More Things, December 13, 2018

With the help of an IFTTT recipe that turns what I save to Pocket into a Markdown link, I can easily make a linked list blog post again. Hence, the return of More Things.

Articles are ordered from oldest to newest.

• The act of drawing something has a “massive” benefit for memory compared with writing it down

• Why Is Japan Still So Attached to Paper?

• I quit Instagram and Facebook and it made me a lot happier — and that’s a big problem for social media companies

• Tumblr’s Porn Ban Is The Middle Of The End Of The Old Internet

• How to Deal With “The Panic and Horror That Is Being a Human Right Now,” According to Comedian Aparna Nancherla

• Working Without A Keyboard On The Surface Pro 4

• The new word processor wars: A fresh crop of productivity apps are trying to reinvent our workday

• Instagram’s IGTV was supposed to be the “next generation’s TV-viewing experience.” What happened?

• This company shifted to a four-day workweek–and it’s going great

• Squarespace’s elegant redesign rejects Silicon Valley clichés

• No DreamCast Classic: You Motherfuckers Had Your Chance to Buy One the First Time

• Who Do Designers Really Work For

• Capstone, a tablet for thinking

• Zelda: Ocarina of Time at 20 — melancholy masterpiece changed games forever

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