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# Modest Operations | Newsletter Volume 33
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/modest-operations-newsletter-volume-33/
- Published: 2019-08-07T16:47:37.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-13T22:24:50.000Z
- Description: Modest Operations email newsletter Volume 33 (August 07, 2019).
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: the contender, david coggins, modest operations, newsletter, #import-mailchimp-2026-09-13

**This Week's Links** *A list of things I've been reading & thinking about.*\* "Twitter, as a company, seems to spend most of its time in various stages of existential crisis. Lately it has been rethinking everything as it tries to figure out how to address rampant harassment and hate speech and how to make its platform more conducive to civil, human conversation as opposed to dunking, trolling, and general cacophony." - [Twitter’s Redesign Isn’t About You (Will Oremus for *OneZero*)](https://onezero.medium.com/twitters-redesign-isn-t-about-you-3dd710b0f9e0?ref=drewshannon.net) \* "I also think people try to resolve their homes too quickly. It takes time! An apartment, like a wardrobe, needs to evolve, as you do." - [Interior Monologue: Design Theories (David Coggins for *The Contender*)](https://thecontender.co/blog/interior-monologue-design-theories?ref=drewshannon.net) \* "I’ve become convinced that what you need instead is a full-fledged philosophy of technology use, rooted in your deep values, that provides clear answers to the questions of what tools you should use and how you should use them and, equally important, enables you to confidently ignore everything else." - [Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World (Cal Newport)](https://www.calnewport.com/books/digital-minimalism/?ref=drewshannon.net)