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My Favorite Things This Week (2019 #1)

Keenen Charles

Jan 4, 2019 — 1 min read

Articles

Your Startup’s Competitive Advantage Can’t Just Be “We’re French!”
Completely agreed with this article's view that being local is just not enough for startups. I've been wanting to write something similar for ages.

California Moves, Haltingly, Toward a Post-Lawn Future
Removing lawns seems like such an easy way to reduce water usage I'm surprised it's not more popular. It's not surprising that the drought in California has accelerated the rate of lawn replacements.

Des Moines Wants to Be the Affordable City for Artists
I love the idea behind the co-working space they've built to help keep artists in the city. I'm interested to see how successful it is and if these ideas could be used in other cities and countries.

Music

Google Play Music added this to a queue, not bad at all Google, not bad at all. This is the second song I've heard from this band and I really like it so I'll be diving into their discography soon.

Products

Makerlog
I started using Makerlog this week and it's pretty great. I've been looking for a private version of this for a long time. I used IDoneThis for a bit but found it hard to keep up. Makerlog being public makes me a want to keep up my logging and it's cool to see what everyone else is working on. Check out my profile here.

Samsung's Space Monitor

I love the idea of Samsung's new space saving monitors https://t.co/aGYyTEzPrE pic.twitter.com/FdyzBl28Jx
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) January 4, 2019

Not sure how practical this is but it looks awesome.

Is the Vision Pro enough?

Apple's Vision Pro is undoubtedly the best VR headset ever made. They've created an experience that surpasses what others have been doing for years and it looks cool too. But is it enough? Many will say just give it time and this is how every other

Age Just Doesn't Matter

I remember reading this Sam Altman post almost a decade ago about important lessons he learnt before turning 30. At the time 30 seemed like such a significant number. The end of youth. A moment where you're accumulated wisdom and your experiences would be so vast you could

Netflix Can Make More Money With Password Sharing

There's been an uproar online since Netflix's plans to block "password sharing" leaked. And it feels pretty justified. In an attempt to make shareholders happy with their plateauing growth, Netflix has decided to squeeze more out of the users it already has. First came

There are no good kings and queens

Or princesses and princes for that matter Just as there are no good billionaires. You can't be a good person and a monarch. You can't believe in the divine right of your bloodline to rule, and be a good person. Any good person in that position