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HOT LINKS
What we're pondering this week
Adam: For the 52 days we have remaining until election day, a timely guide to talking politics at work (or, say, in life) without alienating people. Hint: be respectful and focus on common ground.
Ben: “Building better tech cultures for people with ADHD” seems to be broadly applicable to building better tech cultures in general. Take a read, and think about your office.
Gabe: Ethnicity is complicated and the UX for defining it tends to be simplistic. How can better design reflect the complexities of ethnicity? (Hint: Checkboxes, not radio buttons)
Jack: A Gallup survey released this week paints an alarming picture of decline in Americans’ trust in mass media. Which begs a question: In the digital age is there any such thing?
Julia: This analysis of the most popular colors on the internet reminded me of another fun little game: Name That Blue. It’s surprisingly easy to do.
RC: Baffle.js is a neat little visual library for obfuscating text in the browser.
Inndy: I’m considering taking up ballet.
EVENTS
The happening things
Tonight, September 16: The INN@ONA Happy Hour, 6 p.m. Mountain Time at the Denver Press Club.
September 28-29 - There's still time to register for INN's two-day event for news leaders! We'll be discussing everything you need to know about managing technology and product design in your news organization. Travel stipends for INN members are available and we've added some new speakers and mentors. Hope to see you there!
SHOUT OUT
Work we admire by our journalism peers
The Coral Project will launch their new community-engagement tool Ask on Monday, and unveiled the Comments Lab on Thursday.
A shoutout to NPR for publishing the things they’ve learned about Facebook Live.
Congrats to All the Online Journalism Awards 2016 finalists.
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GET A JOB
Doing the good work
INN is hiring a program director and an operations manager.
The Marshall Project is hiring an editorial designer in New York, NY.
The Northwestern University Knight Lab and the Washington Post are looking for two software developers interested in journalism for their Knight/Post scholarship program.
MuckRock is accepting applicants for their newly-announced Thiel Fellowship.
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Help us make a thing
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SOME OTHER STUFF
It's what's for dinner
LISTEN: I want my tears back ?
WATCH: Evolution in action ?
DRINK: A strawberry-basil milkshake
COOK: Savory Mooncakes
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
