You may be unaware, but there is a very strict social hierarchy in fields.
Down at the very bottom comes the sociologists. Half the science community doesn’t even consider sociology to be real science. Even psychologists laugh and call sociology applied psychology.
Then we have psychology. Again, there are many scientists who disregard this field as a bunch of guesswork with no legitimate data, quantitative data. And you have biologists calling it applied biology.
Then comes biology. Pretty legitimate, but still looked down on by chemists, calling it applied chemistry.
As you may have guessed, next is chemistry. You may think, who looks down on chemistry? It’s pretty legitimate right? No. Physicists still look down upon them all and laugh. Everything is applied physics.
Right?
No. Physicists may stand above all the other sciences and laugh, but if physicists are standing on a hill, they all look like ants to the mathematicians looking down from the top of Everest. Everything. Is. Applied. Math.
Down at the very bottom comes the sociologists. Half the science community doesn’t even consider sociology to be real science. Even psychologists laugh and call sociology applied psychology.
Then we have psychology. Again, there are many scientists who disregard this field as a bunch of guesswork with no legitimate data, quantitative data. And you have biologists calling it applied biology.
Then comes biology. Pretty legitimate, but still looked down on by chemists, calling it applied chemistry.
As you may have guessed, next is chemistry. You may think, who looks down on chemistry? It’s pretty legitimate right? No. Physicists still look down upon them all and laugh. Everything is applied physics.
Right?
No. Physicists may stand above all the other sciences and laugh, but if physicists are standing on a hill, they all look like ants to the mathematicians looking down from the top of Everest. Everything. Is. Applied. Math.
Le sei regole per scrivere dei buoni articoli (pensato per blogger, ma non solo). A parte quella dello storytelling, che è banale oltre che discutibile, le altre sono cinque cose di buon senso che troppo spesso dimentichiamo.
Money quote: “Rule #4 for writing a good article: give me substance. One of the worst things on any news feed is an article that says nothing. They’re shockingly common. So often people just write fluff”
https://medium.com/the-mission/six-rules-for-writing-good-articles-94f95be2ba3c
Money quote: “Rule #4 for writing a good article: give me substance. One of the worst things on any news feed is an article that says nothing. They’re shockingly common. So often people just write fluff”
https://medium.com/the-mission/six-rules-for-writing-good-articles-94f95be2ba3c
Medium
Six Rules for Writing Good Articles
Writing a good article requires two things: good content and good technique.
Un altro articolo su come si fa a scrivere. Scritto da uno che scrive parecchio (o almeno così pensa lui). La prima metà è decisamente inutile. Ma nella seconda metà si sveglia e le cose diventano più interessanti anche se poco condivisibili. La via della scrittura è fatta di personale rodimento e arrovellamento, ma fa sempre piacere vedere i rovelli altrui.
Money quote: “You might think that adjusting to patterns might make your life repetitive and boring, but the opposite seems to be true. The beauty of recognizing patterns in your life is that it frees up your cognitive bandwidth for much higher value activities than trying to decide how you plan to behave for the day. Recognizing patterns in your life requires you to take actually take time, slow down and reflect on the results that your behavior is producing.”
https://medium.com/the-mission/how-writing-1000-words-a-day-changed-my-life-cf72453b8fef
Money quote: “You might think that adjusting to patterns might make your life repetitive and boring, but the opposite seems to be true. The beauty of recognizing patterns in your life is that it frees up your cognitive bandwidth for much higher value activities than trying to decide how you plan to behave for the day. Recognizing patterns in your life requires you to take actually take time, slow down and reflect on the results that your behavior is producing.”
https://medium.com/the-mission/how-writing-1000-words-a-day-changed-my-life-cf72453b8fef
Medium
How Writing 1000 Words a Day Changed my Life
I wrote at least a thousand words a day every day from the age of twelve on. — Ray Bradbury, Zen and the Art of Writing
Nell'era dello streming video Disney si compra 21th Century Fox - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/nellera-dello-streming-video-disney-si-compra-21th-century-fox/
https://www.macitynet.it/nellera-dello-streming-video-disney-si-compra-21th-century-fox/
Macitynet.it
Nell'era dello streming video Disney si compra 21th Century Fox - Macitynet.it
Il topo si è mangiato tutto il formaggio: la maxiacquisizione da 52,4 miliardi di dollari permette a Disney di prendersi quasi tutta. 20th Century Fox. E i Simpson lo sapevano 20 anni fa...
Addio Net Neutrality, cosa cambia in USA e in Europa - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/addio-net-neutrality-grazie-pesce/
https://www.macitynet.it/addio-net-neutrality-grazie-pesce/
Macitynet.it
Addio Net Neutrality, cosa cambia in USA e in Europa - Macitynet.it
Gli USA firmano l' addio Net Neutrality, l’atto che sancisce la fine di una rete in cui i bit hanno tutti la stessa cittadinanza. Cosa cambia in America e cosa cambierà da noi
Ecco cosa consiglia di leggere Bill Gates quest’anno - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/cosa-consiglia-leggere-bill-gates-questanno/
https://www.macitynet.it/cosa-consiglia-leggere-bill-gates-questanno/
Macitynet.it
Ecco cosa consiglia di leggere Bill Gates quest’anno - Macitynet.it
Il fondatore di Microsoft pubblica la sua lista di letture del 2017: per la prima volta c’è anche un fumetto
Il designer Vinicius Araújo lavora sull’alfabeto, i marchi, la grafica; i risultati sono sorprendenti.
Money quote: “An ingenious project by graphic designer Vinicius Araújo from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “36days Electronics” involves a complete set of Helvetica letterforms based on new and retro electronic brands like Ultimate Ears (U), Apple (A) and Nintendo (N). See the full alphabet, plus a bonus set of numbers, below!”
https://www.booooooom.com/2017/11/10/electronic-brand-alphabet-by-designer-vinicius-araujo/
Money quote: “An ingenious project by graphic designer Vinicius Araújo from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “36days Electronics” involves a complete set of Helvetica letterforms based on new and retro electronic brands like Ultimate Ears (U), Apple (A) and Nintendo (N). See the full alphabet, plus a bonus set of numbers, below!”
https://www.booooooom.com/2017/11/10/electronic-brand-alphabet-by-designer-vinicius-araujo/
BOOOOOOOM!
Electronic Brand Alphabet by Designer Vinicius Araújo
An ingenious project by graphic designer Vinicius Araújo from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. "36days Electronics" involves a complete set of …
Considerazioni di vario genere sul rimpianto, un sentimento che all'interno di una relazione sentimentale ha dei significati precisi: il New York Times fa un ragionamento non lungo che si può leggere con calma nel fine settimana.
Money quote: "Imagine regret as the psychological version of physical pain, drawing attention to something inside that’s off or in need of healing. “Regret is a signal that you’re learning from your mistakes,” Summerville says. If you wish you were more communicative about your emotions with an ex-lover, for example, let that feeling steer you to more openness in future relationships. Consider seeking help from a therapist if you experience what Summerville calls “ruminative regret,” the negative thoughts that arise repeatedly, unbidden, alongside anxiety and depression. “Poking at a wound in that way is not going to make it better,” she says."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/08/magazine/how-to-have-fewer-regrets.html
Money quote: "Imagine regret as the psychological version of physical pain, drawing attention to something inside that’s off or in need of healing. “Regret is a signal that you’re learning from your mistakes,” Summerville says. If you wish you were more communicative about your emotions with an ex-lover, for example, let that feeling steer you to more openness in future relationships. Consider seeking help from a therapist if you experience what Summerville calls “ruminative regret,” the negative thoughts that arise repeatedly, unbidden, alongside anxiety and depression. “Poking at a wound in that way is not going to make it better,” she says."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/08/magazine/how-to-have-fewer-regrets.html
NY Times
How to Have Fewer Regrets (Published 2017)
Focus on ‘‘good enough.’’ Regard the emotion as psychological healing.
L’occhio e la fotocamera. Entrambi registrano su una superficie sensibile la luce riflessa dagli oggetti. Vedono. Ma nel parallelismo ci sono cose simili e cos’è alquanto diverse. Una piacevole narrazione dei due strumenti per la visione, quella umana e quella artificiale.
Money quote: “Light adjustment: Both the eye and a camera can adjust quantity of light entering. On a camera, it’s done with the aperture control built into your lens, whilst in your eye, it’s done by having a larger or smaller iris.”
https://medium.com/photography-secrets/whats-the-difference-between-a-camera-and-a-human-eye-a006a795b09f
Money quote: “Light adjustment: Both the eye and a camera can adjust quantity of light entering. On a camera, it’s done with the aperture control built into your lens, whilst in your eye, it’s done by having a larger or smaller iris.”
https://medium.com/photography-secrets/whats-the-difference-between-a-camera-and-a-human-eye-a006a795b09f
Medium
What’s the difference between a camera and a human eye?
Or: What’s the ISO of a human eye?
Apple a Cork - così funziona il sistema Apple in Europa - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/apple-a-cork-come-funziona-apple-in-europa/
https://www.macitynet.it/apple-a-cork-come-funziona-apple-in-europa/
Macitynet.it
Apple a Cork - così funziona il sistema Apple in Europa
Più di 300mila dipendenti, milioni di pezzi coordinati dall'Irlanda, tutti gli investimenti di Cupertino nella contea occidentale del Paese in un servizio pubblicato da un giornale del paese dell'arcipelago britannico.
La "macchina della conversazione": interessante intervista all'autore di un interessante libro su come funzionano le conversazioni da un punto di vista linguistico: How We Talk di N.J. Enfield, professore di linguistica alla Università di Sydney.
Money quote: "In his book How We Talk, he examines how conversational minutiae—filler words like “um” and “mm-hmm,” and pauses that are longer than 200 milliseconds—grease the wheels of this machine. In fact, he argues, these little “traffic signals” to some degree define human communication. What all human languages have in common, and what sets our communication apart from animals, is our ability to use language to coordinate how we use language."
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/12/the-secret-life-of-um/547961/
Money quote: "In his book How We Talk, he examines how conversational minutiae—filler words like “um” and “mm-hmm,” and pauses that are longer than 200 milliseconds—grease the wheels of this machine. In fact, he argues, these little “traffic signals” to some degree define human communication. What all human languages have in common, and what sets our communication apart from animals, is our ability to use language to coordinate how we use language."
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/12/the-secret-life-of-um/547961/
The Atlantic
The Secret Life of 'Um'
How filler words and tiny pauses keep conversations from going off the rails
L’opera struggente di un solitario (e malsano) genio: la macchina per scrivere che stampa su un documento Google: ecco a voi in tutta la sua inutilità DocWriter
Money quote: “The idea behind the DocWriter is to be a bridge between these tools so that each serves its purpose: the typewriter, to create the building blocks of a piece of writing, and the word processor, to make the most of them.“
http://jsomers.net/blog/docwriter
Money quote: “The idea behind the DocWriter is to be a bridge between these tools so that each serves its purpose: the typewriter, to create the building blocks of a piece of writing, and the word processor, to make the most of them.“
http://jsomers.net/blog/docwriter
jsomers.net
DocWriter: the typewriter that sends its keystrokes in real time to a Google Doc
<p>For years I’ve wanted a writing machine that would combine the best parts of a typewriter and a word processor. After months of tinkering, a friend and I just finished building one. We call it the DocWriter. It’s a typewriter that sends its keystrokes…
Recensione Kindle Oasis 2017, tutto un altro ereader - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/recensione-kindle-oasis-2017-un-altro-ereader/
https://www.macitynet.it/recensione-kindle-oasis-2017-un-altro-ereader/
Macitynet.it
Recensione Kindle Oasis 2017, tutto un altro ereader - Macitynet.it
Abbiamo provato la nuova generazione del lettore ebook di punta di Amazon. Grande memoria, schermo maxi, impermeabile e prezzo importante
Mansplaining, spiegato bene (a fumetti)
https://medium.com/the-nib/mansplaining-explained-518b4c4672dd
https://medium.com/the-nib/mansplaining-explained-518b4c4672dd
Medium
Mansplaining, Explained
By Sarah Mirk and Alexanda Beguez
Nonostante io sia quella che viene definita una persona “visiva” (o forse proprio per quello) da tempo ragiono sull’idea che la vista sia il senso meno sviluppato e/o importante. Lo penso perché lo sviluppo decisamente visivo della nostra specie (scrittura, disegno, fotografia, video) mi pare zoppicare e comunque sbilanciare altre parti di me/noi.
È la premessa per spiegare perché mi ha incuriosito questo articolo che porta acqua al mio mulino, per così dire. E anche parecchia.
Money quote: “So it can indeed be shown that there are severe limitations to our visual imagination. Why? It is likely that visual imagery-capacity limits arise somewhere in the visual-imagery brain network, which spans frontal and posterior visual areas of the brain. The frontal areas are thought to be responsible for the control and creation of visual imagery through top-down connections that feed into the sensory (in this case, visual) areas of the brain. These top-down connections are proposed to manipulate the firing rate, or synaptic connections, of the neurons in visual areas of the brain leading to the experience of visual imagery. We can think of these top-down manipulations as creating ‘maps’ of the images that we imagine in the visual areas of our brain. When we imagine multiple images, we create multiple maps, and these maps compete for space in the brain’s visual areas. This competition and interaction between imagery maps is, perhaps, what gives rise to our capacity limits”
https://aeon.co/ideas/the-human-brains-bandwidth-for-visual-images-is-severely-limited
È la premessa per spiegare perché mi ha incuriosito questo articolo che porta acqua al mio mulino, per così dire. E anche parecchia.
Money quote: “So it can indeed be shown that there are severe limitations to our visual imagination. Why? It is likely that visual imagery-capacity limits arise somewhere in the visual-imagery brain network, which spans frontal and posterior visual areas of the brain. The frontal areas are thought to be responsible for the control and creation of visual imagery through top-down connections that feed into the sensory (in this case, visual) areas of the brain. These top-down connections are proposed to manipulate the firing rate, or synaptic connections, of the neurons in visual areas of the brain leading to the experience of visual imagery. We can think of these top-down manipulations as creating ‘maps’ of the images that we imagine in the visual areas of our brain. When we imagine multiple images, we create multiple maps, and these maps compete for space in the brain’s visual areas. This competition and interaction between imagery maps is, perhaps, what gives rise to our capacity limits”
https://aeon.co/ideas/the-human-brains-bandwidth-for-visual-images-is-severely-limited
Aeon
The human brain’s bandwidth for visual images is severely limited
Imagine you are at Ikea to pick up a sofa for your new flat. You see one you like, a wine-coloured two-seater with big soft cushions. You imagine what it would look like with your current furniture, and decide that’s the sofa you want. As you cont...
Forwarded from Fumettologica
I 10 migliori graphic novel pubblicati in Italia nel 2017, secondo noi.
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/12/migliori-graphic-novel-2017/
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/12/migliori-graphic-novel-2017/
Fumettologica
I 10 migliori graphic novel del 2017
Concludiamo il nostro resoconto dell’anno che sta per finire, con una selezione dei 10 migliori libri a fumetti usciti in Italia nel 2017.
Tre consigli su come fare un buon colloquio di lavoro. Interessante.
Money quote: "Tell me what you’ve accomplished, not what you’ve been responsible for"
https://builttoadapt.io/3-steps-to-landing-any-product-manager-interview-a60c3f54f7b7
Money quote: "Tell me what you’ve accomplished, not what you’ve been responsible for"
https://builttoadapt.io/3-steps-to-landing-any-product-manager-interview-a60c3f54f7b7
Built to Adapt
3 Steps to Landing any Product Manager Interview
In my role as hiring manager for Product Management at Pivotal Labs NYC, I’ve been at the receiving end of hundreds of resumes.
Non so chi di voi, miei fidi lettori nonché spesso possessori di ereader, conoscano MLOL. Conoscevatelo, però!
Money quote: "Un segreto ben mantenuto. Inspiegabilmente ben mantenuto: si tratta di MLOL, la rete delle biblioteche pubbliche italiane, che di fatto offre nel dominio digitale e via Internet tutto quello che di buono queste istituzioni già fanno sul territorio. E proprio come le biblioteche pubbliche, MLOL è un servizio gratuito per i cittadini. E pensare che i servizi di MLOL sono attivi da anni, da prima che diventassero diffuse le piattaforme di streaming, gli ebook reader diventassero popolari e le app dei quotidiani riempissero i tablet. Sul perché MLOL sia poco (o per nulla) pubblicizzata ci si potrebbe interrogare, dandosi anche risposte inquietanti. Noi proviamo ad alzare un velo su un servizio che continua ad essere efficiente e ben funzionante nell'ombra: è giusto che i cittadini sappiano."
http://www.dday.it/redazione/25073/la-biblioteca-digitale-in-italia-esiste-si-chiama-mlol-ed-offre-ebook-e-quotidiani-in-forma-totalmente-gratuita-ma-quanti-la-conoscono
Money quote: "Un segreto ben mantenuto. Inspiegabilmente ben mantenuto: si tratta di MLOL, la rete delle biblioteche pubbliche italiane, che di fatto offre nel dominio digitale e via Internet tutto quello che di buono queste istituzioni già fanno sul territorio. E proprio come le biblioteche pubbliche, MLOL è un servizio gratuito per i cittadini. E pensare che i servizi di MLOL sono attivi da anni, da prima che diventassero diffuse le piattaforme di streaming, gli ebook reader diventassero popolari e le app dei quotidiani riempissero i tablet. Sul perché MLOL sia poco (o per nulla) pubblicizzata ci si potrebbe interrogare, dandosi anche risposte inquietanti. Noi proviamo ad alzare un velo su un servizio che continua ad essere efficiente e ben funzionante nell'ombra: è giusto che i cittadini sappiano."
http://www.dday.it/redazione/25073/la-biblioteca-digitale-in-italia-esiste-si-chiama-mlol-ed-offre-ebook-e-quotidiani-in-forma-totalmente-gratuita-ma-quanti-la-conoscono
DDay.it
Ebook e quotidiani gratuiti: MLOL, la biblioteca pubblica digitale che quasi nessuno conosce
MLOL, acronimo di Media Library Online, è il primo sistema bibliotecario digitale a cui hanno aderito oltre 5.000 biblioteche in Italia e che offre gratuitamente e 24 ore su 24 contenuti multimediali a tutti i cittadini. Su MLOL è possibile trovare gli ultimi…
App Economy, il giardino blindato di Apple ha conquistato il mondo - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/app-economy-solo-allinizio/
https://www.macitynet.it/app-economy-solo-allinizio/
Macitynet.it
App Economy, il giardino blindato di Apple ha conquistato il mondo - Macitynet.it
Nonostante le voci pessimiste, il sistema di distribuzione del software portato al successo da Apple con i suoi App Store è tutt’altro che arrivato al capolinea. Chi credeva nei negozi digitali liberi e lamenta l'assenza di libertà deve ricredersi: lo dicono…
Sei lì che pensi di leggere una cosa normale, magari anche interessante. E all’improvviso scopri che hai di fronte un perfetto racconto distopico del miliardario che vuole imparare la vita per scriverla negli algoritmi.
Le persone? Sono le penne e i fogli con cui farlo. Il livello più alto dei suoi tre? Gli algoritmi. Pensa te...
Money quote: “In order to unlock this value, Dalio focuses on three levels of reality while most people focus on just one. He also thinks about his time differently. Rather than just focusing the day around getting stuff done, throughout his career he has focused on constant and deliberate learning. I call this tendency for many of the busiest, most successful leaders to spend at least 5 hours or more per week learning the 5-hour rule.“
https://medium.com/the-mission/self-made-billionaire-there-are-three-levels-of-reality-and-most-people-are-stuck-in-level-one-ad5a1bf5ad76
Le persone? Sono le penne e i fogli con cui farlo. Il livello più alto dei suoi tre? Gli algoritmi. Pensa te...
Money quote: “In order to unlock this value, Dalio focuses on three levels of reality while most people focus on just one. He also thinks about his time differently. Rather than just focusing the day around getting stuff done, throughout his career he has focused on constant and deliberate learning. I call this tendency for many of the busiest, most successful leaders to spend at least 5 hours or more per week learning the 5-hour rule.“
https://medium.com/the-mission/self-made-billionaire-there-are-three-levels-of-reality-and-most-people-are-stuck-in-level-one-ad5a1bf5ad76
Medium
Self-Made Billionaire: There Are Three Levels Of Reality, And Most People Are Stuck In Level One, But They Have No Idea
The brutal truth is that most people aren’t even aware of Level 2 or 3