Link Archive for July 4, 2020

July 4, 2020
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Fun

I find many weird but fun sites this week. It reminds me of the old 90s web that I grew up with. Modern webs are definitely aesthetically appealing, but sometimes I get a little bit tired of the fancy animations and bold gradient colors. Here are some links for a nostalgic treatment of the old-school web.

Tech

The headline news in the tech world this week is advertisers boycotting Facebook. Here are some nice reflections:

I finally tried Hey Email this week because the Apple-Hey drama escalated around WWDC and is covered by literally every tech podcast that I subscribe to. Right after its public launch, the app is a bit buggy, but it somehow gets the right formula for success. It reminds me of the long list of email apps that I tried over the years, everyone one of them has some “unique” feature claiming to make my life easier. Born in the 1970s, email quietly evolves. It witnesses and survives many rounds of technology breakthrough. It stays and remains largely decentralized. It’s boring tech. But in most cases, it just works. In the past several years, Email has become a new fad in the silicon valley. Some say that “Email is dead”, others promise to “fix email for all”. Without digital marketing and the ubiquitous pixel tracking, Email may always remain as that boring humble tech, rather than something that needs to be fixed. Here are some interesting reads on the Email drama.

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Knowledge