I’m back from the break and welcome to issue 27 of đŸ”¥ Lit Design! This break was basically a lot of reading, cooking and movies. But I curated the best of the best from the last 9 days. Enjoy
Interesting Apps and Services
Stretch Bit - Stretch just like in the gym, with over 60 office-friendly exercises!
Story Creator - Simple online video editing
NeuralCam Live - Turn your iPhone into the World's Smartest Webcam.
Interesting links / reads
Calendar. Not to-do lists - by Devi Parikh
Goal: Be on top of things. Avoid drama and stress.
Assumption: Your bottleneck is time management, and not motivation.
Philosophy: Calendars convert time to space. They make the finiteness of time apparent. In a way that physical space constraints are apparent
Great read and perspective.
Cult Wars: The Making of a Cult Brand - by Jordan Odinsky
Why do people camp outside the Apple Store days ahead of an iPhone launch? What makes users swear by Superhuman over Gmail?
Becoming a cult brand doesn’t happen by accident; in fact, it’s incredibly intentional.
Finding the One Decision That Removes 100 Decisions - by Tim Ferriss
Big fan of Tim Ferriss’ books and writing. Here is a great piece where he talks about
Do you want to try to stay on top of things, or do you want to try to get to the bottom of things?
These look beautiful
OrbitKey Nest - This one looks damn slick as well as functional if you want a minimal desk organiser with wireless charging. They have other great products as well. Check them out here
Trynagoal Tea House by Nano Lucky Interior Design. Love the beautiful house/space.
A thing I made
UX Starter Kit - If you like thinking with pen & paper - you will like this collection of 23 printable A4 pages to kickstart your ideas, wireframes and stories. Everything from persona templates, mobile, tablet, watch, web and responsive layouts to get to going on your ideas. Get it here
This is a fun project that Ashwin and I started in the last week :)
Hope you liked this issue. Share with friends and colleagues? We will be back to our regular schedule from this week.