Category: News

Site and company news,

  • Approaching Utopia Music is Now Free!

    Approaching Utopia Newsletter 1.4

    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.
    Dark Patterns are tricks used in websites and apps that make you buy or sign up for things that you didn’t mean to. 

    The purpose of this site is to spread awareness and to shame companies that use them.

    This guy figured out the path to making money while working on Free Open Source Software full time.

    It’s a tough path, but it’s possible.

    That’s all We’ve got for you this week. See you next week!

    -the Approaching Utopia staff.
    Approaching Utopia, LLC

  • Automattic and WordPress Want to Save Journalism

    Approaching Utopia Newsletter 1.3

    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 local level. 

    Guidelines for web design that adhere to the tenets and ethos of Brutalism.

    This has inspired us to being working on our own manifesto of sustainable and accessible web design and development.

    Stay subscribed and we’ll let you know when it’s ready!

    Despite all of the other things I’ve tried to be in my life, I’ve always been a writer.

    But it took me a while to figure that out.

    Here’s the story… (A personal blog post from Garrett)

    That’s all We’ve got for you this week. See you next week!

    -the Approaching Utopia staff.
    Approaching Utopia, LLC

  • It turns out sustainability *is* cheaper.

    Approaching Utopia Newsletter 1.2

    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.

    Filed under “This is why we can’t have nice things”.

    Bad people ruined another good thing, and now DerbyCon is ending.

    The toxicity in tech circles never ceases to amaze me.

    I am not even close to mastering all 28 of these tips, but I’ve been thinking about them a lot since I first read them.

    Which was in 2016.

    So, that should say a lot about this post.

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