Volume is crowdfunding a book about Type Archive: Type Archived: "The definitive account of the legendary Type Archive provides a stunning visual tour of traditional typefounding, tracing the origins of typography and the printed word."
Looks grand.
As usual, two-time Pulitzer winner Nicholas Kristof's Annual Gift Guide (NYT gift link) has fantastic advice for how you could be spending your money this holiday season.
The segment on the Fistula Foundation was particularly heartbreaking and is where my own donation went.
2024 Holiday Impact Prize Homepage - Kristof Holiday Impact Prize
Nicholas Kristof’s 2024 Holiday Impact Prize Supporting little-known organizations working to make the world a better place. Since 2009, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has written an annual “holiday gift guide” column to bridge a philanthropic gap: readers who want to help but don’t know how, and heroic individuals…
Dear Photograph is a site where people can submit photos held over their original locations and address the picture with thanks for the memories it holds. Lovely idea well executed.
Many, many more at the Dear Photograph website.
Via Naive Weekly.
I cannot vouch for this cheeky service, but the pitch is chef's kiss.
Again, my linking to it is not an endorsement... but if you do give it a shot, let me know and I'll link to the results.
The website leaves much to be desired, but the JamCorder device seems pretty nifty. You plug it into your keyboard and never think about it again — it records and saves everything you play, automatically.
Sure, you could just record on your phone, but because the JamCorder is always working in the background, it'll capture any greatness you may have done unintentionally and will allow you to stay in flow without interruption. Pretty neat.
$99 on the JamCorder site.
Rebind claims to be a "mindfulness app for deep reading, guided by the world's most interesting people. Rebind challenges you to engage with a book in a whole new way."
Huh?
Yeah, so it appears to be a site that at the moment has a limited library of titles, each "hosted" by experts on that title. While you read the ebook, their notes and commentary are available. In addition to just annotation, there's an AI interface that connects you with the notes of that expert, so you can, at any time, ask specific questions and have them answered by the AI which uses the well of information that the expert provided.
Current titles on offer are
- A Tale of Two Cities with Margaret Atwood
- Huckleberry Finn with Marlon James
- The Age of Innocence with Roxanne Gay
- Dubliners with John Banville
- And more
It's certainly an interesting idea, and if I had an extra $120 lying around I'd try the annual membership. I'll check back in the future to see how the library expands. It's certainly an interesting approach to AI.
More on the Rebind site.
The Mushroom Color Atlas is a resource and reference for everyone curious about mushrooms and the beautiful and subtle colors derived from dyeing with mushrooms.
I was reminded of this little masterpiece today. All the characters are made of wood and animated frame by frame.
Two Aussies have decided to share poetry with the world. Not their own poetry, just poetry they like.
The poems are presented beautifully and they provide links to purchase the books the poems are from.
Simple. Words Like This.
Some lovely illustrations by Katja Lang.
Some are available as limited edition prints in Lang's shop.
Many more on Lang's site.
