This week's best things
BBC News launches content credentials, the benefits of exercise for creativity, someone has a bad time with VR tourism, the mysteries of LLMs, invisible work, a cheeky ad, and José González.
Ash Mann
Getting over 'the fold' and understanding how people read
A look at how people read in screen-based/scrolling enviroments
This week's best things
The power of video games to inspire different possible futures, 8 different decision-making models, how to decide which AI tools to use, the impact of AI-generated content on brand reliability, and an amazing piece of dance.
No filming, no photography. No clapping between movements. What could we learn from Unreasonable Hospitality?
Some thoughts on giant fish, Will Guidara's Theory of Unreasonable Hospitality, and being in an audience that was shushed by a conductor.
This week's best things
A new impact report from Art UK, concerns about OpenAI's new video generator, the importance of soft skills in an AI-impacted jobs market, the value of music, social media protocols, an interview with VIVE Art's Sam King, and RY X.
This week's best things
The social media success of the Sacramento History Museum, the design of the Angostura bitters label, AI font pairing, the impact of generational communication preferences, the battlefields of Ukraine are the world's biggest R&D lab, the early internet, and Christopher Tin.
Embracing digital friction - an opportunity for the cultural sector?
Sharing Luna Maurer, Roel Wouters and Alexandra Barancová's design manifesto, 'Designing Friction', and some thoughts on how it could be useful for cultural organisations.
This week's best things
Reports into 'the business of digital art' and 'community innovation', the first reviews of Apple's Vision Pro, the 'death of subscriptions', an interview with Sydney Opera House's Head of Screen, and Tracy Chapman at the Grammies.
This week's best things
How to broaden arts audiences, rethinking the Dutch supermarket experience, the fallout from the Taylor Swift deepfake debacle, immersive thoughts and highlights, the early days of gaming and some...unusual web design.
What can we learn from Mark Thompson's vision for CNN?
A longer read with some thoughts on the lessons that lie in Mark Thompson's new, digitally-enabled vision for CNN.