Issue #132 Royalty-free music for all you podcasters, Angel investors including women and black people from the community and dope tools to help you build quicker
Great week, you know me I’m just building building.
Ahead of my short trip to Ghana I built this, as I got added to a Whatsapp group which got full within a week. Never seen so many people going to Ghana. Anyway, I decided to build this app to as so many dope people were providing services in Ghana and I wanted to challenge myself.
If you’re going to Ghana in December, checkout this app! Feel free to download it on your phone #nocode
Feebback would be great!
Design
The State of UX in 2020
This high quality UX publication has just published their trends report on User Design as a discipline - and are looking ahead touching on things such as designing for transparency to combat fake news, small communitites and how it creates spaces where people open up better, building less features that add value and being empathetic about how annoying design files are
If I could start from scratch, this is how I’d learn to code
Advice on Medium about learning to code.
My two pence, is learn what you need to and build something for yourself or someone you care about.
Insights
The easiest way to record your VOIP podcast interviews in studio quality
Record your remote interviews in studio quality
Artlist
You can use the music in any way in perpetuity, which is a big bonus. They also have stems at the higher tiered subscription.
Recommended for Royalty free music
Royalty free music
Another
Musicbed - more royalty free music
The songs are scaled pricing. The price depends on use and client size your going to pay more or less. Yes, it’s easier and less expensive than actually licensing a track from an artist themselves, but the cost can quickly escalate. I would suggest one off purchasing for commercial use and having client side handle that.
More Royalty free music - beautifully produced music for film and video.
Music Vine another option for royalty free music
Makers
Blockflow - Create notes. Explore ideas. Stay in the zone.
Checkout this tool created by my friend made in Webflow. In his words, using Webflow is neat and saves him time
Carrd - Simple, free, fully responsive one-page sites for pretty much anything
Have to really give this another shout out for one-page landing pages.
Culture Chat
Atomico launches second angel programme | Sifted
Big news as two people I know, Andy Davis, Harry McLaverty, Sarah Drinkwayer are given capital to invest in startups with high potential. Will be interesting to see what they invest in.
The European VC has given 15 new angels across Europe $100,000 each to invest in early-stage startups, with a focus on female founders and sustainability.
In Jan 2020, we’re launching Black Girl Fest Academy, a free 7-month programme in association with Today at Apple & The Mayor of London.
The Academy aims to inspire & enable Black women aged 17-25, equipping them with the tools they need to create events for their communities. https://t.co/4t3fashgSP
Quoted Replies - Chrome Web Store
Checkout this smart product that came from a Nigerian developer
Blockflow - Create notes. Explore ideas. Stay in the zone.
Checkout this tool
Survey54
Looks like Survey54 secured funding according to the Founders tweet
On-demand survey platform with a focus on emerging markets in Africa and the diaspora