Put your devices down and enjoy the summer, plus a brilliant email strategy from Bloom & Wild
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As we put this together 10 Things this week, the office is quiet as team members are in and out with various vacations but we've finally had some sun this week - hurrah!
Really great mix of articles in this issue, from "how to log off" and a lazy guide to getting into gardening (perfect for these summer days) to dressing for success. Plus a killer email strategy we can all learn from and the usual dose of cool tech and AI.
Enjoy your weekend, ⚔️ Your Majesty
- Art & Creativity
What do you do when a project ends? We explore creative grief and how to deal with it
When finishing up a project, feelings of loss, despair, sadness or emptiness may rise to the surface - here’s some advice from the experts.
Check it outitsnicethat.com (opens in a new tab) - Work & Leadership
POV: It’s time we dress for success again. Here’s how
Alongside the influx of work-from-home, came the influx of work-from-sweatpants, have we forgotten how to dress well to stimulate our own feelings of empowerment and drive for success?
Dress for successfastcompany.com (opens in a new tab) - AI & Technology
Open sourcing AudioCraft: Generative AI for audio made simple and available to all
Perfect for small businesses or composers - a simple framework that generates high-quality, realistic audio and music from text-based user inputs after training on raw audio signals.
Learn moreai.meta.com (opens in a new tab) - AI & Technology
Four Charts That Show Why AI Progress Is Unlikely to Slow Down
Compute, Data, and Algorithms - these three major inputs are the key to understanding how AI will likely progress.
Learn moretime.com (opens in a new tab) - Planet & Science
This Prosthetic Limb Actually Attaches to the Wearer’s Nerves
Wow - this prosthetic arm that connects directly to the nervous system gives the user fine control over the motions of individual fingers.
Check out the techwired.co.uk (opens in a new tab) - Brands & Advertising
How a killer email strategy made me spend £733 on flowers
Email is most certainly NOT dead, especially when it comes to e-commerce. Bloom and Wild show us how it’s done in this brilliant CRM strategy.
Get the insightsuxdesign.cc (opens in a new tab) - Planet & Science
Is that viral ‘superconductor’ legit?
Experts are skeptical - the newly discovered material, LK-99, kicked off a frenzy with researchers testing to see if it really was a game-changing superconductor.
Get the insightstheverge.com (opens in a new tab) - Life & Wellbeing
Don’t overthink gardening
If you’re ‘gardening-curious’ but think that you lack the space and time to get going, this is your sign to give it a chance this summer.
Go green fingered with this guidetheatlantic.com (opens in a new tab) - Culture & Internet
You Probably Don’t Know What ‘Phubbing' Is, But You Do It Constantly
If you don’t know what this means, trust us, you’ve definitely done it before, but why do we do this?!
Find out morevice.com (opens in a new tab) - Life & Wellbeing
How to log off
Experts share advice on how to forge a healthier, happier relationship with your devices and the internet - a mini-guide on how to log off.
Read the guidetechnologyreview.com (opens in a new tab)
“I spent a lifetime in a garden one afternoon.”
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