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Get inside the minds of first-time travelers in this new documentary

Mashable Tech

Inner Portrait , a new documentary from Turkish Airlines and media artist Refik Anadol, helps us visualize and articulate the change we feel when traveling, backed by data and technology. The highs of new sights, smells, people, foods, and experiences leave you changed in a way that’s hard to describe.

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Mr Eazi, Black Coffee and Ajebutter22: The African music artists backing startups

TechCrunch

Some of them — including Grammy Award-winning artists such as Jay-Z , The Chainsmokers , Nas , and others like Snoop Dogg — have launched various funds to invest in startups in the U.S., What’s pulling African music artists to tech investment? Europe and globally. . Mr. Eazi (founder of Empawa Africa and investor in PawaPay).

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Keanu Reeves appears to have changed his mind about NFTs

TechSpot

The Hollywood Reporter writes that the Futureverse Foundation, created in collaboration with Non-Fungible Labs and New Zealand-based NFT company Fluf World, will be funding artists whose works will be turned into NFTs. Its aim is to make the metaverse more accessible to people, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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Artists are irked by Twitter’s change to retweets

The Verge

Artists on Twitter have a request: stop quote-tweeting their work. Artists say quote tweets take attention away from their profiles, making it harder for them to be discovered, while someone else gets the glory. PSA to All Artists?? Non-Artists: don’t QRT art. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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How Water.org Adapted Their Social Media Content Strategy in Response to COVID-19

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Posting without a mindfulness of the trending topics and conversations can cause organizations to appear insensitive and tone-deaf. However, we were mindful of the best practices that suggest brands and organizations not post about every issue or trending event so to avoid piggybacking via hollow, void content.

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Mindfulness, Unplugging and Social Media Envy

Have Fun - Do Good

Synchronistically, later in the week I listened to a free call with Jennifer Louden , Bridget Piloud, Marianne Elliott , Tara Gentile, and Tara Sophia Mohr , about Self-Care, Mindfulness and Social Media. My number one mindfulness tip is to be aware of social media envy. Jen uses a timer and sets an intention before using social media.

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How one of Brooklyn’s most expensive neighborhoods became home base for the creative class

Fast Company Tech

Walentas had previously been converting property in SoHo for artists. Having like-minded neighbors helps, as well as Brooklyn Bridge Park nearby, certainly helps. Two Trees founder David Walentas has made it a priority to try and attract more creative tenants.

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