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Paul Graham: How to do Great Work

I had a wonderful online moment meeting Paul Graham’s website. I came for the „How to do Great Work“, an essay full of thoughtful advice and interesting thoughts. That kind of wisdom that comes from taking part in the world with an open mind and working hard for several years. Fortunately, Mr Graham took the time to think things through and put them in clear words on his website. He is also founded the Y Combinator and is a very popular and successful programmer and business guy, but I did not know that, and actually it did not matter to me.

It shocked me how bland and technically outdated his website is. Table layouts? Text as images? Is it 1995 again? More shocking: It does not matter. I read four more of his essays, despite the boring typography, layout and an unusual lack of imagery.

Do not overthink and over-engineer your websites, people. Content is king!

www.paulgraham.com/greatwork.html*

Music-related poster graphics by Floating Bstrd (Marko Vuleta-Djukanov) from Serbia. Bold colors and sharp lines with a retro feel, heavily influenced by '80s and '90s design.

fawwgallery.co.uk/collections/floating-bstrd*

Homebrew Website Club @ Nürnberg Digital Festival

Our monthly club is going big in July! The Nürnberg Digital Festival is a perfect opportunity to reach out to all those creative people around Nürnberg, who are interested in running their own websites. Come and join us! We are very eager to hear your ideas and thoughts about publishing on the web.

nuernberg.digital/programm/details/homebrew-website-club-selbstbestimmt-und-kreativ-im-web.html*

Pub Choir: 18.000 amateurs sing a song together. As simple as it is, compressed into a professional YouTube video, it turns into a suprisingly touching online moment …
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTmRhPsJo5M*

My Geometry Daily artworks were shown at the Mathematics Day Istanbul! I wish I could have been there.

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