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What Early Hominids Taught Us About Building Things for the Internet

What Early Hominids Taught Us About Building Things for the Internet

Welcome to the first issue of The Shed, a publication about the tools we use to tell stories. It’s an idea we’re testing for a potential…
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Why your toolkit may be better off with a hatchet than a corn kernel remover

Why your toolkit may be better off with a hatchet than a corn kerne...

In Werner Herzog’s 2013 film Happy People, a fur trapper lives happily (for the most part) for a year in one of the coldest, remotest…
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The Knight Lab’s Favorite Newsletters (A Growing List)

The Knight Lab’s Favorite Newsletters (A Growing List)

In Issue #6 of The Shed — our newsletter about the tools we use to tell stories — we went meta and wrote about newsletters.
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What We (Don’t Learn) From Google Analytics

What We (Don’t Learn) From Google Analytics

Below is an excerpt from our weekly newsletter — The Shed (← Subscribe via TinyLetter) — that discusses the tools we use to tell stories…
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Why Creators Should Love Instagram’s Rip-off of Stories

Why Creators Should Love Instagram’s Rip-off of Stories

Instagram vs. Snapchat, who cares? We all win.
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7 Questions To Test Your Understanding Of News Habits

7 Questions To Test Your Understanding Of News Habits

How well do you understand how people consume news and what does that say about the tools we use to tell stories?
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How to Fail Intelligently

How to Fail Intelligently

Failing Successfully: A Guide
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Analytics Tools We Are Watching

Analytics Tools We Are Watching

We are keeping our 👀 out for new analytics tools designed to help storytellers better make sense of their data. Please don’t view this as…
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Our Favorite Tools for User Research

Our Favorite Tools for User Research

A growing list of awesome tools for user-centered design.
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The Tools Powering Celebrity Feuds (Kimye vs. TSwift Edition)

The Tools Powering Celebrity Feuds (Kimye vs. TSwift Edition)

Let’s talk about one of the greatest celebrity feuds of all time and what it tells us about platforms.
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