Favorites from August 2020

A collection of some of my favorite links, images, tweets and quotes from August 2020. This is not an exhaustive list but does captures some things I found interesting, thought-provoking, or cool over the past month.

Reading

• How the Pandemic Defeated America
• It Has Come to This: Ignore the C.D.C.

Admiring

• Art by Pooja Pittie

Watching

• 2020: An Isolation Odyssey via @kottke

Links

• The UX of LEGO Interface Panels – George Cave

• Coolors - The super fast color schemes generator!

• Opulent Kintsugi Installation via @colossal

• A Single Div: a CSS drawing project by Lynn Fisher

• AI Claudius

Cooking

• Treat your summer tomatoes right by mastering these essential techniques.

Ordering

• Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings 2021 Day-to-Day Calendar

Ideas

“A bad system will beat a good person every time.” W. Edwards Demming

via @marshallk

“The optimal strategy might be executing a suboptimal plan at a fast pace. Strategy evolves as lessons are learned—and the person who moves faster, learns faster. Learning is a marathon and perfection is a weighted vest.” – @JamesClear

— August 31, 2020