Author: Approaching Utopia Staff

  • Create without spending huge amounts of money

    Approaching Utopia Newsletter 1.5 Ethical Alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud Really excited about this list we found today.  We’re looking into getting back into game design and development, and these tools could get us there. Making Accessible Links: 15 Golden Rules For Developers If links are what makes the web special, it’s up to us…

  • Approaching Utopia Music is Now Free!

    Approaching Utopia Newsletter 1.4 Cyberpunk Music – Approaching Utopia Our music is now free! Not only is it free for you to download and enjoy, but you can also use it in any non-commercial project you want. That means: Podcasts YouTube/PeerTube videos Games Etc As long as they’re not commercial and you give proper attribution.…

  • Automattic and WordPress Want to Save Journalism

    Approaching Utopia Newsletter 1.3 Announcing Newspack – Newspack Automattic Inc, the parent company of WordPress.com, is joining with other news industry leaders to develop an advanced open-source publishing and revenue-generating platform for news organizations.  The effort is designed to address some of the persistent obstacles to creating economically sustainable models for journalism, particularly at the…

  • It turns out sustainability *is* cheaper.

    Approaching Utopia Newsletter 1.2 Utilities pledge to go 100% carbon-free—and admit it’s cheaper — Quartz Two US electric utilities have promised to go 100% carbon-free—and admit it’s cheaper. This is a fantastic sign for the future. Finally, sustainability is taking priority and the capitalists are starting to be convinced. DerbyCon 9.0 – Every Beginning Has…

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