Muzli Search is a search engine for design inspiration. A neat feature is that for every search result, tt automatically pulls the colour palette and provides an SVG download or link to Muzli colours.
Git Guardian have produced a great list and cheatsheet of the best ways to store and manage secrets such as API keys, including not posting them in slack and Secret-as-a-Service solutions.
Amnesty International has analysed 500 videos and 125 incidents across 40 states and districts to produce an important map of recent police violence in America.
Spanish newspaper El País published a fascinating analysis of three indoor Covid outbreaks and looks at how they could have been avoided. The article suggests mitigation techniques in the relation to outbreaks in a call centre in South Korea and in a restaurant and on a bus in China.
Researchers at Ben Gurion University have demonstrated that sound in a room can be reproduced by watching a lightbulb in that room, from up to 82ft away. The technology, named Lamphone, detects vibrations on the light bulb caused by the sound in the room and process these vibrations to recreate the sound. The resultant audio is good enough for Shazam to recognise a song that was played in the room.
Emmanuel over at ezknowledge.fyi published a great post summarising some mental models, having just read The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concerts by Shane Parrish of Farnham Street. The post is a great taster into multi-disciplinary thinking.
The Observer Effect published an interesting interview with Marc Andreesson, partner at Andreesson Horowitz. The interview covers a lot of ground and includes some great insights into how Marc manages his productivity and goal setting on a weekly, monthly and annual basis. A standout thought for me from the interview is that it is better to "tune against a single goal as compared to trying to rethink the goals".
During COVID-19, Springer released a large set of textbooks for free. Harish Narayanan created a neat website to allow you to browse the free collection more easily.
All About Circuits published a free lesson set on electronic engineering and electronic circuits. Originally written as textbooks by Tony R. Kuphaldt, the lessons have been updated by members of the All About Circuits community.
