The Browser

What it does

Every day we read hundreds of articles and recommend five outstanding stories for you to enjoy, so you'll always have interesting things to ponder and fascinating ideas to discuss at dinner

We curate the best writing based on simple, timeless criteria: Would we go out of our way to recommend the piece to friends? Will it inform and delight the intelligent general reader? Will it still be worth reading a month or a year from now? Our selections cover every possible topic, from Art to Botany to Culture to Data, and everything else you can think of. Caroline Crampton has written and edited for Granta, the New Humanist, and the Guardian. She is the creator of the golden age detective fiction podcast Shedunnit. Robert Cottrell was a foreign correspondent for the Financial Times and the Economist, writing from Hong Kong, Brussels, and Tokyo. Robert lives in Riga and founded Robert's…from thebrowser.com

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  Penflip2013 · ▲119

  A social writing platform

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  Hawkee2014 · hawkee.com · ▲73

  A writing platform for web developers

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  Limitless2013 · chromewebstore.google.com · ▲90

  A productivity companion for Chrome

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  Spreed2014 · chromewebstore.google.com · ▲66

  Speed reading in Chrome

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  Min2016 · palmeral.github.io · ▲85

  A smarter web browser

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  Nicely Said2016 · nicelysaid.co · ▲78

  Writing for the Web with Style and Purpose

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  SimCity, but with Permits▲909

  A free city-building game in your browser. You are the mayor. You know what the city needs. Now get it past the zoning board, the neighbors, the appeals court and the next election.

  Life & fun · 1d ago · permit.petercai.com

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  I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years▲778

  Life & fun · 14d ago · tanzaniaeducationproject.org

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  Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app▲728

  Turn a phone, tablet or TV into a sign. Type a message and it fills the screen: welcome signs, timers, Wi-Fi passwords and more. No app, no account, free.

  Life & fun · 14d ago · bigwords.page

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  Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard▲573

  Play a free virtual guitar online with your keyboard or by touch. Slow songs down and see every chord, string and strum. Acoustic, classic, electric and bass.

  Life & fun · 8d ago · guitoro.com

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  See *almost* any carriers phone settings▲432

  Carrier settings from iPhone, Pixel and Galaxy firmware, decoded and compared: APNs, VoLTE, 5G and Wi-Fi Calling per carrier, and what each build changed.

  Life & fun · 12d ago · carrierexplode.com

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  The whole Solar System and every tracked satellite, live in the browser▲407

  Life & fun · 22d ago · space.bl2.net

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  Product Hunt LIVE 💬▲848

  Chat with some of the world’s most interesting makers

  Life & fun · 2015

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  Nebia Shower▲838

  Better shower, 70% less water

  Life & fun · 2015 · brondell.com

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  My SSH server knows who you are▲836

  Life & fun · 2015 · blog.filippo.io

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  M▲714

  A personal assistant built inside Facebook Messenger

  Work · 2015 · facebook.com

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  Content Marketing Stack▲673

  A curated directory of content marketing resources

  Growth · 2015 · contentmarketingstack.co

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  Growth Hacking Tools▲650

  A curated collection of growth hacking tools

  Growth · 2015