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How The Founder of Hollaback! Made a Career Out of Fighting Street Harassment

From countless rejections to creating a worldwide movement, and the lessons learned along the way. Including last year’s viral video.

Every time a new rejection letter appeared in Emily May’s mailbox, she tried her hardest not to take it personally. She’d been convinced the cause she was rallying for—fighting street harassment—was sure to get support. Of the eight foundations and two fellowships she’d applied to, something would come through. But it didn’t. And more rejection only followed.

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8 Top Office Design Trends For 2016

Experts say it’s time to move in these design directions to keep workers engaged and get the most out of your office space.

You might think that the reams of analysis done on office space would have by now turned every workplace into a humming hive of engagement and productivity. Earlier this year, we even got an advance look at a research paper that outlined alternative design strategies to make workers happier.

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How Do You Design A UX For Infinity?

For the guy who turned Jorge Luis Borges’s “Library of Babel” into a web app, this isn’t an idle question.

Somewhere in the universe, there is a shelf of neatly organized books with titles made of nonsense. One of these books contains 410 pages of uncapitalized English words strung together in no intelligible order. On page 26 of this particular book, about halfway down, bookended between “holons” and “linkman“, is a 26-word couplet that my 4-year-old daughter will attempt to recite in her preschool’s Christmas pageant. Somewhere else, on a different shelf, is another book: this one contains a precise transcription, down to the syllable, of how my daughter will adorably mangle those 26 words onstage when her cue arrives.

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The Sheltersuit Is A Wearable Homeless Shelter Made From Sleeping Bags

For people sleeping rough on the streets, the suit can offer some extra protection. And if you’re going to be outside, you might be able to get one, too.

The Sheltersuit is a home that you wear. Designed in the Netherlands for use by homeless people, the suit is a water-resistant, insulated jacket and sleeping bag, which zip together to keep the wearer warm and dry when they sleep on the street.

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Pay Your Parking Tickets By Donating Food

Parking tickets just got a little friendlier in Lexington, Kentucky.

Lexington, Kentucky may have figured out the impossible: how to make someone feel good about getting a parking ticket. For five weeks over the holidays, the city is letting anyone with a ticket pay it off by donating food to a local food bank.

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