Well, if Slack hadn't been down this morning, we probably would have missed the news that Stephen Curry scored 62 points in a single game last night. I guess that counts as a silver lining?

Very nice. Some of 2020's best album covers, arranged by color. Bonus points for it all being pretty good music, too. From José Gasparian, Marcos rodrigues, and Edgard Kozlowski albumcolors.com

Something nice to think about while we grind through the final 🤞 months of this pandemic. We might come out of it into a new era of experiential retail. fastcompany.com/90587325/the-e…

Some great takes here from Elena. "Put another way, eCommerce might not be killing physical retail, it is killing the sprawl of physical retail. And this is a slow death, one that long pre-dated eCommerce.” virtualelena.substack.com/p/bit-structur…

Can't wait to get back to working around other people. bbc.com/worklife/artic…

Devin Booker’s purple shoes That’s it. That’s the tweet

In honor of skateboarding's Olympic debut, a pretty good piece from Design Week designweek.co.uk/issues/19-25-j…

In case you haven't heard, we have a new website. contentandcontext.com

We are at the beginning of an era where we will see massive environmental changes. In such a scenario, how does #sustainability fit in #placebranding? Sebastian Zenker of Copenhagen Business School posed this very question to our panel of #placebrand makers and shapers. bit.ly/35pkAFE

Looks like it's Gen Z's turn to start killing things. morningbrew.com/retail/stories…

“…pedestrianized streets and other ‘radical’ urban designs almost always follow the same three-part storyline: people fight about them, slowly adjust their habits to accommodate them, and soon can’t imagine life without them.” austin.towers.net/can-austin-tak…

This new song from KH (Four Tet) has been in heavy workday rotation this month, and the story of the song's video and overall visual aesthetic by @trevorjofficial is pretty interesting. itsnicethat.com/news/trevor-ja…

This dot.LA podcast interview with JLL Spark's Laurent Grill has some interesting thoughts about the role of proptech in post-pandemic office usage and building sustainability. dot.la/jll-sparks-lau…

"It looks weird to use the same word twice in a row like that. Plus, I think it's bad grammar." "But that's how you would say it. And it emphasizes the point we're making." "I still don't like it. Maybe put a comma between them?" 🤦‍♂️ "Sure. Fine."

Encouraging to see architecture schools validating alternative building technologies like this. Let's see how the next generation of architects can use them to make housing more plentiful and affordable.

Some outstanding, if unintentional, branding advice from Maya Angelou: "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

Peloton’s CEO placing a story with the WSJ about firing 500 people and being shocked when it wasn’t a puff piece is just incredible theverge.com/2022/10/6/2339…

From our spot in Hollywood at SECOND HOME, we have a front-row seat for the mind-boggling amount of construction (especially residential) happening in the neighborhood. This roundup from @HollywoodPship in Urbanize LA offers a pretty good overview. la.urbanize.city/sponsored/the-…

Great stuff from Gensler on identifying office buildings suitable for residential conversion and what cities can do to make them happen. Focused on San Francisco but applicable anywhere. gensler.com/blog/office-to…

Fun to see the new Perch website live. We recently worked with @asteriskaustin to create the name and messaging for this quickly growing build-to-rent residential brand. liveperch.com