I realized I wanted to publish this before Election Day and feelings feel hard. I don’t know how this week will go and just want to say that, even if you aren’t deeply involved, it doesn’t mean issues and feelings can’t be deeply felt. The Hidden Brain podcast often provides me helpful ways to think…
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Podcasts I listen to (or generally recommend)
My friend asked me for podcast recommendations and I sent over a whole Google doc of recommendations. I went through, updated it with some some harsh realities (do I really listen to this anymore?). I’ve organized them into 7 categories: Favorites, Stories, Psychology, News-ish, Fun facts, Series, and Comedy. I figure you might not like…
One gal’s accessibility round up
Accessibly when used in my work refers to making digital product equally available to everyone, regardless of disability. The usual story I tell about getting interested in accessibility was when I was assigned to make an app accessible during my internship. There was a short “how-to” presentation that mostly covered things like color contrast and…
“This Japanese Inn Has Been Open For 1,300 Years”
If walls could talk, here are some that I’d want to listen to. This is a slower-paced movie and I think more than anything I was intrigued by the idea of anything lasting for 1,000 years.
Robert Rushkin – The Artist [video]
I saw this video yesterday and was amazed by his perspective. I admire people who are so inquisitive about the world and have what seems like an bottomless well of creativity they reach into to produce artwork. Sometimes it’s hard to remember to take that next step and make the the thing you’re curious about. Robert Rushkin…
The making of gold leaf [video]
I came across a click-bait title about this video and had some low expectations. It’s a ‘how-its-made’a bout gold leaf. The incredible part is that, when you think it was sufficiently complicated and they should have stopped approximately 1/10th of the actual process. It’s an incredibly long, labor-intensive process and I can’t imagine how someone came…
For all the language nerds
I found this Merriam-Webster ask the editor series and had to share. So fascinating!
…And no fruit juice (video)
I saw someone post this video who surprised me (given the title). It’s not what you’d expect. I’ve ended up watching it multiple times now, so I must like it.
“Why do cats miaow?” (video)
Grant sent me this, of course he did. This isn’t just a cute cat post though (it is cute), it’s also a interesting summary of animal language research! Also, I thought miaow was a specific type of mewing. But it’s actually the British variation of meow. How silly!
5: podcasts I listen to
I know I haven’t posted in a while and I have a backlog of things to to write about, but here’s a post for a quick win! With my miserable commute I’ve been able to carve out time to listen to other podcasts besides This American Life. They are totally mainstream, but I thought I might as…