Articles and resources I found interesting throughout October.

BBC Sound Effects Archive

The BBC has released thousands of sound effects from their archive for free. Could be a nifty resource for anyone creating content or just messing around with soundscapes.

Design Talk Podcast - Anil Reddy

I found this podcast to be a refreshingly pragmatic look at starting a design consultancy. One thing I found particularly interesting was Anil's approach to pricing was far more balanced than I expected, and that there are other things of value to a business than just how much you get paid.

Stanislav Kozlovski

Not at all design related, but as with the above link, money related. Kozlovski does some interesting breakdowns on our relationship to money, why some people hoard it, and how much we really need. In today's economic climate, it's a nice to be reminded what actually matters.

snipd

This is a podcast tool that allows you to clip part of a podcast you're listening to, and snipd will transcribe it for you. Might be useful for some of you, though I haven't used it. YMMV.

True Crime and Transcendentalists: When Designing a Book Cover Takes You on a Long Strange Trip

A fascinating story of graphic designer Natalia Oblinksi's journey to design a book cover. The tale will be familiar to most of you designers out there. Nothing is ever easy.

Our Tech Editor's selection of new and upgraded audio players covers the full spectrum of formats

Wallpaper* does a round up of all of their favourite "portable" audio players for various formats. I'm astonished players still exist for some of them. Very cool to see all the different form factors design details. The Sony MiniDisc player's aesthetics definitely make it the odd one out. And when you see it's release date, you'll see why.

The Printers’ International Specimen Exchange

An interesting story of two British printers who collected printed works from other participating printers throughout Britain and bound them into books to showcase the quality of British printing and design. The first volume was released in 1880. Many examples are included in the gallery.

The Boomer Stuff Avalanche

I've written before about how much stuff we have and how much of it is effectively junk. As I'm painfully aware, Boomers love to hoard. And over the 20 years the rest of us will be made to deal with it. Favourite line: "No, I don't want your stuff. I barely want my stuff.".