Summer School
A once-in-a-while email newsletter answering your questions about tech, trends, and certain personal and planetary terrors.
Naomi is our in-house culture gremlin. Tucker is the studio's resident tech trend raccoon. We are lifelong students, perpetually learning (and forgetting), who ask each other a lot of questions. For your amusement, we've decided to publish those debates.
- Who named these wifi networks?
- Will anyone be able to read Apple's Liquid Glass notifications?
- What happened to the high five?
Our dispatches are irregular and inconvenient. Most importantly, they are optional.
Recent dispatches
Muse, Blankies & a Spooky NYC Hit List
Dispatch ten: why Meta's Muse is a fuzzy little demon, how blankets became the biggest trend in the airport, whether AI is making everything harder to read, plus a highbrow/lowbrow grid and Naomi's spooky season NYC hit list.
Data Centers in Space, Sleep Earbuds & a Mourner for Hire
Dispatch nine: why data centers might end up in space (dystopian or inevitable, you decide), the earbuds finally fixing light sleep, Figma's new AI shaders reviewed by a guest critic, plus cancer-sniffing pigeons, a for-hire funeral mourner, and fancy jello.
Friction, Bog Fashion & How to Burn Some Cash
A summer dispatch: why friction might be the most fun part of life, making two resumes (one for humans, one for robots), burning your tax return on very small books and Etsy spells, AI logos that look like buttholes, and the bog fashion renaissance.
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What is Coalesce?
We run a NYC brand, product & engineering agency. We design and build beautiful products. We are fast. We know how to ship stuff. If you're building something (or want to), bring it over. We'll make it real.