For all of you fellow researchers and me-searchers, Zotero 7 is out and it’s a massive update.
Jake Seliger has passed. May he rest in peace and may Bess and Athena have everything they need to carry on his memory and honor.
Devo on Tiny Desk really is the icing on the cake of this Friday afternoon.
I had no idea that Tim Carleton’s Opus No. 1 was available on streaming services. Wow.
This American Life did a story on it a decade ago. So great.
I was sad to read that Jake Seliger is starting hospice. I’ve been folllowing his story for some time. It has been absolutely heartbreaking and I have cried many times reading his posts. He’s a wonderful writer and human.
Kyle Chayka’s article on why he quit Spotify is a great read. Over the last few years I have grown to absolutely loathe the app. I’ve been using Apple Music the vast majority of the time. It’s calmer, I can actually find the music I’m looking for and it sounds better. There are great people at Spotify and they have done and continue to do great things, but when the KPIs show through to the interface, you’ve lost the plot. At some point they will realize this, but only when it hurts them financially.
If you haven’t read/watched The Objects of Our Life, a talk Steve Jobs gave at the 1983 International Design Conference in Aspen, it is so worth it.
SF sure was pretty out of the window of the airplane last night. Great week with the Clarity team observing the progress of our trial and spending quality time together. Be back soon.
Laura returned from her Mexico City business trip with COVID. This is her second time. She’s isolating in our bedroom, just as she did the first time. Windows open. Air filters turned up. Good luck finding COVID tests in Los Angeles. Shelves are empty.
Sometimes I can’t believe that we share air with Paul McCartney. I don’t mean that in a creepy way, but more just absolute and profound amazement. I was listening to Blackbird from the One Hand Clapping Sessions when this thought occurred to me.