Mindswim

12/12/2020

New profile out today of Shams Ahmed!

After years balancing a white-collar career and harmonizing vocals, Shams Ahmed is a juggernaut headed towards mainstream success.
https://mind-swim.com/profiles/shams-ahmed

After years balancing a white-collar career and harmonizing vocals, Shams Ahmed is a juggernaut headed towards mainstream success.

21/11/2020

PROFILE SPOTLIGHT 11/21-12/4: A Canadian-native, Greg Girard spent more than three decades across Asia documenting its cities’ rapid growth. Luck brought him to his biggest project.

https://mind-swim.com/profiles/greg-girard

A Canadian-native, Greg Girard spent more than three decades across Asia documenting its cities’ rapid growth. Luck brought him to his biggest project.

20/11/2020

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16/11/2020

Destination AMA and The Home have partnered with MINDSWIM as a media partner! Read the full interview with Fendi at https://uarehome.org/mindswim-slow-journalism/.

02/11/2020

PROFILE SPOTLIGHT 10/31-11/13: Damon Lawner sought to spiritualize nightlife through his erotic club, SNCTM. It satisfied the unspoken needs of a global community, but not his own.

https://mind-swim.com/profiles/damon-lawner

Damon Lawner sought to spiritualize nightlife through his erotic club, SNCTM. It satisfied the unspoken needs of a global community, but not his own.

28/10/2020

New profile this Saturday, October 31st, err, All Hallows' Eve

26/10/2020

Last Friday, October 23rd, We Met At Acme
turned three years old. In that time, Lindsey Metselaar has built a community of over 46k on Instagram and many, many more followers of the podcast. Her secret to building an effective brand is: “Listen to your audience.”

20/10/2020

PROFILE SPOTLIGHT 10/17-10/31: Among her friends, Lindsey Metselaar has always been the go-to for advice on dating and relationships. These days, a generation listens in.

Read at: https://mind-swim.com/profiles/lindsey-metselaar

Among her friends, Lindsey Metselaar has always been the go-to for advice on dating and relationships. These days, a generation listens in.

16/10/2020

New MINDSWIM! Tomorrow's subject believes there are two universal languages: math and love. She's an expert in one.

05/10/2020

MINDSWIM is two months old this week. I am delighted by the positive reception so far. Taking time to prepare for future profiles (hints below!) and a meaningful partnership coming soon. The next profile will be published on Saturday, October 17.

Thanks for all of your support.

19/09/2020

PROFILE SPOTLIGHT 9/19-10/2: Judge Joseph Gubbay’s restorative justice framework offers an alternative to incarceration to New York City’s maladjusted youth. In the last seventeen years, he has saved thousands. Read at: https://mind-swim.com/profiles/joseph-gubbay

Judge Joseph Gubbay’s restorative justice framework offers an alternative to incarceration to New York’s City’s maladjusted youth. In the last seventeen years, he has saved thousands.

18/09/2020

Criminal justice has been a trending topic in 2020. Tomorrow, get an insider's scoop on American practices, triumphs, and woes.

16/09/2020

New profile this Saturday, September 19

13/09/2020

Still sounds pretty nice though.

11/09/2020

Once on track to become a doctor, Eyal Banayan now dishes out three square meals a day for rappers like French Montana and Jeremih.



https://mind-swim.com/profiles/eyal-banayan

Once on track to become a doctor, Eyal Banayan now dishes out three square meals a day for rappers like French Montana and Jeremih.

02/09/2020

New profile this Saturday, September 5th

31/08/2020

Red is one of the most visible colors on the spectrum, second only to yellow, evoking feelings of power, danger, passion, and awakening. If your favorite color is red, you may be outgoing, assertive, and prone to impulsive actions and variable moods.

28/08/2020

There are some industries you can tap into 9-5 that for others would be detrimental. For art, wellness, and sport, for example, there is no tapping in or out. There only is.

Read more at http://mind-swim.com

26/08/2020

"Women, animals, and nature are the most celebrated subjects in art. Why? Perhaps because they're the most celebrated things in life." — Sofia Zubi, painter and illustrator

25/08/2020

Art fuels our mind, body, and soul, no matter what our age. If you don't think you're naturally inclined— remember, it's the process that matters, not the product. That's why coloring books exist. Even for grown-ups.

22/08/2020

PROFILE SPOTLIGHT 8/22-9/4: At 26, Sofia has found success in different mediums and geographies. Her secret is a lot of curiosity and color. Read more: https://mind-swim.com/profiles/sofia-zubi

21/08/2020

New profile out tomorrow. Saturday morning goes best with a beverage of your choosing and a brand new read.

20/08/2020

Incubation is one of the four proposed stages of creative problem-solving: preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification.

Incubation, or simply taking a break from whatever you’re working on, increases the odds of finding an answer, and benefits from long periods with low cognitive workloads — a fancy way of saying doing nothing for a while can lead to success.

19/08/2020

New profile this Saturday, August 22

12/08/2020

The Slow Movement advocates a cultural shift towards slowing down life's pace. It started with food, but have you heard about slow journalism?

Founded out of Europe and popular in Japan and Australia, Slow has trickled into various industries and aspects of life.

"A revolution against the notion that faster is always better. It's not about doing everything at a snail's pace, but the right pace." — Carl Honoré, Canadian journalist

To learn more, check out London-based Delayed Gratification, a quarterly magazine that pioneered slow journalism who coins themselves "an antidote to throwaway media."

10/08/2020

A little BTS: the world of fonts is vast. Beyond Ariel, Times New Roman, and the all-time hated Comic Sans, there are thousands of fonts, or typefaces, to choose from.

To break them down simply— there are serif fonts and sans-serif fonts. You can think of “serifs” as the tiny “feet” attached to each stroke that a character is made up of. For example: Times New Roman, Garamond, or Bodoni, to name a few of the most popular. Sans-serif fonts (“sans” meaning “without” in French) don’t have the feet. The letters you’re reading now are sans-serif. Popular sans typefaces are Ariel, Comic Sans, Calibri, Century Gothic, and Helvetica.

Because MINDSWIM is inspired by The New York Times, its typeface for body text was originally going to be Georgia, what they use. However, upon further inspection, MINDSWIM wound up with Freight Text Pro. It looks just like Georgia, but has lighter lines, or a lighter weight, giving a more elegant look.

Once a font is chosen, you should consider its weight (how heavy or light), style (normal, italic), size, letter spacing, line height, and any transformations. As mentioned, the world of fonts is vast. But if you’re into this sort of thing, it’s also fun.

To learn more about typeface, check out Typewolf at www.typewolf.com by designer Jeremiah Shoaf. He ranked Freight Text Pro as one of the most popular serif fonts of 2020.

09/08/2020

Runner up is probably Los Angeles.
Read more at www.mind-swim.com

08/08/2020

Welcome to MINDSWIM, a bi-weekly profile of the professionals entrenched in their domain. Inspired by The New York Times' The Saturday Profile column.

From 8/8/20-8/21/20, get to know choreographer and dancer, Eleonora Fae, who fled Malta to pursue her American dream, but not without paying homage to the battles its women face.
Read more: https://mind-swim.com/profiles/eleonora-fae

08/08/2020