Un libro, anche se non riesci a leggerlo, non si butta. Anzi, casomai è colpa mia se non va giù. Per me non è più così. Invecchiando, infatti, l'adorazione per i libri e la lettura - retaggio di una civiltà contadina che stava approcciando la cultura e per la quale qualsiasi libro era sacro e da venerare - è sfumata. Ne compro sempre troppi, alcuni li colleziono o comunque li desidero e cerco di possederli, più che leggerli. Però la cosa di fondo con gli anni è cambiata per sempre. Per questo nel ragionamento che segue in parte mi ritrovo: non bisogna leggere tutto. E: alcuni libri sono solo una perdita di tempo. Il trucco, spiega l'autrice, è come e dove impariamo a leggere libri, cioè la scuola, e l'attitudine e l'atteggiamento mentale che ci portiamo dietro. Perché...
Money quote: "reading is a joy. It’s a touch of growth, it’s a beacon of inspiration, and it’s source of connection. We are how we spend our time, and we become what we consume. It only makes sense, then, that what we read informs how we see the world."
https://medium.com/personal-growth/there-are-two-ways-to-read-one-is-useless-cc152cf4f51b
Money quote: "reading is a joy. It’s a touch of growth, it’s a beacon of inspiration, and it’s source of connection. We are how we spend our time, and we become what we consume. It only makes sense, then, that what we read informs how we see the world."
https://medium.com/personal-growth/there-are-two-ways-to-read-one-is-useless-cc152cf4f51b
Medium
There Are Two Ways to Read — One Is Useless
Right, wrong, and the value of reading.
Sul tempo e sul programmare cose che hanno a che fare con il tempo, tipo un calendario (qui si impara cosa siano i fusi orari e soprattutto cos'è "UTC")
Money quote: "Building a calendar sucks. Like there’s really cool shit you can do, since every calendar out there today is basically straight outta 2005, but at the end of the day you’re stuck dealing with all of the edge cases that all your dork friends have warned you about since the dawn of time. (Like literally, the dawn of time is a separate edge case you have to account for as well.) So there’s been a lot of heinous stuff we’ve had to work with."
https://zachholman.com/talk/utc-is-enough-for-everyone-right
Money quote: "Building a calendar sucks. Like there’s really cool shit you can do, since every calendar out there today is basically straight outta 2005, but at the end of the day you’re stuck dealing with all of the edge cases that all your dork friends have warned you about since the dawn of time. (Like literally, the dawn of time is a separate edge case you have to account for as well.) So there’s been a lot of heinous stuff we’ve had to work with."
https://zachholman.com/talk/utc-is-enough-for-everyone-right
Zachholman
UTC is Enough for Everyone, Right?
Programming with dates, times, and timezones is hard. But here's some help.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, al via investimento di 4 miliardi per l’intelligent edge - il mio articolo per Il Sole 24 Ore
http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2018-06-19/hewlett-packard-enterprise-via-investimento-4-miliardi-l-intelligent-edge--183921.shtml?uuid=AE0QIz8E
http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2018-06-19/hewlett-packard-enterprise-via-investimento-4-miliardi-l-intelligent-edge--183921.shtml?uuid=AE0QIz8E
Il Sole 24 ORE
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, al via investimento di 4 miliardi per l’intelligent edge
È una rivoluzione che potrebbe cambiare il modo con il quale le aziende creano valore attraverso il digitale
Ossessionati dalle scarpe da ginnastica. Anni fa avevo letto un libro molto interessante sulla nascita di Adidas e Puma (aziende "sorelle" nel senso letterale del termine: i due fondatori erano fratelli) con un twist ovviamente europeo. Questo articolo, visto dalla prospettiva americana, è una continuazione molto piacevole.
Money quote: "According to Smith’s research, sneakers as we know them may never have existed without Charles Goodyear’s serendipitous invention of vulcanized rubber in 1839. Despite his poor business sense that landed him repeatedly in debtor’s prison, the inventor saw an opportunity for technological advancement when he purchased hundreds of rubber life preservers in 1834 that had melted in the New York City summer heat. After years of fruitless experimentation, Goodyear finally happened upon the combination of lead, sulfur and heat that would allow the rubber to keep its shape."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/brief-history-americas-obsession-sneakers-180969116/
Money quote: "According to Smith’s research, sneakers as we know them may never have existed without Charles Goodyear’s serendipitous invention of vulcanized rubber in 1839. Despite his poor business sense that landed him repeatedly in debtor’s prison, the inventor saw an opportunity for technological advancement when he purchased hundreds of rubber life preservers in 1834 that had melted in the New York City summer heat. After years of fruitless experimentation, Goodyear finally happened upon the combination of lead, sulfur and heat that would allow the rubber to keep its shape."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/brief-history-americas-obsession-sneakers-180969116/
Smithsonian Magazine
A Brief History of America’s Obsession With Sneakers
Invented for athletics, sneakers eventually became status symbols and an integral part of street style
Nella notte della ragione che segue l'inverno di Game of Thrones, il New York Times mette il suo speciale contributo: un imprescindibile articolo-tutorial su come mettersi in posa per farsi fotografare.
Money quote: "More symmetrical faces might look good straight on, but you’ll probably want to turn your head slightly to highlight a particular side. Hurley finds that most people have a more attractive “good side,” which tends to correspond with where they part their hair. To find yours, shoot a series of three selfies: First look straight at the camera, nose at 12 o’clock; turn to the right, nose at 1 o’clock; then to the left, at 11 o’clock. “Everyone has a sweet spot,” Hurley says."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/magazine/how-to-pose-for-a-photograph.html
Money quote: "More symmetrical faces might look good straight on, but you’ll probably want to turn your head slightly to highlight a particular side. Hurley finds that most people have a more attractive “good side,” which tends to correspond with where they part their hair. To find yours, shoot a series of three selfies: First look straight at the camera, nose at 12 o’clock; turn to the right, nose at 1 o’clock; then to the left, at 11 o’clock. “Everyone has a sweet spot,” Hurley says."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/magazine/how-to-pose-for-a-photograph.html
NY Times
How to Pose for a Photograph (Published 2018)
Elongate your neck. Find your good side. Don’t say “cheese.”
Apple con la versione 2018 dell’iPhone X cambierà connessione e metterà la USB-C al posto di quella Lightning attuale? Boh...
Money quote: “People hate connector changes. When the original 30-pin connector was dropped in favor of Lightning, there was a lot of brouhaha about having to buy new cables and adapters from Apple.”
https://www.cnet.com/news/2018-iphone-x-with-usb-c-why-we-want-it-and-wont-get-it-lightning/
Money quote: “People hate connector changes. When the original 30-pin connector was dropped in favor of Lightning, there was a lot of brouhaha about having to buy new cables and adapters from Apple.”
https://www.cnet.com/news/2018-iphone-x-with-usb-c-why-we-want-it-and-wont-get-it-lightning/
CNET
Apple, please add USB-C to the iPhone
But you probably won't, and here's why.
Secondo qualcuno la Generazione X, che sta arrivando al suo picco di maturità anagrafica, unisce il meglio dei due mondi: educazione old style e eloquenza digitale. Sarà...
Money quote: "While Gen X may be equally capable at digital tasks as millennials, they also show a mastery of conventional leadership skills more on par with leaders of the baby boomer generation. That includes identifying and developing new talent at their organizations and driving the execution of business strategies to bring new ideas to reality."
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/generation-x--not-millennials--is-changing-the-nature-of-work.html
Money quote: "While Gen X may be equally capable at digital tasks as millennials, they also show a mastery of conventional leadership skills more on par with leaders of the baby boomer generation. That includes identifying and developing new talent at their organizations and driving the execution of business strategies to bring new ideas to reality."
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/generation-x--not-millennials--is-changing-the-nature-of-work.html
CNBC
Generation X — not millennials — is changing the nature of work
Generation X is quickly occupying the majority of business leadership roles.
Non sono un grande appassionato di questo tipo di cose (utilizzo una app a pagamento per macOS e iOS: Things) ma devo dire che anche questa soluzione non è male.
Money quote:
Rhythm
a simple daily notebook, calendar, and task list
https://getarhythm.com
Money quote:
Rhythm
a simple daily notebook, calendar, and task list
https://getarhythm.com
Getarhythm
Rhythm App
a simple daily notebook, calendar, and task list
Avete voglia di disegnare con il computer? Vi piace la Ascii art? Beh, suppongono che non abbiate mai visto qualcosa di simile, ma potrebbe piacervi.
http://asciiflow.com
http://asciiflow.com
È tornato William Langewiesche; e: wow!
Money quote: “Of the original 2,000 isis fighters, many had died, but a good number had managed to slip away, even though checkpoints had been set up around Sirte. Africa Command knew it. In the Air Force, escapees are called “squirters” because, rather than being crushed, they squirt out from the pressure of strikes. In Sirte, some squirters turned around and launched attacks from the rear. Others squirted into the cities, where they disappeared. One relatively small group—no more than 100 men—squirted into the desert about 30 miles southwest of town. They established two camps, about 10 miles apart. The Pentagon would later state that they were planning attacks on Europe. On the evidence, they were also unusually ineffectual people. Despite the known presence of American drones overhead, they had chosen to congregate in the open desert, away from any protections offered by the presence of civilians. Their incompetence was Waldhauser’s liberation. For once there was no need to know who was who in the zoo”
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/561719/
Money quote: “Of the original 2,000 isis fighters, many had died, but a good number had managed to slip away, even though checkpoints had been set up around Sirte. Africa Command knew it. In the Air Force, escapees are called “squirters” because, rather than being crushed, they squirt out from the pressure of strikes. In Sirte, some squirters turned around and launched attacks from the rear. Others squirted into the cities, where they disappeared. One relatively small group—no more than 100 men—squirted into the desert about 30 miles southwest of town. They established two camps, about 10 miles apart. The Pentagon would later state that they were planning attacks on Europe. On the evidence, they were also unusually ineffectual people. Despite the known presence of American drones overhead, they had chosen to congregate in the open desert, away from any protections offered by the presence of civilians. Their incompetence was Waldhauser’s liberation. For once there was no need to know who was who in the zoo”
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/561719/
Forwarded from macitynet.it
Si dimette il CEO di Intel per la relazione con una dipendente https://www.macitynet.it/si-dimette-il-ceo-di-intel-per-la-relazione-con-una-dipendente/
Macitynet.it
Si dimette il CEO di Intel per la relazione con una dipendente - Macitynet.it
Intel ha annunciato le dimissioni di Brian Krzanich sia come amministratore delegato sia come membro del consiglio di amministrazione. Le dimissioni dopo la scoperta di una relazione consensuale con una dipendente.
Insomma. siamo prossimi all'Olocausto nucleare o altro. E per salvarsi, i ricconi della Silicon Valley hanno capito che esiste un solo angolo del pianeta dove andare: la Nuova Zelanda. Ottima idea, no? Suggerisco l'Appennino tosco-emiliano come alternativa.
Money quote: "If you’re interested in the end of the world, you would have been interested, soon after Donald Trump’s election as US president, to read a New York Times headline stating that Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist who co-founded PayPal and was an early investor in Facebook, considered New Zealand to be “the Future”. Because if you are in any serious way concerned about the future, you’re also concerned about Thiel, a canary in capitalism’s coal mine who also happens to have profited lavishly from his stake in the mining concern itself."
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/15/why-silicon-valley-billionaires-are-prepping-for-the-apocalypse-in-new-zealand
Money quote: "If you’re interested in the end of the world, you would have been interested, soon after Donald Trump’s election as US president, to read a New York Times headline stating that Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist who co-founded PayPal and was an early investor in Facebook, considered New Zealand to be “the Future”. Because if you are in any serious way concerned about the future, you’re also concerned about Thiel, a canary in capitalism’s coal mine who also happens to have profited lavishly from his stake in the mining concern itself."
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/15/why-silicon-valley-billionaires-are-prepping-for-the-apocalypse-in-new-zealand
the Guardian
Why Silicon Valley billionaires are prepping for the apocalypse in New Zealand
The long read: How an extreme libertarian tract predicting the collapse of liberal democracies – written by Jacob Rees-Mogg’s father – inspired the likes of Peter Thiel to buy up property across the Pacific
La Silicon Valley? Piace a quelli che non ci lavorano (e per questo vorrebbero imitarla).
Money quote: "Sure, the country’s burgeoning tech enclaves in Utah and Kentucky and Oregon draw inspiration from the original. And sure, they’d love to have even a tiny fraction of the wealth, power, and jobs provided by a massively successful tech company. And sure, the only proven way to do that is to follow the Silicon Valley recipe of accumulating engineering talent, venture investors, incubators, and mentors. And sure, for the last decade, many cities around the country have tried to import the valley’s spirit, work ethic, and culture. Plenty have copied the Valley’s penchant for hype, too. “Could Toledo, Ohio, be the next Silicon Valley?” the PR blasts wonder. “How about Jacksonville, Florida? Care to take a media junket to tour the St. Louis tech scene?”"
https://www.wired.com/story/everyone-hates-silicon-valley-except-its-imitators/
Money quote: "Sure, the country’s burgeoning tech enclaves in Utah and Kentucky and Oregon draw inspiration from the original. And sure, they’d love to have even a tiny fraction of the wealth, power, and jobs provided by a massively successful tech company. And sure, the only proven way to do that is to follow the Silicon Valley recipe of accumulating engineering talent, venture investors, incubators, and mentors. And sure, for the last decade, many cities around the country have tried to import the valley’s spirit, work ethic, and culture. Plenty have copied the Valley’s penchant for hype, too. “Could Toledo, Ohio, be the next Silicon Valley?” the PR blasts wonder. “How about Jacksonville, Florida? Care to take a media junket to tour the St. Louis tech scene?”"
https://www.wired.com/story/everyone-hates-silicon-valley-except-its-imitators/
WIRED
Everyone Hates Silicon Valley, Except Its Imitators
Leaders behind Silicon Prairie, Silicon Shire, and Silicon Holler say they see the flaws in the nation's tech hub, and hope to avoid the same mistakes.
Quest'uomo è un pazzo e un visionario (nel suo piccolo), però le sue idee mi piacciono. Qui parliamo di decentralizzazione.
Money quote: "The internet is the ultimate software-based network, consisting of a relatively simple core layer connecting billions of fully programmable computers at the edge. Software is simply the encoding of human thought, and as such has an almost unbounded design space. Computers connected to the internet are, by and large, free to run whatever software their owners choose. Whatever can be dreamt up, with the right set of incentives, can quickly propagate across the internet. Internet architecture is where technical creativity and incentive design intersect."
https://medium.com/@cdixon/why-decentralization-matters-5e3f79f7638e
Money quote: "The internet is the ultimate software-based network, consisting of a relatively simple core layer connecting billions of fully programmable computers at the edge. Software is simply the encoding of human thought, and as such has an almost unbounded design space. Computers connected to the internet are, by and large, free to run whatever software their owners choose. Whatever can be dreamt up, with the right set of incentives, can quickly propagate across the internet. Internet architecture is where technical creativity and incentive design intersect."
https://medium.com/@cdixon/why-decentralization-matters-5e3f79f7638e
Medium
Why Decentralization Matters
We’ve forgotten there’s a better way to build internet services
Fare domande agli altri, magari su Stack Overflow. Non è mica così semplice. Joel on software al suo meglio
Money quote: "There’s this popular idea among developers that when you face a problem with code, you should get out a rubber duck and explain, to the duck, exactly how your code was supposed to work, line by line, what you expected to see, what you saw instead, etc. Developers who try this report that the very act of explaining the problem in detail to an inanimate object often helps them find the solution."
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2018/04/23/strange-and-maddening-rules/
Money quote: "There’s this popular idea among developers that when you face a problem with code, you should get out a rubber duck and explain, to the duck, exactly how your code was supposed to work, line by line, what you expected to see, what you saw instead, etc. Developers who try this report that the very act of explaining the problem in detail to an inanimate object often helps them find the solution."
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2018/04/23/strange-and-maddening-rules/
Joel on Software
Strange and maddening rules
There’s this popular idea among developers that when you face a problem with code, you should get out a rubber duck and explain, to the duck, exactly how your code was supposed to work.
Perché adesso Jeff Bezos praticamente è sempre a Washington, intesa come capitale, oltre che a Seattle, che è nello stato di Washington, cioè tutta da un'altra parte.
Money quote: "Soon we’ll all know him. You may even bump into the man. Just as Bezos has busied himself pushing his Seattle company to new feats, the inventor of the “everything store” has been quietly moonlighting in a town that, friends say, he views as an everything city—a delta of diplomats and techies, military engineers and journalists, powerbrokers and problem solvers, a mélange perfectly suited to the tinkerer’s heterodox taste. Confidants report that Bezos spends more time in Washington than in any other city outside of Seattle—ten trips a year, give or take—and for good reason. Not content merely to own the local newspaper, the retail guru has become the owner of the largest home in DC."
https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/04/22/inside-jeff-bezos-dc-life/
Money quote: "Soon we’ll all know him. You may even bump into the man. Just as Bezos has busied himself pushing his Seattle company to new feats, the inventor of the “everything store” has been quietly moonlighting in a town that, friends say, he views as an everything city—a delta of diplomats and techies, military engineers and journalists, powerbrokers and problem solvers, a mélange perfectly suited to the tinkerer’s heterodox taste. Confidants report that Bezos spends more time in Washington than in any other city outside of Seattle—ten trips a year, give or take—and for good reason. Not content merely to own the local newspaper, the retail guru has become the owner of the largest home in DC."
https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/04/22/inside-jeff-bezos-dc-life/
Washingtonian
Inside Jeff Bezos's DC Life
The story of how the world's richest man is becoming a Washingtonian.
Fra i tanti matti da legare che portano avanti progetti per i quali dovrebbero essere effettivamente legati e classificati come matti, questo riesce a distinguersi. E non di poco.
Money quote: "Can your Honda Accord go from 0 to 60 mph in 2.7 seconds? Jim Belosic’s can. Belosic turned a car that he bought as a replica of his high school ride into a rear-wheel-drive Gasser-style electric car using drivetrain bits from a Tesla Model S P85. He calls this roughly 536-horsepower frankencar the Teslonda, and believe it or not, he plans to turn it into a daily driveable car."
https://jalopnik.com/this-glorious-madman-stuffed-a-p85-tesla-drivetrain-int-1823461909
Money quote: "Can your Honda Accord go from 0 to 60 mph in 2.7 seconds? Jim Belosic’s can. Belosic turned a car that he bought as a replica of his high school ride into a rear-wheel-drive Gasser-style electric car using drivetrain bits from a Tesla Model S P85. He calls this roughly 536-horsepower frankencar the Teslonda, and believe it or not, he plans to turn it into a daily driveable car."
https://jalopnik.com/this-glorious-madman-stuffed-a-p85-tesla-drivetrain-int-1823461909
Jalopnik
This Glorious Madman Stuffed A Tesla Drivetrain Into A 1981 Honda Accord
Can your Honda Accord go from 0 to 60 mph in 2.7 seconds? Jim Belosic’s can. Belosic turned a car that he bought as a replica of his high school ride into a rear-wheel-drive Gasser-style electric car using drivetrain bits from a Tesla Model S P85. He calls…
Facebook in crisi? Ma quando mai...
Money quote: “Goldman Sachs said Facebook's US unique users on mobile rose 7% year-on-year to 188.6 million in April, when the scandal was biting hard. Time spent on Facebook also went up. The graph below says it all.”
http://www.businessinsider.com/people-increased-facebook-usage-after-cambridge-analytica-scandal-2018-5?IR=T
Money quote: “Goldman Sachs said Facebook's US unique users on mobile rose 7% year-on-year to 188.6 million in April, when the scandal was biting hard. Time spent on Facebook also went up. The graph below says it all.”
http://www.businessinsider.com/people-increased-facebook-usage-after-cambridge-analytica-scandal-2018-5?IR=T
Business Insider
The backlash that never happened: New data shows people actually increased their Facebook usage after the Cambridge Analytica scandal
Goldman Sachs said Facebook's US unique users on mobile rose 7% year-on-year to 188.6 million in April, when the scandal was biting hard. Time spent on Facebook also went up. The data will give CEO Mark Zuckerberg confidence as he prepares for a crunch week.
Aneddoto molto apocrifo su come Steve Jobs arrivasse ad avere un feedback utile per andare avanti.
Money quote: ““In the early 2000s,” Famous CEO said, “Jobs was splitting his time between Apple and Pixar. He would spend most days at Apple, but then he would parachute into Pixar. He would have to figure out where his attention was needed really fast, so he would arrange sessions with all the different teams—the Cars team, the technology team, whatever—so there were a dozen or so people in each one. Then he would point to one person in each session and say:
Tell me what’s not working at Pixar”
https://medium.com/the-mission/steve-jobs-secret-for-eliciting-questions-overheard-at-a-san-francisco-cafe-80b1af67433
Money quote: ““In the early 2000s,” Famous CEO said, “Jobs was splitting his time between Apple and Pixar. He would spend most days at Apple, but then he would parachute into Pixar. He would have to figure out where his attention was needed really fast, so he would arrange sessions with all the different teams—the Cars team, the technology team, whatever—so there were a dozen or so people in each one. Then he would point to one person in each session and say:
Tell me what’s not working at Pixar”
https://medium.com/the-mission/steve-jobs-secret-for-eliciting-questions-overheard-at-a-san-francisco-cafe-80b1af67433
Medium
Steve Jobs’ Secret for Eliciting Questions, Overheard at a San Francisco Cafe
Don’t just ask, “Any questions?”
La pubblicità online è diventata un grande problema, sia che vada a finire sulle pagine di siti di informazione sia che si tratti di letture più leggere, fino all’intrattenimento puro. C’è chi ha pensato delle soluzioni, ma pare si tratti dei soliti furbetti del quartierino digitale, che hanno messo assieme modi furbi di monetizzare gli utenti ancora più degli altri.
Money quote: “Who decides what ads are acceptable anyways?”
https://medium.com/@trybravery/please-stop-using-adblock-but-not-why-you-think-13280e76c8e7
Money quote: “Who decides what ads are acceptable anyways?”
https://medium.com/@trybravery/please-stop-using-adblock-but-not-why-you-think-13280e76c8e7
Genitori che parlano ai figli di informatica
Money quote: “My six-year-old son walked up to me yesterday. “What are you reading?”
At the time, I was reading part of Janis Voigtländer’s habilitation thesis. Unsure where to even start, I decided to just answer straightforwardly: “I’m reading a very long story about free theorems.”
He persisted. “What are free theorems?””
https://byorgey.wordpress.com/2018/05/06/conversations-with-a-six-year-old-on-functional-programming/
Money quote: “My six-year-old son walked up to me yesterday. “What are you reading?”
At the time, I was reading part of Janis Voigtländer’s habilitation thesis. Unsure where to even start, I decided to just answer straightforwardly: “I’m reading a very long story about free theorems.”
He persisted. “What are free theorems?””
https://byorgey.wordpress.com/2018/05/06/conversations-with-a-six-year-old-on-functional-programming/
blog :: Brent -> [String]
Conversations with a six-year-old on functional programming
My six-year-old son walked up to me yesterday. “What are you reading?” At the time, I was reading part of Janis Voigtländer’s habilitation thesis. Unsure where to even start, I decided to just ans…