tip of mine is to “Keep your head in the cloud.” In my quest to document different aspects of my life, I’ve loved finding bespoke top-in-class services to get different kinds of information organized and out of my brain. So my notes live in Google Keep; to-do lists in Wunderlist; recipes in Pepperplate; book collection catalogue in LibraryThing; travel tips and restaurant archive in Google Drive; closet inventory in Stylitics; passwords in 1Password; photos in Carousel; and, of course, reading list in Pocket. Having a suite of specialized cloud-based services at my fingertips makes my online environment cutting-edge, good-looking, easily searched, automatically synced, and always available.
~ShonaS is reading “Media Past and Future”
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My name is Fabio Angeleri and my medium is personal growth.
My love of meditation started when I was around 22 during very tough times. I was stressed, anxious and not being in the right place with myself.
One day something released in me. I started following the need to listen to my breath, enjoying darkness, relaxing my body in unusual poses and chanting—and immediately these experiences revealed themselves to be powerful and restorative. All my issues disappeared in a short time. I later realized that I spontaneously started meditating, practicing yoga and mantras.
Twenty years later, we are living in what Time called the “Mindful Revolution.” Many people today are aware that the work from inside is a true life-changer, a way to find wellness, balance and self-transformation.
I use Flipboard to post articles about various themes: personal growth, meditation, yoga, spirituality. My intent is to give to my readers some daily insights, inspirations, stories, stimulating self-discovery and improvement.
The first article I flipped was “Improve Your Life: 7 Reasons and 5 Ways to Be Mindful,” insightful review of some meditations techniques and tips for focusing on self-awareness.
The best article I read all week was probably Truth Theory’s ““50 Life Secrets and Tips”” by Jordan Lejuwaan. It’s the most comprehensive list of self-development tips I’ve ever found. This list could be a true life compass for anyone who walks the path in the direction of a fulfilling life. This particular article has over 200 reflips—an example of how Flipboard can be a very powerful tool for cultural sharing.
A magazine I’ve found on Flipboard that’s made my life better is “Pick The Brain” by Allan del Rosario—wow! This magazine is so rich, with superlative articles on different topics. Starting from a psychology-centered viewpoint and ranging to spirituality, coaching and positive thinking, it’s a bottomless pit from which I lift a bucket full of fresh water.
My biggest influence is Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Zen monk and probably one of the most foremost Buddhist teachers in the word. His “The Miracle of Mindfulness” is in my opinion the best beginner’s book for meditation.
My “media diet” includes Huffpost Healthy Living, Tiny Buddha, Waking Times, Zen Habits, Marc and Angel Hack Life and MindBodyGreen.
I try to avoid spending too much time online/watching TV etc. I focus on the essentials, saving my selected articles in a private magazine called “Read List,” reading them when I have time (especially at breakfast or during the evening). If the article is interesting, I flip it into my magazine.
A unique productivity tip for mine is to focus on what’s important for you. Be essential and don’t spare your attention. It is a precious resource.
~ShonaS is reading “WE AND THE COLOR”
Spotlight: Jawbone Product VP Travis Bogardhttps://vi-vn.about.flipboard.com/magmaker/spotlight-jawbone-product-vp-travis-bogard-2
My name is Travis Bogard and my medium is products.
My love of technology and its ability to make life easier and less complicated is what has driven me throughout my career, from my time at AOL, where we made it easy to communicate and access content anywhere and anytime, to Tellme, where we were trying to bring that same accessibility in the form of audio, to my time now at Jawbone, where we sit at the intersection of beauty and engineering in service of a better life.
I love the process of solving complicated problems, the brilliant people that flock to the big goals, and the challenges it takes to bring those viewpoints into focus to create something meaningful for people. It is never easy and not always fun, but overall it’s a blast.
I use Flipboard as a way to…
…quickly see customer sentiment in social media by searching for product phrases.
…observe and save photos of how our customers use products in the real world by searching for product names and flipping them into a magazine.
…bookmark and categorize articles I find interesting by flipping them from my browser (or mobile).
…quickly catch up on the activity across all of my social services (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram).
…share a collection of content as magazines for discussion in the office. And as I find I’ve built out more general content, I have started sharing more publicly.
The first article I flipped was an Instagram picture I saw that a customer had posted on Twitter showing their JAMBOX playing music. I was immediately fascinated to have this little window into people’s lives, seeing how they were using our products in an authentic way without the bias of traditional research studies. So I started gathering them in my first Flipboard magazine.
The best article I read all week was a piece on the “mammalian dive reflect” – the impact of water on your heart rate, specifically water splashed against the face. What was interesting to me about that is how we continue to learn about how the body works and what evokes physical change in it. I flipped it to my Health & Body magazine.
My favorite topic on Flipboard is Parenthood. I just had a second baby, and as a parent you are always looking for answers, so it’s been helpful checking that topic out.
It’s interesting to get a new perspective that makes you re-think your role as a parent, see helpful tips or strategies to try when you are stuck, or even just hear how others are experiencing the same challenges. That inspired me to create a new magazine with some of the more unique or helpful parenting articles I like and may need in the future.
I also spend a lot of time checking out e-Health because it’s relevant to my work and it’s fascinating how much there still is to see and learn about the human body. There’s so much we still don’t know.
My biggest influence is watching people. In particular, I’m affected by time spent with friends and family who are not very technical, because they keep me focused on simplicity. It helps me identify friction points that exist with technology, and those conversations also keep me grounded in terms of communicating with the real world, outside of our tech bubble.
A unique productivity tip of mine is to find ways to leverage audio more. The amount of screen time we have is already at a max. The only way to consume more content is through audio, ebooks, podcasts or news radio, because you can do this while multitasking or during downtime. [Plus] the art of talking to someone and getting out of the email cycle is so powerful, yet is becoming far less common. I take every phone call walking and also walking one-on-ones. It makes for more creative and focused conversations and has the added benefit of keeping you healthy.
~ShonaS is reading “People in Polaroids”
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My name is Adam Skalecki and I’m a Senior Digital Designer at Crispin Porter + Bogusky. My love of making things is fueled by inspiration. At the end of our design process, we’re never completely satisfied with our work because we strive to be better.
I use Flipboard as a place to consolidate the mashup of my influences in design and creativity. It’s why I call my magazine “Chaos Theory.” There is beauty in chaos and we learn from things in a variety of areas. We’re naïve to think that we should only focus on our profession. Sure, I curate articles directly related to my field, but I’m not afraid to stray and embrace inspiration coming from outside sources.
I share my Flipboard magazines with my design team at CP+B in the hopes of inspiring them as well. With the internet’s contents growing larger, the quality is suffering. Flipboard helps me find the tastier bits and I curate those into a ‘zine that provides a concentrated dose of inspiration in a short period of time.
The first article I flipped was “The Creative Power of Drawing Ideas” from Creative Something. I was working on a Kickstarter campaign for a product that had to do with connecting pencil to paper and designing outside of Photoshop from sketching. I flipped the article to save it for later. That led me to finding web tools and browser plugins for flipping content and soon after that I tried curating my first zine.
The best article I read all week was not an article exactly, but a great podcast I just started listening to called StartUp, which offers me a look into the entrepreneurial world.
My favorite topic on Flipboard is architecture.
A magazine I’ve found on Flipboard that’s made my life better is “Small House.” Small or tiny home architecture helps me think better dimensionally and spatially. I imagine the constrictions while the architect manages to execute a beautifully functional solution.
My media diet is as diverse as I can make it. I definitely try not to share from the same five sources because it’s easy enough for people to follow those sources directly. The value I can provide to myself and others is to scour and curate the greatest pieces I come across from a variety of places.
My productivity tip is to avoid getting caught up living a life of consumption and chasing an inspiring high without ever actually creating for yourself. I own this shirt and wear it whenever I need a reminder.
~ShonaS is reading “Radical Rambling”