Google vuole crescere nel cloud B2B. E si prende la "piccola" Alooma - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/cloud/google-vuole-crescere-nel-cloud-b2b-e-si-prende-la-piccola-alooma/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/cloud/google-vuole-crescere-nel-cloud-b2b-e-si-prende-la-piccola-alooma/
CorCom
Google vuole crescere nel cloud B2B. E si prende la "piccola" Alooma - CorCom
Acquisita la startup israeliana che si occupa di data migration. Il colosso di Mountain View punta a "imbarcare" aziende specializzate in servizi ad hoc per offrire funzionalità sempre più evolute ai propri clienti e battere la concorrenza con l'arma del…
"The Lego Movie 2", la Mia recensione per Fumettologica
https://www.fumettologica.it/2019/02/lego-movie-2-recensione-film/
https://www.fumettologica.it/2019/02/lego-movie-2-recensione-film/
Fumettologica
"The Lego Movie 2", la recensione - Fumettologica
La recensione di "The Lego Movie 2", diretto da Mike Mitchell e prodotto e sceneggiato da Phil Lord e Christopher Miller, nei cinema dal 21 febbraio.
Gianbattista Vico. I corsi e i ricorsi della storia. Siamo sotto un fitto bombardamento di newsletter digitali. Il modo è tornato di moda. Mi ricordo che nel 1994 suppergiù avevo lanciato la mia, "FunBits", i cui venti numeri circa stanno tutti su un hard disk che da anni dico di voler recuperare e un giorno vorrei proprio farlo, se ancora funziona. Intanto, c'è chi parla dell'attuale ondata. Quasi quasi la faccio anch'io. Che ne dite di un "Mostly, I Write Digest"? Oppure "Mostly, I Write Quarterly" (ma questo sembra più una rivista trimestrale). O magari un "Mostly, I Write Newsletter"?
Money quote: "Newsletters and newsletter startups these days are like mushrooms in an open field after a good spring rain. I don’t know a single writer who isn’t newslettering or newsletter-curious, and for many, the newsletter is where they’re doing their finest public work.
As for the present landscape of NAASes (Newsletter As A Services)"
https://craigmod.com/essays/newsletters/#fnref:3
Money quote: "Newsletters and newsletter startups these days are like mushrooms in an open field after a good spring rain. I don’t know a single writer who isn’t newslettering or newsletter-curious, and for many, the newsletter is where they’re doing their finest public work.
As for the present landscape of NAASes (Newsletter As A Services)"
https://craigmod.com/essays/newsletters/#fnref:3
Craig Mod
Oh God, It's Raining Newsletters
On the rise of newsletter production, consumption, and monetization, and how email is one of the most powerful and resilient publishing platforms.
Sta tornando alla grande, anche (e soprattutto) grazie a Netflix. È la stand up comedy una delle grandi fonti di senso della cultura americana. Ma come funziona? Qui viene spiegata la meccanica di unp spettacolo di Ali Wong, e vale più di un corso di scrittura creativa.
Money quote: "Each marks noticeable audience laughter. The circle size denotes how long the audience laughed.
In fact, this moment had the most laughter in the entire show. We’ll call it the “laughter climax.”
Why was this moment so funny? After dissecting it, we’re going to show you how form—the structure of the entire routine—played a big role. Form made the joke funnier."
https://pudding.cool/2018/02/stand-up/
Money quote: "Each marks noticeable audience laughter. The circle size denotes how long the audience laughed.
In fact, this moment had the most laughter in the entire show. We’ll call it the “laughter climax.”
Why was this moment so funny? After dissecting it, we’re going to show you how form—the structure of the entire routine—played a big role. Form made the joke funnier."
https://pudding.cool/2018/02/stand-up/
The Pudding
The Structure of Stand-Up Comedy
The genius of Ali Wong’s Netflix special.
Avete presente gli schermi sullo schienale del sedile di fronte negli aerei? Quelli dove si guardano i film etc? Bene, si scopre che su alcuni c’è anche una telecamera che a quanto pare non è mai stata attivata. Finora.
Money quote: “American Airlines spokesperson Ross Feinstein confirmed to BuzzFeed News that cameras are present on some of the airlines’ in-flight entertainment systems, but said “they have never been activated, and American is not considering using them.” Feinstein added, “Cameras are a standard feature on many in-flight entertainment systems used by multiple airlines. Manufacturers of those systems have included cameras for possible future uses, such as hand gestures to control in-flight entertainment.”“
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/american-airlines-planes-entertainment-system-cameras
Money quote: “American Airlines spokesperson Ross Feinstein confirmed to BuzzFeed News that cameras are present on some of the airlines’ in-flight entertainment systems, but said “they have never been activated, and American is not considering using them.” Feinstein added, “Cameras are a standard feature on many in-flight entertainment systems used by multiple airlines. Manufacturers of those systems have included cameras for possible future uses, such as hand gestures to control in-flight entertainment.”“
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/american-airlines-planes-entertainment-system-cameras
BuzzFeed News
People Are Worried About Singapore Airlines' Entertainment System Cameras. Turns Out, American Airlines Has Cameras, Too.
American Airlines told BuzzFeed News that the camera hardware “has never been activated.”
Copyright: batosta in vista per Facebook e Google - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/copyright-batosta-in-vista-per-facebook-e-google/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/copyright-batosta-in-vista-per-facebook-e-google/
CorCom
Copyright: batosta in vista per Facebook e Google - CorCom
Gli Stati europei sottoscrivono un accordo per costringere i big della rete a pagare le notizie e a filtrare il contenuto proprietario su YouTube e Instagram. Italia contraria ma si va avanti
Il Mit di Boston: “La blockchain non è a prova di hacker” - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/il-mit-di-boston-la-blockchain-non-e-a-prova-di-hacker/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/il-mit-di-boston-la-blockchain-non-e-a-prova-di-hacker/
CorCom
Il Mit di Boston: "La blockchain non è a prova di hacker" - CorCom
Considerate finora inattaccabili, le piattaforme che permettono la creazione e lo scambio di crittovalute mostrano problemi di sicurezza. E i ricercatori mettono in guardia soprattutto sul fronte smart contracts
Una storia il cui presupposto avrebbe anche senso - la parte altissima della piramide sociale americana, l'élite che fa lavori top dopo essere stata nelle grandi università, è in realtà ricca ma per niente felice - se non fosse che secondo me alla fine chi se ne fregano. È solo una riedizione smart di "Anche i ricchi piangono" e a me, se devo proprio dire, piaceva di più Véronica Castro.
Money quote: "“I feel like I’m wasting my life,” he told me. “When I die, is anyone going to care that I earned an extra percentage point of return? My work feels totally meaningless.” He recognized the incredible privilege of his pay and status, but his anguish seemed genuine. “If you spend 12 hours a day doing work you hate, at some point it doesn’t matter what your paycheck says,” he told me. There’s no magic salary at which a bad job becomes good. He had received an offer at a start-up, and he would have loved to take it, but it paid half as much, and he felt locked into a lifestyle that made this pay cut impossible. “My wife laughed when I told her about it,” he said."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/21/magazine/elite-professionals-jobs-happiness.html
Money quote: "“I feel like I’m wasting my life,” he told me. “When I die, is anyone going to care that I earned an extra percentage point of return? My work feels totally meaningless.” He recognized the incredible privilege of his pay and status, but his anguish seemed genuine. “If you spend 12 hours a day doing work you hate, at some point it doesn’t matter what your paycheck says,” he told me. There’s no magic salary at which a bad job becomes good. He had received an offer at a start-up, and he would have loved to take it, but it paid half as much, and he felt locked into a lifestyle that made this pay cut impossible. “My wife laughed when I told her about it,” he said."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/21/magazine/elite-professionals-jobs-happiness.html
Nytimes
America’s Professional Elite: Wealthy, Successful and Miserable (Published 2019)
The upper echelon is hoarding money and privilege to a degree not seen in decades. But that doesn’t make them happy at work.
La fotografia con iPhone XS - il mio articolo per Il Post
https://www.ilpost.it/antoniodini/2019/02/20/la-fotografia-con-iphone-xs/
https://www.ilpost.it/antoniodini/2019/02/20/la-fotografia-con-iphone-xs/
Il Post
La fotografia con iPhone XS - Antonio Dini
È arrivato il momento in cui possiamo considerare il telefono che abbiamo in tasca una vera macchina fotografica - e fare a meno degli apparecchi dedicati a questa funzione?
Sul perché viaggiare per ritrovare sé stessi non funziona: viaggiare -come strumento per il miglioramento personale- serve ad altro
Money quote: "The virtue of travel is that it exposes you to other cultures, people and ways of life. It helps develop a global mindset, it puts things into perspective. It’s exciting and fulfilling in its own way. It’s also a status symbol. It sets you apart. It makes you nomadic, and interesting. It can make you think you are beyond the norms your peers have fallen beholden to.
But none of those things help you understand who you are, though they are all enlightening in their own ways."
https://medium.com/@briaeliza/travel-is-not-how-you-find-yourself-its-how-you-escape-yourself-c143e06a7329
Money quote: "The virtue of travel is that it exposes you to other cultures, people and ways of life. It helps develop a global mindset, it puts things into perspective. It’s exciting and fulfilling in its own way. It’s also a status symbol. It sets you apart. It makes you nomadic, and interesting. It can make you think you are beyond the norms your peers have fallen beholden to.
But none of those things help you understand who you are, though they are all enlightening in their own ways."
https://medium.com/@briaeliza/travel-is-not-how-you-find-yourself-its-how-you-escape-yourself-c143e06a7329
Medium
Travel Is Not How You Find Yourself, It’s How You Escape Yourself
I once read someone say that if a person does not have art on their walls, they are running from something. Over time, I’ve found it to be…
Leggendo questo articolo, la cui tesi piuttosto sempliciotta è che forse potremmo trovare creature extraterrestri nella foggia di intelligenze artificiali che vagano replicandosi per l’universo, mi è venuta in mente un’altra cosa. Ragionando a questa maniera, l’essere umano dal punto di vista del credente è una forma di intelligenza artificiale, in quanto creato a immagine e somiglianza dell’essere supremo, unico “naturale” (cioè non creato da altri). No?
(Ovviamente no, il ragionamento è paradossale e non sta in piedi. Ma è stimolante secondo me).
Money quote: “In short, the way for a species to make a better AI is to let that AI and its components explore the messy Universe. As complex and nourishing as a single planet can be, a cosmos filled with worlds offers millions, billions, even trillions of natural test tubes, each with its own tale of natural selection and chance. Spreading savant AI pieces across the stars offers a way to exploit these endless natural experiments and sensory inputs.”
https://aeon.co/essays/first-contact-what-if-we-find-not-organic-life-but-ets-ai
(Ovviamente no, il ragionamento è paradossale e non sta in piedi. Ma è stimolante secondo me).
Money quote: “In short, the way for a species to make a better AI is to let that AI and its components explore the messy Universe. As complex and nourishing as a single planet can be, a cosmos filled with worlds offers millions, billions, even trillions of natural test tubes, each with its own tale of natural selection and chance. Spreading savant AI pieces across the stars offers a way to exploit these endless natural experiments and sensory inputs.”
https://aeon.co/essays/first-contact-what-if-we-find-not-organic-life-but-ets-ai
Aeon
What if ET is an AI?
After centuries searching for extraterrestrial life, we might find that first contact is not with organic creatures at all
Lettura domenicale. Un racconto fantascientifico ambientato in Cina (la MIT Technology Review pubblicava un bel supplemento annuale di fantascienza che ho sempre comprato con dedizione, a quanto pare non lo fanno più ma almeno pubblicano ancora qualcosa di valido online, di quando in quando).
Money quote: "More than a decade ago, when I was breaking under the stress of my PhD thesis and despondent from estrangement with my family, Professor Lau sent me e-mails daily, quoting lines from his favorite movies in his signature. Although he never said so explicitly, I knew that those lines—warm, encouraging, and uplifting—were meant for me.
I’ve never even seen some of those movies, but I remember every single quote he sent.
“If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?” —Fight Club (1999)
When I became a different person on that rainy night, he was the one who saved me."
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612590/the-reunion-a-new-science-fiction-story-about-surveillance-in-china/
Money quote: "More than a decade ago, when I was breaking under the stress of my PhD thesis and despondent from estrangement with my family, Professor Lau sent me e-mails daily, quoting lines from his favorite movies in his signature. Although he never said so explicitly, I knew that those lines—warm, encouraging, and uplifting—were meant for me.
I’ve never even seen some of those movies, but I remember every single quote he sent.
“If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?” —Fight Club (1999)
When I became a different person on that rainy night, he was the one who saved me."
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612590/the-reunion-a-new-science-fiction-story-about-surveillance-in-china/
MIT Technology Review
The Reunion: a new science-fiction story about surveillance in China
Though only 23 minutes on the high-speed rail from Shenzhen North to West Kowloon, the journey from the mainland to Hong Kong seems to transport me back half a century. The concrete jungle of my childhood memories hasn’t changed one bit. Time seems trapped…
Sto finalizzando la newsletter di Mostly, I Write. Se c’è qualche volontario per ricevere il/i numeri zero, potete dm qui su telegram il vostro contatto email all’indirizzo @antoniodini
Se Apple ci dà un MacBook Pro 16” sarà festa per i creativi - Il mio articolo per Macitynet.it
https://www.macitynet.it/macbook-pro-16-sara-ossigeno-per-i-creativi/
https://www.macitynet.it/macbook-pro-16-sara-ossigeno-per-i-creativi/
Macitynet.it
Se Apple ci dà un MacBook Pro 16” sarà festa per i creativi - Macitynet.it
Se le anticipazioni sono vere, quali vantaggi deriverebbero da portatili extralarge MacBook Pro 16" e super monitor Apple 6K?
Pensierino serale. Il problema di una società bulimica, costruita per massimizzare i consumi, è che poi si trasforma in un ricettacolo di paradossi. Ad esempio, l'intersezione del rapporto con le tecnologie e la nostra vita privata
Money quote: "Instead of our devices being a distraction from our relationships, our relationships seem to be a distraction from our devices."
https://medium.com/s/story/have-we-married-technology-and-divorced-ourselves-from-people-21482c68b437
Money quote: "Instead of our devices being a distraction from our relationships, our relationships seem to be a distraction from our devices."
https://medium.com/s/story/have-we-married-technology-and-divorced-ourselves-from-people-21482c68b437
Medium
We’ve Married Technology and Divorced Each Other
Technology can meet our needs with the touch of a screen, but is this making us turn away from the people in our lives in favor of our devices?
Ricoh GR III, impressioni sulla piccola Aps-C che arriva a fine marzo - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/ricoh-gr-iii-la-piccola-aps-c-arriva-a-fine-marzo/
https://www.macitynet.it/ricoh-gr-iii-la-piccola-aps-c-arriva-a-fine-marzo/
Macitynet.it
Ricoh GR III, impressioni sulla piccola Aps-C che arriva a fine marzo - Macitynet.it
Dopo l’anteprima a Photokina 2018, escono le prime prove della fotocamera perfetta per la streetphotography
Gli ultimi eroi del volo sono i piloti che fanno trasferimenti da un continente all'altro di piccoli aerei privati per i loro proprietari.
Money quote: "My earliest memories are of lining up my stuffed toys and dolls in the cockpit of a small Cessna aircraft. As my father built up his flying hours, there would be afternoon trips to France - my tiny bicycle stowed away in the back. A cycle ride along the beaches of Le Touquet would be my reward for enduring the occasional bumpy flight without complaint.
Later, as a teenager, I loved listening to stories of his flying adventures. Yet I was aware those gripping tales of flights over war-torn countries or in icy conditions across the Atlantic Ocean were censored to protect me from worrying about his safety.
In 1999 my father was killed when the aircraft he was delivering crashed over the mountains in Canada."
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34484972
Money quote: "My earliest memories are of lining up my stuffed toys and dolls in the cockpit of a small Cessna aircraft. As my father built up his flying hours, there would be afternoon trips to France - my tiny bicycle stowed away in the back. A cycle ride along the beaches of Le Touquet would be my reward for enduring the occasional bumpy flight without complaint.
Later, as a teenager, I loved listening to stories of his flying adventures. Yet I was aware those gripping tales of flights over war-torn countries or in icy conditions across the Atlantic Ocean were censored to protect me from worrying about his safety.
In 1999 my father was killed when the aircraft he was delivering crashed over the mountains in Canada."
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34484972
BBC News
The pilots who risk their lives flying tiny planes over the Atlantic
Ferry flying is a lucrative but high-risk industry. Elite pilots deliver small planes across oceans and continents - distances these aircraft were not designed to fly.
Ok, quasi ci siamo. Grazie a una pattuglia di volontari, il primo numero zero della newsletter di Mostly, I Write è andato. Ne faccio un altro prima di cominciare seriamente. Però, se intanto volete iscrivervi, si parte da qui:
https://tinyletter.com/MostlyIWrite
https://tinyletter.com/MostlyIWrite
"Gli Astrostoppisti" di Castelli e Zeccara: un classico ritrovato - la mia recensione per Fumettologica
https://www.fumettologica.it/2019/02/astrostoppisti-castelli-zeccara-fumetti/
https://www.fumettologica.it/2019/02/astrostoppisti-castelli-zeccara-fumetti/
Fumettologica
"Gli Astrostoppisti" di Castelli e Zeccara: un classico ritrovato - Fumettologica
"Gli Astrostoppisti" di Alfredo Castelli e Nevio Zeccara è un classico della fantascienza a fumetti italiana, che torna in una nuova edizione.
E-commerce, Londra pronta a tassare Amazon & co per salvare i negozi "fisici" - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/ecommerce/e-commerce-londra-pronta-a-tassare-amzon-co-per-salvare-i-negozi-fisici/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/ecommerce/e-commerce-londra-pronta-a-tassare-amzon-co-per-salvare-i-negozi-fisici/
CorCom
E-commerce, Londra pronta a tassare Amzon & co per salvare i negozi "fisici" - CorCom
Secondo un rapporto del Parlamento britannico Amazon, ma anche le britanniche Asos.com (cosmetica) e Boohoo.com (moda), dovrebbero pagare di più per aiutare i distretti dello shopping che perdono clienti: "Le possibilità di fare business devono essere eque"