This Weekʼs Line-Up

Little Sun Charge is a new solar-powered phone charger taking Kickstarter by storm (300% funded after a few days). The Danish designers behind this have an interesting back story too: their first invention was Little Sun (no charger) that brought light to hundreds of thousands of people in the developing world. They are also a B Corporation. It instantly makes me want to support their work... 

To quote the great copy on the website: "FeedHop is a fast, themeable, web-based newsreader. It helps you cut through the noise of the internet and find content you care about, faster." It looks fantastic and I'll definitely give it a spin once I find the time.

This Herman Miller desk is "named for the flexible work surface that slides to envelop you as you work". It's an interesting approach to achieve better work ergonomics that I haven't seen before. If you don't like standing desks this could be an alternative worth checking out. It comes with the Herman Miller price tag too. 

Raindrop is one of a range of apps that allow you to save and organise all kinds of digital media (links, articles, photos, videos, etc.) in one place and then access them through various devices. For TMD I use a (strangely similarly named) app called Dropmark to do this. Both seem to do their job well and both offer strong, slightly different pro features.

Narrative (the newest model is shipping soon) is a tiny camera you can clip onto your cloths or carry around your neck that records whatever you experience. Built-in wifi and bluetooth connectivity makes data transfer easy. At this size you can't expect GoPro-level image quality, but I don't think they are trying to compete in that same category. It's an interesting way to capture an event and tell a story, for sure.

There have been a lot attempts at replacing the traditional business card with a digital counterpart – without any real success. Wildcard focuses on being able to meet and introduce onself to interesting people at events. The idea is great and the app looks neat too. The challenge with this – and all apps in this space – is that you need a critical mass to make it useful for even a few. I would like to see this succeed though. (Not to be confused with the other Wildcard app.)