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Why I bought a Kindle Scribe

I have been watching ePaper devices like the Remarkable for quite some time. When my friend Katrin asked me for advice, I theorized that it could be a new space: digital handwriting is easy to erase, works with cut and paste, and supports organization in notes. All this with hardly

How Brian Rutenberg creates his paintings and videos

In this Every article Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’ the New York artist Brian Rutenberg talks about his creative process, his productivity, and the reason for doing his Studio Visit YouTube videos. There’s so much in this article that rings true and fundamental. For creators, for writers,

The Evolution of Trust

This interactive article by Nicky Case is profound! It made me realize how repeat transactions that create win-win situations are a requirement for a functional society. Blame game theory! Only under specific conditions it does make mathematical sense for all actors to behave trustworthy. This explains why you should work

Paperboy Studios’ simple landing page

The simplicity of this landing page amazes me. While websites are reasonably easy to build it can be hard to design a coherent good looking one. These guys went with just one page. No scrolling possible. There are two call-to-actions: * “Apply here” is the most important one, so it’s

Simple YouTube videos like Peter Zeihan on Geopolitics

I’ve been following Peter Zeihan's YouTube channel for quite some time and enjoy his takes on Geopolitics. I've watched his channel grow in subscribers from around 20k to currently 650k. His videos are a beautiful example of how it doesn’t have to be complicated to create a YouTube

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