Niklaus Gerber - Issue #47

Practical design lessons from the world’s largest design company.

New research reveals surprising truths about why some work groups thrive and others falter.

Sideways dictionary — it’s like a dictionary, but using analogies instead of definitions. Use it as a tool for finding and sharing helpful analogies to explain technological ideas. Because if everyone understands technology better, we can make technology work better for everyone.

An elementary school teacher of mine once assigned us an exercise that seemed simple on the surface, but turned out to be surprisingly complex. 

Black Holes is a satirical animated series about space conquest, the meaning of life and proctology. It chronicles the journey of Dave The Astronaut and his partner, an intelligent melon, as they embark on the first ever human mission to Mars.

This is how a great joke could start… “We had a priest, a rabbi, and an atheist smoke weed together. ”