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Paul McCartney's freakish memory

ianleslie.substack.com

The unconscious squirrels away memories we didn’t know we’d gathered and don’t know are there, and releases them, sometimes in a transfigured form, into the conscious mind at unpredictable moments. They might just pop up randomly, like files ready for deletion, never be seen again, but sometimes they combine with other thoughts or experiences we’re having to produce a fresh insight or new idea. The richer and more varied our store of unconscious memories, the more of these combinations are generated, the more creative and insightful we’re likely to be.

Behind the Design: Slopes

developer.apple.com

Herbert made good on his thought — and ten years of ski runs and late-night meals later, Slopes won an Apple Design Award for its remarkably accurate and comprehensive digital diary of your skiing day.

Curtis was one of our early users of the Mapbox mobile SDK. It’s great to see his passion come this far.