The New and The Next - Issue #70
“Exceptional ideas always find an audience. Eventually.”
Favorites
A ‘Creepy’ Assignment: Pay Attention to What Strangers Reveal in Public
An exercise I gave my students helps illustrate the risks to privacy in our everyday, offline lives.
How I Would Cover the College-Admissions Scandal as a Foreign Correspondent
Masha Gessen reflects on the corruption inherent in the American college-admissions system, in light of a recent scandal in which fifty people were indicted for scheming to get the children of wealthy parents into top schools.
Productivity
How to Streamline Every Area of Your Life
I don’t believe every aspect of life should be optimized, every day planned out and every minute used productively. Because sometimes the unexpected, spontaneous things are what makes life worth living.
We’re terrible at predicting time, so do these things instead
Many of us are victims of the planning fallacy.
Work & Money
I, consultant?
The struggle to define who you are as an independent and the promise of charging more for your work.
Making Jokes During a Presentation Helps Men But Hurts Women
According to a recent study. #annoying
December 2018 Side Hustle Report - $1,493.83
This full-time lawyer has 13 side-hustles.
Marketing
How TikTok Is Rewriting the World
TikTok will change the way your social media works — even if you’re avoiding it.
What does GDPR mean for UX?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 12 months, you won’t have failed to hear the abbreviation “GDPR” being bandied about.
Should All Mobile Navigation be at the Bottom
Now that most digital industries have made the move from the infamous hamburger menu to the tabbed bar navigation, it leaves me asking what’s next on the mobile navigation horizon. Different phone…
Startups
Why businesses that declare bankruptcy don’t always die
Businesses from American Airlines to American Apparel have filed for Chapter 11. Why haven’t they closed?
Google's Page Allegedly Gave Rubin $150 Million Stock Award
Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Page didn’t get board approval when he awarded a $150 million stock grant to Andy Rubin, the creator of the Android mobile software who was under investigation by the company for sexual harassment at the time, according to a lawsuit.
Spotify’s grand plan for podcasts is taking shape
Spotify purchased Gimlet Media and Anchor in a deal worth more than $300 million. The company is now speaking publicly about its big podcast plans.
Life
Ubiquity: Silence is golden, especially when you need to say something important
Silence is hard for me, but it does work, which is why I like this post.
The Lesson You Never Got Taught in School: How to Learn!
Psychological Science in the Public Interest evaluated ten techniques for improving learning, ranging from mnemonics to highlighting and came to some surprising conclusions.
Why I Quit Tech and Became a Therapist
Want the system to change? Stop asking for permission — and ask for what you want
You may be overflowing with talent and ideas, but you won’t start making an impact unless you step up and stand out, says Symone Sanders.
Overcoming perfectionism: 5 science-backed ways to quiet your inner perfectionist
“Perfect is the enemy of good,” wrote Voltaire. Yet despite a long history of advocates for being good enough, we all fall into the trap of perfectionism.
News
When Not Reading The Fine Print Can Cost Your Soul
Some companies give away money as a reward for reading the fine print in online user agreements. Others impose biblical punishments for not reading it.
Wealthy parents, actresses, coaches, among those charged in massive college cheating admission scandal, federal prosecutors say
In what is being called the largest college admissions scam ever prosecuted, wealthy parents, Hollywood actresses, coaches and college prep executives have been accused of carrying out a nationwide fraud to get students into prestigious universities, according to a federal indictment.