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Friday, March 6, 2020

In This Edition:
Earth's new moon, map of mathematics, tech 2020, remote working and old book illustrations!

I'm taking Rút Nic Hata Risteaird's advice and singing Óró Sé do bheatha bhaile while washing my hands, but it's this epic version by Seo Linn!

Earth's New Moon

Image: The international Gemini Observatory/NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory/AURA/G. Fedorets

The Minor Planet Center has confirmed that the Earth has acquired a temporary mini-moon, designation 2020 CD3, which orbits every 47 days and is the size of a car.

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The Map of Mathematics

Image: Quanta Magazine

Quanta Magazine has created a beautiful interactive site that illustrates many mathematical principles using animation and interactive demonstrations.

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Tech in 2020

Image: Benedict Evans

Analst Benedict Evans has publised an interesting presentation on the state of Tech in 2020, from a talk he gave at Davos. The interesting presentation looks into how regulation may be the next societal step for the tech revolution to take.

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Remote Working

Image: Buffer

Buffer and AngelList surveyed 3,500 remote workers and have published a state of remote working in 2020 report. Flexibility and lack of commute are the best! :-)

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Old Book Illustrations

Image: Old Book Illustrations, Harry Clarke

Old Book Illustrations is a searchable database of scanned old book illustrations. Included on the site are a number of illustrations from Irish artist Harry Clarke.

About Found This Week

Found This Week is a curated blog of interesting posts, articles, links and stories in the world of technology, science and life in general.
Each edition is curated by Daryl Feehely every Friday and highlights cool stuff found each week.
The first 104 editions were published on Medium before this site was created, check out the archive here.

Daryl Feehely

I’m a web consultant, contract web developer, technical project manager & photographer originally from Cork, now based in London. I offer my clients strategy, planning & technical delivery services, remotely & in person. I also offer freelance CTO services to companies in need of technical bootstrapping or reinvention. If you think I can help you in your business, check out my details on http://darylfeehely.com

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