Seven links on attention, cities and old software

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Things worth reading, with a line on why. No. 88

Hi, Tom here. Seven links this week, in three groups. If you only have a minute, read the first one.

Attention

The argument isn't that phones ruined us. It's that we stopped choosing books we wanted to finish. Fair, and a little uncomfortable.

Short diary, honest about the parts that got worse. Missing a school message on day two is the most useful detail in it.

Cities

What happened to rents, small shops and traffic after one mid-sized city dropped the rule. The traffic numbers surprised me.

Photos mostly. Good for a slow coffee.

A longer read on renaming fights, told through one street and four council meetings.

Old software

Someone ran their household budget on the first spreadsheet program. Most of what we use today was already there.

Scans of software manuals that explained the why, not just the clicks.

Found something good? Hit reply and send it over. I read everything.

Tom

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