Issue 13: Branching, Spy, Biriyani, this and that

COVID: India is struggling. Here are some resource websites — India Covid Resources¹, for bed and resources, a list of verified organizations² and Cowin registration portal³ to register for vaccination.

DESIGN: Designing is becoming more tech-like. Approaches from frontend developments are now widely used on-screen designing too - from features like version control to variants, to newly announced branching⁴, and with products like Bojagi.io⁵ - designing is become ‘geeky,’ and Figma is becoming designers’ git.

SPY: Not sure how much truth there is in this story, but J.H. Bayis, a German cinematographer who did the photography of Udaya Studio’s Vellinakshathram (1949) is said to be a German spy⁶, trained at the studio of Joseph Goebbels⁷. [Watch Babu Ramachandran’s narration on Goebbels⁸, Malayalam]

CALENDAR: Here comes Calendso⁹, an open-source alternative to Calendly¹⁰, with the option to self-host! Cool!

BIRIYANI: The Economist published an article¹¹ by Alia Shoaib¹² about how biriyani, everyone’s favorite food, is becoming the target of Hindu Nationalists.

UI: Victor¹³ did an excellent job listing 58+ articles¹⁴ on designing UI elements (covers almost all major parts). Thanks, Victor!

PYTHON: Stumbled upon Sourcery¹⁵ — Grammarly for Python coding! Woah!

LO-FI: If you like listening to long Lo-fi¹⁶ tracks on Youtube while working or as white noise¹⁷, here is a website¹⁸ that curates a few of such channels and provides a clean retro interface. The best part - it comes with a Pomodoro timer¹⁹. (PS: I still prefer listening to 90s Malayalam movies while doing mundane tasks, and uses Flow²⁰ for Pomodoro)

1. https://indiacovidresources.in/

2. https://donate.indiacovidresources.in/

3. https://www.cowin.gov.in/home

4. https://www.figma.com/blog/coming-together-at-config-2021/#iterate-thoughtfully-with-branching

5. https://bojagi.io/

6. https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/was-felix-bayis-a-german-spy/article6070030.ece

7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Goebbels

8. youtube.com/watch?v=plaN_lwLzWI

9. https://calendso.com/

10. https://calendly.com/

11. https://www.economist.com/1843/2021/04/22/too-hot-to-handle-the-battle-over-biryani

12. https://twitter.com/liashoaib

13. https://twitter.com/vponamariov

14. twitter.com/vponamariov/status/1381584285300359169

15. https://sourcery.ai/

16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo-fi_music

17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_noise

18. https://lofi.cafe/

19. http://pomodorotimer.com/

20. https://flowapp.info/