#047 The longing for community
In a month or so, we will be hitting two years since we moved countries. New place, new home, new life, and a longing for a sense of community in an otherwise (literally) cold place.
My professional life is now dominated by sitting in front of a 27” monitor for most part of the week, bringing with it fewer reasons to step out. And that’s usually not good because my past waves of friendship have stemmed from my workplace. And as I move from one job to another, there are some folks I end up losing along the way, albeit very very unintentionally. Add to that having a baby who’s about to become a toddler. Where do we begin?
As I tried to keep up with my inbox last Sunday, Ann Friedman’s newsletter on community building couldn’t have popped up at a better time. Just the stuff I needed to read. Making friends takes effort, especially as we age. The newsletter mentions helpful tips that are otherwise mentioned in her book, ‘Big Friendship’ which is now on top in my ‘to-read’ shelf.
Links worth clicking
MaxFocus: Link Preview Extension - For all of those who don’t use Arc, you can open preview of clicked links without opening new tabs.
The power of beauty in communicating complex ideas - Can designers defend pursuing beauty when communicating science or innovation?
Design outside the computer - Your digital UI can come from physical world.
Free Faces - A curated collection of typefaces that are available under a variety of free licences somewhere on the interwebs.
tinyPod - A phone away from phone, it’s a fancy and functional case for Apple Watch, through which you can use your watch like a smartphone.
NotchNook - Make your macbook’s notch more useful.
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