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CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY
It's time to bring back the AIM away message. The live chats of the past are now in our pockets and inescapable. It’s now 25 years since AIM launched families into the early world of America Online, and now it is 25 years later and, we need better boundaries. / Via Wired
CATEGORY: BUSINESS
Most companies communicate strategy as a set of aspirations and platitudes. But aspirations aren’t strategy, and that mode of communication leaves employees in the dark. Don’t confuse strategy with lofty goals. / Via HBR
CATEGORY: METAVERSE
The Prada Timecapsule NFT Collection launched on June 2 marks an evolution of the brand’s preexisting Time capsule initiative established in December 2019. The monthly, online event, which takes place on the first Thursday of every month, features an exclusive and ultra limited edition item drop on Prada’s website, available for 24 hours only / Via Forbes
CATEGORY: INTERNET
The Internet is not what you think it is. Once upon a time, the Internet was predicated on user-generated content. The hope was that ordinary people would take advantage of the Web’s low barrier for publishing to post great things, motivated simply by the joy of open communication. We know now that it didn’t quite pan out that way. / Via The New Yorker
CATEGORY: WHITEPAPER
Highsnobiety investigates how the future of fashion and luxury is changing, focusing on the impact and influence that the communities surrounding brands play in the new luxury equation. Download the free white paper here. / Via Mailchimp
CATEGORY: CREATIVE TECH
Utilizing taxingly primitive equipment, director Trevor Jackson ran through two laptops and a strange combo of programs to pull these visuals together. The result a music video for Four-Tet in ten days. / Via It’s Nice That
CATEGORY: MEDIA DIETS
A good read over at fellow substacker’s Why Is This Interesting. The Monday Media Diet with Juno DeMelo. / Via Substack
CATEGORY: CREATIVES
I have long since been a fan of Nicole McLaughlin’s quirky up cycled creations. Each year her products garner the eyes of some of today’s greatest brands. In this feature see why her designs are no joke. / Via NY Times.
CATEGORY: MUSIC
I was a huge fan of discovering new music on Soundcloud a few years back. People have been wondering where did that vibrant culture go? The answer is nowhere. It has simply reinvented itself again. Meet u on the Discord. / Via Complex
CATEGORY: OUTER SPACE
NASA does not care about when or if “Hot Girl Summer” will ever actually materialize here on Earth. Instead they are super focused on a plan to get Ingenuity through the Martian Winter. / Via Wired