13th June 2021

From Wired. Twitch turns 10, and the creator economy is in Its debt. The livestreaming platform for gamers helped pioneer the patronage systems that prop up so much of the internet today.

The app that monetised doing nothing. Inside the meteoric, chilled-out, totally paradoxical rise of Calm.

London’s Wigmore Hall celebrated its 120th birthday recently. From The Guardian –  Its artistic director picks 12 of the hall’s greatest and most unexpected – moments : sexual congress, cigarettes and David Bowie: the Wigmore Hall’s hidden history.

Click on this interactive map of the US and see where a rain drop willl end up after it falls. Into streams, rivers, oceans..

This Wired article (sub reqd) expresses what a lot of people are possibly misunderstanding about crypto – that it is less about Bitcoin and more about financialising fandoms (HT @zoescaman)

Very cool. Who better to share words of wisdom than an activist, artist, father of seven children, and creator of 144 (!) albums? To celebrate his 88th birthday, world-famous musician Willie Nelson has kindly provided us with his 10 rules for life which are, unsurprisingly, sage, epic and smile-inducing, just like Willie himself.

Interesting. Apparently, depression amongst teenagers went DOWN in the last 12 months. Why? Because they’re getting more sleep.

From Vanity Fair. The 25 Most Influential Movie Scenes of the Past 25 Years. Great scrolling design and a few surprises here (for me anyway).

Just love this apology for missing a deadline. From the wonderful Dorothy Parker.

Sad to hear of the death of Edward De Bono this week. When setting up my business ten years ago, I was hugely influenced by his work and by the book ‘Lateral Thinking – A textbook of creativity’; in particular. The father of creative thinking, I don’t believe there is a creative thinking blog, book or podcast in existence, that doesn’t owe him a debt of gratitude. As he said, If you never change your mind, why have one?