A New York outfit have implemented Premium Fridays, where the entire company gets the last Friday of each month off – taking the time to live their lives and work in a smarter way. 12 long weekends per year? You’ve piqued our interest.

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, there are some yuge Alain de Botton fanbois at JM (well, at least one) so the latest video on addiction written and narrated by the philosopher himself was a proper treat. 

This year we’ve decided to give Small Improvements a red hot go, with cute illustrations and a neat Slack integration we’re liking what we see. If you or your company use something else and rate it, we want to hear about it. 

The CEO of 17 Minute Languages shared how our lives are set to dramatically change in the next 20 years. And yes, we’ll be trialling 17 minute languages after reading the boss’ thoughts.

Jonathan Courtney says the golden age of UX won’t last. In fact, people just expect good UX these days, so now it needs to be great to differentiate – and you just gotta understand strategy, growth and marketing.

Need a place to work, play and be merry? Our beaut Brisbane studio has just made their unofficial co-working quarters official. Apply here if you’re keen.

The latest Slack channel at JM is dedicated to discussing all things blockchain. If you haven’t heard of blockchain or it’s still not making sense, then you’re not alone. MIT put together this cute explainer video – but in short, blockchain keeps track of who paid with bitcoin and when.

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