• Why we’re building a social network supported by people, not advertisers by The Are.na team (Fast Company) The designers behind Are.na explain the thinking that led to their nascent social platform, winner of the 2018 Innovation By Design General Excellence award.

  • The top four web performance challenges | Clearleft by Clearleft Ltd (Clearleft) Counting down the charts—what will be in the number one spot?

  • The future of the Home of the Future by Dan Seifert (The Verge) We join Grant Imahara in examining where the Home of the Future goes next.

  • Robustness and least power | Clearleft by Clearleft Ltd (Clearleft) A tale of two principles.

  • To prevent overfishing and to improve the quality of the environment, fishing is banned on Lake Tai for 6 months of the year. On 1 September, the first day of the finishing season, I was invited out on one of the boats.

  • http://scottmallinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/40381048_621053524959352_3642464660146896654_n-1.jpg Had fun exploring the less visited, more wild parts of Hangzhou with @lands_remote this weekend.

  • Three tools to help automate your SEO workflow (Econsultancy) As digital marketers, we find ourselves limited on the most valuable resource: time.

  • Accessibility is not a feature. — ethanmarcotte.com (ethanmarcotte.com) Lately, I’ve been reflecting on some of the language I use to talk about accessibility. It might be language you use, too.

  • Digi.me wants to put you back in charge of your personal data by Jared Newman (Fast Company) Harnessing the data that companies collect about you sounds like a great idea, but how much are they willing to share?

  • Logged off: meet the teens who refuse to use social media by Sirin Kale (the Guardian) Generation Z has grown up online – so why are a surprising number suddenly turning their backs on Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat?