Apple's not remote; Music and math; Happiness
Milk, No Sugar #288
💡Think
Famously, when Bob Dylan stepped on stage at the Newport Folk Festival in July 25, 1965 and played his set with an electric band, he was booed. This lasted years as he switched up his sound from a previously folky acoustic one to this “raucous” electric style.
What people didn’t realise at the time was that he was effectively reinventing the industry with this crossover sound, and it’s artistic risks like these that are what stands the best out from the rest.
What risks are you willing to take, stepping out of line just enough to be noticed? Without calculated artistic risk, we’re at risk of stagnating, with our industries stalling and ultimately falling out of favour.
📷 Look
📖 Read
❶ Apple’s anti-remote stance
This was actually news to me, but apparently Apple are making it harder than ever for employees to try and not working in their office, going as far as asking for medical reports to prove that you need to be at home (…yeah). This all apparently stems from the Steve Jobs era, where meetings – and loud ones at that – ruled the decision making roost. Scary stuff.
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❷ Ringing the chords of the universe
This one’s definitely for the nerds amongst us, as it jumps head first into understanding how music and mathematics are, and have always been, intertwined. It’s quite a long read, but any article that discusses music and Pythagoras’ theory will have us all interested, so grab a coffee for this one.
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❸ The definition of happiness depends on where you live
This was a fascinating (short ish) read about how we look at happiness very differently depending on where in the world we live, or even where in the same country we are based. It’s wild even at a linguistic level, because of how the word “happy” and its origins are rooted in either luck or growth, depending on whether you’re using a Germanic, or Latin-based language.
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Bonus round
A touching photography series based in London where the photographer explores black fatherhood
The 5th and final episode of the first season of my podcast 8px Radio is live, with Christos Kastritis – design systems at WhatsApp – YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify
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Your boss is not your parent
Culture is what binds (and breaks) successful teams in the workplace, and in order to create super close relationships, we are put in positions where it’s the done thing to share everything about our lives with our team and bosses. The though reality is that we're in an “age of obedience”, and crossing those boundaries into personal oversharing will probably cause more issues than we think. This podcast attempts to answer the question: how can we set good boundaries at work?
Listen to this podcast (45 minutes)
Spotify – Apple Podcasts
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Luis Ouriach
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