Sul perché bisognerebbe tutti quanti collezionare orologi della Seiko (concordo!)
Money quote: “The Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, wears one. Ellen Ripley wore one when she battled aliens. Ramon Ang wears one to meetings and, if he likes you, will take it off his wrist and give it to you. The manong security guard at the mall has one. And after years of saying that I’d never collect watches because I’m already deep down the rabbit-hole with hi-fi audio and fountain pens, I have one as well.“
https://www.spot.ph/newsfeatures/the-latest-news-features/70000/seiko-watch-collection-a503-20170503
Money quote: “The Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, wears one. Ellen Ripley wore one when she battled aliens. Ramon Ang wears one to meetings and, if he likes you, will take it off his wrist and give it to you. The manong security guard at the mall has one. And after years of saying that I’d never collect watches because I’m already deep down the rabbit-hole with hi-fi audio and fountain pens, I have one as well.“
https://www.spot.ph/newsfeatures/the-latest-news-features/70000/seiko-watch-collection-a503-20170503
SPOT.PH
The Brand That Watch Collectors Don't Want You to Buy
Well, the secret's out.
Alla fine, quel che conta è lo strumento... forse.
Money quote: “Decía Pablo Picasso que «la inspiración existe, pero tiene que encontrarte trabajando». Si un pintor esperara siempre a que le llegara la inspiración (o las ganas de trabajar), probablemente ninguno de sus cuadros vería la luz. Y si un escritor hiciera lo mismo, tampoco pondría el punto final a ninguno de sus libros. Y precisamente sobre el proceso de escribir y las distracciones quiero hablar hoy”
http://www.ochoenpunto.com/escribir-minimalismo-zenpen-scrivener/
Money quote: “Decía Pablo Picasso que «la inspiración existe, pero tiene que encontrarte trabajando». Si un pintor esperara siempre a que le llegara la inspiración (o las ganas de trabajar), probablemente ninguno de sus cuadros vería la luz. Y si un escritor hiciera lo mismo, tampoco pondría el punto final a ninguno de sus libros. Y precisamente sobre el proceso de escribir y las distracciones quiero hablar hoy”
http://www.ochoenpunto.com/escribir-minimalismo-zenpen-scrivener/
Ochoenpunto
Cuando lo importante es escribir (y solo escribir): del minimalismo de ZenPen a la potencia de Scrivener | Ocho en punto
Cory Doctorow è un giornalista e imprenditore, oltre che scrittore. Personaggio complesso. La rappresentazione di quel che sta per succedere è perlomeno parziale.
Money quote: “Just last week, German music professor Ulrich Kaiser posted his research on automated censorship of classical music, in which he found that it was nearly impossible to post anything by composers like Bartok, Schubert, Puccini and Wagner, because companies large and small have fraudulently laid claim to their whole catalogs.”
https://boingboing.net/2018/09/05/mozart-bach-sorta-mach.html/
Money quote: “Just last week, German music professor Ulrich Kaiser posted his research on automated censorship of classical music, in which he found that it was nearly impossible to post anything by composers like Bartok, Schubert, Puccini and Wagner, because companies large and small have fraudulently laid claim to their whole catalogs.”
https://boingboing.net/2018/09/05/mozart-bach-sorta-mach.html/
Boing Boing
The future is here today: you can't play Bach on Facebook because Sony says they own his compositions
James Rhodes, a pianist, performed a Bach composition for his Facebook account, but it didn’t go up — Facebook’s copyright filtering system pulled it down and accused him of copyr…
Una snella guida alla non-monogamia nel mondo. Intrigante.
Money quote: “Zou hun or “walking marriage” is a common practice with the Mosuo ethnic group, in the Yunnan province of China. Instead of traditional marriages, the Mosuo indicate interest, and a woman may give a man permission to visit her after dark. While sexual activities may happen with many partners, couples do not usually live together even when their relationships become longer-term; women remain with their family. Rather than caring for their specific offspring, men share responsibility for any children born to women in their own family.”
https://matadornetwork.com/life/non-monogamy-around-world/
Money quote: “Zou hun or “walking marriage” is a common practice with the Mosuo ethnic group, in the Yunnan province of China. Instead of traditional marriages, the Mosuo indicate interest, and a woman may give a man permission to visit her after dark. While sexual activities may happen with many partners, couples do not usually live together even when their relationships become longer-term; women remain with their family. Rather than caring for their specific offspring, men share responsibility for any children born to women in their own family.”
https://matadornetwork.com/life/non-monogamy-around-world/
Matador Network
A Visual Guide to Non-Monogamy Around the World
Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, creator of "Afrobeat," married all 27 women in his entourage in 1978.
Di cosa muore una startup? Di problemi personali. In gergo aeronautico: la uccide l’errore molto più spesso che non un difetto di progettazione. Solo che non se ne parla mai.
Money quote: “But the technical cause of death is usually a veneer. Behavioral, cultural, and interpersonal issues are among the biggest killers of startups, but they are seldom discussed in public. “
Money quote: “But the technical cause of death is usually a veneer. Behavioral, cultural, and interpersonal issues are among the biggest killers of startups, but they are seldom discussed in public. “
https://medium.com/s/story/what-really-kills-most-startups-e5dc06e72549
Money quote: “But the technical cause of death is usually a veneer. Behavioral, cultural, and interpersonal issues are among the biggest killers of startups, but they are seldom discussed in public. “
Money quote: “But the technical cause of death is usually a veneer. Behavioral, cultural, and interpersonal issues are among the biggest killers of startups, but they are seldom discussed in public. “
https://medium.com/s/story/what-really-kills-most-startups-e5dc06e72549
Medium
Response to
Recognizing the human reasons your business failed is the only way to prevent it from happening again
Tra poco apre il salone dell’orologio ma intanto il NYTimes racconta la trasformazione del mercato giapponese.
Money quote: ““We’re kind of in start-up mode in Japan,” said Steve Amstutz, vice president and chief commercial officer of Parmigiani Fleurier, a Swiss luxury brand expanding its footprint in Japan. “The market has changed over the past five, 10 years. It went from being an exclusively domestic market to one where there is a travel retail business, meaning overseas foreigners are coming to Japan and buying luxury products from Europe.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/fashion/watches-japan-swatch-group.html#click=https://t.co/KM2qnDOqBI
Money quote: ““We’re kind of in start-up mode in Japan,” said Steve Amstutz, vice president and chief commercial officer of Parmigiani Fleurier, a Swiss luxury brand expanding its footprint in Japan. “The market has changed over the past five, 10 years. It went from being an exclusively domestic market to one where there is a travel retail business, meaning overseas foreigners are coming to Japan and buying luxury products from Europe.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/fashion/watches-japan-swatch-group.html#click=https://t.co/KM2qnDOqBI
NY Times
Japan Becomes a Rising Star for the Swiss Watch Industry (Published 2017)
As brands continue to struggle with the downturn, the country’s strong sales are a bright spot.
In Gran Bretagna sono tutti pazzi per le anticherie tecnologiche
Money quote: “The online retailer has noticed a rise in Gen Z collectors and millennials, aged 22 to 37, seeking products that take them back to their childhood.”
https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/technow/britons-buying-more-retro-tech-as-millennials-catch-nostalgia-bug-866353.html
Money quote: “The online retailer has noticed a rise in Gen Z collectors and millennials, aged 22 to 37, seeking products that take them back to their childhood.”
https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/technow/britons-buying-more-retro-tech-as-millennials-catch-nostalgia-bug-866353.html
Irishexaminer
Britons buying more retro tech as millennials catch nostalgia bug
eBay has noticed an increase in searches for everything from typewriters to the Sega Mega Drive.
Le migliori app per prendere appunti sul mercato. Sono solo in parte d’accordo. Comunque, iA Writer e Scrivener ci sono.
Money quote: “Still, there’s a small quality-of-life improvement to enjoy when you switch from a mediocre, passable note-taking app to the best one you can find. And wouldn’t it be nice to have one app that fulfills your note-taking needs so that all your notes are in one place? That’s why we looked for the simplest, easiest-to-use note-taking app that’s relatively affordable.”
https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/this-is-my-next/2018/8/31/17630496/best-note-taking-app-google-keep-iawriter-school
Money quote: “Still, there’s a small quality-of-life improvement to enjoy when you switch from a mediocre, passable note-taking app to the best one you can find. And wouldn’t it be nice to have one app that fulfills your note-taking needs so that all your notes are in one place? That’s why we looked for the simplest, easiest-to-use note-taking app that’s relatively affordable.”
https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/this-is-my-next/2018/8/31/17630496/best-note-taking-app-google-keep-iawriter-school
The Verge
The best note-taking apps for class, work, and life
Wouldn’t it be nice to have one app that fulfills your note-taking needs?
Molto, molto interessante intervista della Paris Review a Chris Ware. La lettura lunga della domenica.
Money quote: “I’ve said it many times before, but Charles Schulz is the only writer I’ve continually been reading since I was a kid. And I know I’m not alone. He touched millions of people and introduced empathy to comics, an important step in their transition from a mass medium to an artistic and literary one.”
https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6329/chris-ware-the-art-of-comics-no-2-chris-ware
Money quote: “I’ve said it many times before, but Charles Schulz is the only writer I’ve continually been reading since I was a kid. And I know I’m not alone. He touched millions of people and introduced empathy to comics, an important step in their transition from a mass medium to an artistic and literary one.”
https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6329/chris-ware-the-art-of-comics-no-2-chris-ware
The Paris Review
Chris Ware, The Art of Comics No. 2
Self-portrait by Chris Ware
When you first approach Chris Ware’s house in Oak Park, Illinois, on the western edge of Chicago, it seems like the essence of tree-lined Midwestern normality. Inside, though, it’s a mini-museum, or perhaps a curiosity…
Per concludere, sempre in ambito letterario.
La vita dopo Henning Mankell: cosa abbiamo capito e cosa ci ha detto lui nel suo ultimo libro.
Money quote: “When the University of St Andrews gave Henning Mankell an honorary doctorate in 2008, it announced that the degree was awarded not only for his contribution to literature but also for the “practical exercise of conscience”. That is a formal way of saying “for being a good man”, which is what Mankell was. Now, in Quicksand, published in English less than four months after his death, the Swedish novelist gives us an insight into how he reacted to his diagnosis of cancer and reflected on his mortality. The result is an extraordinarily moving book that tells us a great deal about Mankell’s life and, incidentally, a lot about our lives, too”
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2016/01/henning-mankell-s-quicksand-grave-yet-intensely-beautiful-book
La vita dopo Henning Mankell: cosa abbiamo capito e cosa ci ha detto lui nel suo ultimo libro.
Money quote: “When the University of St Andrews gave Henning Mankell an honorary doctorate in 2008, it announced that the degree was awarded not only for his contribution to literature but also for the “practical exercise of conscience”. That is a formal way of saying “for being a good man”, which is what Mankell was. Now, in Quicksand, published in English less than four months after his death, the Swedish novelist gives us an insight into how he reacted to his diagnosis of cancer and reflected on his mortality. The result is an extraordinarily moving book that tells us a great deal about Mankell’s life and, incidentally, a lot about our lives, too”
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2016/01/henning-mankell-s-quicksand-grave-yet-intensely-beautiful-book
New Statesman
Henning Mankell’s Quicksand is a grave, yet intensely beautiful, book
The chief strength of this book – and what makes it such a beautiful, moving document – is in the denoscriptions that Mankell gives of the joy and suffering he has seen.
Un libro sulla storia di cui ci sarebbe bisogno anche da noi è “Lies My Teacher Told Me”. Purtroppo questo è centrato sulla storia degli Stati Uniti e quindi da noi non funziona.
Ma vale certamente la pena leggere l’intervista all’autore fatta da Vox
Money quote: “Consider the period of 1890-1940, when race relations got systematically worse every year. America actually got more racist in its ideology than at any other time in history. After slavery, white people convinced themselves that there were equal opportunities, which was a lie. They told themselves that black people were criminals and incompetent and unable to succeed.
The point isn’t that life was better for people under slavery; it’s that the story of moral and political progress isn’t so clear. And when we pretend that it is neat and clear, we cause teachers to teach and students to think that progress happens automatically, and that destroys the impulse to change things — to become an activist.”
https://www.vox.com/conversations/2018/8/1/17602596/american-history-james-loewen-howard-zinn
Ma vale certamente la pena leggere l’intervista all’autore fatta da Vox
Money quote: “Consider the period of 1890-1940, when race relations got systematically worse every year. America actually got more racist in its ideology than at any other time in history. After slavery, white people convinced themselves that there were equal opportunities, which was a lie. They told themselves that black people were criminals and incompetent and unable to succeed.
The point isn’t that life was better for people under slavery; it’s that the story of moral and political progress isn’t so clear. And when we pretend that it is neat and clear, we cause teachers to teach and students to think that progress happens automatically, and that destroys the impulse to change things — to become an activist.”
https://www.vox.com/conversations/2018/8/1/17602596/american-history-james-loewen-howard-zinn
Vox
The biggest lie we still teach in American history classes
Author James Loewen reflects on America’s inability to see its own past clearly.
Vecchi libri da leggere per diventare molto ricchi. Questo è del 1836 e ha cambiato la vita a una persona in particolare.
Money quote: “Warren Buffett is probably the most successful investor in American history. He credits a 1936 book called One Thousand Ways to Make $1,000 (which he found in the library when he was 7 years old) with giving him his initial career inspiration.
The book was out of print for decades. But I found it recently and read it, and I'm pretty much blown away”
https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/warren-buffett-says-this-1936-book-inspired-his-entire-career-i-read-it-its-truly-eye-opening.html
Money quote: “Warren Buffett is probably the most successful investor in American history. He credits a 1936 book called One Thousand Ways to Make $1,000 (which he found in the library when he was 7 years old) with giving him his initial career inspiration.
The book was out of print for decades. But I found it recently and read it, and I'm pretty much blown away”
https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/warren-buffett-says-this-1936-book-inspired-his-entire-career-i-read-it-its-truly-eye-opening.html
Inc.com
I Read the 1936 Book That Launched Warren Buffett's Career and It's Truly Inspiring
Dated? Yes, of course -- it's 82 years old. But it's also surprisingly inspiring.
Altro che 5G: care compagnie telefoniche, chi si fida più di voi? - Il mio articolo per Wired
https://www.wired.it/economia/business/2018/09/07/5g-compagnie-telefoniche-fiducia-costi/
https://www.wired.it/economia/business/2018/09/07/5g-compagnie-telefoniche-fiducia-costi/
WIRED.IT
Altro che 5G: care compagnie telefoniche, chi si fida più di voi?
Il 5G è la nuova rincorsa per gli operatori di telecomunicazioni, ma l'arrivo di Iliad e le fatture a 28 giorni hanno minato la credibilità del mercato
Infine, chiudiamo ma trilogia sulla lettura di oggi con l’opera struggente di un solitario monomaniaco: ecco Tom Tryniski, l’uomo che dal suo soggiorno ha passato gli ultimi diciannove anni a digitalizzare quasi 50 milioni di pagine di giornale. Ne parla la Columbia Journalism Review.
Money quote: “Tryniski has no formal training in archiving and isn’t particularly interested in working with any of the various other online newspaper directories, especially those with regimented archival requirements. He has, on occasion, been approached by companies looking to partner with him or purchase licenses to his archives. He’s turned them all down, including one offer for half a million dollars.
“I knew my collection would ultimately be charged for,” Tryniski says nonchalantly, explaining why he declined the offer—for most people, an enormous sum of money. “I really didn’t like the idea of charging a guy to use my site, and then for them to take the biggest profit. You know what I’m saying?” Tryniski, who rarely travels, owns his home in low-cost Fulton, and eats meals at a diner (he doesn’t even own dishes, he says), funds the operation himself. His efforts have been covered in a variety of publications including on Browsings, a blog published by Harper’s Magazine.”
https://www.cjr.org/the_profile/tom-tryniski-fultonhistory.php
Money quote: “Tryniski has no formal training in archiving and isn’t particularly interested in working with any of the various other online newspaper directories, especially those with regimented archival requirements. He has, on occasion, been approached by companies looking to partner with him or purchase licenses to his archives. He’s turned them all down, including one offer for half a million dollars.
“I knew my collection would ultimately be charged for,” Tryniski says nonchalantly, explaining why he declined the offer—for most people, an enormous sum of money. “I really didn’t like the idea of charging a guy to use my site, and then for them to take the biggest profit. You know what I’m saying?” Tryniski, who rarely travels, owns his home in low-cost Fulton, and eats meals at a diner (he doesn’t even own dishes, he says), funds the operation himself. His efforts have been covered in a variety of publications including on Browsings, a blog published by Harper’s Magazine.”
https://www.cjr.org/the_profile/tom-tryniski-fultonhistory.php
Columbia Journalism Review
How Tom Tryniski digitized nearly 50 million pages of newspapers in his living room
<p>Tom Tryniski does not lock his doors. He spends most days sitting in his living room in Fulton, New York, 30 miles northwest of Syracuse, in front of two jumbo computer monitors, looking something like a security guard, but friendlier. He appears young…
Il problema del lavoro è sempre più interessante. Sta andando in corto circuito per via del digitale e della trasformazione degli assetti della società che stanno cambiando rapidamente. Vecchio articolo sempre molto valido.
Money quote: "Therefore, it’s actually a matter of professional life or death to get rid of your low-value work – tasks that mean little or nothing to customers or colleagues. Take an active approach. Design a new, do-able job for yourself. Here’s when to do it"
https://hbr.org/2016/06/stop-doing-low-value-work
Money quote: "Therefore, it’s actually a matter of professional life or death to get rid of your low-value work – tasks that mean little or nothing to customers or colleagues. Take an active approach. Design a new, do-able job for yourself. Here’s when to do it"
https://hbr.org/2016/06/stop-doing-low-value-work
Harvard Business Review
Stop Doing Low-Value Work
How to make more time for the tasks that matter.
Perché Google e gli altri big non possono fare a meno della Cina - il mio articolo per Wired
https://www.wired.it/attualita/tech/2018/09/03/google-cina-brin/
https://www.wired.it/attualita/tech/2018/09/03/google-cina-brin/
Wired
Perché Google e gli altri big non possono fare a meno della Cina
Sergei Brin, uno dei fondatori di Google, è sempre stato contrario a venire a patti con il governo cinese. Ma ora anche lui ha ceduto