# Elsewhere. Interesting things from elsewhere on the web. Forever in draft. ## Architecture and built environment [BLDGBLOG](https://bldgblog.com) by Geoff Manaugh since 2004 [Curbed](https://www.curbed.com) NY city, design, real estate, shop [Dezeen](https://www.dezeen.com/architecture) broad coverage of architecture and interiors [Design Anthology](https://design-anthology.com/architecture) spotlight on high-end architecture [Spoon & Tamago](https://www.spoon-tamago.com/) writing about Japanese design [Untapped](https://www.untappedjournal.com/) design journal focused on learning from the past ## Interiors [Dwell home photos](https://www.dwell.com/photos) tons of home vignettes [est living](https://www.estliving.com/interiors/) modern interiors [Prospect Refuge Studio](https://prospectrefugestudio.com/) beautiful classical but modern interior design ## Creative [Design Milk](https://design-milk.com) little of everything, well-designed [Flexoki](https://stephango.com/flexoki) a color scheme designed for digital, inspired by analog printing inks and paper [Förpackningar on DigitaltMuseum](https://digitaltmuseum.se/search/?aq=topic:%22Handel+:+F%C3%B6rpackningar%22) historic Swedish packaging (via [Present & Correct](https://www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/swede-dreams)) [Friends of Friends](https://www.friendsoffriends.com/profiles) stories about creatives [Karla Knight](https://www.karlaknight.org/33-spaceships-for-another-planet-2017-19-/1) 33 Spaceships for Another Planet [Harmony R6](https://mrdoob.com/projects/harmony/#sketchy) drawing toy; try longfur and loop back on yourself [Mnmll.ist](https://mnmll.ist/) well-designed desk instruments [Notable People](https://tjukanovt.github.io/notable-people) zoomable globe of where notable people are from [Pink Trombone](https://dood.al/pinktrombone/) sounds sketch, but it's a speech synthesis gadget based on human anatomy [Progressive Punctuation](https://progressivepunctuation.com/) "Non-standard punctuation marks we should be using today" [The Great Discontent](https://thegreatdiscontent.com/digital-features/) stories about creatives [Typeset in the Future](https://typesetinthefuture.com) fascinating deep-dive into several sci-fi movies ## Interesting personal sites [Ángela Burón](https://www.angelaburon.com/?m=0)'s blog and wild Photoshoppery [Austin Kleon](https://austinkleon.com) ‘a writer who draws’ [Brian Benchoff](https://bbenchoff.github.io) hardware and software tinkerer [Chad Bennett](https://mister-chad.com/welcome) teacher and tinkerer [Chris Glass](https://chrisglass.com) a cataloger of interesting things [Craig Mod](https://craigmod.com/) a peripatetic creative in Japan [Derek Sivers](https://sive.rs) thoughtful writer (see the [daily diary](https://sive.rs/dj) page) [Dustin Senos](https://www.dustinsenos.com) polyproject techno creator [Haraldur Thorleifsson](https://www.haraldurthorleifsson.com) multi-talented Icelandic guy [Jim Watson](https://www.jamesrobertwatson.com/index.html) fascinating page of 'great' and 'good' ideas [Julia Evans](https://jvns.ca) super-prolific programming blogger [Marcin Ignac](http://marcinignac.com/) ‘visual explorations of code, color and space’ [Marcin Wichary](https://aresluna.org/) author of the upcoming [Shift happens](https://shifthappens.site/) book [Matt Webb](https://interconnected.org/) prolific thinker about things tech [Max Westerman](https://maxuswesterman.wixsite.com/my-site) my son, an up-and-coming engineer [Patrick Hone](https://www.patrickrhone.com/) essayist, commentator, author [Robin Sloan](https://www.robinsloan.com/) fiction writer and olive oil maker, with a carefully-considered website design (check out the [ooh! directory](https://ooh.directory/), as well!) ## Plaintext and digital ‘second brains’ [10 Plain Text Files You Should Have on Your Desktop for Higher Productivity](https://zapier.com/blog/plain-text-files-for-productivity/) Belle Cooper [Building Monocle, a universal personal search engine for life](https://thesephist.com/posts/monocle/) by Linus Lee (see full [site](https://thesephist.com/projects/)) Daniel Lucraft on [A Plaintext Personal Organizer](https://danlucraft.com/blog/2008/04/plain-text-organizer/) [Full List of Official No-List Systems](http://markforster.squarespace.com/forum/post/2612782) on Get Everything Done by Mark Forster [Godspeed](https://godspeedapp.com/) is a fast to-do app that can be used entirely by keyboard (see its 'hardcore mode') [Infinite Canvas](https://infinitecanvas.tools/gallery/) lists dozens of visual tools [Johnny•Decimal](https://johnnydecimal.com) A system to organize projects [Markdown and Automation Experiments with 1Writer](https://www.macstories.net/ios/markdown-and-automation-experiments-with-1writer/) [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md) digital second brain platform [Plain text journaling system](https://georgecoghill.wordpress.com/plain-text/) and [The One-Line-Per-Day … Daily Journal](https://georgecoghill.wordpress.com/2018/01/01/the-one-line-per-day-one-page-plain-text-daily-journal/) by George Coghill [Plaintext Productivity](https://plaintext-productivity.net/5-00-about-me.html) thoughts by Michael Descy [Strut](https://strut.so/) self-describes as "Focused writing meets project management", looks pretty [The Zettelkasten Method](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/NfdHG6oHBJ8Qxc26s/the-zettelkasten-method-1) by Abram Demski Various [useful plaintext files to have](https://zapier.com/blog/plain-text-files-for-productivity/?utm_source=pocket_mylist) by Zapier ## Products [ACRONYM](https://acrnm.com) German clothing [CW&T](https://cwandt.com) fascinating products, many related to time ([on insta](https://www.instagram.com/charliewhiskeytango/)) [Different Scents](https://differentscents.com/) quality candles for charity [NOMOS Glashütte](https://nomos-glashuette.com/en/) I'm not a fancy watch guy, but damn these are pretty [Nanu Electrics](https://nanuelectrics.com/products/nudge-counter) interesting (non-electric) counter for your desk [Present & Correct](https://www.presentandcorrect.com/) fascinating and eclectic mix of paper and house goods [Rissa’s Artistic Design](https://www.rissasartisticdesign.com) distinctive, one-of-a-kind jewelry [Sherwood Forlee](https://sherwoodforlee.com/#stubby-project) marvelous variety of limited-run products [Ugmonk](https://ugmonk.com) interesting things for your work-at-home desk [Y.Chroma](https://www.ychroma.com/) interesting clothing for older men ## Technology [Music for programming](https://musicforprogramming.net/about) hand-selected playlists of music for sustained concentration A (locally) [solar-powered website](https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/about) in Barcelona (if it's offline, it ran out of power for now) and an [interesting article](https://interconnected.org/home/2022/09/01/carbon?mc_cid=673805b62f) about it Emoji [sentiment analysis](https://www.emojiall.com/en/sentiment-list) at EmojiAll [Nayuki](https://www.nayuki.io) software developer in Toronto, Canada [Nikolas Jitkoff](https://nicholas.jitkoff.com) prolific technology explorer [Desktop Neo](https://desktopneo.com/) rethinking the desktop interface for productivity [Omar Rizwan](https://omar.website) lots of interesting projects [Rest of World](https://restofworld.org/) global perspective on tech [Sampersand Quest/Knight](https://github.com/sampersand) experimental programming languages [Sober Ringtones](https://sober-ringtones.wize.io/?ueid=8c0d4a4346b317a1eafb261cec8f41ba) that don't make people cringe [Far Lands or Bust](https://www.farlandsorbust.com/index.html) Kurt J. Mac is walking to the edge of Minecraft, since March 2011 [Advent of Code](https://adventofcode.com/) yearly programming puzzle event; my son places well which makes me happy Also see [[reference]] ## Other good stuff [A Diary in Alphabetical Order](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/23/opinion/sheila-heti-alphabetized-diary-abc.html?utm_source=pocket_mylist) by Sheila Heti [Aviation Herald](https://avherald.com/) chronology of (mostly minor) things that go wrong with planes A (very cool) [Depth of Field Simulator](https://jherr.github.io/depth-of-field/) for photography [Drive & Listen](https://driveandlisten.herokuapp.com/) see what it's like to drive through various cities while listening to the radio [New York Times Metropolitan Diary](https://www.nytimes.com/column/metropolitan-diary) little day-in-the-life stories about NYC ∎