10 tech recs from 2017 Webby Winner in Podcasts WNYC
Our Staff Picks series continues with podcast powerhouse WNYC, whose Freakonomics Radio podcast won a Webby for Best Individual Episode this year.
From finding scholarly articles to finding your way around town and more, the team at WNYC knows exactly what tech to use. Read on for their picks below.
Google Art Project
Jenny Lawton Editor, A Piece of Work with Abbi Jacobson Favorite App/Service: Google Art Project
"With the Google Art Project, every time I open a tab to start a work task, that task starts with a moment of beauty. It also introduces me to works and artists that are often absent from major museums."
"Considering I work on an off-the-walls comedy show, my favorite app is embarrassingly practical. Transit is the most accurate transit app I’ve found, with consistent and reliable updates on delays, along with a simple interface for navigating our very complicated transit system. It’s even kept me on time through the MTA’s 'Summer of Hell.' Thanks, Transit!" (Photo credit: Blaine Spesak)
Latif Nasser Director of Research, Radiolab Favorite App/Service: Sci-Hub
"This website has been called 'the Pirate Bay for science nerds,' and it allows you to get virtually any paywalled scientific journal article for free. It's made by this badass Kazakh neuroscientist/pirate lady who was only 22 when she started it. Now, according to Science, it has 69% percent of all scholarly articles. 69 percent! It's controversial, but I'm ideologically in favor. And even if I wasn't I'd still probably be using the thing every day."
"This is the best thing you will ever get for your eyes. Bonus: If you’re working late, disable it for an hour at a time so you’re reminded how late it is, and go home."
"I can be a real procrastination fiend—no task is above being interrupted by a YouTube-watching spiral. Which is why I have made habit of using Freedom. It allows me to block certain websites for hours at a time, letting me be productive without internet distraction."
