fields-notes-from-business-design — featured-strip shortlist
DARE.CO.UK · FEATURED PICKER · 9 MAY 2026
Section: fields-notes-from-business-design · Candidates evaluated: 191 · Shortlist: top 12 by composite score.
TL;DR
- Score combines recency of edit, article length, GSC impressions (90d cache, when available), and an anti-recency boost for older substantive work.
- Editorial intent preserved: this list narrows 72 → 12; you pick the 4–6 that match the editorial moment.
- Save selected URLs to a picks file, one per line, then re-run with
--picks <file>.
Top candidates — ranked by composite score
| # | Title | Category | Edit | Words | Imp (90d) | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tilting at Windmills | Observations | 2026-05-06 | 361 | 1,176 | 74.5 |
| 2 | Call the Ball | Observations | 2026-05-06 | 129 | 2,224 | 72.0 |
| 3 | A Day at El Bulli | Daring Acts | 2026-05-06 | 483 | 255 | 69.3 |
| 4 | Knots and Ties | Observations | 2026-05-06 | 122 | 281 | 66.3 |
| 5 | Daring class | Observations | 2026-05-06 | 169 | 103 | 62.8 |
| 6 | Monticello Dam | Observations | 2026-05-06 | 99 | 69 | 59.8 |
| 7 | Fruit Numbering Cheat Codes | Observations | 2026-05-06 | 291 | 29 | 58.7 |
| 8 | Hawk Symbolism | Observations | 2026-05-06 | 376 | 22 | 58.2 |
| 9 | The 15 Things Charles and Ray Eames Teach Us | Observations | 2026-05-06 | 74 | 21 | 54.0 |
| 10 | Asking for a shot of cachaça | Places | 2026-05-06 | 47 | 14 | 51.2 |
| 11 | Inside Apple’s Black Lab Wireless Testing Facilities | Observations | 2026-05-06 | 133 | 7 | 51.1 |
| 12 | We Believe | Observations | 2026-05-06 | 92 | 7 | 50.2 |
Excerpts (for editorial scan)
1. Tilting at Windmills
Category: Observations · Score: 74.5 · Signals: recency=29.9 · length=14.6 · impressions=30.0 · anti-recency=0.0
The origin of ‘tilting at windmills’ — from Cervantes’ Don Quixote to its figurative use in 19th-century political commentary. A short history of a lasting phrase.
2. Call the Ball
Category: Observations · Score: 72.0 · Signals: recency=29.9 · length=12.1 · impressions=30.0 · anti-recency=0.0
The US Navy’s visual landing system as a metaphor for tracking progress and landing projects — a beautifully practical parallel from the flight deck.
3. A Day at El Bulli
Category: Daring Acts · Score: 69.3 · Signals: recency=29.9 · length=15.3 · impressions=24.1 · anti-recency=0.0
A Day at El Bulli documents Ferran Adrià’s creative methods and innovative culinary techniques at the world’s most celebrated restaurant through photographs, recipes, and menus.
4. Knots and Ties
Category: Observations · Score: 66.3 · Signals: recency=29.9 · length=11.9 · impressions=24.5 · anti-recency=0.0
Elegant diagrams for tying the perfect knot — from the Half Windsor to the double Windsor, and why knowing your knots matters.
5. Daring class
Category: Observations · Score: 62.8 · Signals: recency=29.9 · length=12.7 · impressions=20.2 · anti-recency=0.0
The Royal Navy’s HMS Daring leads a new class of Type 45 destroyers — the most powerful and advanced air warfare vessels of their kind.
6. Monticello Dam
Category: Observations · Score: 59.8 · Signals: recency=29.9 · length=11.4 · impressions=18.5 · anti-recency=0.0
The Monticello Dam glory hole spillway at Lake Berryessa, CA — 72ft wide, 280ft deep, and one of the most dramatic overflow structures ever built.
7. Fruit Numbering Cheat Codes
Category: Observations · Score: 58.7 · Signals: recency=29.9 · length=14.1 · impressions=14.8 · anti-recency=0.0
How to read the PLU sticker codes on fruit and vegetables to tell conventional, organic, and GM produce apart — a quick consumer guide.
8. Hawk Symbolism
Category: Observations · Score: 58.2 · Signals: recency=29.9 · length=14.7 · impressions=13.6 · anti-recency=0.0
On the symbolism of the hawk: messenger, protector and visionary. A meditation on higher perspective, awareness, and the courage to see the bigger picture.
9. The 15 Things Charles and Ray Eames Teach Us
Category: Observations · Score: 54.0 · Signals: recency=29.9 · length=10.7 · impressions=13.4 · anti-recency=0.0
Fifteen lessons from Charles and Ray Eames on design, storytelling, and living creatively — drawn from an essay by Keith Yamashita.
10. Asking for a shot of cachaça
Category: Places · Score: 51.2 · Signals: recency=29.9 · length=9.6 · impressions=11.8 · anti-recency=0.0
A guide to ordering cachaça in Brazil and visiting Mocotó Restaurante e Cachaçaria, São Paulo’s premier Northeast Brazilian dining destination.
11. Inside Apple’s Black Lab Wireless Testing Facilities
Category: Observations · Score: 51.1 · Signals: recency=29.9 · length=12.2 · impressions=9.0 · anti-recency=0.0
A rare look inside Apple’s wireless testing black labs — anechoic chambers, 40 PhD engineers, and a signal-analysis regime shrouded in secrecy.
12. We Believe
Category: Observations · Score: 50.2 · Signals: recency=29.9 · length=11.2 · impressions=9.0 · anti-recency=0.0
Each year dare+ New York pauses to honour its charter — raising a glass to design done well, and giving thanks to clients, friends, and family.
How to pick
- Scan the table + excerpts above.
- Pick 4–6 URLs that you’d actually want to anchor the fields-notes-from-business-design archive’s editorial signal.
- Save them to a picks file:
# ~/Downloads/fields-picks.txt
/observations/call-the-ball/
/cinema/agent-provocateur-frankly-says-love-me-tender-or-else/
# add 2-4 more, one per line
- Re-run with
--picks <file>to write the cards intofields-notes-from-business-design/archive/index.html.
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