Monthly Clicks – December 2019

This is the monthly post where I share my favourite clicks from this month! This month we look back on the last year of a mind-blowing decade while trying to figure out what’s next. By the way: this month’s is a bit shorter and doesn’t feature my blurbs because I’ve been sick for the last few days. Nonetheless, I wanted to get it out before midnight. Happy new year!

33 Ways to Remember the 2010s by The New York Times

This look back on the 2010s by the New York Times encompasses everything from the rise of podcasting, the insufferable amount of remakes and spinoffs that have made their way to cinemas, diversity and the #MeToo movement, ‘Stan’ culture and more. If you’re feeling nostalgic or just like you want to relive all that has transpired, give this a read. Bonus: they’re mostly good things!

Monthly Clicks – November 2019

This is the monthly post where I share my favourite clicks from this month! Topics this month: technology news, millennial culture, and Tim Berners-Lee reckoning with his invention.

I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It by Tim Berners-Lee for the New York Times

by Wren McDonald

In 1989, when he worked at CERN, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. Now, 30 years later, his invention has changed the world in ways he probably never anticipated. But instead of accepting the internet as it is, Berners-Lee, together with experts and governments, is taking a stand against misinformation and exploitation – the Contract for the Web is a global plan of action to make sure “our online world is safe, empowering and genuinely for everyone”. Click here to read his opinion piece in the New York Times or click here to read the principles. Psst – by signing up to their newsletter you endorse the contract yourself.

Monthly Clicks – February 8

This is the monthly post where I share my favourite articles, campaigns, news, and all other things that interest me. Feel free to comment and recommend me anything else!

This month’s clicks are, surprisingly, mostly related to news and technology. While you may have heard of all of these topics in the last few days or weeks, I think these articles report on the subject incredibly well and give valuable insights. Enjoy!

15 Moments That Defined Facebook’s First 15 Years by Wired Magazine

Source: Elena Lacey via Wired.com

Ever wondered how we got here? It’s easy to forget to ask precisely that question when life gets busy. But it gives everyone’s favourite dodgy boy Zuckerberg enough time to implement changes over the years that slowly change the very fabric of our lives right under our noses – without us ever betting an eyelash. And before we know it, we’re suddenly used to being micro-targeted and followed around the internet by that social media platform that started so small. If you’re curious about the steps Facebook has been taking and how they have changed technology and our internet lives, read this article by Issie Lapowsky.