Converge Newsletter
Browse all 172 links from 18 issues.
MacOS time tracking app
Apps that offer time tracking and reminders to stop working are nothing new. But where others have failed for me, I've found Balance has really stuck.
Interactive Experiments
This is a collection of interactive experiments by Japanese game developer and computer scientist, saharan.
🔗 oimo.io
TV Series
The Gold is a gripping BBC dramatisation of London's 1983 Brink's-Mat gold robbery.
Artist
Frederique Matti is an independent Dutch artist based in Amsterdam. I can't get enough of her bold, colourful paintings and illustrations. They are just so striking and beautifully composed.
Interactive learning
Space Elevator is a fun and exciting side project from Neal Agarwal, offering an engaging way to learn about altitude.
🔗 neal.fun
Album by Grandbrothers
Recorded in Cologne cathedral, this latest release from Erol Sarp and Lukas Vogel AKA Grandbrothers is a beauty.
Artist
I first discovered Spengler's work through his prolific sketchbook pages, which he shared on Instagram. I immediately fell in love with his bold use of color and line.
AI assistant
Copilot is essentially AI autocomplete for programming. It is a little bit of software you install alongside your editor that has been trained on billions of lines of code across dozens of languages.
Productivity Software
Raycast is extremely useful. It's described as "a blazingly fast, totally extendable launcher. It lets you complete tasks, calculate, share common links, and much more."
Film
This isn't an amazing film so much as an amazing story. It's based on the true story of two sisters, swimmers from war-torn Syria, and the risky journey they take to Germany to seek refuge, which ultimately takes them to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Animator and Illustrator
I've followed Kurkdjian’s wonderful animation work for a while – definitely since I made a website for his agents, Handsome Frank – and likely before.
Architecture
Greyscape celebrates the beauty of brutalist and modernist architecture with some great examples from around the world.
Film
No doubt you've heard of this as it was everywhere a little while ago after picking up a whole raft of BAFTAs. But if you haven't watched, you really should – it's an incredible film.
Film
Whiplash is a 2014 film from director, Damien Chazelle. It's been sat on my 'to watch' list for years, but somehow I haven't got round to it until a couple of weeks ago. And man, was it worth the wait.
Non-fiction
I've just finished this book and for me the experience was quite profound. I felt seen, like Cain was putting into words things I've felt for many years but been unable to articulate.
DJ Set
Prior to seeing this, I had only streamed Fred Again's albums and hadn't seen or heard any of his live DJ sets.
🔗 youtu.be
Film recommendations
From more than 227 million ratings cast by Letterboxd members in 2022, the films in this list were ranked the best of the best.
Stop motion study
I've been following Tomohiro Okazaki on Instagram for a while and he is some kind of genius. He makes these incredibly intricate, creative stop motion studies using matchsticks.
🔗 youtu.be
Indie game
I'm quite a fan of weird, thought-provoking games. This indie title from Charlotte Broccard is certainly one of those…
Location explorer
Another internet banger from Neal Agarwal. This is a super compelling, fun way to explore locations round the world.
🔗 neal.fun
Interactive music tools
If you like tinkering and playing music like I do, you'll love this.
🔗 muted.io
Illustrator
Tommy is an illustrator I’ve been following for a good while. I absolutely love the humanity in his work — his depiction of people and use of colour is impeccable.
Film
I recently watched Tehran, the TV series and it reminded me of this fantastic graphic novel made into full animated feature, by Marjane Satrapi. So I rewatched it.
TV series
I picked up this series from an interview with Brett Goldstein (of Ted Lasso fame) as he exec produced it. And it does not disappoint.
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