🚛 Uber will start focusing on logistics with its new service: Uber Freight. The interesting part? Uber acquired self-driving trucks startup Otto last August for ~$680 million.

🇺🇸 The White House is thinking about the impact artificial intelligence will have on the American workforce. Their conclusion: embrace it.

💡 In the previous issue, I shared Alex Vermeer’s 8760 hours guide for planning a new year. His page on life hacking has even more valuable resources.

🤓 52 Key Learnings in 52 weeks of 2016. My favorite one: “if you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit.”

📈 What if you were living 2017 based on what you intend to do in 1, 3 and 5 years from now? Be like J.K. Rowling and write your plans with the future in mind. 

💻 What should a front-end developer learn in 2017? Writing readable code, improving soft skills and using functional programming concepts.

✏️ A few days ago, one designer asked some other designers: what are your goals for 2017? The result: an overview of personal projects.

🏢 How to build a brand from nothing? One of the key insights: People often overvalue brand substance and undervalue brand repetition.

🚀 The Next Web gathered the best Chrome plugins to boost your productivity. 

💻 For the programmers: a list of notable open source projects, categorized by programming language.

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