Keeping Up With Trends 🧐
Hello friends!
What's the JavaScript framework flavor-of-the-month? What is brutalism? Flat design? What did Stripe just launch today? Do you even GAN?
Learning what's current in art, design, and technology is daunting. It seems like everything is progressing at a breakneck pace, and it's a full-time job just keeping up. But it doesn't have to be. This week's newsletter is chock-full of time-saving tips and resources for staying in the loop.
Let's talk about keeping up with trends. 🧐
TLDR
Three tools I use for consuming trends quickly
Panda to aggregate RSS feeds
Feedbin (or dedicated email) to bulk-read newsletters
Twitter Lists to curate Twitter
Read The Headlines
Hacker News
Top articles for all things tech. Check out the Show HN section, and avoid the comments unless you want to see the stereotypical toxic know-it-all. This is a one-stop-shop for trending topics in technology.
Product Hunt
The latest mobile apps, web apps, maker projects, and other creative/technical resources. Check it daily for what's new and cool on the internet.
Sidebar
5 design links daily. Highly curated, quality content.
DEV
Programmers sharing ideas. Lots of technical articles about trending programming topics.
Wired
More in-depth coverage of technology topics. I've been a huge fan of Wired since their paper magazine days.
Dribbble
Inspiring creative work. Worth a look weekly.
Aggregate All the Above with Panda
Want to get the above headlines (and more) in one place? Install the Panda Chrome Extension, and give yourself a dashboard in your browser to consume all your design and technology headlines at a glance.
Deliver Trends to Your Inbox
Hyperallergic
Everything you need to know about contemporary art. Sign up for the newsletter for the latest in the art world.
Typewolf
Love fonts? Stay up to date with what's trending in type with their newsletter.
Designmodo
High-quality web design freebies delivered to your inbox.
Muzli
Design inspiration from the people at InVision.
GitHub Explore
Email updates about everything in the open-source world.
Get Your Newsletters In One Place with Feedbin
Subscribe with your Feedbin email account, and see all your newsletters in one reader. Keep your newsletters separate from your work and personal email accounts. Don't want another app? Set up a dedicated email account for all your newsletters.
Follow The Leaders
Twitter can be an inspiring and informative place if you follow the right people. Use Twitter Lists to group and organize topical accounts. The new Twitter mobile app makes it even easier to cut through the timeline clutter and get to the content you find valuable.
Two of my go-to lists:
Now you can stay up to date while you sip your morning cup of coffee or tea! If you have other tips or resources to stay current on design and technology, I'd love to hear them. Hit reply to tell me all about how you keep up with things. I'd also love to know what you thought of this issue, and what you want to hear about in the future. Thanks for reading! 🙌
Until next week,
Craig