#1 – Cosmos

Overview

Hoorah! We’re here, and mission control is celebrating. Launching this was a big step in our vision for a Astroloft, and we’re glad you decided to join us.

This week has been a really busy one for the team at Astroloft. We’ve brought in a developer, and signed a few clients, oh… and did we mention that we’re working on a new site? Even though all this was going on, we’ve still had time to take our spacesuits off and surf the Internet: here are some treasures we want to share with you.

Self Improvement

Ambivert, Extrovert, Introvert – Which one are you? And what’s so good/bad about being an ambivert (like Jeff)?

The Links Between Creativity and Depression – Many of us suffer from it, but can it do any good?

Getting Out Of Your Own Way – Helen Tran talks about freeing yourself to achieve more and greater.

Erasing Passion – Another one from Helen talking about how the word passion has misled many.

My Story: From a non-designer baby to an adult designer in just 26 years – An autobiography of sorts from Luke Jones.

The Science of Making Good Decisions – A scientific approach to making good decisions.

Management and Running a Business

Is Group Chat Making You Sweat? – A look into the bad design of group chat, and its constant pressures.

Give Your Job Away – We’ve been thinking a lot about how our management might be able to lessen our responsibilities in order for more autonomy. The team at Crew have thought a lot about this, and this is just one of their many grea pieces on the subject.

Lazy Leadership – A similar one to the one before, this time from the team at Meta Lab. It talks about how being a “lazy” leader might be for the best.

It’s Time To Fire Your Chief Everything Officer – Another one from MetaLab on a similar topic.

What Do Project Managers Do – A different publication from MetaLab discusses the role of a Product Manager. We’ve been giving this a lot of thought as well – more from us at a latter date.

Common Threads – On building a theme with things in common, but enough variance to bring out the best.

Design Teams – Positive Psychology – InVision tackles the use of positive psychology in designing design teams.

Marketing, Design, Development and their Principles

Webfonts on the Prairie – A look into the state of webfonts and their history.

How to Design Words – John Saito highlights the importance of which words you use and how you use them.

Minimalism Explained – What is minimalism? It’s the reassessment of priorities.

Sketch VS Adobe XD VS Figma – Taylor Palmer looks at three of the most popular design tools out there.

Content Curation – A guide from the team at Buffer.

InVision Courses – We’ve subscribed to a bunch of InVision courses. Here’s a lowdown: Making a Product Designer; Designing With Your Developer In Mind; Fundamentals of UI Design.

Designing Beyond Pixels, Points, and our Jobs – Nguyen Le takes a look at design out of the digital space

A Future Without Screens – A look into how VR is changing the way we interact with technology.

Giotto’s Perfect O – August handles the concept of simplexity.

Designer’s WPO Checklist – A checklist of what designers can do to optimise a website’s performance.

Accessibility at Vox Media – The accessibility checklist from the team at Vox Media.

Are You Really Agile? – The team at August take a look into how Agile works.

How Constraints Breed Creativity – The title says it all, I guess.

Wow, that was long… but each and everyone of them is worth your time!

That’s all from us for now. Make sure to tune in next time for more goodies. We’ll also be looking to publish some more articles: keep an eye out for that!

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