Devo dire la verità: sono d'accordo con questo giornalista. Ho fatto fatica ad abituarmi (la prima generazione era terribile) ma non penso che la "nuova" tastiera ultrapiatta di Apple sia terribile. E il "bad sentiment" che ha in rete secondo me è eccessivo.
Money quote: "For what it's worth, here's my story.
I've personally used (and often reviewed) at least eight different MacBooks with butterfly keyboards over the past four years. There's at least one in almost constant rotation in my laptop lineup at any given time. I've used this style of keyboard almost daily for the past four years.
After all that time, and all that typing, my experience can be summed up as: "Not great, but not as bad as people say.""
https://www.cnet.com/news/in-defense-of-the-apple-macbook-keyboard/
Money quote: "For what it's worth, here's my story.
I've personally used (and often reviewed) at least eight different MacBooks with butterfly keyboards over the past four years. There's at least one in almost constant rotation in my laptop lineup at any given time. I've used this style of keyboard almost daily for the past four years.
After all that time, and all that typing, my experience can be summed up as: "Not great, but not as bad as people say.""
https://www.cnet.com/news/in-defense-of-the-apple-macbook-keyboard/
CNET
In defense of the Apple MacBook keyboard
Well, defense may be a strong word. But it's not as bad as the internet would have you think.
Apple: 2,5 miliardi spesi in iniziative ambientali, superato l’obiettivo del 100% di energia rinnovabile - Il mio articolo per La Stampa
https://www.lastampa.it/2019/04/12/tecnologia/apple-miliardi-spesi-in-iniziative-ambientali-superato-lobiettivo-del-di-energia-rinnovabile-kro7ZriVzWwSG2oTF5osII/pagina.html
https://www.lastampa.it/2019/04/12/tecnologia/apple-miliardi-spesi-in-iniziative-ambientali-superato-lobiettivo-del-di-energia-rinnovabile-kro7ZriVzWwSG2oTF5osII/pagina.html
LaStampa.it
Apple: 2,5 miliardi spesi in iniziative ambientali, superato l’obiettivo del 100% di energia rinnovabile
Per tre anni di seguito l’azienda ha ridotto la sua carbon footprint e l’obiettivo di 4 Gigawatt di rinnovabili per il 2020 verrà superato del 25%. Radoppiati i fornitori “full green”
Alla fine, se siamo tristi e ci deprimiamo, è una buona cosa. Anche se, fermo restanto l'esistenza dei sentimenti e delle emozioni, il modo con cui li viviamo e gli amplifichiamo dipende molto dalla nostra cultura. Almeno, così pare seguendo il filo logico di questo articolo che però è debole - come quasi tutta la letteratura di questo genere - dal punto di vista delle definizioni: cos'è una emozione? Quali sono le manifestazioni positive e negative delle emozioni? E via contando...
Money quote: "According to Brock Bastian, author of The Other Side of Happiness: Embracing a More Fearless Approach to Living (2018) and a psychologist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, the problem is partly cultural: a person living in a Western country is four to 10 times more likely to experience clinical depression or anxiety in a lifetime than an individual living in an Eastern culture. In China and Japan, both negative and positive emotions are considered an essential part of life. Sadness is not a hindrance to experiencing positive emotions and – unlike in Western society – there isn’t a constant pressure to be joyful."
https://aeon.co/ideas/dont-worry-about-feeling-sad-on-the-benefits-of-a-blue-period
Money quote: "According to Brock Bastian, author of The Other Side of Happiness: Embracing a More Fearless Approach to Living (2018) and a psychologist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, the problem is partly cultural: a person living in a Western country is four to 10 times more likely to experience clinical depression or anxiety in a lifetime than an individual living in an Eastern culture. In China and Japan, both negative and positive emotions are considered an essential part of life. Sadness is not a hindrance to experiencing positive emotions and – unlike in Western society – there isn’t a constant pressure to be joyful."
https://aeon.co/ideas/dont-worry-about-feeling-sad-on-the-benefits-of-a-blue-period
Aeon
Don’t worry about feeling sad: on the benefits of a blue period
Why you shouldn’t feel bad about feeling sad, or how experiencing negative feelings can promote psychological wellbeing
"L'isola errante", il sognante vagare di Kenji Tsuruta - La mia recensione per Fumettologica
https://www.fumettologica.it/2019/04/isola-errante-tsuruta-manga/
https://www.fumettologica.it/2019/04/isola-errante-tsuruta-manga/
Fumettologica
"L'isola errante", il sognante vagare di Kenji Tsuruta
Recensione de "L'isola errante", manga i due volumi scritto e disegnato da Kenji Tsuruta, autore di "Spirit of Wonder" e "La Pomme Prisonnière".
Amazon sfida i competitor sul salario minimo - Il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/ecommerce/amazon-sfida-i-competitor-sul-salario-minimo/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/ecommerce/amazon-sfida-i-competitor-sul-salario-minimo/
CorCom
Amazon sfida i competitor sul salario minimo - CorCom
Jeff Bezos si appella alle aziende concorrenti: "Pagate ai vostri dipendenti lo stesso salario minimo di 15 dollari che noi paghiamo ai nostri". Negli Usa, dove il tasso di disoccupazione è molto basso, è inziata la corsa ad accaparrarsi i lavoratori più…
Galaxy Fold in arrivo, ma solo per chi lo ha preordinato - Il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/tech-zone/galaxy-fold-in-arrivo-ma-solo-per-chi-lo-ha-preordinato/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/tech-zone/galaxy-fold-in-arrivo-ma-solo-per-chi-lo-ha-preordinato/
CorCom
Galaxy Fold in arrivo, ma solo per chi lo ha preordinato - CorCom
La prossima settimana si apre la prima finestra per acquistare il telefono pieghevole di Samsung che sarà disponibile per tutti a partire dal 26 aprile
Uno dei principali terrori di chi scrive è lavorare male e non fare una buona ricerca per le ambientazioni...
Money quote: “I had a whole gaggle of 100-point bucks in my sights, sleeping peacefully on their feet, like cows. The way they were lined up, I could take down the whole clan in a single shot of gun, clean through their magnificent oversized brains. That’d be enough (deer) meat to last Nora and the baby through the harsh Amarillo winter. I shifted my weight in my hidey spot, snapping a twig and pouring more pepper on the fire by muttering, “God dammit all to hell.” But like any hunting man worth his salt, I was wearing camouflage — that swirly brown-and-green stuff you sometimes see on bandanas. The deers, famously self-assured creatures, didn’t budge. They were awake now, munching happily on some squirrels they’d killed for food, the carnivores.”
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/poorly-researched-mens-fiction
Money quote: “I had a whole gaggle of 100-point bucks in my sights, sleeping peacefully on their feet, like cows. The way they were lined up, I could take down the whole clan in a single shot of gun, clean through their magnificent oversized brains. That’d be enough (deer) meat to last Nora and the baby through the harsh Amarillo winter. I shifted my weight in my hidey spot, snapping a twig and pouring more pepper on the fire by muttering, “God dammit all to hell.” But like any hunting man worth his salt, I was wearing camouflage — that swirly brown-and-green stuff you sometimes see on bandanas. The deers, famously self-assured creatures, didn’t budge. They were awake now, munching happily on some squirrels they’d killed for food, the carnivores.”
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/poorly-researched-mens-fiction
McSweeney's Internet Tendency
Poorly Researched Men’s Fiction
I had a whole gaggle of 100-point bucks in my sights, sleeping peacefully on their feet, like cows. The way they were lined up, I could take down t...
A dicembre 2020 potreste avere tra le mani un gioco dell’orrore tutto italiano, con la supervisione di Dario Argento e realizzato nientepopodimenoché un team di talentuosi programmatori e artisti digitali che leggono Mostly (onorato!) e mi/lo ritengono abbastanza interessante da chiedermi se posso dargli un po’ di visibilità. Molto volentieri!
Money quote: “Dario Argento’s Dreadful Bond, the first game created under the creative direction of famed Italian horror director Dario Argento (Suspiria, Deep Red, Phenomena/Creepers, Opera, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage) today premiered “For Bridget” – a six-minute short film based on the game that sheds light (and shadow) on the gruesome past of Wharton Manor.”
Tra l’altro, sono su kickstarter e servono persone desiderose di comprarlo. Quindi, se vi piace l’horror e volete fare un regalo al voi stesso del futuro, fear no more: ecco la vostra occasione!
https://mailchi.mp/novypr.com/dreadful-bond-short-film
E qui c'è invece il link per kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dreadfulbond/dario-argentos-dreadful-bond
Money quote: “Dario Argento’s Dreadful Bond, the first game created under the creative direction of famed Italian horror director Dario Argento (Suspiria, Deep Red, Phenomena/Creepers, Opera, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage) today premiered “For Bridget” – a six-minute short film based on the game that sheds light (and shadow) on the gruesome past of Wharton Manor.”
Tra l’altro, sono su kickstarter e servono persone desiderose di comprarlo. Quindi, se vi piace l’horror e volete fare un regalo al voi stesso del futuro, fear no more: ecco la vostra occasione!
https://mailchi.mp/novypr.com/dreadful-bond-short-film
E qui c'è invece il link per kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dreadfulbond/dario-argentos-dreadful-bond
Kickstarter
Dario Argento's Dreadful Bond
In this video game thriller, the victim is your sanity. Created with the support of the Master of Horror: Dario Argento.
Un progetto semplice ma con dentro talmente tante cose che sono veramente stupito. Per anni l'autore ha chiesto a amici e perfetti sconosciuti di disegnare una bicicletta. Salta fuori innanzitutto che la gente non sa come sono fatte le biciclette (peraltro una macchina particolarmente complessa, anche se apparentemente semplice). Però, tentando di uscierne fuori, molti disegni sono straordinari pezzi di "design spontaneo". E dicono molto di noi. Dopodiché, il nostro uomo ne ha selezionati alcuni e, armato di software per la modellazione 3D, ha cominciato a crearli digitalmente. Uno spettacolo. Consiglio vivamente di scorrere la gallery.
Money quote: "I collected hundreds of drawings, building up a collection that I think is very precious. There is an incredible diversity of new typologies emerging from these crowd-sourced and technically error-driven drawings. A single designer could not invent so many new bike designs in 100 lifetimes and this is why I look at this collection in such awe."
http://www.gianlucagimini.it/prototypes/velocipedia.html
Money quote: "I collected hundreds of drawings, building up a collection that I think is very precious. There is an incredible diversity of new typologies emerging from these crowd-sourced and technically error-driven drawings. A single designer could not invent so many new bike designs in 100 lifetimes and this is why I look at this collection in such awe."
http://www.gianlucagimini.it/prototypes/velocipedia.html
Gimini
Velocipedia - Gimini
La cosa che continuo a ripetere ogni volta che mi capita di parlarne. Il punto delle Ai è che non sappiamo come mai prendono le decisioni che prendono. E questa cosa non va bene.
Money quote: “AI is software that can learn from data or experiences to make predictions. A computer programmer specifies the data from which the software should learn and writes a set of instructions, known as an algorithm, about how the software should do that—but doesn’t dictate exactly what it should learn. This is what gives AI much of its power: It can discover connections in the data that would be more complicated or nuanced than a human would find. But this complexity also means that the reason the software reaches any particular conclusion is often largely opaque, even to its own creators.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-12/artificial-intelligence-has-some-explaining-to-do
Money quote: “AI is software that can learn from data or experiences to make predictions. A computer programmer specifies the data from which the software should learn and writes a set of instructions, known as an algorithm, about how the software should do that—but doesn’t dictate exactly what it should learn. This is what gives AI much of its power: It can discover connections in the data that would be more complicated or nuanced than a human would find. But this complexity also means that the reason the software reaches any particular conclusion is often largely opaque, even to its own creators.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-12/artificial-intelligence-has-some-explaining-to-do
Bloomberg.com
Artificial Intelligence Has Some Explaining to Do
Software makers offer more transparent machine-learning tools—but there’s a trade-off.
Brexit e Irlanda, chiariamo bene da dove cominceranno i problemi.
Money quote: “The customs and security border between Northern Ireland and the Republic inthe south has vanished. People who live on the island of Ireland cross the border to work, to shop, or to visit a doctor as easily as Americans cross state lines. Vehicles cross the border an estimated 30 million times a year, slowed only by traffic. A retired senior official told me of rural milk routes in which truck will cross the border 20 times in a day as it transits from farm to farm. The hospital in Londonderry is funded by the EU to serve Irish people across the line in Donegal, on the same basis as National Health Service patients of British nationality.
The currency differs on the two sides of the border. So do the cellphone carriers. VAT rates diverge. Ireland is not united. But Irish people can live as if it were, if they wish—or not, if they don’t wish.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/584338/
Money quote: “The customs and security border between Northern Ireland and the Republic inthe south has vanished. People who live on the island of Ireland cross the border to work, to shop, or to visit a doctor as easily as Americans cross state lines. Vehicles cross the border an estimated 30 million times a year, slowed only by traffic. A retired senior official told me of rural milk routes in which truck will cross the border 20 times in a day as it transits from farm to farm. The hospital in Londonderry is funded by the EU to serve Irish people across the line in Donegal, on the same basis as National Health Service patients of British nationality.
The currency differs on the two sides of the border. So do the cellphone carriers. VAT rates diverge. Ireland is not united. But Irish people can live as if it were, if they wish—or not, if they don’t wish.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/584338/
The Atlantic
The End of Ambiguity
The fragile peace in Northern Ireland is threatened by Brexit.
È il momento un nuovo numero di Mostly Weekly: il sesto per la precisione.
https://tinyletter.com/MostlyIWrite
https://tinyletter.com/MostlyIWrite
Negli Sati Uniti in generale si possono commettere pochi peccati mortali. Uno di questi è invecchiare. Soprattutto nel settore della tecnologia, sopratutto se si è donna (i non-bianchi neanche li rileviamo).
Sorprendentemente anche là si lavora per il governo.
Money quote: “The rest of us are like the fifty-somethings we knew early in our careers— people no one really hangs out with, who sit alone, who come and go quietly each day, and who eventually disappear without a goodbye party. I’ve been laid off twice in my career: at the beginning and near the end. The first time I was too young and inconsequential, and the last I was too old and overpaid.”
The Truth About Aging in the Tech Industry – Member Feature Stories – Medium
https://medium.com/s/story/aging-in-the-tech-industry-6a0e116bdf09
Sorprendentemente anche là si lavora per il governo.
Money quote: “The rest of us are like the fifty-somethings we knew early in our careers— people no one really hangs out with, who sit alone, who come and go quietly each day, and who eventually disappear without a goodbye party. I’ve been laid off twice in my career: at the beginning and near the end. The first time I was too young and inconsequential, and the last I was too old and overpaid.”
The Truth About Aging in the Tech Industry – Member Feature Stories – Medium
https://medium.com/s/story/aging-in-the-tech-industry-6a0e116bdf09
Medium
The Truth About Aging in the Tech Industry
Tech culture today is young, male, and highly exclusive — especially toward older techies like me
Il concetto giuridiuco di negligenza al tempo delle AI: perché ci stiamo facendo le domande sbagliate e dovremmo invece cercare di contestualizzare meglio quel che sta cambiando oggi. Il mio articolo
https://www.ilpost.it/antoniodini/2019/04/14/negligenza/
https://www.ilpost.it/antoniodini/2019/04/14/negligenza/
Il Post
Negligenza
Cosa succede quando un sistema di intelligenza artificiale è l'assistente che ci aiuta a prendere delle decisioni? Come si trasfroma ad esempio il concetto giuridico di negligenza? [Continua]
La depressione stagionale (SAD) e il bisogno di luce, più luce. Lampada led oppure traslocare al sud... Sud~Sad
Money quote: “To treat it, health care professionals usually recommend some combination of medication, psychotherapy, and light therapy, where patients bask in the beams of a light box. (Psychiatrist Norman Rosenthal, who was the first to formally describe SAD, in 1984, also advises surrounding yourself with as much natural light as possible while inside: “Take one room in your house and paint the walls and ceiling white for maximum reflectance of light,” he says. “Or find an indoor pool in a space that has large windows, which allow the sun to shine in and cast shimmering reflections on the surrounding walls.”)”
https://medium.com/s/story/advice-for-coping-with-seasonal-depression-from-9-people-who-have-it-a5c04fdfe996
Money quote: “To treat it, health care professionals usually recommend some combination of medication, psychotherapy, and light therapy, where patients bask in the beams of a light box. (Psychiatrist Norman Rosenthal, who was the first to formally describe SAD, in 1984, also advises surrounding yourself with as much natural light as possible while inside: “Take one room in your house and paint the walls and ceiling white for maximum reflectance of light,” he says. “Or find an indoor pool in a space that has large windows, which allow the sun to shine in and cast shimmering reflections on the surrounding walls.”)”
https://medium.com/s/story/advice-for-coping-with-seasonal-depression-from-9-people-who-have-it-a5c04fdfe996
Medium
Advice for Coping With Seasonal Depression, From 9 People Who Have It
Nine people with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) share their strategies for coping with the seasonal depression that sets in during the darkest days of winter.
Niente è più insicuro del wi-fi: ora si può "bucare" anche il Wpa3 - Il mio articolo pe CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/cyber-security/niente-e-piu-insicuro-del-wi-fi-ora-si-puo-bucare-anche-il-wpa3/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/cyber-security/niente-e-piu-insicuro-del-wi-fi-ora-si-puo-bucare-anche-il-wpa3/
CorCom
Niente è più insicuro del wi-fi: ora si può "bucare" anche il Wpa3 - CorCom
Mathy Vanhoef della New York University di Abu Dhabi e Eyal Ronen della Università di Tel Aviv hanno rivelato cinque differenti metodi per entrare nei router e superare le difese messe a punto dai comitati tecnici della WiFi Alliance. Sale l'allerta sull'uso…
23 milioni di dollari l'anno: tanto costa proteggere Mr Zuckerberg - Il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/cyber-security/23-milioni-di-dollari-lanno-tanto-costa-proteggere-mr-zuckerberg/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/cyber-security/23-milioni-di-dollari-lanno-tanto-costa-proteggere-mr-zuckerberg/
CorCom
23 milioni di dollari l'anno: tanto costa proteggere Mr Zuckerberg - CorCom
E' quanto emerge dalle dichiarazioni presentate all'ente regolatore della Borsa americana. Cifre abnormi che "compensano" quel dollaro simbolico da anni indicato come salario del ceo di Facebook
La Cina vuole regolare la durata dei video su Internet: “Creano dipendenza” - Il mio articolo per La Stampa
https://www.lastampa.it/2019/04/16/tecnologia/la-cina-vuole-regolare-la-durata-dei-video-su-internet-creano-dipendenza-gDLco3hpx1bo4w97Yn2NtL/premium.html
https://www.lastampa.it/2019/04/16/tecnologia/la-cina-vuole-regolare-la-durata-dei-video-su-internet-creano-dipendenza-gDLco3hpx1bo4w97Yn2NtL/premium.html
LaStampa.it
La Cina vuole regolare la durata dei video su Internet: “Creano dipendenza”
Da giugno le app dovranno offrire un “modo giovani” che limiti il consumo dei contenuti e intanto il “credito sociale” diventa lo strumento di controllo di Pechino sulla sua popolazione
Qualcomm, il processo sui chip entra nel vivo: Apple grande accusatrice - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/qualcomm-il-processo-sui-chip-entra-nel-vivo-apple-grande-accusatrice/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/qualcomm-il-processo-sui-chip-entra-nel-vivo-apple-grande-accusatrice/
CorCom
Qualcomm, il processo sui chip entra nel vivo: in ballo 27 miliardi di dollari - CorCom
È iniziato a San Diego, in California, il procedimento in aula per la causa intentata al chipmaker. Apple la grande accusatrice. Nel mirino il modello delle licenze
Avete fatto il vostro corso SEO. E avete imparato un sacco di cose rivoluzionarie, tanto da mettere sottosopra tutto quanto il sito aziendale. E siccome, si sa dal tempo degli URP, quando cambia il modo con cui si comunica poi cambia anche il modo con cui viene organizzata l'azienda/l'ente dietro, avete avviato una trasformazione profonda e dai risultati imprevedibili. Ma probabilmente sbagliati.
Perché il tizio che si è fatto pagare per farvi SEO è un consulente che non sa come si fa con le piccole e medie imprese - con le entità come le vostre, insomma - ma ha studiato e praticato il SEO per i colossi multinazionali. Anche se lavorate per la PA, probabilmente siete in una unità piccola, e non al vertice del sito di un ministero che gestisce la comunicazione con milioni di cittadini.
Qui si cerca invece di spiegare alcune cose sull'ottimizzazione per i motori di ricerca pensata per piccole attività in fase di startup.
Money quote: "Comparing the playbooks of my startups and those we used at IAC, I realized that the usual SEO best practices (e.g. website architecture, noscript tag optimization) are far more aligned with enterprise-level companies than with seed-stage startups.
That has a very simple reason – most of that content is generated by SEO consultants, whose clients are usually companies with decent traction and the ability to pay for such services.
In contrast, most seed-stage startups can’t afford expensive consultants, and even if they could, those consultants wouldn’t have much existing content or domain authority to work with, and it would take much longer for them to return their investment.
As a result, there is very little SEO content geared towards seed-stage startups. Their founders either recognize the unsuitability of those best practices to the current stage of their company, or they execute those playbooks only to get burned and then avoid SEO altogether.
The goal of this article is to shed light on this issue and to share some insights on what has worked for my own and other seed-stage startups that I am familiar with."
https://www.atrium.co/blog/seo-seed-stage-startups/
Perché il tizio che si è fatto pagare per farvi SEO è un consulente che non sa come si fa con le piccole e medie imprese - con le entità come le vostre, insomma - ma ha studiato e praticato il SEO per i colossi multinazionali. Anche se lavorate per la PA, probabilmente siete in una unità piccola, e non al vertice del sito di un ministero che gestisce la comunicazione con milioni di cittadini.
Qui si cerca invece di spiegare alcune cose sull'ottimizzazione per i motori di ricerca pensata per piccole attività in fase di startup.
Money quote: "Comparing the playbooks of my startups and those we used at IAC, I realized that the usual SEO best practices (e.g. website architecture, noscript tag optimization) are far more aligned with enterprise-level companies than with seed-stage startups.
That has a very simple reason – most of that content is generated by SEO consultants, whose clients are usually companies with decent traction and the ability to pay for such services.
In contrast, most seed-stage startups can’t afford expensive consultants, and even if they could, those consultants wouldn’t have much existing content or domain authority to work with, and it would take much longer for them to return their investment.
As a result, there is very little SEO content geared towards seed-stage startups. Their founders either recognize the unsuitability of those best practices to the current stage of their company, or they execute those playbooks only to get burned and then avoid SEO altogether.
The goal of this article is to shed light on this issue and to share some insights on what has worked for my own and other seed-stage startups that I am familiar with."
https://www.atrium.co/blog/seo-seed-stage-startups/
atrium
SEO for Startups: The Organic Playbook for Seed-Stage Companies - Atrium
TL;DR The SEO playbook for seed-stage startups is different than for established companies. Young startups often lack domain authority, volume of content,
Amazon sfida Spotify: arriva lo streaming musicale gratuito - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/media/amazon-sfida-spotify-arriva-lo-streaming-musicale-gratuito/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/media/amazon-sfida-spotify-arriva-lo-streaming-musicale-gratuito/
CorCom
Amazon sfida Spotify: arriva lo streaming musicale gratuito - CorCom
La mossa di Jeff Bezos parte di una strategia che mira a far aumentare la diffusione di Alexa e degli smart speaker Echo. Scivolone in Borsa della società tedesca