Inneresting 44
issue 44
March 20, 2021
What makes something interesting?
Noah Kalina in his newsletter about the relationship between when you take a picture and when it seems most interesting. A good read about how time, nostalgia, and novelty influence a person’s attention.
Looks interesting
Sign up for the beta of Flim! It’s a growing collection of film stills you can search by genre, release year, screen ratio, and more.
Sounds interesting
Reverb posted a video about how Alfred Hitchcock introduced experimental electronic music into his film scores.
Come for footage of a theremin performance, but stick around for the needlessly complex Mixtur-Trautonium.
Highland How-To: New Season, New Look?
With the shift to Daylight Saving Time and the arrival of Spring, why not try on a new look for Highland 2? When you spend a lot of time working in an app, you should love looking at it!
While there are multiple great default themes, Pro users can also build their own theme.
If you make something you think belongs in our theme gallery, copy the link from the Theme Builder and send it to ask@johnaugust.com!
Other Cool Things
Ben Vessey designed some 1984-style iOS icons if you’re looking to refresh your home screen.
Ruby Granger offers insight into 1890s social media with a deep dive into Victorian Letter-Writing Etiquette.
Zoom fatigue is real, and Stanford researchers can prove it. This article offers science-based suggestions to reduce the strain of video conferencing.
And that’s what’s inneresting this week!
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