Links for Tuesday June 18th 2019

Guardian Firewall – Guardian Firewall
This looks really good. Not cheap, but I am disposed to like a company that says "For the lifetime of our company, Guardian Firewall will utilize a simple tried-and-true business model: Accepting currency for a product that people find valuable. Full stop. We will never track our users. We will never collect personal information about our users. We consider user data to be a liability. Each and every technical design decision is built around that concept. "

Links for Monday June 17th 2019

Quick note: Friday wins and a case study in ritual design | Kellan Elliott-McCrea
"Culture is what you celebrate. Rituals are the tools you use to shape culture." Smart work, needs serious thinking about.
The New Wilderness (Idle Words)
Required reading.

Monzo – Tone of Voice
This is Monzo's tone of voice guide. I have always thought Monzo's comms were excellent, and this has helped me put my finger on why. I will wish to refer to this a lot.

Paypal – how to generate classic API credentials
I just know I'm going to need this link again, and it took me half an hour to find it.

srmklive/laravel-paypal: Laravel plugin for processing payments through PayPal. Can be used separately.
I need to upgrade the Badgers and Jam checkout to support Paypal, very soon.
Toy Town by watabou
This is also great! Same author, really hoping they link the two up, so you can generate a map, then walk through it.
Medieval Fantasy City Generator by watabou
This is just great. Loads of options, loads of visually distinct cities to work with.

A New Luxury Retreat Caters to Elderly Workers in Tech (Ages 30 and Up) – The New York Times
On the face of it, this is an absurd idea, born to soak up the excess cash of the over-privileged. Counterpoint: I am in my 40s. I no longer have the time, energy, or desire to spend my spare time studying the latest hot tech framework (at the expense of seeing friends, or basic life admin), or to re-skill into machine learning or the next highly-employable trend. I *am* becoming irrelevant in my own industry. I would love help figuring out how to cope with that better – both personally and professionally. (And I know I've got it easy…)