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- NextDraft<\/a>: Dave Pell is doing good work on this general interest daily newsletter. He helped inspire Attn:<\/li>\n
- The Ryan Holiday Reading Recommendation Email<\/a>: Longest title ever, but he is a voracious reader. I pick up good book tips here.<\/li>\n
- Photojojo<\/a>: Focused on photography tips and tricks. They will also try to sell you stuff.<\/li>\n
- Edge<\/a>: Interviews with thinkers from many disciplines.<\/li>\n
- Brain Pickings<\/a>: Eclectic batches of themed interestingness. Maria Popova is inhumanly productive.<\/li>\n
- CoolTools<\/a>: Cool tools. Email subscribers see reviews first, but to become a subscriber, you must first submit a review. Yes,\u00a0I have<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- The Listserv<\/a>: Daily distribution. Many readers, one randomly chosen writer. Quality varies.<\/li>\n
- Viewsource<\/a>: Daily email of a a video you probably haven’t seen yet.<\/li>\n
- The Scout Report<\/a>: Aimed at educators, focused on STEM and humanities.<\/li>\n
- Media ReDEFined<\/a>: Jason Hirschhorn is a prolific aggregator of tech, entertainment, and media stories.<\/li>\n
- This Is True<\/a>: Long-running newsletter of unusual-but-true stories.<\/li>\n
- TomDispatch<\/a>: An alternative to mainstream media coverage. Think Bill Moyers, Rebecca Solnit, Bill McKibben, etc.<\/li>\n
- The Straight Dope<\/a>: Produced by syndicated columnist, author, and polymath Cecil Adams. A little of everything.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Learnin’ and earnin’<\/h2>\n
What I like most about the Internet is the opportunity to learn new things. I really love it when I learn stuff that I can put to immediate use at work. OpenCulture has a great (regularly updated)\u00a0list of certificate courses<\/a>\u00a0available. This turns everything\u00a0upside-down. Instead of falling asleep in a class you don’t care about, you can stay awake on your bed and learn something interesting. I enjoyed a pint of ice cream while watching a\u00a0lecture about calories<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Buy the way<\/h2>\n
How do you decide on your purchases? Thanks to the largesse of my father-in-law, our household has been a long time subscriber toConsumer Reports<\/a>. I like reading the magazine, but I can never find the appropriate issue when it comes time to make a purchase. Lately I’ve been using\u00a0The Wirecutter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Decide<\/a>. The Wirecutter is a blog that’s mostly technology focused. Their mission is simple: they just tell you what the best thing is, and why. Decide will cost money each month, but the quality and timeliness of their reviews is worth the expense.<\/p>\n
A fundraising masterclass<\/h2>\n
I spotted a weird Twitter exchange between Obama advisor David Axelrod and Donald Trump. I kinda considered them arch enemies, but they were just chatting like old pals. I\u00a0storified<\/a>\u00a0it so you could gawk too.<\/p>\n
Lock it down<\/h2>\n
Good article this week from the NYT on\u00a0password security<\/a>. I think password security is one of the building blocks of basic Internet literacy. I use a combination of a password manager, and a unique passphrase that can be customized to the site in question. As a consequence I have 515 (and counting) unique passwords. Matt Haughey’s\u00a0password tips<\/a>\u00a0from back in 2005 were super helpful for me back then, and I continue to refine the approach. If you are repeating even one password, take ten minutes out of your day and come up with a basic scheme for unique, easily remembered passwords.<\/p>\n
Happy Friday<\/h2>\n
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That is all<\/h2>\n
Since this is the first edition, I’m keeping it short today. Hope you enjoyed it.<\/p>\n
- The Ryan Holiday Reading Recommendation Email<\/a>: Longest title ever, but he is a voracious reader. I pick up good book tips here.<\/li>\n