📚 Good Reading on TAP: May 2019 📚

We’ve read a load of stuff and filtered out the good bits for you - you’re welcome!

We’re back with another roundup of inspirational reading from around the web and beyond the higher ed sector - that means videos, articles and visuals. Think of this as a complement to our awesome monthly newsletter TAP Cubed, which has more of a sector-focus.

Anyway, enough plugging our stuff; here’s some Good Reading on TAP…

Animals and karma - video

Reason #4759 that doggos are awesome.

European elections - video

Has a promo for European elections ever hit you in the feels as much as this? Thought not. Stay out the comments though, unless you enjoy hearing from racists and nutters

Lookout - video

This feels like an April Fool. To quote Graham Taylor - what is happening here?

Tik Tok overview - video

Some banging articles for you 🤜🤛

Apparently the Instagram aesthetic of rose gold and avocado toast is ‘over’.
While we’re talking Insta, they’re officially testing hiding likes on posts in Canada. More details on that here and here.
According to research from Ohio State University, people have two creativity peaks in their lifetime - in their 20s and their 50s. The (relatively) creative 33-year-old writing this round up isn’t quite sure what to make of this.
There’s a new video app that doesn’t just want you to make video, it wants to teach you solid video-making techniques. Check out Nizo.
On the subject of video, here’s 10 content ideas to kick-start your video marketing strategy.
What’s that? You want a full list of social media innovations from the last 20 years? Well, funny you should ask...here you go.
Facebook now wants us to make videos that are 3 minutes long. Sure.
Looks like we’ve been wrong all this time - social media barely affects teenagers nowadays.
Who owns a meme? A tough question with an equally tricky answer.
This long read about what it actually takes for us to put our phones away is excellent and depressing.
A second mention for Tik Tok; here’s how UK marketers are testing it.
A Tik Tok hat-trick - apparently we should be worried about how China uses it and apps like it.
Just how did hedgehogs became the Instagram animal du jour? This piece explains.
Want some inspiration to up your password game? Here’s a list of the most hacked ones - 123456 is genuinely used by more than 23 MILLION people 🤦‍♂️
Research from the University of Bristol has found that our addiction to YouTube has the carbon footprint of a small city. Blimey.
Another worthy long read for you - here’s why it’s time to break up Facebook.
Lastly, something we can *all* get behind - Yorkshire Tea is stepping up the fight for a proper tea emoji 👍