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City of Sound

Personal blog · cityofsound.com/blogdesignculture

City of Sound is a personal blog at cityofsound.com about design and culture. Since 2008, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times, most often “Monocle: design notes”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.

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14mentions?
13HN people?
2008–2023first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2013

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link City of Sound for follow-up coverage of PayPal blocking sales of a photo book with "Iranian" in the title. The only comment is a bare link to more on that story.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Monocle: design notes
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2008-04-14
  2. Paypal blacklisting the word "Iranian"
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-07-16

What Hacker News says?

  1. pouyan · 2013-07-19
    more on the story: http://www.cityofsound.com/blog/2013/07/paypal-and-the-word-...

    Comment linking /blog/2013/07/paypal-and-the-word-iranian.html

    on “PayPal apologizes for blocking sales of photo book with “Iranian” in the title”
  2. mgunes · 2010-07-29

    Submitted The "A Bit More" Button as a story · 47 points

    HN discussion
  3. vool · 2013-07-16

    Submitted Paypal blacklisting the word "Iranian" as a story · 12 points

    HN discussion
  4. safeaim · 2014-11-04

    Submitted Clockwork City, Responsive City, Predictive City and Adjacent Incumbents as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. yowzadave · 2023-07-25

    Submitted Small Vehicles of Tokyo as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. imartin2k · 2015-06-02

    Submitted On Tesla Powerwall, and the skirmish between Moore's law and physical laws as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. platz · 2013-02-07

    Submitted On the smart city; A call for smart citizens instead as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. zmmz · 2012-10-03

    Submitted Designing Domus magazine on iPad as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. zmmz · 2012-03-12

    Submitted SuperNormal - A differnet type of tech journalism as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. pkarbe · 2011-04-24

    Submitted Next generation check-in experience from Qantas as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. mjac · 2011-01-06

    Submitted Monocle: design notes for an exceptional magazine as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. nirmal · 2010-02-23

    Submitted For the life between buildings - some notes on the iPad as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. dhotson · 2008-08-13

    Submitted Density, via the Weaire-Phelan structure, the Holbæk Kasba and the Monaco House as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. rms · 2008-04-14

    Submitted Monocle: design notes as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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