It’s almost the end of the year, so I thought it’d be fun to do a smörgåsbord type of post. So here’s a mix of cool projects, tools, and reads that get you thinking, to inspire you.
Cool Projects
“I Created 5 Maps That Show How Small Our World Actually Is” on Bored Panda
IndyKids! (A free paper by kids, for kids)
“Thinking About Starting Your Own Academic Journal?” on Columbia
Fun Tools
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
Interesting Reads
“How Three Self-Published Authors Found Mainstream Success” on BookBaby
“Notes from the Field: Creating a Group Anthology” on BookWorks
“Making Sure Your Stress Isn’t Contagious” on Harvard Business Review
“The Web Brought Us Limitless Information But Not The Tools To Manage It” on Forbes
“Why Start a Press?” on Joy Rancontore
“Google’s bizarre folding smart book has multiple screens instead of pages” on Digital Trends
“What Most People Get Wrong About Men and Women” on Harvard Business Review
“Want to Be Less Racist? Move to Hawaii” on The New York Times
“Alipay starts face-scanning solutions with beauty filters in China’s largest bookstore” on Xinhuanet
