Mondays might not be your favorite day of the week, but the good news is that we’re all in this together ladies and gentlemen. As purveyors of prime Grade A web content, the SolidSmack crew has done some of the heavy-lifting to make sure you get your Mondays started on the right track.
Welcome to The Monday List.
Every Monday, we link you up with some of the most insightful, informative, and socially-relevant stories to keep tabbed, bookmarked, reading listed, pocketed, or what have you to get your week started on the right foot. Be sure to check in each week for a new crop of freshly sprouted words curated straight from the source of your favorite homegrown ‘Smack.
What We’re Reading This Week:
Japan Is Getting Serious About Flying Cars
The country’s once-envied government skunk works has set its sights on speeding up the arrival of aerial taxis and trucks.
How Secrecy Fuels Facebook Paranoia
The biggest internet platforms are businesses built on asymmetric information. They know far more about their advertising, labor and commerce marketplaces than do any of the parties participating in them.
Why Gen Z Loves Closed Captioning
Old technology finds a surprising new application.
How to Tame Slack for a More Productive Workday
You’ve made strides toward Inbox Zero. You’ve unburdened yourself of your old tweets, and now you feel free as a bird. The one thing left to do: find harmony in your digital work-life by tidying up your Slack.
Fender’s New Acoustic Guitar Has a Million Different Voices
If the Fender American Acoustasonic Telecaster had been around when Bob was breaking hearts and blowing minds back in ’66, he would have been able to play both the acoustic and electric portions of his concert on the same guitar.
Welcome to Jamaica, Home of the World’s Best-Performing Stock Market
The Jamaican stock exchange is so obscure, even emerging-markets funds don’t go there. And it’s booming.
