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Tuesday ◾ July 4 ◾ 2023
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If you want to wake up to your favorite celebrity or movie character, maybe you should try Arlo, an AI alarm assistant, that provides a unique way to start the day. It’s available only for Iphone and Ipad.
Dr.Peter Fenwick is a neuropsychologist who carried out extensive research on near death experiences and the nature of consciousness. If you have 30 minutes free time, here’s an interesting interview with Dr.Fenwick about our existential fear of death and the connection between consciousness and the brain. On Death and Dying : Towards a New Paradigm.
An excellent article from Taylor Pearson that dives into the Toyota working culture, and there are interesting things to learn about the balance between working harder and working smarter. The Physics of Kaizen: Why Somebody Should Get Credit for Fixing Problems That Never Happened.
Do we actually need an app to help us with our relationship with technology? Maybe we do. There are way too many distractions that keep us hooked on the screens. This app is designed to help you with reducing the screen time so that you can focus more on what matters. Freedom.
An interesting read from Matthew Ström about brainstorming and why it does not work. “But my point is this: Brainstorming is just a worse version of creativity. If your team is already producing lots of ideas, let them keep doing it however they want. If your team isn’t producing lots of ideas, work on psychological safety.” Stop Brainstorming.
Take a look at a timeline of how some of the most important websites have evolved over the past 25 years. Timeline of Web Design Evolution.
With samples from more than 32,000 respondents across 28 countries, The Edelman Trust Barometer Global Report 2023 offers insights into today’s deeply and dangerously polarized world.
An interesting app that will transform your thoughts into an email or blog post. You have to speak your thoughts into your phone. Oasis.
A database of over 5,000 GIFs representing the very best visual techniques in the world of filmmaking. Eyecandy.
Create a musical portrait of you, based on your favorite songs. Bang and Olufsen Senses.
BONUS : A beautiful poem written by Max Ehrmann in the 1920s. Not just a poem, it is great life advice at the same time.
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.👉 This week, inside the bonus content (+ 8 more interesting things) :
An excellent personalized recommendations app / Life-Enhancing Learnings / A few great AI apps
and more interesting stuff…