Tom Harman

@tomharman
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Design Director @ Monzo
This was the front page of The Daily Tar Heel following the active shooter lockdown at UNC. Powerful. We don’t have to live like this.

Been very focused on $DAYJOB, and we finally launched out of closed beta into a better, open beta.

Here it is: https://aboard.com/ — sign up, beat it up, send an email to [email protected] if you'd like to be on the TestFlight beta.

Aboard

Business Software. Built by AI. Perfected by People

Aboard

If you or someone you love is an Engineering Leader (Director, Manager, Staff+), the deadline to apply to our next round of Orbital Studios is next week!

(We've also got dates posted through the Fall, including Studios for Product and Design leaders)

Dates, details, testimonials, and more are here: https://orbital.nyc

Orbital

Apply today to join a Studio for Engineering Managers, Product Managers and Design Managers.

Hello everyone! 👋 We've joined the fediverse as part of an experiment with our friends from BBC Research & Development. Read more about it here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub
The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media

Trialling ActivityPub and the federated model for social media and it's possibilities for the BBC.

BBC R&D

Ryan Gosling as geese.

A thread.

Tiny Awards is a new effort to celebrate the best of the "small, playful, and heartfelt web” made in the last year. As part of the selection committee, I helped narrow the ~300 nominees down to 16 finalists, and now you decide who wins. I wrote a little about each site here— voting’s open until July 20! https://waxy.org/2023/07/vote-on-the-tiny-awards/
Tiny Awards, a celebration of the small, playful, and heartfelt web - Waxy.org

Tiny Awards is a celebration of the "small, playful, and heartfelt web." I helped narrow the nominees down to 16 finalists, now you decide who wins: voting's open until July 20.

Waxy.org

NEW: Barcelona has a new plan to create a city-wide network of quieter streets that are easier and safer to travel on foot or by bike. Instead of bumper-to-bumper cars, streets will be lined with trees, play parks, bike-lanes, benches and green people places.

#Barcelona #Spain #cities #cars #urbanism
https://www.politico.eu/article/barcelona-green-spaces-mental-health-superblocks-eixos-verds/

Barcelona bets on green to boost city’s mental health

Plans to expand low-traffic, green zones are targeted at reclaiming streets for residents — and lifting their spirits in the process.

POLITICO
BuzzFeed is shutting down BuzzFeed News because it's not profitable. https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/buzzfeed-news-shutting-down-layoffs-1235589751/
BuzzFeed News Is Shutting Down, Company Laying Off 180 Staffers

BuzzFeed is shutting down BuzzFeed News because it is not able to turn a profit, according to a memo CEO Jonah Peretti sent to company staff Thursday. The digital publisher is laying off 15% of its…

Variety

We're running two separate Studios at @orbitalnyc for Engineering Managers (of ICs):

Managers of a single team:
https://orbital.nyc/studios/16-engineering-management-i-studio

Managers of multiple teams:
https://orbital.nyc/studios/16-engineering-management-ii-studio

Our learning model starts with the priorities of the participants.

Orbital - Engineering Management I Studio

5-week community of practice for Engineering Managers who manage a single team of ICs.

Hi folks! The deadline to apply to our next round of @orbitalnyc Studios (starting in Q2—oh no it's here) for Engineering, Design and Product Leaders is March 31st! Full dates and details are on our website: https://orbital.nyc
Orbital

Apply today to join a Studio for Engineering Managers, Product Managers and Design Managers.