Suonava la sua musica, stava facendo un concerto a un festival: si è seduto in silenzio, ha chiesto scusa, ha abbassato la testa ed era morto. Se ne è andato così, a 71 anno, sul palco, David Olney.
Money quote: "“Olney was in the middle of his third song when he stopped, apologized, and shut his eyes,” Rigby wrote on Facebook. “He was very still, sitting upright with his guitar on, wearing the coolest hat and a beautiful rust suede jacket we laughed about because it was raining like hell outside the boathouse where we were playing — I just want the picture to be as graceful and dignified as it was, because it at first looked like he was just taking a moment.”"
https://variety.com/2020/music/news/singer-david-olney-dies-during-performance-festival-1203472389/
Qui una sua interpretazione di "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" con quattro spettacolari ballerine ("Era ironico, papà?" "Si, figliolo"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tijs8n-4HCA
Money quote: "“Olney was in the middle of his third song when he stopped, apologized, and shut his eyes,” Rigby wrote on Facebook. “He was very still, sitting upright with his guitar on, wearing the coolest hat and a beautiful rust suede jacket we laughed about because it was raining like hell outside the boathouse where we were playing — I just want the picture to be as graceful and dignified as it was, because it at first looked like he was just taking a moment.”"
https://variety.com/2020/music/news/singer-david-olney-dies-during-performance-festival-1203472389/
Qui una sua interpretazione di "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" con quattro spettacolari ballerine ("Era ironico, papà?" "Si, figliolo"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tijs8n-4HCA
Variety
Singer David Olney Dies During Performance at Florida’s 30A Festival
Singer-songwriter David Olney has died at age 71, after falling silent mid-performance at the 30A Festival in Florida Saturday night.
Protesta “ambientalista” in casa Amazon, il j’accuse di 340 dipendenti - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/protesta-ambientalista-in-casa-amazon-il-jaccuse-di-340-dipendenti/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/protesta-ambientalista-in-casa-amazon-il-jaccuse-di-340-dipendenti/
CorCom
Protesta "ambientalista" in casa Amazon, il j'accuse di 340 dipendenti - CorCom
In un "manifesto" online dura critica alle politiche messe in campo. E si punta il dito anche contro le condizioni di lavoro nei magazzini e le discriminazioni nei confronti degli immigrati. Ma l'azienda non ci sta: "Abbiamo fondato il Climate Pledge, impegnandoci…
Coronavirus, effetto boomerang su Apple? - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/coronavirus-effetto-boomerang-su-apple/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/coronavirus-effetto-boomerang-su-apple/
CorCom
Coronavirus, effetto boomerang su Apple? - CorCom
Analisti in allarme: gli impatti sul business della Mela potrebbero essere importanti. Cina, Hong Kong e Taiwan valgono il 16,7% del fatturato globale della compagnia
“Quei due”, i testimonial della nuova Milano - il mio articolo per Fumettologica
https://www.fumettologica.it/2020/01/quei-due-faraci-ziche-bonelli-fumetto/
https://www.fumettologica.it/2020/01/quei-due-faraci-ziche-bonelli-fumetto/
Fumettologica
"Quei due", i testimonial della nuova Milano - Fumettologica
"Quei due" di Tito Faraci e Silvia Ziche racconta i problemi e le passioni di una coppia di trentenni nella Milano dei giorni nostri.
Coronavirus e pandemia: cosa sta succedendo? E soprattutto, cosa può succedere?
Mentre questa mappa mostra i fololai del contagio in maniera quasi morbosa (perdonatemi il gioco di parole)
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
e mentre ricordo che ci sono sul mercato non solo documentari di Netflix
https://nypost.com/2020/01/23/netflix-releases-pandemic-docuseries-as-coronavirus-spreads/
ma anche videogiochi sul contagio
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/plague-inc/id525818839
Questo invece è uno degli articoli più sensati che ho letto sinora:
Money quote: "So how big could the outbreak get? Is this the next pandemic — a disease that spreads globally?
An answer to this question requires knowing the answers to two other questions: How easily does the 2019-nCoV spread from person to person, and how deadly is the virus? At the moment, scientists only have informed guesses, which are likely to solidify in the coming weeks and months. But what we know so far is instructive."
https://www.vox.com/2020/1/28/21079946/coronavirus-china-wuhan-deaths-pandemic
(Intanto, Wuhan in quarantena: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2020/01/coronavirus-photos-wuhan-under-quarantine/605605/ )
Mentre questa mappa mostra i fololai del contagio in maniera quasi morbosa (perdonatemi il gioco di parole)
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
e mentre ricordo che ci sono sul mercato non solo documentari di Netflix
https://nypost.com/2020/01/23/netflix-releases-pandemic-docuseries-as-coronavirus-spreads/
ma anche videogiochi sul contagio
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/plague-inc/id525818839
Questo invece è uno degli articoli più sensati che ho letto sinora:
Money quote: "So how big could the outbreak get? Is this the next pandemic — a disease that spreads globally?
An answer to this question requires knowing the answers to two other questions: How easily does the 2019-nCoV spread from person to person, and how deadly is the virus? At the moment, scientists only have informed guesses, which are likely to solidify in the coming weeks and months. But what we know so far is instructive."
https://www.vox.com/2020/1/28/21079946/coronavirus-china-wuhan-deaths-pandemic
(Intanto, Wuhan in quarantena: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2020/01/coronavirus-photos-wuhan-under-quarantine/605605/ )
New York Post
Netflix releases ‘Pandemic’ docuseries as coronavirus spreads
Netflix quietly released a new six-episode docuseries called “Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak” on Tuesday — right in time for the alarming spread of the Wuhan coronavirus. In
Quindici o più anni fa avevo un amico americano che una sera a cena, hamburger e una caraffata di margarita a testa, mi parlò del suo progetto di andare al Burning Man (che all'epoca era poco meno che sconoscuito dalle nostre parti) e mi invitò. Chicken as I am, ovviamente declinai. Ma nella manifestazione ci sono molte cose che vale la pena di vedere e raccontare, nel bene e nel male. Già in passato mi è capitato di citare il festival. Questo articolo è piuttosto interessante perché ne tira fuori un lato oscuro: The God Phone.
Money quote: "In 2018, artist Dustin Weatherford stacked seven old cars, one on top of the other, in a piece called Night at the Climb-In. People scaled the structure, navigating the rickety mirrors and rusted doors to the top where they could sip drinks in a canned-ham trailer 34 feet in the air. (Officials from the Bureau of Land Management and Burning Man closed the installation to climbers a few days into the event after someone fell and got hurt.)
But the God Phone’s risks felt different from Burning Man’s usual danger. There was no purposeful climb to a precarious lookout, no donning of fireproof gear in preparation for something that was obviously a bad idea. What sort of responsibility did the artists have for this other kind of art, I wondered, the kind where the risks were more hidden?
I never thought I’d go back to Burning Man after my God Phone experience, and I definitely didn’t think I’d go back to the phone. But in 2019, I did. I sat there for 24 hours, because I wanted to know if other conversations like mine were happening there. Was the God Phone safe? If someone got hurt, how would we know?"
https://longreads.com/2020/01/14/the-god-phone/
Money quote: "In 2018, artist Dustin Weatherford stacked seven old cars, one on top of the other, in a piece called Night at the Climb-In. People scaled the structure, navigating the rickety mirrors and rusted doors to the top where they could sip drinks in a canned-ham trailer 34 feet in the air. (Officials from the Bureau of Land Management and Burning Man closed the installation to climbers a few days into the event after someone fell and got hurt.)
But the God Phone’s risks felt different from Burning Man’s usual danger. There was no purposeful climb to a precarious lookout, no donning of fireproof gear in preparation for something that was obviously a bad idea. What sort of responsibility did the artists have for this other kind of art, I wondered, the kind where the risks were more hidden?
I never thought I’d go back to Burning Man after my God Phone experience, and I definitely didn’t think I’d go back to the phone. But in 2019, I did. I sat there for 24 hours, because I wanted to know if other conversations like mine were happening there. Was the God Phone safe? If someone got hurt, how would we know?"
https://longreads.com/2020/01/14/the-god-phone/
Longreads
The God Phone
What happens when ordinary people play God to strangers? Leora Smith explores the history of one of the oldest art installations at Burning Man and the conversations that unfold there.
Il cloud spinge i conti di Sap: superati i 27,5 miliardi di fatturato - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/il-cloud-spinge-i-conti-di-sap-superati-i-275-miliardi-di-fatturato/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/il-cloud-spinge-i-conti-di-sap-superati-i-275-miliardi-di-fatturato/
CorCom
Il cloud spinge i conti di Sap: superati i 27,5 miliardi di fatturato - CorCom
La crescita è stata del 12% in un anno. I ricavi del segmento hanno raggiunto i 6,9 miliardi di euro (+39%). Paga anche la ristrutturazione che ha visto il taglio di oltre 4mila posti di lavoro
Coronavirus, Facebook limita i viaggi in Cina - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/coronavirus-facebook-limita-i-viaggi-in-cina/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/coronavirus-facebook-limita-i-viaggi-in-cina/
CorCom
Coronavirus, Facebook limita i viaggi in Cina - CorCom
Il social network si aggiunge alla lista di aziende Usa che cancellano gli spostamenti nel Paese. "Ci siamo attivati per proteggere la salute e la sicurezza dei nostri dipendenti"
Intelligenza artificiale, Google investe sul traduttore istantaneo - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/intelligenza-artificiale-google-investe-sul-traduttore-istantaneo/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/intelligenza-artificiale-google-investe-sul-traduttore-istantaneo/
CorCom
Intelligenza artificiale, Google investe sul traduttore istantaneo - CorCom
Il progetto fa parte dei piani di lungo termine dell'azienda, con stanziamenti per la ricerca e sviluppo di soluzioni che potrebbero essere disponibili tra 5-10 anni. Tra queste anche un sistema per la diagnosi dell’anemia
L'ossessione per i social la stiamo pagando cara. Soprattutto in termini di diversità: una monocultura concettuale non fa per niente bene.
Money quote: "When Facebook experienced a 45-minute outage on Aug. 3 in many parts of the world, traffic to news websites sharply spiked, according to a data from Chartbeat, a firm used by many major news publishers to track traffic to their websites."
https://qz.com/1397324/it-took-only-a-45-minute-facebook-outage-for-news-traffic-to-spike/
Money quote: "When Facebook experienced a 45-minute outage on Aug. 3 in many parts of the world, traffic to news websites sharply spiked, according to a data from Chartbeat, a firm used by many major news publishers to track traffic to their websites."
https://qz.com/1397324/it-took-only-a-45-minute-facebook-outage-for-news-traffic-to-spike/
Quartz
When Facebook goes down, people go read the news
A 45-minute break from Facebook made people turn to news websites.
Murdoch battezza Knewz: parte la guerra delle notizie online - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/media/murdoch-battezza-knewz-parte-la-guerra-delle-notizie-online/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/media/murdoch-battezza-knewz-parte-la-guerra-delle-notizie-online/
CorCom
Murdoch battezza Knewz: parte la guerra delle notizie online - CorCom
Il magnate australiano lancia il motore di aggregazione destinato a fare concorrenza a Google e Facebook, aggregando circa 400 editori del mondo anglosassone
Whatsapp è brutto e cattivo
Money quote: “«Le backdoor”, continua lo sviluppatore, «sono spesso mascherate come “accidentali” falle di sicurezza. Solo nell’ultimo anno, 12 falle di questo tipo sono state individuate in WhatsApp; sette di queste erano critiche – come ad esempio quella che è stata sfruttata per Jeff Bezos. Qualcuno potrebbe dirvi che WhatsApp è ancora “molto sicuro” malgrado 7 backdoor evidenziate negli ultimi 12 mesi ma tutto ciò è semplicemente statisticamente improbabile».”
https://www.macitynet.it/il-fondatore-di-telegram-usare-whatsapp-e-pericoloso-e-facebook-mente-su-apple/
Money quote: “«Le backdoor”, continua lo sviluppatore, «sono spesso mascherate come “accidentali” falle di sicurezza. Solo nell’ultimo anno, 12 falle di questo tipo sono state individuate in WhatsApp; sette di queste erano critiche – come ad esempio quella che è stata sfruttata per Jeff Bezos. Qualcuno potrebbe dirvi che WhatsApp è ancora “molto sicuro” malgrado 7 backdoor evidenziate negli ultimi 12 mesi ma tutto ciò è semplicemente statisticamente improbabile».”
https://www.macitynet.it/il-fondatore-di-telegram-usare-whatsapp-e-pericoloso-e-facebook-mente-su-apple/
macitynet.it
Il fondatore di Telegram: “Usare WhatsApp è pericoloso e Facebook mente su Apple”
Sicurezza, Telegram, WhatsApp
Nella fredda e logica mente degli scienziati si celano le stesse fallaci illusioni degli altri esseri umani? La scienza deve produrre teorie semplici in modo assoluto, che in realtà è un giudizio decisamente soggettivo.
Money quote: "My colleagues argue that criteria of beauty are experience-based. The most fundamental theories we currently have – the standard model of particle physics and Albert Einstein’s general relativity – are beautiful in specific ways. I agree it was worth a try to assume that more fundamental theories are beautiful in similar ways. But, well, we tried, and it didn’t work. Nevertheless, physicists continue to select theories based on the same three criteria of beauty: simplicity, naturalness, and elegance."
https://aeon.co/ideas/beauty-is-truth-truth-is-beauty-and-other-lies-of-physics
Money quote: "My colleagues argue that criteria of beauty are experience-based. The most fundamental theories we currently have – the standard model of particle physics and Albert Einstein’s general relativity – are beautiful in specific ways. I agree it was worth a try to assume that more fundamental theories are beautiful in similar ways. But, well, we tried, and it didn’t work. Nevertheless, physicists continue to select theories based on the same three criteria of beauty: simplicity, naturalness, and elegance."
https://aeon.co/ideas/beauty-is-truth-truth-is-beauty-and-other-lies-of-physics
aeon.co
Beauty is truth, truth is beauty, and other lies of physics | Aeon Ideas
After spending billions trying (and failing) to support beautiful ideas in physics, is it time to let evidence lead the way?
Coronavirus, Jack Ma dona 14,5 milioni di dollari - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/pa-digitale/e-health/jack-ma-dona-145-milioni-di-dollari-per-vincere-il-coronavirus/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/pa-digitale/e-health/jack-ma-dona-145-milioni-di-dollari-per-vincere-il-coronavirus/
CorCom
Coronavirus, Jack Ma dona 14,5 milioni di dollari - CorCom
Dopo la Melinda e Bill Gates Foundation, tocca al fondatore di Alibaba scendere in campo per contribuire ad affrontare l'emergenza
Dalla realtà aumentata all'AI, ecco come cambia il modo di "vivere" lo sport - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/dalla-realta-aumentata-allai-ecco-come-cambia-il-modo-di-vivere-lo-sport/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/dalla-realta-aumentata-allai-ecco-come-cambia-il-modo-di-vivere-lo-sport/
CorCom
Dalla realtà aumentata all'AI, ecco come cambia il modo di "vivere" lo sport - CorCom
Capgemini: per il 69% dei tifosi l'uso di tecnologie emergenti migliora l’esperienza sia dentro sia fuori lo stadio mentre per gli atleti aiuta a migliorare le performance e prevenire gli infortuni
Una cosina semplice. Tutta la storia europea - 2400 anni - condensata in un video, anno per anno. Più che altro da un punto di vista demografico, ma è interessante.
Money quote: "Today’s video comes to us from YouTube channel Cottereau, and it provides an informative overview of European history starting from 400 BC. Empires rise and fall, invasions sweep across the continent, and the borders of modern countries slowly begin to take shape (with the added bonus of an extremely dramatic instrumental)."
http://www.visualcapitalist.com/2400-years-of-european-history/
Money quote: "Today’s video comes to us from YouTube channel Cottereau, and it provides an informative overview of European history starting from 400 BC. Empires rise and fall, invasions sweep across the continent, and the borders of modern countries slowly begin to take shape (with the added bonus of an extremely dramatic instrumental)."
http://www.visualcapitalist.com/2400-years-of-european-history/
Visual Capitalist
Animation: How the European Map Has Changed Over 2,400 Years
The history of Europe is breathtakingly complex, but this animation helps makes sense of 2,400 years of change on the European map.
Ehi, è già domenica! E Mostly Weekly, la newsletter di questo canale Telegram, è pronta. Enjoy! (Torno a dormire)
https://tinyletter.com/MostlyIWrite
https://tinyletter.com/MostlyIWrite
Un libro che probabilmente non avete letto è "The Lessons of History", cento pagine per condensare il senso esistenziale di 11 volumi di "The Story of Civilisation" (circa 10mila pagine) scritti in 40 anni dai coniugi Will e Ariel Durant. Per quanto breve, non so se valga davvero la pena. Nel caso, si trova in rete: anche su Kindle a poco.
Money quote: "“The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionists are philosophers and saints.”"
https://medium.com/personal-growth/the-trick-to-thinking-clearer-and-better-4a61c54114fa
Money quote: "“The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionists are philosophers and saints.”"
https://medium.com/personal-growth/the-trick-to-thinking-clearer-and-better-4a61c54114fa
Medium
It’s Not What You Know, It’s How You Think
Understanding the pattern-seeking mind is the first step to gaining wisdom
Il sesso tantrico non esiste. Cioè, ce lo siamo inventati noi in Occidente in collaborazione con qualche guru furbo. Però l'idea è furbo.
Money quote: "The Oneida experiment was so successful that it inspired a generation of women’s rights pioneers and birth-control advocates in the US, including Margaret Sanger and Ida C Craddock, to push for coitus reservatus into the early 20th century. The most common term then was ‘Karezza’, coined from the Italian for ‘caress’ by the Chicago-based gynaecologist and public-school reformer Alice Bunker Stockham. Her chief interest was in the plight of the orgasm-starved working woman, but she addressed her appeal to their husbands, who must, after all, wield the sword."
https://aeon.co/essays/tantric-sex-promises-healthy-bliss-what-does-the-science-say
Money quote: "The Oneida experiment was so successful that it inspired a generation of women’s rights pioneers and birth-control advocates in the US, including Margaret Sanger and Ida C Craddock, to push for coitus reservatus into the early 20th century. The most common term then was ‘Karezza’, coined from the Italian for ‘caress’ by the Chicago-based gynaecologist and public-school reformer Alice Bunker Stockham. Her chief interest was in the plight of the orgasm-starved working woman, but she addressed her appeal to their husbands, who must, after all, wield the sword."
https://aeon.co/essays/tantric-sex-promises-healthy-bliss-what-does-the-science-say
Aeon
Anti-climax
Coitus reservatus is an ancient technique promising bliss and longevity. Does orgasm data back up these tantric ideas?