Arc, NoHello, UK Laws
Vol 3, Issue 4
🕸️ Revisiting the Browsing experience
For the last 6 months, I've been using Arc as my go-to browser. It's a lot different from the rest of the chromium-based browsers out there. With auto-archiving of open tabs, space concept, and a built-in note extension, Arc makes browsing less cluttered and much more efficient. If you want to give it a go, let me know and I'll hook you up with an invite.
🎥 Romachancified Romancham
Jithu Madhavan's Romancham is an absolute classic. It's full of new faces, plus a few you may recognize, and it's chock-full of hilarious situations, conversations, and visuals. Sure, the story is a bit predictable, but Kiran's editing made it a real page-turner. Sushin's BGM and Sanu's cinematography are top-notch, and it's definitely a director's movie. Can you believe it was made on a budget of 2 Cr and earned a whopping 60 Cr?
📓Frontmatter CMS
If you've been running Jekyll locally as a CMS, you can stop now - there's a new, simpler option available! FrontmatterCMS runs inside VSCode and has a great filter. It'll make your life a lot easier - give it a go!
⛔ No Hello
Are you tired of getting those "Hi" messages from coworkers on Slack/Teams? I know I am. I always try to explain why it's not a great practice. But now with nohello.net, it's so much easier. Just reply with that URL and you're done!
🎶 Bhargavi Nilayam/Neelavelicham
Aashiq Abu is giving Bhargavi Nilayam a modern makeover as 'Neelavelicham' and they made an awesome decision to bring back the old songs. It reminded me of the blog "Good Designers Redesign, Great Designers Realign" - and that's exactly what Bijibal and Rex Vijayan have done with the songs. They kept them 99% familiar but still gave them a fresh spin.
&That
“I will not harm you unless you harm me first”, Bing’s AI is threatening the user.
Signal has made it clear that it will cease its UK operations if the UK government seeks to compromise user privacy with a device-side encryption bypass.
What do you consider to be the best article on team structure? For me, it is Spotify Guild.
Wanna make your own music for video or podcast? Try Beatoven!
Read An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth, if you are looking for something mindful (Written in 1998).
This is Hiran Venugopalan, a product designer from India. As well, I offer 1:1 coaching to designers and teams in the areas of career growth, problem-solving, and productivity.