E infine, per chiudere in bellezza la domenica nuvolosa...
C'è questo tizio, di cui fino ad ora avevo ignorato l'esistenza, che era un matto ma di genio. Si tratta di un sociologo tedesco, Niklas Luhmann, definito "Index Card's Emperor". Il metodo di gestione della conoscenza che voleva fermare su carta, utilizzando le schede che per esempio una volta si trovavano nelle biblioteche (il catalogo a schede) è affascianante e matto, appunto. Fa sembrare Umberto Eco e il suo "Come si scrive una tesi di laurea" una cosa per dilettanti allo sbaraglio.
Money quote: "Luhmann's notecard system is different from that of others because of the way he organized the information, intending it not just for the next paper or the next book, as most other researchers did, but for a life-time of working and publishing. He thus rejected the mere alphabetical organisation of the material just as much as the systematic arrangement in accordance with fixed categories, like that of the Dewey Decimal System, for instance. Instead, he opted for an approach that was "thematically unlimited," or is limited only insofar as it limits itself."
http://takingnotenow.blogspot.com/2007/12/luhmanns-zettelkasten.html
Qui avevo trovato il primo riferimento al suo metodo
http://nickpage.co.uk/stuff/the-joy-of-index-cards/
C'è questo tizio, di cui fino ad ora avevo ignorato l'esistenza, che era un matto ma di genio. Si tratta di un sociologo tedesco, Niklas Luhmann, definito "Index Card's Emperor". Il metodo di gestione della conoscenza che voleva fermare su carta, utilizzando le schede che per esempio una volta si trovavano nelle biblioteche (il catalogo a schede) è affascianante e matto, appunto. Fa sembrare Umberto Eco e il suo "Come si scrive una tesi di laurea" una cosa per dilettanti allo sbaraglio.
Money quote: "Luhmann's notecard system is different from that of others because of the way he organized the information, intending it not just for the next paper or the next book, as most other researchers did, but for a life-time of working and publishing. He thus rejected the mere alphabetical organisation of the material just as much as the systematic arrangement in accordance with fixed categories, like that of the Dewey Decimal System, for instance. Instead, he opted for an approach that was "thematically unlimited," or is limited only insofar as it limits itself."
http://takingnotenow.blogspot.com/2007/12/luhmanns-zettelkasten.html
Qui avevo trovato il primo riferimento al suo metodo
http://nickpage.co.uk/stuff/the-joy-of-index-cards/
Alla fine, la grande rivoluzione della moneta è solo uno straordinario gesto anarchico? Ma - mi chiedo io - le rivoluzioni accadono anche quando non le capiamo? (come il rumore degli alberi che cadono nel pieno della foresta amazzonica, insomma)
Money quote: "As Bitcoin rises in value, the hunt for Satoshi will only intensify. He controls at least a million coins that have never moved from his original wallets. If VC Chris Dixon is right and Bitcoin rocket to $100,000 a coin, those million coins will shoot up to $100 billion. If it goes even higher, say a $1 million a coin, that would make him the world’s first trillionaire. And that will only bring the hammer down harder and faster on him. You can be 100% sure that black ops units would be gunning for him around the clock.
Wherever he is, my advice to Satoshi is this:
Stay anonymous until your death bed."
https://hackernoon.com/why-everyone-missed-the-most-mind-blowing-feature-of-cryptocurrency-860c3f25f1fb
Money quote: "As Bitcoin rises in value, the hunt for Satoshi will only intensify. He controls at least a million coins that have never moved from his original wallets. If VC Chris Dixon is right and Bitcoin rocket to $100,000 a coin, those million coins will shoot up to $100 billion. If it goes even higher, say a $1 million a coin, that would make him the world’s first trillionaire. And that will only bring the hammer down harder and faster on him. You can be 100% sure that black ops units would be gunning for him around the clock.
Wherever he is, my advice to Satoshi is this:
Stay anonymous until your death bed."
https://hackernoon.com/why-everyone-missed-the-most-mind-blowing-feature-of-cryptocurrency-860c3f25f1fb
Hackernoon
Why Everyone Missed the Most Mind-Blowing Feature of Cryptocurrency | HackerNoon
There’s one incredible feature of cryptocurrencies that almost everyone seems to have missed, including Satoshi himself.
Due terzi dei cinguettii di Twitter sono robotici - il mio articolo per La Stampa
http://www.lastampa.it/2018/04/15/tecnologia/news/due-terzi-dei-cinguettii-di-twitter-sono-robotici-a3aZUam8wARrbH19dc1LtI/amphtml/pagina.amp.html
http://www.lastampa.it/2018/04/15/tecnologia/news/due-terzi-dei-cinguettii-di-twitter-sono-robotici-a3aZUam8wARrbH19dc1LtI/amphtml/pagina.amp.html
LaStampa.it
Due terzi dei cinguettii di Twitter sono robotici
Secondo il Pew Research Center la maggior parte dei link condivisi negli Usa sono creati da account non umani, ma bipartisan e centristi
Arrestato dal computer in mezzo alla folla - il mio articolo per La Stampa
http://www.lastampa.it/2018/04/16/tecnologia/news/arrestato-dal-computer-in-mezzo-alla-folla-e1ftiJotkhn1lLDmdtWBsI/amphtml/pagina.amp.html
http://www.lastampa.it/2018/04/16/tecnologia/news/arrestato-dal-computer-in-mezzo-alla-folla-e1ftiJotkhn1lLDmdtWBsI/amphtml/pagina.amp.html
LaStampa.it
Arrestato dal computer in mezzo alla folla
La polizia cinese blocca un ricercato fra altre 60mila persone grazie al riconoscimento facciale automatico
Il difficile, complicato, alle volte fuorviante rapporto tra Martin Luther King Jr. e le sue fotografie
Money quote: "If the news media sometimes vilified Dr. King, it also contributed to the mythic view of him as the charismatic leader “who single-handedly directed the course of the civil rights movement through the force of his oratory,” as the historian Clayborne Carson wrote of his distorted legacy"
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/lens/dr-kings-complex-relationship-with-the-camera.html
Money quote: "If the news media sometimes vilified Dr. King, it also contributed to the mythic view of him as the charismatic leader “who single-handedly directed the course of the civil rights movement through the force of his oratory,” as the historian Clayborne Carson wrote of his distorted legacy"
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/lens/dr-kings-complex-relationship-with-the-camera.html
NY Times
Dr. King’s Complex Relationship With the Camera (Published 2018)
The most compelling photographs of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were neither idealized nor simplistic, but endeavored to portray his complexity and humanity.
Ci sono alcuni nerd che sono più nerd degli altri. O forse hanno un po' della magica polverina "Aspergerina" che li fa brillare e volare come moderne Trilly digitali. Fatto sta che Mark Dominus è entrato nel mio radar per questo post sui tralicci e le varie componenti dei sistemi di distribuzione elettrica giapponese e americana:
Money quote: "I am almost always interested in utility infrastructure. I see it every day, and often don't think about it. The electric power distribution grid is a gigantic machine, one of the biggest devices ever built, and people spend their whole lives becoming experts on just one part of it. What is it all for, how does it work? What goes wrong, and how do you fix it? Who makes the parts, and how much do they cost?"
https://blog.plover.com/tech/utility-poles.html
ma la vera poesia esce fuori dalla sua mente -diciamo così- "peculiare" di ex adolescente americano quando parla del vecchio ristorante che faceva il ramen a New York e che recentemente ha chiuso. Intendiamoci, ognuno hai suoi luoghi magici ed eroici e una volta da "Sapporo" (si chiama così, come la birra) qualche anno fa ci sono stato pure io. Però però...
Money quote: "When I was fifteen years old, I did somethinng fifteen-year-old boys often do: I grew six inches and added thirty pounds in one year. I ate all the time. I spent so much time eating that it wasn't enjoyable any more, and I complained that I was tired of it and didn't have enough time to do anything else. I would come home from school and eat a double-decker sandwich (sliced muenster with mayonnaise was my favorite), half a pound of feta cheese, three yogurts, and whatever leftovers I could find in the fridge, and then two hours later when my parents got home I would ask “What's for dinner? I'm starving.” I fell in love with Sapporo because it was the only restaurant where I could afford to order as much food as I could eat. I would come out of Sapporo full. Sometimes when I left Sapporo there was still some rice or noodles in my bowl, and I would stop thinking about food for an hour or two."
https://blog.plover.com/food/sapporo.html
Ragazzi, questo è uno che magari di algoritmi ne capirà anche tanto, ma per il resto non sta mica bene, eh
Money quote: "I am almost always interested in utility infrastructure. I see it every day, and often don't think about it. The electric power distribution grid is a gigantic machine, one of the biggest devices ever built, and people spend their whole lives becoming experts on just one part of it. What is it all for, how does it work? What goes wrong, and how do you fix it? Who makes the parts, and how much do they cost?"
https://blog.plover.com/tech/utility-poles.html
ma la vera poesia esce fuori dalla sua mente -diciamo così- "peculiare" di ex adolescente americano quando parla del vecchio ristorante che faceva il ramen a New York e che recentemente ha chiuso. Intendiamoci, ognuno hai suoi luoghi magici ed eroici e una volta da "Sapporo" (si chiama così, come la birra) qualche anno fa ci sono stato pure io. Però però...
Money quote: "When I was fifteen years old, I did somethinng fifteen-year-old boys often do: I grew six inches and added thirty pounds in one year. I ate all the time. I spent so much time eating that it wasn't enjoyable any more, and I complained that I was tired of it and didn't have enough time to do anything else. I would come home from school and eat a double-decker sandwich (sliced muenster with mayonnaise was my favorite), half a pound of feta cheese, three yogurts, and whatever leftovers I could find in the fridge, and then two hours later when my parents got home I would ask “What's for dinner? I'm starving.” I fell in love with Sapporo because it was the only restaurant where I could afford to order as much food as I could eat. I would come out of Sapporo full. Sometimes when I left Sapporo there was still some rice or noodles in my bowl, and I would stop thinking about food for an hour or two."
https://blog.plover.com/food/sapporo.html
Ragazzi, questo è uno che magari di algoritmi ne capirà anche tanto, ma per il resto non sta mica bene, eh
Plover
The Universe of Discourse : Utility poles
Il calcolatore Elea 9003 di Ettore Sottsass funziona ancora - È passato un po' di tempo perché non l'avevo visto rispetto a quando è stato pubblicato. Ma ecco il mio articolo per Domus sull'Elea 9003/02 di Bibbiena (AR).
https://www.domusweb.it/it/design/2018/03/19/il-calcolatore-elea-9003-di-ettore-sottsass-funziona-ancora.html
https://www.domusweb.it/it/design/2018/03/19/il-calcolatore-elea-9003-di-ettore-sottsass-funziona-ancora.html
www.domusweb.it
Il calcolatore Elea 9003 di Ettore Sottsass funziona ancora
In un istituto tecnico in Toscana, l’ultimo esemplare del primo calcolatore Olivetti con cui Sottsass vinse il suo primo Compasso d’Oro nel 1959.
Di solito non le pubblico, ma questa gallery di foto del Post è veramente bella, se vi trovate da quasi vent'anni a vivere trapiantati a Milano
Money quote: "Da qualche anno si parla molto del grosso cambiamento urbanistico e architettonico di Milano, dove in un tempo relativamente breve sono stati costruiti nuovi palazzi e grattacieli e sono stati riqualificati interi quartieri che hanno cambiato notevolmente l’aspetto della città, rendendola nuova e diversa anche per chi ci vive tutti i giorni."
https://www.ilpost.it/2016/06/28/milano-fotografie-vintage/
Money quote: "Da qualche anno si parla molto del grosso cambiamento urbanistico e architettonico di Milano, dove in un tempo relativamente breve sono stati costruiti nuovi palazzi e grattacieli e sono stati riqualificati interi quartieri che hanno cambiato notevolmente l’aspetto della città, rendendola nuova e diversa anche per chi ci vive tutti i giorni."
https://www.ilpost.it/2016/06/28/milano-fotografie-vintage/
Il Post
Milano era così - Il Post
Raccolta fotografica della città italiana che più di tutte è cambiata negli ultimi anni, e che è bello ricordare com'era prima
Intrigante (lungo e ben articolato) saggio sulle tre fasi della critica ad Apple: dall’odio perdonale all’amore sviscerato
Money quote: “Apple bashing is one of the tech world’s favorite pastimes, and having a headline that criticizes Apple, highlights the company’s shortcomings, or predicts their doom is a surefire way to attract pageviews from both Apple detractors and fans. Apple is the world’s richest company, and rooting for the underdog is more fun than backing the champion, so it’s understandable that people want to see Apple taken down a few pegs”
https://medium.com/rethink-reviews/airpods-and-the-three-stages-of-apple-criticism-fed70b84e435
Money quote: “Apple bashing is one of the tech world’s favorite pastimes, and having a headline that criticizes Apple, highlights the company’s shortcomings, or predicts their doom is a surefire way to attract pageviews from both Apple detractors and fans. Apple is the world’s richest company, and rooting for the underdog is more fun than backing the champion, so it’s understandable that people want to see Apple taken down a few pegs”
https://medium.com/rethink-reviews/airpods-and-the-three-stages-of-apple-criticism-fed70b84e435
Medium
AirPods and the Three Stages of Apple Criticism
It’s rare for critics, commentators, and especially commenters to admit that they were wrong. One reason is that they are rarely asked to…
Un posto in prima fila nei nostri sogni. Lucid dreams sono il traguardo per quello che vogliono essere sempre in controllo anche quando dormono, ed esistono tecniche per riuscire a innescare il fenomeno in cui si diventa consapevoli che si sta sognando.
Money quote: “It takes a bit of practice, but if you’re lucky you might even have a lucid dream using MILD on your first night. If you do become aware that you’re dreaming, it’s important to stay calm, since intense emotions can trigger a premature awakening. And if the dream starts to fade or seems unstable, you can try rubbing your hands together vigorously from within the dream. It sounds strange, but this strategy works by flooding the brain with sensations from within the dream, which decreases the chance of becoming aware of your sleeping physical body, and waking up”
https://aeon.co/ideas/the-lucid-dreaming-playbook-how-to-take-charge-of-your-dreams
Money quote: “It takes a bit of practice, but if you’re lucky you might even have a lucid dream using MILD on your first night. If you do become aware that you’re dreaming, it’s important to stay calm, since intense emotions can trigger a premature awakening. And if the dream starts to fade or seems unstable, you can try rubbing your hands together vigorously from within the dream. It sounds strange, but this strategy works by flooding the brain with sensations from within the dream, which decreases the chance of becoming aware of your sleeping physical body, and waking up”
https://aeon.co/ideas/the-lucid-dreaming-playbook-how-to-take-charge-of-your-dreams
Aeon
The lucid dreaming playbook: how to take charge of your dreams
The art and science of lucid dreaming: five steps to using dreams to process trauma, hone skills or inspire creativity
C'è stata tanta, tantissima polemica per quanto ha riguardato (e ancora riguarda) l'alta velocità ferroviaria nel nostro Paese. Salta fuori però che la rete, assieme alla libera concorrenza, sta producendo i risultati migliori per l'economia (occupazione e ricchezza) delle città collegate che in tutto il resto d'Europa
Money quote: "In Europa vi sono attualmente circa 9 mila chilometri di linee ad alta velocità, sulle quali è possibile far circolare treni a una velocità almeno pari a 250 km/h; il 90 per cento si trova nei quattro paesi più estesi dell’area continentale. La rete italiana, che sfiora i mille chilometri, è la più piccola delle quattro, pur essendo la più antica grazie alla direttissima Firenze-Roma, la cui prima tratta fu inaugurata nel lontano 1977. La rete francese, avviata con la Parigi-Lione nel 1981, ha raggiunto nel 2017 i 2.700 km, mentre quella spagnola, inaugurata solo nel 1992 con la Madrid-Siviglia, è ora la più estesa e supera i 3 mila km; mentre la rete tedesca sfiora i 1.700 km (grafico 1). Solo la rete italiana è aperta alla concorrenza, le altre sono per ora esercitate solo dai vettori pubblici nazionali."
http://www.lavoce.info/archives/52546/concorrenza-ad-alta-velocita/
Money quote: "In Europa vi sono attualmente circa 9 mila chilometri di linee ad alta velocità, sulle quali è possibile far circolare treni a una velocità almeno pari a 250 km/h; il 90 per cento si trova nei quattro paesi più estesi dell’area continentale. La rete italiana, che sfiora i mille chilometri, è la più piccola delle quattro, pur essendo la più antica grazie alla direttissima Firenze-Roma, la cui prima tratta fu inaugurata nel lontano 1977. La rete francese, avviata con la Parigi-Lione nel 1981, ha raggiunto nel 2017 i 2.700 km, mentre quella spagnola, inaugurata solo nel 1992 con la Madrid-Siviglia, è ora la più estesa e supera i 3 mila km; mentre la rete tedesca sfiora i 1.700 km (grafico 1). Solo la rete italiana è aperta alla concorrenza, le altre sono per ora esercitate solo dai vettori pubblici nazionali."
http://www.lavoce.info/archives/52546/concorrenza-ad-alta-velocita/
Lavoce.info
Concorrenza ad alta velocità
In Europa ci sono oggi circa 9 mila chilometri di linee ad alta velocità, concentrate per lo più nei quattro stati più grandi. L’Italia è il paese dove il traffico cresce di più. Sarà merito del fatto che solo da noi ci sono due operatori in concorrenza?
Perché essere contro il matrimonio? Beh, l'idea di fondo qui è che lo Stato (ma bisognerebbe dire la società, in senso più ampio) è quella che definisce cosa sia il matrimonio e come funziona. Non è necessariamente una buona idea, almeno secondo alcune persone. Insomma, la tesi è che il matrimonio come istituzione sia anacronistico. La tesi nell'insieme non mi convince per niente, ma è interessante.
Money quote: "First, state-recognised marriage means that the state defines marriage and controls access to it. In a marriage regime, the state dictates who may marry. It determines whether marriage must be between a man and a woman, or whether same-sex marriage is allowed. It determines how many people can be married to each other. It determines whether and when divorce and remarriage are available. In a marriage regime, the state may also place religious or racial restrictions on marriage."
https://aeon.co/essays/why-marriage-is-both-anachronistic-and-discriminatory
Money quote: "First, state-recognised marriage means that the state defines marriage and controls access to it. In a marriage regime, the state dictates who may marry. It determines whether marriage must be between a man and a woman, or whether same-sex marriage is allowed. It determines how many people can be married to each other. It determines whether and when divorce and remarriage are available. In a marriage regime, the state may also place religious or racial restrictions on marriage."
https://aeon.co/essays/why-marriage-is-both-anachronistic-and-discriminatory
Aeon
Against marriage
Marriage is what happens when the state gets involved in endorsing and regulating personal relationships. It’s a bad idea
Le venti cose che questo buon uomo suggerisce di fare prima di morire sono tutte molto belle. Dimentica di dire che bisogna bere il boccione di Kool-Aid fino in fondo, però.
Money quote: “There’s no need to be afraid of this undeniable truth about our human existence. What I don’t want you to have, though, is regret because you didn’t experience to the fullest the following feelings: love, empathy, forgiveness, sympathy, kindness and compassion.”
https://medium.com/swlh/20-things-im-going-to-do-before-i-die-and-you-should-do-too-868319a04f9e
Money quote: “There’s no need to be afraid of this undeniable truth about our human existence. What I don’t want you to have, though, is regret because you didn’t experience to the fullest the following feelings: love, empathy, forgiveness, sympathy, kindness and compassion.”
https://medium.com/swlh/20-things-im-going-to-do-before-i-die-and-you-should-do-too-868319a04f9e
Medium
20 Things I’m Going To Do Before I Die And You Should Do Too.
“Everyday we are slowly dying”
Fare il pendolare in modo massivo può essere una alternativa, anche se visto da qui a me pare follia
Money quote: ""It's usually 8:15 or 8:20 when I get home at night," says Cherry, who has been doing this merciless long-distance commute for 16 years, getting by on just 4½ hours of sleep each night. "Nine hours of work and six hours of commuting. That's my story.""
http://beta.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-commute-cherry-20171216-story.html
Money quote: ""It's usually 8:15 or 8:20 when I get home at night," says Cherry, who has been doing this merciless long-distance commute for 16 years, getting by on just 4½ hours of sleep each night. "Nine hours of work and six hours of commuting. That's my story.""
http://beta.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-commute-cherry-20171216-story.html
latimes.com
Column – Her six-hour commute each day seems crazy, but her affordable rent is not
Carolyn Cherry starts her commute from Hemet to downtown Los Angeles two hours shy of sunrise. Ungodly commutes, as we know, are not new to Southern California.
L'effetto che viene cercato con l'esercizio fisico, nella maggior parte dei casi, è il dimagrimento, cioè bruciare i grassi. Quello che invece l'industria farmaceutica cerca è un altro Viagra: una pillola che risolva un probelma universale e si possa vendere a camionate, per farci un gazillione di dollari e mezzo. Un gruppo di ricercatori ha trovato una soluzione di questo tipo che riguarda il grasso corporeo: una pillola che blocca le proteine che tengono spento i geni che fanno bruciare i grassi: la pillola li riattiva e l'effetto è quello di bruciare i grassi come se si fosse fatto esercizio fisico. Immediatamente è stata è stata definita "la pillola che replica i benefici della palestra".
Money quote: "Testing on mice showed that, in burning the fats, the drug effectively prevented heart disease in obese mice. The researchers are now redesigning the drug structure to make it more potent, specific—and effective for humans. Though testing has thus far been limiting to mice, they hope to have it available for human use in five- to 10 years"
https://qz.com/783958/scientists-have-created-a-drug-that-replicates-the-health-benefits-of-exercise/
Money quote: "Testing on mice showed that, in burning the fats, the drug effectively prevented heart disease in obese mice. The researchers are now redesigning the drug structure to make it more potent, specific—and effective for humans. Though testing has thus far been limiting to mice, they hope to have it available for human use in five- to 10 years"
https://qz.com/783958/scientists-have-created-a-drug-that-replicates-the-health-benefits-of-exercise/
Quartz
Scientists have created a drug that replicates the health benefits of exercise
Researchers have made the breakthrough of couch potatoes’ dreams.
Un’idea interessante...
Money quote: “In our new era of Enlightenment, we need Romanticism again. In his speech ‘Politics and Conscience’ (1984), the Czech dissident Václav Havel, discussing factories and smokestacks on the horizon, explained just why: ‘People thought they could explain and conquer nature – yet … they destroyed it and disinherited themselves from it.’ Havel was not against industry, he was just for labour relations and protection of the environment”
https://aeon.co/ideas/enlightenment-rationality-is-not-enough-we-need-a-new-romanticism
Money quote: “In our new era of Enlightenment, we need Romanticism again. In his speech ‘Politics and Conscience’ (1984), the Czech dissident Václav Havel, discussing factories and smokestacks on the horizon, explained just why: ‘People thought they could explain and conquer nature – yet … they destroyed it and disinherited themselves from it.’ Havel was not against industry, he was just for labour relations and protection of the environment”
https://aeon.co/ideas/enlightenment-rationality-is-not-enough-we-need-a-new-romanticism
Aeon
Enlightenment rationality is not enough: we need a new Romanticism
We need a new Romanticism to promote humanity against the forward progress of science and the rise of scientism
Serata relax. Ham radio. Anzi, ascoltiamo un po' di rumore della polizia americana in sottofondo. Una trentina di stazioni metropolitane, per la precisione. Questa è San Francisco. Sette Undici, roger that.
http://youarelistening.to/sanfrancisco
Ma ci sono anche un po' di aeroporti. Ad esempio, JFK
http://youarelistening.to/jfk_atc
http://youarelistening.to/sanfrancisco
Ma ci sono anche un po' di aeroporti. Ad esempio, JFK
http://youarelistening.to/jfk_atc
You are listening to San Francisco
Ambient music and live SFPD radio. What's not to like?
Suggerimenti per futuri scrittori di successo.
Money quote: “The problem with the overly literary type is they often don’t pay attention to the person on the other end of the page. They love the idea of being a writer but aren’t practical when it comes to the writing itself.
Your life might not be interesting enough to make a great memoir, especially if nobody knows who you are.
Maybe other people aren’t as interested in the war of 1812 as you are. Maybe you should write about something else.
Writing to meet a market need doesn’t make you a hack, it makes you a person who actually earns from their writing.
In 2017, art and business aren’t mutually exclusive”
https://medium.com/the-mission/7-things-you-must-give-up-to-become-a-successful-writer-396c11a892e6
Money quote: “The problem with the overly literary type is they often don’t pay attention to the person on the other end of the page. They love the idea of being a writer but aren’t practical when it comes to the writing itself.
Your life might not be interesting enough to make a great memoir, especially if nobody knows who you are.
Maybe other people aren’t as interested in the war of 1812 as you are. Maybe you should write about something else.
Writing to meet a market need doesn’t make you a hack, it makes you a person who actually earns from their writing.
In 2017, art and business aren’t mutually exclusive”
https://medium.com/the-mission/7-things-you-must-give-up-to-become-a-successful-writer-396c11a892e6
Medium
7 Things You Must Give Up to Become a Successful Writer
Can you hear that?
Il tizio che fa diagrammi e infografiche fighe in rete è canadese ma ha anche altre cose nella sua vita. Qui ne condivide una: i suoi problemi psicologici (e quelli della moglie).
Money quote: “Here's a hint: it's a type of chart. Me, being a chart-lover, couldn't get anything else but a chart for my first tattoo! Well, the technical term for this type of chart is a "Lewis Diagram" and if you've ever taken a high school chemistry class, you will have learned about them.“
https://usefulcharts.com/blogs/charts/living-with-anxiety-and-how-my-chart-tattoo-helps
Money quote: “Here's a hint: it's a type of chart. Me, being a chart-lover, couldn't get anything else but a chart for my first tattoo! Well, the technical term for this type of chart is a "Lewis Diagram" and if you've ever taken a high school chemistry class, you will have learned about them.“
https://usefulcharts.com/blogs/charts/living-with-anxiety-and-how-my-chart-tattoo-helps
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Living with anxiety and how my "chart" tattoo helps
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