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• #ThisIsWhatAnxietyFeelsLike

  By Shaun on July 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This past winter, Sarah Fader, a 37-year-old social media consultant in Brooklyn who has generalized anxiety disorder, texted a friend in Oregon about an impending visit, and when a quick response failed to materialize, she posted on Twitter to her… Read More ›

• Introduction to Storytelling

  By Shaun on July 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  If this is your field, Pixar is a master worth learning from.

• 10,000 Tiny Plastic Army Men = An American Flag

  By Shaun on July 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  More than 10,000 tiny Army men painted red, white and blue have been fastened together to form the Stars and Stripes flag, in a symbolical nod to the armed service members who defend the nation’s freedom… More at HuffPost. Clever.

• Fitbit flex 2 review

  By Shaun on July 5, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  This particular product from Fitbit appealed to me because I am back to wearing a normal watch and wanted something that was as small and unobtrusive as possible. With sleep monitoring, step tracking and call and text notifications, it does… Read More ›

• The Fitbit smart watch: how can it possibly compete?

  By Shaun on July 5, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This health band maker, in a declining market, should’ve been a smartwatch maker by now. Alas, sources have told Bloomberg that among the issues that have pushed a potential product launch from this spring to this fall is the lack… Read More ›

• Nebo

  By Shaun on July 5, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Nebo is an alternative to Apple’s upcoming iOS 11 Notes app. Like the Apple app, Nebo lets you use the Apple Pencil to draw and write in notes. It also recognizes the words you write and lets you search on… Read More ›

• The Mini Monster Truck

  By Shaun on July 5, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This is the monster truck custom-built to 1/2 the size of the real thing. Built around a four-cylinder Ford engine that provides a top speed of 25 MPH, the truck’s steel chassis is just as robust as full-sized models, protecting… Read More ›

• Satisfying Abstract Paintings

  By Shaun on July 5, 2017 • ( 0 )

  These really are very satisfying.

• Hipgnosis to float as streaming takes off

  By Shaun on July 5, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  A music royalties fund advised by guitarist Nile Rodgers is tuning up for a float next month as it hopes to cash in on the music-streaming revolution. Hipgnosis Songs Fund is raising £200 million to snap up rights to songs… Read More ›

• The Seiko SBBN031

  By Shaun on July 5, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Now moving to the dial. As I wrote above, the SBBN031 takes a more graphic approach to the design, pulling from the Spring Drive Tuna variant first introduced in 2013. But in doing so, this latest iteration deviates from many… Read More ›