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
Apple in tribunale con l'accusa di monopolio con il suo app store per iOS. La difesa però è interessante. (Peraltro, Apple e l'amministrazione Trump sono dalla stessa parte, in questo caso)
Money quote: ""Apple is trying to argue that the consumers don't have the standing to sue here because the app developers set the price," says Sandeep Vaheesan, an antitrust lawyer at the Open Markets Institute, a nonprofit that advocates against monopolistic power. "What the consumers are really upset at is how the apps are being priced by developers.""
https://www.wired.com/story/pepper-v-apple-supreme-court-app-store-antitrust/
Money quote: ""Apple is trying to argue that the consumers don't have the standing to sue here because the app developers set the price," says Sandeep Vaheesan, an antitrust lawyer at the Open Markets Institute, a nonprofit that advocates against monopolistic power. "What the consumers are really upset at is how the apps are being priced by developers.""
https://www.wired.com/story/pepper-v-apple-supreme-court-app-store-antitrust/
Wired
The Supreme Court Will Decide If Apple's App Store Is a Monopoly
Apple Inc. v. Pepper could have wide-reaching implications not only for the Cupertino giant, but also for other companies like Amazon.
Federico Viticci di MacStories ha studiato un po' Shortcuts di Apple e spiega meglio cosa sia. Interessante.
Money quote: "On the surface, Shortcuts the app looks like the full-blown Workflow replacement heavy users of the app have been wishfully imagining for the past year. But there is more going on with Shortcuts than the app alone. Shortcuts the feature, in fact, reveals a fascinating twofold strategy: on one hand, Apple hopes to accelerate third-party Siri integrations by leveraging existing APIs as well as enabling the creation of custom SiriKit Intents; on the other, the company is advancing a new vision of automation through the lens of Siri and proactive assistance from which everyone – not just power users – can reap the benefits."
https://www.macstories.net/stories/shortcuts-a-new-vision-for-siri-and-ios-automation/
Money quote: "On the surface, Shortcuts the app looks like the full-blown Workflow replacement heavy users of the app have been wishfully imagining for the past year. But there is more going on with Shortcuts than the app alone. Shortcuts the feature, in fact, reveals a fascinating twofold strategy: on one hand, Apple hopes to accelerate third-party Siri integrations by leveraging existing APIs as well as enabling the creation of custom SiriKit Intents; on the other, the company is advancing a new vision of automation through the lens of Siri and proactive assistance from which everyone – not just power users – can reap the benefits."
https://www.macstories.net/stories/shortcuts-a-new-vision-for-siri-and-ios-automation/
www.macstories.net
Shortcuts: A New Vision for Siri and iOS Automation
In my Future of Workflow article from last year (published soon after the news of Apple's acquisition), I outlined some of the probable outcomes for the app. The more optimistic one – the
Un video su come la gente conta i soldi in diverse parti del mondo. Ipnotico.
http://digg.com/video/how-people-count-money-world
http://digg.com/video/how-people-count-money-world
Digg
The Many, Many Different Ways People Count Money Across The World
The Belarusian method is pure madness.
Utilizzo quotidianamente (o quasi) Pocket. Strumento fenomenale e gratuito. È stato comprato, tempo addietro, da Fiofox. Adesso sembra che stia per diventare l'arma definitiva contro Facebook. Pensa te...
Money quote: "Pocket can analyze which articles and videos from around the web are being shared as well as which ones are being read and watched. Over time, that gives the company a good understanding of which links lead to high-quality content that users of either Pocket or Firefox might enjoy."
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/13/17446660/mozilla-firefox-pocket-recommendations-ceo-nate-weiner-interview-converge-podcast
Money quote: "Pocket can analyze which articles and videos from around the web are being shared as well as which ones are being read and watched. Over time, that gives the company a good understanding of which links lead to high-quality content that users of either Pocket or Firefox might enjoy."
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/13/17446660/mozilla-firefox-pocket-recommendations-ceo-nate-weiner-interview-converge-podcast
The Verge
How Firefox is using Pocket to try to build a better news feed than Facebook
Pocket CEO Nate Weiner on how local data processing is the future of personalized recommendations.
La storia che viene fuori dalla lettera di Elon Musk ai dipendenti sul "traditore" interno è semplicemente pazzesca.
Money quote: "I was dismayed to learn this weekend about a Tesla employee who had conducted quite extensive and damaging sabotage to our operations. This included making direct code changes to the Tesla Manufacturing Operating System under false usernames and exporting large amounts of highly sensitive Tesla data to unknown third parties.
The full extent of his actions are not yet clear, but what he has admitted to so far is pretty bad. His stated motivation is that he wanted a promotion that he did not receive. In light of these actions, not promoting him was definitely the right move."
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/18/elon-musk-email-employee-conducted-extensive-and-damaging-sabotage.html
Money quote: "I was dismayed to learn this weekend about a Tesla employee who had conducted quite extensive and damaging sabotage to our operations. This included making direct code changes to the Tesla Manufacturing Operating System under false usernames and exporting large amounts of highly sensitive Tesla data to unknown third parties.
The full extent of his actions are not yet clear, but what he has admitted to so far is pretty bad. His stated motivation is that he wanted a promotion that he did not receive. In light of these actions, not promoting him was definitely the right move."
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/18/elon-musk-email-employee-conducted-extensive-and-damaging-sabotage.html
CNBC
Elon Musk emails employees about 'extensive and damaging sabotage' by employee
Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent an e-mail to all employees late on Sunday night alleging a saboteur within the company's ranks had tweaked code on internal products and sent company data out without authorization.
Una vita senza notifiche è possibile? - Il mio articolo per Wired.it
https://www.wired.it/mobile/smartphone/2018/09/12/vita-senza-notifiche/
https://www.wired.it/mobile/smartphone/2018/09/12/vita-senza-notifiche/
Wired
Una vita senza notifiche è possibile?
Troppi stimoli digitali che ci toccano senza tregua: è diventata una cosa troppo personale. È possibile immaginare di fare a meno delle notifiche?
Un palazzo storico di New York, recentemente restaurato, è quello dove venne installato il primo ascensore. Elemento fondamentale, come sappiamo, per la nascita dei grattacieli e quindi per la forma di quella (e di varie altre) città. Il tutto per aprire un grande magazzino con cineserie e porcellane varie in stile veneziano.
Money quote: "Haughwout was a forerunner of the gigantic post-Civil War department stores. Its front was magnificent, a richly sculpted Venetian palace. But instead of limestone, marble or brownstone, the Haughwout store was made from cast iron from the foundry of Daniel D. Badger. The building is credited to the architect John P. Gaynor, but it is just as likely that the Badger company developed the scheme for the facade.
Certainly Haughwout arranged for the elevator installed in April 1857 by Elisha H. Otis. According to Dennis A. Barrow, archivist for United Technologies/Otis Elevator, this was the first passenger elevator to have an automatic safety device; it led the way to the tall-building revolution a generation later. The appearance and position of this early elevator have never been established."
https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/01/realestate/streetscapes-the-haughwout-building-restoring-a-richly-sculpted-venetian-palace.html
Money quote: "Haughwout was a forerunner of the gigantic post-Civil War department stores. Its front was magnificent, a richly sculpted Venetian palace. But instead of limestone, marble or brownstone, the Haughwout store was made from cast iron from the foundry of Daniel D. Badger. The building is credited to the architect John P. Gaynor, but it is just as likely that the Badger company developed the scheme for the facade.
Certainly Haughwout arranged for the elevator installed in April 1857 by Elisha H. Otis. According to Dennis A. Barrow, archivist for United Technologies/Otis Elevator, this was the first passenger elevator to have an automatic safety device; it led the way to the tall-building revolution a generation later. The appearance and position of this early elevator have never been established."
https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/01/realestate/streetscapes-the-haughwout-building-restoring-a-richly-sculpted-venetian-palace.html
Nytimes
Streetscapes/The Haughwout Building; Restoring a Richly Sculpted Venetian Palace
IT once seemed as though the rusty, brooding Haughwout Building, built in 1857 at Broome Street and Broadway, would remain unrestored forever. Now Staples, the office-supply store, has moved in, and the restoration of a dreary cast-iron pile that is one of…