Apple rilancia su realtà aumentata e virtuale: ecco i nuovi progetti - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/tech-zone/apple-rilancia-su-realta-aumentata-e-virtuale-ecco-i-nuovi-progetti/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/tech-zone/apple-rilancia-su-realta-aumentata-e-virtuale-ecco-i-nuovi-progetti/
CorCom
Apple rilancia su realtà aumentata e virtuale: ecco i nuovi progetti - CorCom
Il visore dovrebbe arrivare sul mercato nel 2022, mentre per gli occhiali bisognerà attendere un altro anno. Così Cupertino riprende in mano con un nuovo cronoprogramma i dossier che erano in stand-by
Amazon passa ai supermercati “tradizionali”: nel 2020 il primo negozio - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/amazon-passa-ai-supermercati-tradizionali-nel-2020-il-primo-negozio/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/amazon-passa-ai-supermercati-tradizionali-nel-2020-il-primo-negozio/
CorCom
Amazon passa ai supermercati “tradizionali”: nel 2020 il primo negozio - CorCom
Il primo aprirà a Los Angeles, e avrà le casse “normali”. Iniziata la selezione del personale. Così il colosso dell’e-commerce riprova a sbarcare nella grande distribuzione organizzata dopo l’operazione Whole Foods
Trent’anni di Millelire per due sere a Milano - il mio articolo per Anobii
https://blog.anobii.com/it/2019/11/13/trentanni-di-millelire-per-due-sere-a-milano/
https://blog.anobii.com/it/2019/11/13/trentanni-di-millelire-per-due-sere-a-milano/
Anobii Blog
Trent'anni di Millelire per due sere a Milano - Anobii Blog
In occasione di Bookcity, la settimana dedicata ai libri nel capoluogo meneghino fa la sua comparsa un personaggio dell'editoria che si concede raramente: Marcello Baraghini
In ginocchio i server di Disney+: troppe richieste di connessione il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/in-ginocchio-i-server-di-disney-troppe-richieste-di-connessione/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/in-ginocchio-i-server-di-disney-troppe-richieste-di-connessione/
CorCom
In ginocchio i server di Disney+: troppe richieste di connessione - CorCom
Eccessivo il numero di utenti collegati alla piattaforma di videostreaming nei giorni del debutto: reset e continui salti nelle trasmissioni dei contenuti tra i problemi riscontrati
Le startup europee sfidano la Silicon Valley, sul piatto 360 milioni - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/le-startup-europee-sfidano-la-silicon-valley-sul-piatto-360-milioni/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/le-startup-europee-sfidano-la-silicon-valley-sul-piatto-360-milioni/
CorCom
Le startup europee sfidano la Silicon Valley, sul piatto 360 milioni - CorCom
Il fondo Balderton Capital finanzierà 12 nuove aziende ogni anno. Obiettivo: battere la concorrenza delle big tech Usa ma anche della Cina
La riflessione è interessante, ma non sono particolarmente d'accordo. E non tanto sul piano logico, quanto sullo scetticismo esistenzialista di fondo che apre a un relativismo senza fine: come possiamo immaginare di conoscere noi stessi se non possiamo conoscere nessun altro? L'identità di una persona si forma attraverso delle relazioni, non dentro la sua testa. Però, a un altro livello di astrazione, c'è molto senso in quello che scrive questa autrice: tocca tutti gli stereotipi politicamente corretti (donne, asiatico-americani, dinosauri, alieni) per affermare un punto che forse non ha neanche bisogno di essere detto: chi cacchio sei e che cacchio stai pensando? Credere di saperlo è solo confortante. Gli scrittori, quando creano i loro personaggi e le loro storie, lavorano su quello.
Money quote: "The dare hit a sweet spot. Many could summon up passages from books containing terrible, sexualised denoscriptions of women. Some of us recalled Haruki Murakami, whose every novel can be summarised as: ‘Protagonist is an ordinary man, except lots of really beautiful women want to sleep with him.’ Others remembered J M Coetzee, and his variations on the plot: ‘Tenured male professor in English literature sleeps with beautiful female undergraduate.’ It was a way for us to joke about the fact that so much great literature was written by men who could express perfectly detailed visual denoscriptions of the female body, and yet possessed such an impoverished understanding of the female mind.
This is why the philosophical project of trying to map the contours of other minds needs a reality check. If other humans are beyond our comprehension, what hope is there for understanding the experience of animals, artificial intelligence or aliens?"
https://aeon.co/ideas/can-we-understand-other-minds-novels-and-stories-say-no
Money quote: "The dare hit a sweet spot. Many could summon up passages from books containing terrible, sexualised denoscriptions of women. Some of us recalled Haruki Murakami, whose every novel can be summarised as: ‘Protagonist is an ordinary man, except lots of really beautiful women want to sleep with him.’ Others remembered J M Coetzee, and his variations on the plot: ‘Tenured male professor in English literature sleeps with beautiful female undergraduate.’ It was a way for us to joke about the fact that so much great literature was written by men who could express perfectly detailed visual denoscriptions of the female body, and yet possessed such an impoverished understanding of the female mind.
This is why the philosophical project of trying to map the contours of other minds needs a reality check. If other humans are beyond our comprehension, what hope is there for understanding the experience of animals, artificial intelligence or aliens?"
https://aeon.co/ideas/can-we-understand-other-minds-novels-and-stories-say-no
Aeon
Can we understand other minds? Novels and stories say no | Aeon Ideas
If other humans are beyond our comprehension, what hope is there for understanding the minds of animals, aliens or AI?
Ponti sospesi in difficoltà all'altro capo del mondo
Money quote: "The Bodie Creek Suspension Bridge is just south of the Goose Green settlement on East Falkland. It was constructed in 1925 to make it easier for sheep farmers to shepherd their flocks to the village’s newly built shearing sheds.
As there are no ironworks or engineering factories on the Falkland Islands, the bridge was ordered from David Rowell & Co of London at a cost of £2,281. The kit was then shipped from London to the Falkland Islands on the SS Ballena."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bodie-creek-suspension-bridge
Money quote: "The Bodie Creek Suspension Bridge is just south of the Goose Green settlement on East Falkland. It was constructed in 1925 to make it easier for sheep farmers to shepherd their flocks to the village’s newly built shearing sheds.
As there are no ironworks or engineering factories on the Falkland Islands, the bridge was ordered from David Rowell & Co of London at a cost of £2,281. The kit was then shipped from London to the Falkland Islands on the SS Ballena."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bodie-creek-suspension-bridge
Atlas Obscura
Bodie Creek Suspension Bridge
An abandoned suspension bridge on the Falkland Islands is crumbling into the water.
Apple ha ascoltato gli utenti: bentornata nuova vecchia tastiera - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.macitynet.it/apple-ha-ascoltato-gli-utenti-bentornata-nuova-vecchia-tastiera/
https://www.macitynet.it/apple-ha-ascoltato-gli-utenti-bentornata-nuova-vecchia-tastiera/
Macitynet.it
Apple ha ascoltato gli utenti: bentornata nuova vecchia tastiera - Macitynet.it
la tastiera macbook pro 16 dimostra che apple fa meglio quando è umile e ascolta i suoi utenti che reclamavano da tempo
Genji Monogatari, un romanzo sorprendente - il mio articolo per Anobii
https://blog.anobii.com/it/2019/11/15/genji-monogatari-un-romanzo-sorprendente/
https://blog.anobii.com/it/2019/11/15/genji-monogatari-un-romanzo-sorprendente/
Anobii Blog
Genji Monogatari, un romanzo sorprendente - Anobii Blog
È considerato il primo romanzo della storia, ed è una lettura lunga, potente, affascinante, che cambierà il vostro modo di vedere non solo la letteratura giapponese
Arte digitale creativa... molto interessante per il cambiamento di competenze e di interazione di fronte all'oggetto artistico. Un discorso lungo, ampio, lo riprenderemo...
Money quote: "It is possible to generate different versions of the original piece, changing the number of squares and the output resolution. Finally the source code wanted to be an example of literate programming, being written in a form that resembles more a tutorial describing what everything does and why, instead of some opaque generator. You can find the code here..."
http://antirez.com/news/123
Money quote: "It is possible to generate different versions of the original piece, changing the number of squares and the output resolution. Finally the source code wanted to be an example of literate programming, being written in a form that resembles more a tutorial describing what everything does and why, instead of some opaque generator. You can find the code here..."
http://antirez.com/news/123
Icahn sale al 4,2% di Hp. E spinge il "matrimonio" con Xerox - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/icahn-sale-al-42-di-hp-e-spinge-il-matrimonio-con-xerox/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/icahn-sale-al-42-di-hp-e-spinge-il-matrimonio-con-xerox/
CorCom
Icahn sale al 4,2% di Hp. E spinge il "matrimonio" con Xerox - CorCom
Acquistate 1,2 miliardi di dollari di azioni. L'imprenditore statunitense detiene già il 10,6% delle azioni di Xerox. "La fusione genererebbe forti sinergie". Stimato un taglio dei costi per 2 miliardi l'anno
Privacy, Google "oscura" i dati nelle aste pubblicitarie - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/privacy/privacy-google-oscura-i-dati-nelle-aste-pubblicitarie/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/privacy/privacy-google-oscura-i-dati-nelle-aste-pubblicitarie/
CorCom
Privacy, Google "oscura" i dati nelle aste pubblicitarie - CorCom
Da febbraio 2020 non divulgherà più le informazioni agli inserzionisti nell'ambito dell'advertising programmatico. Si punta a tutelare gli utenti e a non renderli identificabili a scopo commerciale
Signore e signori, ecco quello che viene definito il prodigio dell'arte digitale generativa... Manolo.
Money quote: "Manolo's work feels like it is the result of the entire contents of twentieth-century art and design being put into a blender. Once chopped down into its most essential geometry, Manolo then lovingly pieces it back together with algorithms and code to produce art that is simultaneously futuristic and nostalgic. His work serves as a welcome (and needed) bridge into digital art and an antidote for those who see the genre as cold, mechanical, and discontinuous with the history of art."
https://www.artnome.com/news/2018/8/8/generative-art-finds-its-prodigy
Money quote: "Manolo's work feels like it is the result of the entire contents of twentieth-century art and design being put into a blender. Once chopped down into its most essential geometry, Manolo then lovingly pieces it back together with algorithms and code to produce art that is simultaneously futuristic and nostalgic. His work serves as a welcome (and needed) bridge into digital art and an antidote for those who see the genre as cold, mechanical, and discontinuous with the history of art."
https://www.artnome.com/news/2018/8/8/generative-art-finds-its-prodigy
Artnome
Generative Art Finds Its Prodigy — Artnome
In our last article " Why Love Generative Art ?" we had a blast putting the genre into the context of modern art history. In this article we interview contemporary generative art prodigy (my words, not his) Manolo Gamboa Naon from Argentina. Manolo's work…
È finita l’età dell’oro per lo shareware? - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/e-finita-leta-delloro-per-lo-shareware/
https://www.macitynet.it/e-finita-leta-delloro-per-lo-shareware/
Macitynet.it
È finita l’età dell’oro per lo shareware?
Un sistema operativo sempre più chiuso, abbonamenti mensili per usare app che una volta si compravano, la fine del software in prova e poi obblighi per la privacy, la Gdpr e tutto il resto. Ma il divertimento dov’è finito?
La cosa bella delle mappe è che non solo non sono affatto neutre, ma sono anche costruite per essere percepite come tali. La complessità però scompare quando sono fatte bene. Questo è un ottimo esempio: se aveste trovato il prodotto finale l'avreste giudicato utile e naturale. Arrivarci però è tutta un'altra storia. (E se è artificiale il modo con il quale vediamo il territorio, figuriamoci la rappresentazione grafica di altre informazioni)
Money quote: "I thought things might work better if the arrows were long wedges rather than regular arrows. Whilst this felt like an improvement it lead me to the conclusion that I needed the vertical axis to really explain the hilliness across the town. So thought turned to a 3D map being necessary to do things properly. It would also make an interesting design project."
http://www.tobyeglesfield.com/a-map-showing-the-steepness-of-streets/
Money quote: "I thought things might work better if the arrows were long wedges rather than regular arrows. Whilst this felt like an improvement it lead me to the conclusion that I needed the vertical axis to really explain the hilliness across the town. So thought turned to a 3D map being necessary to do things properly. It would also make an interesting design project."
http://www.tobyeglesfield.com/a-map-showing-the-steepness-of-streets/
GitHub: l’80% dei contributi al codice nel cloud vengono da fuori gli Usa - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/github-l80-dei-contributi-al-codice-nel-cloud-vengono-da-fuori-gli-usa/
https://www.macitynet.it/github-l80-dei-contributi-al-codice-nel-cloud-vengono-da-fuori-gli-usa/
Macitynet.it
GitHub: l’80% dei contributi al codice nel cloud vengono da fuori gli Usa
Pubblicato il rapporto del repository comprato l’anno scorso da Microsoft. È “intelligenza artificiale” il termine-chiave su cui lavora la maggior parte dei 40 milioni di sviluppatori nel mondo. I linguaggi più usati? JavaScript e Python
Posso solo dire che allora c’è speranza anche per noi, per me e per voi. Siamo dei magnifici disastri.
Money quote: “But psychological research suggests that such fear can be overblown in people’s minds. Often, there’s a mismatch between how people perceive their vulnerabilities and how others interpret them. We tend to think showing vulnerability makes us seem weak, inadequate, and flawed—a mess. But when others see our vulnerability, they might perceive something quite different, something alluring. A recent set of studies calls this phenomenon “the beautiful mess effect.” It suggests that everyone should be less afraid of opening up—at least in certain cases”
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/01/beautiful-mess-vulnerability/579892/
Money quote: “But psychological research suggests that such fear can be overblown in people’s minds. Often, there’s a mismatch between how people perceive their vulnerabilities and how others interpret them. We tend to think showing vulnerability makes us seem weak, inadequate, and flawed—a mess. But when others see our vulnerability, they might perceive something quite different, something alluring. A recent set of studies calls this phenomenon “the beautiful mess effect.” It suggests that everyone should be less afraid of opening up—at least in certain cases”
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/01/beautiful-mess-vulnerability/579892/
The Atlantic
Your Flaws Are Probably More Attractive Than You Think They Are
“Beautiful messes” have a certain allure.
Jp Morgan alza le stime su Apple: revenue da pubblicità a 11 miliardi nel 2025 - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/jp-morgan-alza-le-stime-su-apple-revenue-da-pubblicita-a-11-miliardi-nel-2025/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/jp-morgan-alza-le-stime-su-apple-revenue-da-pubblicita-a-11-miliardi-nel-2025/
CorCom
Jp Morgan alza le stime su Apple: revenue da pubblicità a 11 miliardi nel 2025 - CorCom
Nonostante le difficoltà nelle vendite degli iPhone la società recupererà terreno grazie agli introiti generati attraverso la Apple Tv+ e i nuovi servizi digitali. "Opportunità enormi, il mercato sta sottovalutando"
Twitter “banna” gli spot politici. In campo algoritmi e un team dedicato - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/media/twitter-banna-gli-spot-politici-in-campo-algoritmi-e-un-team-dedicato/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/media/twitter-banna-gli-spot-politici-in-campo-algoritmi-e-un-team-dedicato/
CorCom
Twitter "banna" gli spot politici. In campo algoritmi e un team dedicato - CorCom
Via tutti i riferimenti a candidati o elezioni in vista delle Presidenziali Usa 2020. E non sarà permesso neanche fare campagne per promuovere cause sociali. Le misure in vigore dal 22 novembre
Una cosa che mi colpì alle superiori fu quando lessi che la differenza tra un lavoro manuale -diciamo da operaio- e uno di concetto –un impiegato– sta nel fatto che l'operaio lascia i mezzi di produzione in fabbrica quando ha finito il turno, mentre l'impiegato li porta con sé nella propria testa. Michael Chabon li ha portati fino al al capezzale del proprio padre, mentre finiva di scrivere la sceneggiatura di Star Trek.
Money quote: "I looked up from the screen of my iPad to my father, lying unconscious, amid tubes and wires, in his starship of a bed, in the irresolute darkness of an I.C.U. at 3 a.m. Ordinarily when my father lay on his back his abdomen rose up like the telescope dome of an observatory, but now there seemed to be nothing between the bed rails at all, just a blanket pulled as taut as a drum skin and then, on the pillow, my father's big, silver-maned head. Scarecrow, after the flying monkeys had finished with him. His head was tilted upward and his jaw hung slack. All the darkness in the room seemed to pool in his open mouth. Hey, Dad, I need a line, I said, breaking, if only in my head, the silence that reigned between us. I'm writing dialogue for Mr. Spock."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/18/the-final-frontier
Money quote: "I looked up from the screen of my iPad to my father, lying unconscious, amid tubes and wires, in his starship of a bed, in the irresolute darkness of an I.C.U. at 3 a.m. Ordinarily when my father lay on his back his abdomen rose up like the telescope dome of an observatory, but now there seemed to be nothing between the bed rails at all, just a blanket pulled as taut as a drum skin and then, on the pillow, my father's big, silver-maned head. Scarecrow, after the flying monkeys had finished with him. His head was tilted upward and his jaw hung slack. All the darkness in the room seemed to pool in his open mouth. Hey, Dad, I need a line, I said, breaking, if only in my head, the silence that reigned between us. I'm writing dialogue for Mr. Spock."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/18/the-final-frontier
The New Yorker
The Final Frontier
Personal History by Michael Chabon: I love Mr. Spock because he reminds me of you, I told my father. For the first time that night, I considered the possibility that he was going to survive it.
Come rovinare l’hobby della fotografia a un povero appassionato
Money quote: “A series of laboratory studies demonstrate that taking pictures (compared with not taking pictures) can decrease enjoyment of highly enjoyable experiences. This study suggests that, by constantly striving to document their experiences, consumers may unwittingly fail to enjoy those experiences to the fullest. These results have implications for how firms may best stage experiential offerings to enhance their customers’ experiences”
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mar.21194
Money quote: “A series of laboratory studies demonstrate that taking pictures (compared with not taking pictures) can decrease enjoyment of highly enjoyable experiences. This study suggests that, by constantly striving to document their experiences, consumers may unwittingly fail to enjoy those experiences to the fullest. These results have implications for how firms may best stage experiential offerings to enhance their customers’ experiences”
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mar.21194
Wiley Online Library
How and when taking pictures undermines the enjoyment of experiences
The consumption of experiences (as opposed to products) has seen an increasing amount of research attention in recent years. A key aspect of the experiential consumption journey is how the experience...