The Tremendous 10 link roundup, #178
- Design Questions Library | “How does design work? We’re asked this question often and we’ll always be curious about it. The reality is that design is useful, a bit mysterious, and forever in flux. Right now, this is a guide to some of what we know—and don’t know—about how design works.”
- A Year of Working Remotely | “It’s been exactly one year since I joined InVision, and after learning the ropes of remote work at an 800+ person all-remote company, I wanted to share some thoughts on how placelessness may affect the way we work in the future.”
- Tips from 16 years of working from home | “I just read Mike Davidson’s great post on remote work advice after a year of it at Invision. I realized I’ve been remote for four and a half years at Slack and before that I ran my own company from my home office and before that I worked remotely as well. Since I moved to Oregon in 2003, I haven’t worked in a traditional office and I wanted to share the things I’ve learned.”
- How Muji COO Toru Akita Keeps His Daily Routine Super Normal | “Adhering to Muji’s no-frills ethos, Akita reduces his schedule to the basics.”
- Writing and the Creative Life: The Magic of Ambient Noise | “There may be a decibel level of ambient noise to facilitate creative thought.” Related: Neuroscience Says Listening to This Song Reduces Anxiety by Up to 65 Percent
- World Mercator map projection with true country size and shape added.
- The Secret History of ‘Easter Eggs’ | “Yes, Google, Tesla, Amazon and others are still hiding quirky software surprises in their products, mostly to give you a chuckle.”
- Luke Wroblewski on Twitter: “how things “look” in a user interface isn’t just aesthetic preference. it impacts how they are or aren’t used.”
- What Should an Artist Save? | “As our culture’s expectations of artists and art have changed, archives have moved on from the library and transformed into something stranger and more amorphous.”
- Reel life — tips for cutting animation highlight reels | “Cutting together a highlight reel of recent video work is daunting; you may find yourself asking, ‘How can I possibly distill all the cool stuff I made over the past year or two down to just one minute?!’ It’s easier than you might think.”
Image: via link #1, Design Questions Library.
