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ResearchBuzz: FirehoseMakeUseOf: 6 Smartphone Settings That Instantly Upgrade Group Photos. “Group photos are chaotic enough without your phone sabotaging the moment. Turns out, my phone had the right tools all along. I just didn’t know where to look.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/21/makeuseof-6-smartphone-settings-that-instantly-upgrade-group-photos/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/21/makeuseof-6-smartphone-settings-that-instantly-upgrade-group-photos/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseRRECQ: A digital collection of circular economy resources. “The project updated the circular economy collection of PortailCoop, the world’s largest digital library on cooperatives. As part of the project, tools and research on the circular economy at the crossroads of cooperatives and SMEs were identified, resulting in a collection of over 450 items.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/21/rrecq-a-digital-collection-of-circular-economy-resources/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/21/rrecq-a-digital-collection-of-circular-economy-resources/</a>

Calishat<a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sustainability</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/CircularEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CircularEconomy</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/coops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coops</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/BestPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BestPractices</a> 'As part of the project, tools and research on the circular economy at the crossroads of cooperatives and SMEs were identified, resulting in a collection of over 450 items. '<a href="https://rrecq.ca/en/news/a-digital-collection-of-circular-economy-resources/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rrecq.ca/en/news/a-digital-collection-of-circular-economy-resources/</a>

Hacker NewsWhen is it the best time to post on Show HN?<a href="https://www.myriade.ai/blogs/when-is-it-the-best-time-to-post-on-show-hn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.myriade.ai/blogs/when-is-it-the-best-time-to-post-on-show-hn</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShowHN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ShowHN</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Timing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Timing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BestPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BestPractices</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Community</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Engagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Engagement</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseMcGill University: Simple texting platform helps farmers adopt greener methods, McGill-led study finds. “Farmers who exchanged text messages with peers were significantly more likely to adopt sustainable agricultural practices, highlighting the power of peer learning in digital formats, a new study co-authored by McGill University Professor Aurélie Harou found.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/20/mcgill-university-simple-texting-platform-helps-farmers-adopt-greener-methods-mcgill-led-study-finds/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/20/mcgill-university-simple-texting-platform-helps-farmers-adopt-greener-methods-mcgill-led-study-finds/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseThe Marshall Project: Journalists: How to Get Records the Criminal Justice System Doesn’t Want You to Have. “This toolkit will walk you through essential research methods used by Marshall Project Staff Writer Alysia Santo that will help make your requests as strategic and detailed as possible. And if you’re working on a records-heavy criminal justice story, you can request a consultation […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/19/journalists-how-to-get-records-the-criminal-justice-system-doesnt-want-you-to-have-the-marshall-project/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/19/journalists-how-to-get-records-the-criminal-justice-system-doesnt-want-you-to-have-the-marshall-project/</a>

American NaturaliﬆAmNat Editor-in-Chief Volker Rudolf speaks out: "Best Publishing Practices and Open Access Options at The American Naturalist" <a href="https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/736548" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/736548</a><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/AcademicPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicPublishing</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/BestPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BestPractices</a>

Derek Law<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EsriUC2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EsriUC2025</a> - Learn about <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/observability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#observability</a> for your enterprise <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GIS</a> with <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ArcGISMonitor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArcGISMonitor</a> at the UC Expo, find us in the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ArcGISEnterprise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArcGISEnterprise</a> area <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/esriuc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#esriuc</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ArcGISAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArcGISAdmin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GIO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GIO</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IT</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/systemhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#systemhealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/performance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#performance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bestpractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bestpractices</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GISChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GISChat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/geospatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geospatial</a> <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/esri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@esri</a> <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/esriuc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@esriuc</a> <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/arcgisxprise" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@arcgisxprise</a> <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/esrislgov" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@esrislgov</a> <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/esritraining" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@esritraining</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseBritish Library Digital Scholarship Blog: Automatic Text Recognition in Cultural Heritage Institutions survey: a brief analysis and a published dataset. “A few months ago, we circulated a brief survey to understand how other institutions use Automatic Text Recognition and to discuss the creation of a working group on the subject… I am happy to report that the anonymised data are available […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/16/automatic-text-recognition-in-cultural-heritage-institutions-survey-a-brief-analysis-and-a-published-dataset-british-library-digital-scholarship-blog/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/16/automatic-text-recognition-in-cultural-heritage-institutions-survey-a-brief-analysis-and-a-published-dataset-british-library-digital-scholarship-blog/</a>

Marco SiccardiI completed the fourth module (UI + Presentation) of the iOS Lead Essentials program 🥳! In this module, l learned 👇 - UI, UX, and Presentation best practices - and how to develop, maintain, and test a clean UI and Presentation layer in iOS apps - How to use MVC, MVVM, MVP, and their variants, - prototyping techniques, - localizing apps, - working effectively with designers - and how to create reusable UI/Presentation components. <a href="https://academy.essentialdeveloper.com/achievements/bb00b879-1fc6-4192-8e72-270a76c08ed8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://academy.essentialdeveloper.com/achievements/bb00b879-1fc6-4192-8e72-270a76c08ed8</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#learning</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/iosdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iosdev</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UI</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Presentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Presentation</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/BestPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BestPractices</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ux</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/MVC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MVC</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/MVVM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MVVM</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/MVP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MVP</a>

Hacker NewsParse, Don't Validate (For C)<a href="https://www.lelanthran.com/chap13/content.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.lelanthran.com/chap13/content.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Parse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Parse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Validate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Validate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#C</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BestPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BestPractices</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CodingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CodingTips</a>

Matthew Turland"LLMs Force Engineering Discipline We Should Have Had All Along" by <a href="https://chaos.social/@kore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kore</a> <a href="https://kore-nordmann.de/blog/llms_force_engineering_discipline_we_should_have_had_all_along.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kore-nordmann.de/blog/llms_force_engineering_discipline_we_should_have_had_all_along.html</a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LLM</a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/BestPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BestPractices</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseMakeUseOf: I Took Phone Photos All Year—These Are the Only Tips Worth Sharing . “After a year of relentless snapping, I realized most phone photography advice is just noise. If you’re tired of generic tips that never stick, these are the ones that quietly transformed my photos.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/10/makeuseof-i-took-phone-photos-all-year-these-are-the-only-tips-worth-sharing/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/10/makeuseof-i-took-phone-photos-all-year-these-are-the-only-tips-worth-sharing/</a>

Carlos Mendible :verified:🏃🏃🏃 Azure Quick Review just took 33s to scan a subscription and render results! Is this a new record? <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/azure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#azure</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/azqr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#azqr</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BestPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BestPractices</a>

Xamanismo Coletivo"One of our most exciting mini-companies inside is called <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Newspack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newspack</a>. It’s led by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/KinseyWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KinseyWilson</a>, who used to be chief of digital at The New York Times. He’s sort of taken everything he learned there and is bringing that to these small newspapers with this product called Newspack, which you can think of as distribution for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordPress</a>. So, it’s WordPress plus hosting, plus a bundle of plugins that enable all the things that these small-town papers need, like classifieds and all that sort of stuff. The fun thing about it is they’re learning from all of them and sharing the business <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bestpractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bestpractices</a>. So, porous paywalls, or I mentioned classifieds already, but people really love <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/localnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#localnews</a>. It’s just that it couldn’t support some of the old business models."<a href="https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-with-nilay-patel/693052/automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-wordpress-drama-wp-engine-open-source" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-with-nilay-patel/693052/automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-wordpress-drama-wp-engine-open-source</a>

alexbolyJust published: We often get asked to include best practices in our learning programs, and often we need to explain during the training that the best thing we can do is to have emergent practices. Let me explain why.<a href="https://youtu.be/QRTgkS50Ais" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/QRTgkS50Ais</a>Links:<a href="https://www.jenal.org/how-to-strengthen-innovation-good-practice-vs-emergent-practice/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.jenal.org/how-to-strengthen-innovation-good-practice-vs-emergent-practice/</a>Recommended Learning Programs<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uncategorized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Uncategorized</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bestpractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bestpractices</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cynef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cynef</a>... <a href="https://mozaicworks.com/uncategorized/best-practices-vs-emergent-practice?fsp_sid=175" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mozaicworks.com/uncategorized/best-practices-vs-emergent-practice?fsp_sid=175</a>

Bob the TravelerMurad III, born OTD in 1546, began his reign as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire by having his five younger brothers strangled <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BestPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BestPractices</a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a>

Frontend DogmaThe 5-Step AI UX Playbook to Deliver High-Impact Products, by <a href="https://me.dm/@uxdesigncc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@uxdesigncc</a>:<a href="https://archive.fo/FvtjS" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.fo/FvtjS</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ux</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bestpractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bestpractices</a>

Carlos Mendible :verified:🚀 We're thrilled to announce the release of azqr v.2.7.0! 🎉📢 Breaking Change Alert: JSON output is now consolidated into a single file for easier management and access. Make sure to update your workflows accordingly!<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Azure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Azure</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/azqr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#azqr</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cloud</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BestPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BestPractices</a> <a href="https://github.com/azure/azqr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/azure/azqr</a>

Hacker NewsWriting Code Was Never the Bottleneck<a href="https://ordep.dev/posts/writing-code-was-never-the-bottleneck" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ordep.dev/posts/writing-code-was-never-the-bottleneck</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Code</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Was" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Was</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Never" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Never</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/the" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#the</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bottleneck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bottleneck</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwaredevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#softwaredevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bestpractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bestpractices</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#productivity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technews</a>

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