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JBL’s speaker-packed Google Nest Hub alternative is $220 off

The Verge

For the price, JBL’s smart display seems like a great value that delivers more features (and likely better sound performance) than Google’s 7-inch Nest Hub. We haven’t tested it side-by-side with the 10-inch Nest Hub Max , but privacy-minded people might like the fact that JBL’s device has a hardware camera shutter, which Google’s lacks.

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How to stay productive when you work in an open office

The Next Web

On the other, open-plan workspaces are being recognized as a wildly distracting environment to to work in, where, according to one study by The Sound Agency, workers are 66% less productive. The best sounds for concentration are natural and unpredictable. And encourage an environment of mindful chatter amongst neighboring desks.

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7 Ways Nonprofits Can Automate Donor Retention

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Whatever you want your donors to do, make sure you have this goal in mind when crafting your email series. Alternatively, you can create a new form from scratch and format just one page header of your form. To use a drip-email campaign, determine what your end goal is, or your call to action. Examples: Make a second gift.

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Video Making for Nonprofits

The Modern Nonprofit

If you don’t have it in your budget to hire a professional to shoot your video for you, think of alternatives to get your message across, use animations, a slideshow, illustrations, or edit in other pre-recorded footage. Optimize your content: Keeping your goal in mind, write out your ideas and think of the story you’d like to tell.

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50+ Year End Fundraiser Email Subject Lines

CauseVox

Alternatively, 69 percent of email recipients flag an email as spam based on the subject line. Weve rounded up some general guidelines to keep top of mind as you spin up different subject lines: 1. Mind Your Capitalization Another way to get caught in your recipients spam filter is by overusing capitalization.

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Microsoft’s foldable Surface Duo is now the cost of a normal phone

The Verge

Hori’s Split Pad Pro controller is a great alternative for people who find the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con uncomfortable to use. To that end, they can’t be used when they aren’t attached to the Switch, so keep that in mind. However, this version of the phone works only on GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile.

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AI’s hype isn’t going to be simply star-studded 

TechCrunch

I start off most of these newsletters with a mini-essay on what is top of mind to me, sometimes pointing toward one of my longer-form pieces from the week or just to share some extra thoughts at the end of the news cycle. It all started with a sound. I’m glad we all still resonate with a comeback story.

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