Here are my frequent reads, visits, or listens as far as content goes. I don’t use social media in any form these days. I’ve essentially removed any infinitely scrolling app or site from my world. I check in using RSS or when I remember to check. I even follow Youtube channels I care about on RSS.
Items are in random order.
Websites
- Kottke: Opinionated pop culture stuff.
- Bjango: Great UI/Icon designer I’ve seen. More technical craft and knowledge than anyone.
- Brian Lovin: Designer at Github has nice articles, and a great primer on investing.
- Go Make Things: Good intro and mid level JavaScript knowledge
- Hakim: Visual designer/dev, cool animation demos.
- Joel Hooks: Dev with good articles on random stuff.
- The Lost Art Press: Independent woodworking publisher.
- Maggie Appleton: Illustrator/Art Director that does great development based illustrations.
- Paul Stamatiou: Designer/Photographer from Twitter, lots of gear and tech posts. Cool travel photos.
- Tania Rascia: Dev with great articles on code. She also changes her site layout ~2x a month fun to watch.
- Tailwind Labs: Tailwind demos and tutorials.
- Colossal: Random Art Stuff
- tecmath: Learn to calculate % in your head and a million other math tricks.
- Zach Leatherman: Dev behind 11ty working at Netlify.
Youtube
I use Youtube as entertainment and a serious educational tool to learn new skills and solve problems I run into.
Podcasts
I rotate podcasts constantly but these are things that are either in my feed currently or memorable enough to list.
- ATP: I don’t listen to every episode but I generally like hearing their tech talking points.
- The Talk Show: I enjoy hearing John’s opinion and the guests he brings don’t always agree with him which is nice.
- The Incomparable: Pop culture critique, fun take on tv, movies, books, music from fellow nerds.
- Cautionary Tales: Stories about people messing up.
- 99% Invisible: Stories about design, most don’t turn out like you think they will.
- Liftoff: Space stuff little bit history but mostly new space content.
- After On: Interview podcast with experts in emerging fields. Lots of big ideas here.
- Roderick on the Line: Stories about nothing. I have laughed and cried more during this show than any other.
- Upgrade: Current Apple tech commentary.
- You’re Wrong About: Two journalists retro on past media events.
- What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law: Reminds me of my media law class in college.
- Hypercritical: Apple nerd criticising Apple.
- Dithering: This is a paid podcast (link is to the preview feed). Very critical thinking applied to tech and politics.
- Hello Internet: Two nerds talk about stuff.
- Against the Rules: What happened to fairness?