La lettura della domenica comincia così: una sorella che ricorda la perdita del fratello, la famiglia di lui, le figlie, i genitori. E poi il tema: la solitudine e la comunità, l'importanza dei rapporti e delle relazioni.
La storia è segnata dalla morte, ed è la morte lo strumento che permette di vedere con lucidità cosa effettivamente è importante e cosa no. Quali sono le cose da perseguire, quelle da ricercare, e quelle inutili da evitare. E non stiamo parlando di quelle noiose, che per paradosso sono invece importanti.
La vita, alla fine, è fatta di scelte.
Money quote: "Choices have consequences. My brother and his wife moved from New York City’s Upper West Side to a suburb in New Jersey soon before the second of their four children was born. I pitied them: the commute, the strip malls, the numbing sameness of it all.
My brother, then an architect for a big-name firm, saw what I was seeing. “You think it’s soul death. It’s not,” he’d tell me when I would take the train from the city on weekends. He extolled the virtues of space, the yard where the kids could play, the trampoline they could jump on, the strollers that could be left outside. People stopped by to chat or drop off their kids. He had neighbors; they knew the names of one another’s kids and the weird things each one was afraid of (spiders; jelly; being barefoot). One shit-boring birthday party at a time, he celebrated the seeming unexceptionality of it all."
https://qz.com/1570179/how-to-make-friends-build-a-community-and-create-the-life-you-want/
La storia è segnata dalla morte, ed è la morte lo strumento che permette di vedere con lucidità cosa effettivamente è importante e cosa no. Quali sono le cose da perseguire, quelle da ricercare, e quelle inutili da evitare. E non stiamo parlando di quelle noiose, che per paradosso sono invece importanti.
La vita, alla fine, è fatta di scelte.
Money quote: "Choices have consequences. My brother and his wife moved from New York City’s Upper West Side to a suburb in New Jersey soon before the second of their four children was born. I pitied them: the commute, the strip malls, the numbing sameness of it all.
My brother, then an architect for a big-name firm, saw what I was seeing. “You think it’s soul death. It’s not,” he’d tell me when I would take the train from the city on weekends. He extolled the virtues of space, the yard where the kids could play, the trampoline they could jump on, the strollers that could be left outside. People stopped by to chat or drop off their kids. He had neighbors; they knew the names of one another’s kids and the weird things each one was afraid of (spiders; jelly; being barefoot). One shit-boring birthday party at a time, he celebrated the seeming unexceptionality of it all."
https://qz.com/1570179/how-to-make-friends-build-a-community-and-create-the-life-you-want/
Quartz
The only metric of success that really matters is the one we ignore
Community is about a series of small choices: how to spend a Saturday, what to do when a neighbor falls ill, how to make time when there is none.
Ci sono i matti, i pazzi, i folli, quelli baciati dalla divinità, i simpatici fuori di testa, e mille altre declinazioni di un fascio di possibili traiettorie "irregolari" rispetto ai solchi incisi nel territorio di passaggio della società, che ormai non ci facciamo più caso. Molti sono clinici, altri sono tristi, altri disperati, altri così, altri cosà, e ce n'è veramente tanti. Un sottoinsieme raccoglie quelli simpatici, innocui, ossessivi-compulsivi, informatici e magari anche divertenti. Però uno lucidamente folle come questo io ancora dovevo incontrarlo.
Signore e signori, ecco a voi il fenomeno del 2019, il vincitore assoluto anche se siamo ancora a marzo. E se voi arrivate in fondo alle sue "poche note", siete probabilmente un po' fuori di melone anche voi. In senso positivo, amichevole e anche produttivo, eh
Money quote: "I’m a person who’s only satisfied if I feel I’m being productive. I like figuring things out. I like making things. And I want to do as much of that as I can. And part of being able to do that is to have the best personal infrastructure I can. Over the years I’ve been steadily accumulating and implementing “personal infrastructure hacks” for myself. Some of them are, yes, quite nerdy. But they certainly help me be productive. And maybe in time more and more of them will become mainstream, as a few already have."
https://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-productive-life-some-details-of-my-personal-infrastructure/
Signore e signori, ecco a voi il fenomeno del 2019, il vincitore assoluto anche se siamo ancora a marzo. E se voi arrivate in fondo alle sue "poche note", siete probabilmente un po' fuori di melone anche voi. In senso positivo, amichevole e anche produttivo, eh
Money quote: "I’m a person who’s only satisfied if I feel I’m being productive. I like figuring things out. I like making things. And I want to do as much of that as I can. And part of being able to do that is to have the best personal infrastructure I can. Over the years I’ve been steadily accumulating and implementing “personal infrastructure hacks” for myself. Some of them are, yes, quite nerdy. But they certainly help me be productive. And maybe in time more and more of them will become mainstream, as a few already have."
https://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-productive-life-some-details-of-my-personal-infrastructure/
Stephenwolfram
Seeking the Productive Life: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure—Stephen Wolfram Writings
Some of Stephen Wolfram’s “productivity hacks” to make his days and projects more productive. Daily life, desk environment, outside the office, presentation setup, filesystem organization, Wolfram Notebook systems, databases, personal analytics.
Black is Beautiful è un bellissimo libro di/sulla fotografia, importante sia politicamente che da un punto di vista estetico. È la storia di Grandassa Models
Money quote: "“We said, ‘We’ve got to do something to make the women feel proud of their hair, proud of their blackness,’ ” Brathwaite recalled. The models’ skin tones ranged from light brown to dark brown, and they had full lips, natural hairstyles, and a variety of body shapes."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/18/kwame-brathwaites-grandassa-models
Money quote: "“We said, ‘We’ve got to do something to make the women feel proud of their hair, proud of their blackness,’ ” Brathwaite recalled. The models’ skin tones ranged from light brown to dark brown, and they had full lips, natural hairstyles, and a variety of body shapes."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/18/kwame-brathwaites-grandassa-models
The New Yorker
Kwame Brathwaite’s Grandassa Models
A look inside “Black Is Beautiful,” the first monograph dedicated to the photographer’s work.
Chi è, nella finzione dell'Universo cinematico Marvel, il compianto Stan Lee? Ed è veramente morto, in quell'ambiente? Una storia meta molto densa, intanto che ci prepariamo per l'ultimo capitolo della terza fase dell'MCU
Money quote: "But Lee’s posthumous cameo in Captain Marvel raises questions of equal magnitude all on its own. The appearance gives the late comic book titan a role he has never before taken up in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, and it’s a perfect nod to the film’s ’90s setting."
https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/9/18255151/captain-marvel-stan-lee-cameo
Money quote: "But Lee’s posthumous cameo in Captain Marvel raises questions of equal magnitude all on its own. The appearance gives the late comic book titan a role he has never before taken up in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, and it’s a perfect nod to the film’s ’90s setting."
https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/9/18255151/captain-marvel-stan-lee-cameo
Polygon
Captain Marvel’s Stan Lee cameo has bold implications for the MCU
Who is Stan Lee this time?
Gli iPhone violano i brevetti Qualcomm: Apple condannata a pagare 31 milioni di dollari - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/gli-iphone-violano-i-brevetti-qualcomm-apple-condannata-a-pagare-31-milioni-di-dollari/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/gli-iphone-violano-i-brevetti-qualcomm-apple-condannata-a-pagare-31-milioni-di-dollari/
CorCom
Gli iPhone violano i brevetti Qualcomm: Apple condannata a pagare 31 milioni di dollari - CorCom
I Melafonini utilizzano senza licenza tecnologie del chipmaker per connettersi a Internet e estendere la vita della batteria. La decisione della Corte di San Diego
Strage di Christchurch, Facebook nella bufera - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/privacy/strage-di-christchurch-facebook-nella-bufera/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/privacy/strage-di-christchurch-facebook-nella-bufera/
CorCom
Strage di Christchurch, Facebook nella bufera - CorCom
Il terrorista che ha assalito la moschea in Nuova Zelanda ha trasmesso il video su Live Streaming. Ma il social ha impiegato troppe ore a cancellare le immagini (oltre 1 milione) della tragedia che in poco tempo hanno fatto il giro del web. Nel mirino anche…
Internet pesa come una fragola - il mio articolo per Il Post
https://www.ilpost.it/antoniodini/2019/03/19/internet-pesa-come-una-fragola/
https://www.ilpost.it/antoniodini/2019/03/19/internet-pesa-come-una-fragola/
Il Post
Internet pesa come una fragola
Potete girarci attorno quanto volete, ma anche le informazioni, quando diventano digitali, acquistano un volume e un peso. Ma quanto pesano?
Apple toglie il velo sui nuovi iPad. Ma il mercato boccia le novità - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/apple-toglie-il-velo-sui-nuovi-ipad-ma-il-mercato-boccia-le-novita/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/apple-toglie-il-velo-sui-nuovi-ipad-ma-il-mercato-boccia-le-novita/
CorCom
Apple toglie il velo sui nuovi iPad. Ma il mercato boccia le novità - CorCom
I nuovi iPad Air e Mini sono stati annunciati con una settimana di anticipo rispetto all'wvento dove debutterà il "Netflix" delle news. Analisti delusi: "concept" vecchio a prezzi troppo elevati
Blockchain, Ibm a lavoro su una stable coin per le banche - il mio articolo per Corcom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/blockchain-ibm-a-lavoro-su-una-stable-coin-per-le-banche/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/blockchain-ibm-a-lavoro-su-una-stable-coin-per-le-banche/
CorCom
Blockchain, Ibm a lavoro su una stable coin per le banche - CorCom
Big Blue ha avviato le prime discussioni con due istituti di credito Usa per l'emissione di un token digitale ancorato ad una valuta consolidata, come ad esempio il dollaro statunitense o l'euro
Spettacolare articolo long form di giornalismo investigativo. Una giungla di prestanomi e di società affiliate, altro che scatole cinesi e matrioske, tutte affiliate a una sorta di strana chiesa, per vendere su Amazon e altri. Da gustare con calma.
Money quote: “I decided to order something: L.A. Girl Matte Flat Velvet Lipstick (3 pcs) for $25.63. (I pretended not to see that the same item was listed at $10.74 by another reseller.) Amazon informed me that the lipstick would come in two weeks; there was no tracking information.”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/27/style/what-is-inside-this-internet-rabbit-hole.html
Money quote: “I decided to order something: L.A. Girl Matte Flat Velvet Lipstick (3 pcs) for $25.63. (I pretended not to see that the same item was listed at $10.74 by another reseller.) Amazon informed me that the lipstick would come in two weeks; there was no tracking information.”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/27/style/what-is-inside-this-internet-rabbit-hole.html
Nytimes
A Business With No End (Published 2018)
Where does this strange empire start or stop?
Alla fine, l’avidità di uscire con un aereo che fosse competitivo in modo impossibile, hanno forzato la mano. E creato una bara volante. È la
Prima spiegazione tragicamente semplice di come mai siano caduti due B737 Max 8
Money quote: “Federal Aviation Administration managers pushed its engineers to delegate wide responsibility for assessing the safety of the 737 MAX to Boeing itself. But safety engineers familiar with the documents shared details that show the analysis included crucial flaws.”
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/failed-certification-faa-missed-safety-issues-in-the-737-max-system-implicated-in-the-lion-air-crash/
Prima spiegazione tragicamente semplice di come mai siano caduti due B737 Max 8
Money quote: “Federal Aviation Administration managers pushed its engineers to delegate wide responsibility for assessing the safety of the 737 MAX to Boeing itself. But safety engineers familiar with the documents shared details that show the analysis included crucial flaws.”
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/failed-certification-faa-missed-safety-issues-in-the-737-max-system-implicated-in-the-lion-air-crash/
The Seattle Times
Flawed analysis, failed oversight: How Boeing, FAA certified the suspect 737 MAX flight control system
Federal Aviation Administration managers pushed its engineers to delegate wide responsibility for assessing the safety of the 737 MAX to Boeing itself. But safety engineers familiar with the documents shared details that show the analysis included crucial…
Nuovi iPad, dov’è finito il “Less is more”? - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/nuovi-ipad-dove-finito-il-less-is-more/
https://www.macitynet.it/nuovi-ipad-dove-finito-il-less-is-more/
Macitynet.it
Nuovi iPad, dov'è finito il "Less is more"? - Macitynet.it
Cinque modelli diversi, una fascia di prezzo ampia (soprattutto verso l’alto) e una transizione non finita alla USB-C. Rischio frammentazione all’orizzonte
Stop alle discriminazioni, Facebook battezza il nuovo portale per la pubblicità - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/stop-alle-discriminazioni-facebook-battezza-il-nuovo-portale-per-la-pubblicita/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/stop-alle-discriminazioni-facebook-battezza-il-nuovo-portale-per-la-pubblicita/
CorCom
Stop alle discriminazioni, Facebook battezza il nuovo portale per la pubblicità - CorCom
Accordo tra Zuckerberg e le associazioni per i diritti civili. Gli inserzionisti non potranno più indirizzare gli annunci per età, sesso, affinità culturale o codice postale
Arriva Stadia, la Netflix dei videogames: ecco come funziona - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/arriva-stadia-la-netflix-dei-videogames-ecco-come-funziona/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/arriva-stadia-la-netflix-dei-videogames-ecco-come-funziona/
CorCom
Arriva Stadia, la Netflix dei videogames: ecco come funziona - CorCom
Il servizio di streaming di Google mette a disposizione i giochi via cloud garantendo risoluzione e potenza elevate anche su terminali non di nuova generazione. BigG punta a ritagliarsi una fetta di torta in un settore che vale 140 miliardi di dollari
Atari è tornata e vuole giocarsela ancora. Persino con una nuova console.
Money quote: “Atari is in better shape than it has been in the past because of the success of its Rollercoaster Tycoon simulation games, including Rollercoaster Tycoon Classic, launched in 2017. It had some good exposure for the Atari brand in the films Ready Player One and Blade Runner 2049”
https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/25/atari-ceo-interview-how-rollercoaster-tycoon-revival-saved-the-company/
Money quote: “Atari is in better shape than it has been in the past because of the success of its Rollercoaster Tycoon simulation games, including Rollercoaster Tycoon Classic, launched in 2017. It had some good exposure for the Atari brand in the films Ready Player One and Blade Runner 2049”
https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/25/atari-ceo-interview-how-rollercoaster-tycoon-revival-saved-the-company/
VentureBeat
Atari CEO interview — How Rollercoaster Tycoon revival saved the company
Reimagined classic games like Rollercoaster Tycoon have helped get Atari back in the black. Now, the company plans a new home console.
Qualche giorno fa ho finito di leggere un libro sulla storia dei due inventori della chitarra elettrica (Fender e Gibson). È un viaggio nella musica americana a britannica degli anni quaranta, cinquanta e sessanta. Con dei personaggi fenomenali. Oggi scopro che uno di loro, Dick Dale, l’inventore del Surf Rock, è morto pochi giorni fa.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postnoscript/dick-dale-the-inventor-of-surf-rock-was-a-lebanese-american-kid-from-boston/
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postnoscript/dick-dale-the-inventor-of-surf-rock-was-a-lebanese-american-kid-from-boston/
The New Yorker
Dick Dale, the Inventor of Surf Rock, Was a Lebanese-American Kid from Boston
Dale’s work and contributions to the genre were directly and mightily informed by the Arabic music that he listened to as a child.
Joe Biden sta facendo il prezioso. Ma dovrebbe decidersi velocemente: vuole fare il presidente o no?
Money quote: ““You have to run,” she told him. He thanked her. She kept going. “I am 89 years old and we need you. If you promise to run, I’ll promise to stay alive long enough to vote for you.”“
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/12/joe-biden-will-decide-soon-running-president/577447/
Money quote: ““You have to run,” she told him. He thanked her. She kept going. “I am 89 years old and we need you. If you promise to run, I’ll promise to stay alive long enough to vote for you.”“
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/12/joe-biden-will-decide-soon-running-president/577447/
The Atlantic
Is Joe Biden Running for President? He Can't Decide.
The former vice president is angry about Trump and thinks he can do the job better than anyone else, but he’s got to make up his mind—and do it soon.
Disney chiude la partita 21st Century Fox: acquisizione da 71,3 miliardi di dollari - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/media/disney-chiude-la-partita-21st-century-fox-acquisizione-da-713-miliardi-di-dollari/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/media/disney-chiude-la-partita-21st-century-fox-acquisizione-da-713-miliardi-di-dollari/
CorCom
Disney chiude la partita 21st Century Fox: acquisizione da 71,3 miliardi di dollari - CorCom
Alla casa di Topolino gli asset cinematografici e Hulu. Si riapre la partita dello streaming, con il futuro Disney+ e il nuovo servizio di Apple pronti a sfidare Netflix. Bob Iger: “Adesso comincia il lavoro vero”
Baby-influencer nel mirino di YouTube: pubblicità indistinguibile dal resto - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/media/baby-influencer-nel-mirino-di-youtube-pubblicita-indistinguibile-dal-resto/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/media/baby-influencer-nel-mirino-di-youtube-pubblicita-indistinguibile-dal-resto/
CorCom
Baby-influencer nel mirino di YouTube: pubblicità indistinguibile dal resto - CorCom
Google - ma anche Facebook per Instagram - cercano di controllare i video destinati ai bambini, che spesso propongono contenuti ai limiti della legalità per la commistione tra entertainment e adv
Cosa sono le sponsorizzazioni (e altro) spiegato bene
Money quote: "The answer to the question, "how are you going to pay for this project?" is turning out to be sponsorship more and more often. If you don't know why organizations want to sponsor things, though, it's likely a long, hard road to find the sponsorship you seek.
As the number of media options continue to explode (blogs, books, conferences, tattoos, speaking engagements, film festivals, stadiums, entire websites…) it's worth thinking a little bit about why organizations buy sponsorships."
https://seths.blog/2014/01/understanding-sponsorship/
Money quote: "The answer to the question, "how are you going to pay for this project?" is turning out to be sponsorship more and more often. If you don't know why organizations want to sponsor things, though, it's likely a long, hard road to find the sponsorship you seek.
As the number of media options continue to explode (blogs, books, conferences, tattoos, speaking engagements, film festivals, stadiums, entire websites…) it's worth thinking a little bit about why organizations buy sponsorships."
https://seths.blog/2014/01/understanding-sponsorship/
Seth's Blog
Understanding sponsorship
The answer to the question, "how are you going to pay for this project?" is turning out to be sponsorship more and more often. If you don't know why organizations want to sponsor thi…