Web Design: Steal the Force

If you need to create and share screenshots, GIFs and videos, and of course you do, check out this piece on CloudApp, a tool that’ll make that very easy [sitepoint]. While you’re at it, if you’d like to quickly master the tool, our free cheat sheet will help [sitepoint].

A massive collection of design resources [designresources].

Creators like David Lunch, Susan Orlean and Chuck Close talk about where ideas come from [vimeo/andrewnorton].

Also, if designing magical things is your aim, and it should be, a great podcast episode on the beauty of magic[thisamercianlife].

Home Run

News/business

Uber’s merging with Russian internet company Yandex, with the US company in a minority role [arstechnica].

Uber’s work culture kinda sucked for quite a while [buzzfeed].

IBM’s rolling out some fancy new encryption tech that should solve all our probelms forever [washingtonpost].

Google Glass is back, and this time it means business [wired]. As in: they’re for work rather than a fun consumer tech.

Working from home makes you fitter, happier, more productive [inc].

Via Tamas (thanks Tamas!): how tech’s leaders prioritize software development [codingsans].

Hire [hire.google] is a new recruitment tool from Google.

Mars Attacks!

Everything else

A United States congressman is finally asking the important questions about Mars: were there ancient civilizations on the planet? [arstechnica]

“Welcome to Our Startup Where Everyone is 23 Years Old Because We Believe Old People Are Visually Displeasing and Out of Ideas” [mcsweeneys].

The Zuckerberg Shirt [zuckerbergshirt] is a grey shirt that… exists… Yeah. That’s it.

Finally, this is glorious: “how my 4-year-old son has ruined Zelda: Breath of the Wild” [kotaku]. Mild spoilers in there (for Zelda, but also for raising children).

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There's Versioning for another Wednesday. I'll be back with some more links tomorrow, while I work from home in my Zuckerberg t-shirt, followed by panicked sessions of Zelda. I don't have a child right now, but you never know!

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