From Netflix-binging tips to a stack of New York Times best-selling authors to gadget performance at home and (way, waaay) abroad, here are your weekend reading recommendations from the Gumroad team. We hope yours is the perfect balance of productive creativity and recharging relaxa-ti-on.
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How to Tell When a Robot Has Written You a Letter (Medium)
Handwriting robots are here, and they’re learning the subtle art of irregularity.
The Only 15 Netflix Hacks You’ll Ever Need (Vulture)
For your binging this weekend.
Work & Creativity
Neil Gaiman: ‘Terry Pratchett Isn’t Jolly. He’s Angry’ (The Guardian)
Assumption vs. really knowing someone.
Chris Guillebeau on his New NYT Best Seller, Writing, and the Road (Gumroad)
Questing, getting started, and staying motivated.
17 Bizarre Jobs Our Ancestors Did That No Longer Exist (Business Insider)
Will your job exist in 100 years?
10 Strategies for Selling Art Tutorials (That Can Work for Any Product) (Gumroad)
New York Times best-selling author and illustrator James Gurney on his latest release in this awesomely in-depth case study/interview.
Some Advice from Jeff Bezos (Signal v. Noise)
On people who are right a lot.
Stuff and Things
iPhone Camera Evolution: How Does the iPhone 6 Camera Compare to Previous iPhone Cameras? (Snap Snap Snap)
From macro to lowlight.
Lost GoPro (Swissmiss)
After a year on the ocean floor…
On a Shoestring, India Sends Orbiter to Mars on Its First Try (New York Times)
Go, MOM!
Odds and Ends
Researcher Shows that Black Holes Do Not Exist (Phys.org)
So… we might not get sucked and squished into an inescapable point of spacetime after all?
Loyalty Nearly Killed My Beehive (Nautilus)
On gently nudging and tinkering with nature.
