Weird Folders provides replacements for standard MacOS folders
“Creativity is simply a byproduct of work.”
This time we’re colliding train jazz, The Smithsonian, book covers, tiny sonic booms and the first session of PathCamp ’26. More on that last one next.
Please skip around, read what you want to. Find something interesting in your own internet travels? Send me a link
—JH
PathCamp ’26
Join us for our first PathCamp ’26 session: The Fundamentals of LX Design. My pal Christian will lead it live on June 24 at noon. Here’s what he says about it:
We’re starting with the foundation everything else builds on: how to design a course that actually works for your learners. You’ll get the framework the Pathwright LX team has used since 2011:
👤 Learner profiles — who you’re teaching
🎯 Learning outcomes — where you’re taking them
🔍 Three lenses: segment, pace, connect
You’ll leave with a clearer way to think about who you’re teaching and how to design for them.
PathCamp is built primarily for admins and course designers — the people responsible for designing, building, and launching learning experiences in Pathwright. It’s also for teachers who want to grow into a course designer role.
Come prepared with one course or Path in mind that you’re building or want to build. We’ll work through the framework using real examples.
10 curious links that would have killed the cat
🎷 Train jazz. “Every dot is a real subway train. Eight hundred of them, give or take, form a small jazz combo (walking bass, piano, sax, vibes, brushes) that has been playing without pause for over a hundred years.” Excellent mood music to have on in the background.
Train Jazz ∙ Interactive Site
✍️ Sometimes a poem arrives. Potentially delightful.
🪟 Open a window somewhere else in the world. WindowSwap streams views out strangers’ windows. Refreshing!
WindowSwap ∙ Web App
🗂️ Weird Folders for customizing your MacOS. Favorites: Olive Suitcase, BLT Sandwich, Gold Digital. Heads up that there are some folders in here you probably wouldn’t put in your work computer.
Weird Folders ∙ Customization
🏛️ The Smithsonian is now on Unsplash. I love that public/non-profit institutions have joined Unsplash in the last few years. There are some great hi-res patterns in here. I contribute to Unsplash when I remember to.
Unsplash ∙ News
Six of Volvovski’s clever unsolicited book covers
📚 Unsolicited: Jenny Volvovski hired herself to redesign the book covers in her personal library. The project led to work designing many paid book covers. Many covers in her Published section contain links to unused alternate covers.
Jenny Volvovski ∙ Portfolio
💥 Why peeling tape makes a screeching sound according to science. Let me translate it: Tiny cracks in the adhesive race toward the edge of the tape faster than sound. That’s right—the screeches are actually tiny sonic booms like those made by jets breaking the sound barrier. What.
APS ∙ Journal Article
☀️ Bush’s Baked Beans Summer Multipack contains “summer’s newest flavors like you’ve never imaged”. Or possibly wanted. They’re sold out now, but a pack of Dill Pickle Baked Beans, Apple Pie Baked Beans and Rocket Pop Baked Beans ran you $5.25. I promise you, dear reader, the true price you’d pay is much higher.
Bush’s Beans ∙ Seasonal Beans
🌲 Make your own microforest. A simple enough idea, the practice helps restore local ecosystems, mitigate water runoff and erosion and lower the ambient temperature. Also it looks nice.
Offrange ∙ Guide
🧪 Wikipedia wormhole: Safety glass was invented by accident in 1903 when chemist Édouard Bénédictus dropped a glass flask in his lab. It was coated in plastic from a previous experiment and hadn’t been cleaned. Have a nice accident today!
Wikipedia ∙ Article
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Here’s an update from Paul on what we’ve shipped recently:
Last week, we made a round of Blocks improvements:
Button and Meeting blocks now have an "Open in new tab" option, so you can point learners to an external form, doc, or site without pulling them out of their Path.
Links on Flashcards are now clickable in learner view, and learners can select and copy text right from the card.
Annotate blocks now auto-focus the moment you open a point, and save-and-close when you click away or hit Cmd/Ctrl+Enter.
…and a handful of fixes from your reports:
Recent edits no longer get overwritten by stale data or slow save connections.
Notes now print cleanly across multiple pages without overlapping.
Tasklist blocks have improved accessibility.
Single-answer Multiple Response questions are more reliable.
Cover Pages picked up some polish.
Well I’m off to fix myself a healthy cowcumber salad. Bye for now.
High five,
Justin Hall
Editor, Partner at Pathwright