Hai successo, acquisti un credito epico presso la pubblica opinione. Qual è la tua prossima mossa? La premier neozelandese, che vorremmo tutti avere come presidente del consiglio, decide di spingere l'acceleratore sulla settimana lavorativa di quattro giorni. Questa è un genio, io ve lo dico, e ha tempi di reazione ai cambiamenti da pilota di Formula Uno.
Money quote: "New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern has suggested employers consider a four-day working week and other flexible working options as a way to boost tourism and help employees address persistent work/life balance issues."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/20/jacinda-ardern-flags-four-day-working-week-as-way-to-rebuild-new-zealand-after-covid-19
Money quote: "New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern has suggested employers consider a four-day working week and other flexible working options as a way to boost tourism and help employees address persistent work/life balance issues."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/20/jacinda-ardern-flags-four-day-working-week-as-way-to-rebuild-new-zealand-after-covid-19
the Guardian
Jacinda Ardern flags four-day working week as way to rebuild New Zealand after Covid-19
Prime minister says flexible working options can boost productivity and domestic tourism and improve work/life balance
Subito prima di giornalepdf-it e subito dopo ebookhunter-ch, la Guardia di Finanza ha fatto oscurare dai provider italiani il sito Gutenberg.org, che se non lo conoscete, è uno dei pochi motivi per cui vale la pena internet. Non ho parole. Michael Hart si starà rigirando nella tomba. Spero di cuore si tratti di un "errore giudiziario digitale", viste le finalità e lo scrupolo del lavoro dei volontari di PG. Il prossimo sarà il nostro progetto Manuzio su www.liberliber.it ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gutenberg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gutenberg
Quella cosa folle che è Craiglist. Anche durante il coronavirus
Money quote: "I’ll never forget, for example, the 200 sealed VHS copies of the Oscar-winning Coen Brothers masterwork Fargo, which when I absolutely had no room left to store them in my fetid studio apartment, I humbly returned to the Craigslist free section, specifically to a guy named Jerry, who vowed to make them into a throne. “I don’t care what anyone else says,” he told me at the time. “I’ve dreamed of sitting on a throne made out of masked taped copies of Fargo since I was young.”"
https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/craigslist-free-section-coronavirus
Money quote: "I’ll never forget, for example, the 200 sealed VHS copies of the Oscar-winning Coen Brothers masterwork Fargo, which when I absolutely had no room left to store them in my fetid studio apartment, I humbly returned to the Craigslist free section, specifically to a guy named Jerry, who vowed to make them into a throne. “I don’t care what anyone else says,” he told me at the time. “I’ve dreamed of sitting on a throne made out of masked taped copies of Fargo since I was young.”"
https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/craigslist-free-section-coronavirus
MEL Magazine
In the Craigslist Free Section, Humanity Eclipses Any Plague
There are no farms in West Hollywood. So why is Sara giving away four bales of hay on the West Hollywood Craigslist free section? “I...
Batterista metallaro e satanico va in coma, passa dodici giorni di visioni con Satana in persona, torna fuori e si sente un po' meno satanista di prima
Money quote: "Carroll had more reason to celebrate, not just because he was returning to good health, but because those 12 days were full of some pretty upsetting visions."
https://www.gq.com/story/coronavirus-satan-not-cool
Money quote: "Carroll had more reason to celebrate, not just because he was returning to good health, but because those 12 days were full of some pretty upsetting visions."
https://www.gq.com/story/coronavirus-satan-not-cool
GQ
Thrash Metal Drummer Awakens from Coronavirus Coma, Doesn't Think Satan Is That Cool Anymore
Will Carroll of Death Angel says, “I don’t think Satan’s quite as cool as I used to.”
eBook gratis e cultura libera, dopo il sequestro torna online il Progetto Gutenberg - il mio articolo per La Stampa
https://www.lastampa.it/tecnologia/news/2020/05/26/news/ebook-gratis-e-cultura-libera-torna-online-il-sito-del-progetto-gutenberg-1.38891277?refresh_ce
https://www.lastampa.it/tecnologia/news/2020/05/26/news/ebook-gratis-e-cultura-libera-torna-online-il-sito-del-progetto-gutenberg-1.38891277?refresh_ce
La Stampa
eBook gratis e cultura libera, dopo il sequestro torna online il Progetto Gutenberg
Lo storico punto di riferimento per i libri elettronici senza copyright era finito nella retata della Guardia di Finanza contro i canali che diffondevano copie pirata dei giornali italiani
La console più venduta di sempre? La Playstation 2 - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/media/la-console-piu-venduta-di-sempre-la-playstation-2/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/media/la-console-piu-venduta-di-sempre-la-playstation-2/
CorCom
La console più venduta di sempre? La Playstation 2 - CorCom
Report Learnbonds-VGchartz: con 156 milioni di pezzi commercializzati la seconda generazione del device di Sony ha conquistato il 10% del mercato globale. Seguono Ds e Game Boy, entrambi targati Nintendo
Non solo web, per la ripresa Liberty Media scommette su eventi live - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/media/non-solo-web-per-la-ripresa-liberty-media-scommette-su-eventi-live/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/media/non-solo-web-per-la-ripresa-liberty-media-scommette-su-eventi-live/
CorCom
Non solo web, per la ripresa Liberty Media punta sugli eventi live - CorCom
Secondo il chairman del colosso Usa, John Malone, non appena si troverà una terapia o un vaccino "la vita quotidiana tornerà quella di prima". Così come la modalità di fruizione di contenuti
Finita la quarantena, per adesso. C'è da dire che abbiamo imparato molto. Dovesse ricapitare mi sa che la faremmo tutti in maniera diversa. Che ne dite?
Money quote: "Eventually, once we’d all been quarantined in our homes for at least two weeks, we started making distanced contact. We went on a hike together and didn’t share snacks. We had a backyard hangout around a fire pit, with each couple seated 6 feet from the next. It was then that we started talking about taking things to the next level."
https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/05/why-i-decided-to-join-a-quarantine-bubble-and-you-should-too.html
Money quote: "Eventually, once we’d all been quarantined in our homes for at least two weeks, we started making distanced contact. We went on a hike together and didn’t share snacks. We had a backyard hangout around a fire pit, with each couple seated 6 feet from the next. It was then that we started talking about taking things to the next level."
https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/05/why-i-decided-to-join-a-quarantine-bubble-and-you-should-too.html
Slate Magazine
I Have a “Quarantine Bubble” With People Outside My House. You Should Too.
My pod makes me feel like I can stay in lockdown for much longer.
Tracollo delle vendite hardware in Europa. L’Italia tiene ma l’outlook è negativo - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/tracollo-delle-vendite-hardware-in-europa-litalia-tiene-ma-loutlook-e-negativo/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/tracollo-delle-vendite-hardware-in-europa-litalia-tiene-ma-loutlook-e-negativo/
CorCom
Tracollo delle vendite hardware in Europa. L'Italia tiene ma l'outlook è negativo - CorCom
Context: il nostro Paese ha chiuso con risultati in controtendenza rispetto al down generale ma per il secondo trimestre le stime non sono buone: atteso un -9%. Performance al rialzo per software e servizi
Costellazione satellitare made in Europe, Thales Alenia Space alla guida di Promise - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/costellazione-satellitare-made-in-europe-thales-alenia-space-alla-guida-di-promise/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/costellazione-satellitare-made-in-europe-thales-alenia-space-alla-guida-di-promise/
CorCom
Costellazione satellitare made in Europe, Thales Alenia Space alla guida di Promise - CorCom
Al via la produzione di una "libreria" di blocchi per i circuiti misti Asic, attualmente nelle mani degli Usa. Il ceo Bellido: "Iniziativa rivoluzionaria e pionieristica per lo sviluppo di soluzioni competitive in termini di costi. Per le aziende ruolo guida…
Per evitare di distrarsi questo lavora solo su iPad Pro (quello più grande, che costa quanto un portatile da Formula Uno). In pratica, lo strumento è la soluzione. Il pensiero no. Il metodo neanche. Che filosofia devastata per gente devastata.
Money quote: "For some reason, it still wasn’t enough for me. As soon as I opened my laptop, the temptation to procrastinate by either distracting myself or by being “fake productive” was just too high. Fake productivity is doing work-related activities that don’t bring much value to your job, such as checking analytics, planning your day for hours, watching educational YouTube content, looking at your competitors’ content on social media. Not that these kinds of tasks aren’t useful, but they’re not always necessary. If you’re a writer, checking out your stats on Medium every 10 minutes doesn’t bring as much value as sitting down and write."
https://medium.com/macoclock/the-ipad-pro-solved-my-distraction-problems-d652a9eb9390
Money quote: "For some reason, it still wasn’t enough for me. As soon as I opened my laptop, the temptation to procrastinate by either distracting myself or by being “fake productive” was just too high. Fake productivity is doing work-related activities that don’t bring much value to your job, such as checking analytics, planning your day for hours, watching educational YouTube content, looking at your competitors’ content on social media. Not that these kinds of tasks aren’t useful, but they’re not always necessary. If you’re a writer, checking out your stats on Medium every 10 minutes doesn’t bring as much value as sitting down and write."
https://medium.com/macoclock/the-ipad-pro-solved-my-distraction-problems-d652a9eb9390
Medium
The iPad Pro Solved My Distraction Problems
Sometimes limitations allow you to be better and more efficient
Life for Sale, alla scoperta dello Yukio Mishima minore - il mio articolo per Anobii
https://blog.anobii.com/it/2020/05/28/life-for-sale-alla-scoperta-dello-yukio-mishima-minore/
https://blog.anobii.com/it/2020/05/28/life-for-sale-alla-scoperta-dello-yukio-mishima-minore/
Anobii Blog
Life for Sale, alla scoperta dello Yukio Mishima minore - Anobii Blog
Il romanzo pubblicato per la prima volta in Giappone nel 1968 e mai sinora tradotto in italiano è stato pubblicato in inglese l'estate scorsa. Un piccolo divertimento tutto da scoprire
Smart working, Google rimborsa fino a 1.000 dollari ai dipendenti - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/lavoro-carriere/smart-working/smart-working-google-rimborsa-fino-a-1-000-dollari-ai-dipendenti/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/lavoro-carriere/smart-working/smart-working-google-rimborsa-fino-a-1-000-dollari-ai-dipendenti/
CorCom
Smart working, Google rimborsa fino a 1.000 dollari ai dipendenti - CorCom
Il bonus destinato agli acquisti di dispositivi e tecnologie per lavorare da remoto. Via anche alla riorganizzazione dei campus Usa: entro il 6 luglio rientrerà il 10% delle risorse, il 30% a settembre. Ma è prevista una rotazione per le postazioni
Violenza domestica, in forte aumento lo stalkarware via smartphone - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/violenza-domestica-in-forte-aumento-lo-stalkarware-via-smartphone/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/violenza-domestica-in-forte-aumento-lo-stalkarware-via-smartphone/
CorCom
Violenza domestica, in forte aumento lo stalkerware via smartphone - CorCom
Il lockdown ha fatto il paio con un aumento delle denunce in particolare da parte delle donne. Nel solo mese di aprile oltre 8.200 utenti monitorati illecitamente attraverso software installati sui telefonini. In campo la Coalition Against Stalkerware: salgono…
Forwarded from Fumettologica
Massimo De Vita, storico disegnatore di Topolino Magazine e autore del capolavoro "Topolino e la Spada di Ghiaccio", ha annunciato il suo ritiro dopo 59 anni di attività.
https://www.fumettologica.it/2020/05/massimo-de-vita-ritirato-topolino/
https://www.fumettologica.it/2020/05/massimo-de-vita-ritirato-topolino/
Fumettologica
Massimo De Vita, storico autore di Topolino, si è ritirato
Massimo De Vita, storico disegnatore di Topolino e autore della Spada di Ghiaccio, ha annunciato il suo ritiro dopo 59 anni di attività.
È arrivato il momento di migrare la moda in rete?
Money quote: "Our consumer-sentiment surveys, conducted in April, show declines in purchase intent of 70 to 80 percent in offline and 30 to 40 percent in online in Europe and North America, even in countries that haven’t been under full lockdown. E-commerce is clearly not offsetting the sales declines in stores. Nevertheless, it has been a lifeline for fashion brands as stores have been shuttered—and it will continue to be critical during and after the recovery period. In China, the return of offline traffic has been gradual, with 74 percent of Chinese consumers saying they avoided shopping malls in the two weeks after stores reopened.1 This suggests that some percentage of offline sales could permanently migrate to e-commerce."
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/retail/our-insights/fashions-digital-transformation-now-or-never
Money quote: "Our consumer-sentiment surveys, conducted in April, show declines in purchase intent of 70 to 80 percent in offline and 30 to 40 percent in online in Europe and North America, even in countries that haven’t been under full lockdown. E-commerce is clearly not offsetting the sales declines in stores. Nevertheless, it has been a lifeline for fashion brands as stores have been shuttered—and it will continue to be critical during and after the recovery period. In China, the return of offline traffic has been gradual, with 74 percent of Chinese consumers saying they avoided shopping malls in the two weeks after stores reopened.1 This suggests that some percentage of offline sales could permanently migrate to e-commerce."
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/retail/our-insights/fashions-digital-transformation-now-or-never
McKinsey & Company
Fashion’s digital transformation: Now or never
Some companies won’t survive the current crisis; others will emerge better positioned for the future. Much will depend on fashion’s digital transformation.
Fusione Three-O2 UK, la corte Ue ribalta il blocco Antitrust - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/telco/fusione-three-o2-uk-la-corte-ue-ribalta-il-blocco-antitrust/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/telco/fusione-three-o2-uk-la-corte-ue-ribalta-il-blocco-antitrust/
CorCom
Fusione Three-O2 UK, la corte Ue ribalta il blocco Antitrust - CorCom
Il tribunale dà ragione a Ck Hutchison sul ricorso contro il provvedimento dell’authority europea per la concorrenza, che nel 2016 aveva bloccato il deal da 10,3 miliardi di sterline
Effetto Coronavirus sul mercato Pc: vendite a -6,3% nell’area Emea - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/effetto-coronavirus-sul-mercato-pc-vendite-a-63-nellarea-emea/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/effetto-coronavirus-sul-mercato-pc-vendite-a-63-nellarea-emea/
CorCom
Effetto Coronavirus sul mercato Pc: vendite a -6,3% nell’area Emea - CorCom
Le stime di Idc sul 2020 vedono un calo delle spedizioni anno su anno. Anche se il secondo trimestre registra una crescita a causa della domanda generata dal lockdown
Il Vitra Design Musem espone la sua epica collezione di seggiole. Perché nel mondo del design la seggiola è una sfida e una dichiarazione di principio, un gesto d'invenzione e la presentazione di una poetica. Un designer lo giudichi dalla sua sedia (e se non ne ha mai fatta una, lo giudichi per questa sua mancanza).
Money quote: "Chairs are important historical artefacts. They can represent the fashion and ethos of a particular moment in time or stand for an epochal idea. They are portraits of their users and reflect the production techniques with which they were created. You can recognise and understand an era – its social structures, its materials, techniques and fashions – by its chairs. I would go as far as to say that no other everyday object is so multi-faceted."
https://www.vitra.com/en-un/page/chair-times
Money quote: "Chairs are important historical artefacts. They can represent the fashion and ethos of a particular moment in time or stand for an epochal idea. They are portraits of their users and reflect the production techniques with which they were created. You can recognise and understand an era – its social structures, its materials, techniques and fashions – by its chairs. I would go as far as to say that no other everyday object is so multi-faceted."
https://www.vitra.com/en-un/page/chair-times
Sembrava tanto una buona idea, eppure adesso anche il panorama delle newsletter è completamente inondato da migliaia, milioni di alternative. Che fare?
Money quote: "A funny thing happened in our current Newsletter Renaissance: inundation. Much like the television streaming era which is now in full-swing, we’re learning that there can, in fact, be too much of a good thing. At least for those of us who are completists. Which is to say: there are too many newsletters that I now subscribe to and want to read, but often cannot. Because, well, time.
There are a few possible solutions here.
First, we could simply unsubscribe from several of these newsletters. But that’s no fun. What if time magically appears and you yearn for one of those old friends in your inbox?"
https://500ish.com/newsletters-as-newspapers-906938ca4a2e
Money quote: "A funny thing happened in our current Newsletter Renaissance: inundation. Much like the television streaming era which is now in full-swing, we’re learning that there can, in fact, be too much of a good thing. At least for those of us who are completists. Which is to say: there are too many newsletters that I now subscribe to and want to read, but often cannot. Because, well, time.
There are a few possible solutions here.
First, we could simply unsubscribe from several of these newsletters. But that’s no fun. What if time magically appears and you yearn for one of those old friends in your inbox?"
https://500ish.com/newsletters-as-newspapers-906938ca4a2e
Medium
Newsletters as Newspapers
A funny thing happened in our current Newsletter Renaissance: inundation. Much like the television streaming era which is now in…