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…
Che impressione vedere i ragionamenti di studiosi di lingua inglese attorno alle "hapax legomenon", le parole che in tutta l'antichità ricorrono solo in un testo e solo una volta. Neologismi? Parole inventate o parole create? Goliardia? Gusto per la lingua? A un italiano termini come “apoculamus”, letteralmente "leviamo il culo da qui" (da "apo", via, e "culamus" muovere il culo), suonano molto più naturali.
Money quote: "The Satyricon contains a number of hapaxes, including “bacalusias” (possibly “sweetmeat” or ”lullabies”) and “baccibalum” (“attractive woman”)."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hapax-legomenon-hapaxes
Money quote: "The Satyricon contains a number of hapaxes, including “bacalusias” (possibly “sweetmeat” or ”lullabies”) and “baccibalum” (“attractive woman”)."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hapax-legomenon-hapaxes
Atlas Obscura
How Do You Decode a Hapax? (Also, What’s a Hapax?)
It's a word that only appears once in a work, author's oeuvre, or an entire language's written record.
Forwarded from Riccardo
Nel weekend sono stato in libreria e ho fatto un salto al mercatino (finalmente!) dell'usato. Ho preso diversi libri, e ne ho iniziati giusto un paio. Questa è la lista aggiornata.
https://riccardo.im/libri/
https://riccardo.im/libri/
Suggerimenti per arredare il set cinematografico, pardon l'area della "collaboration" nello smart working. Pensare che ci siano articoli come questi e che per di più vengano letti è un po' agghiacciante, però. No?
Money quote: "One of the easiest things you can do to improve the look of your video is to simply turn on any light you have handy and position it behind the camera shining on your face. That might mean moving a lamp, or moving your computer if all your available lights are in a fixed position, but it can make a dramatic difference. Check out these examples below, screen grabbed from my Microsoft Surface Book 2 (which actually has a pretty good built-in video camera, as far as built-in video cameras go)."
https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/13/how-to-create-the-best-at-home-videoconferencing-setup-for-every-budget/
Money quote: "One of the easiest things you can do to improve the look of your video is to simply turn on any light you have handy and position it behind the camera shining on your face. That might mean moving a lamp, or moving your computer if all your available lights are in a fixed position, but it can make a dramatic difference. Check out these examples below, screen grabbed from my Microsoft Surface Book 2 (which actually has a pretty good built-in video camera, as far as built-in video cameras go)."
https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/13/how-to-create-the-best-at-home-videoconferencing-setup-for-every-budget/
TechCrunch
How to create the best at-home videoconferencing setup, for every budget | TechCrunch
Your life probably involves a lot more videoconferencing now than it did a few weeks ago – even if it already did involve a lot. That's not likely going
Ecco, ci siamo: primi bagliori di una narrazione che adesso comincia a rimpiangere il lockdown. Perché stare chiusi in casa ci mancherà. Dopotutto, i due più grandi lussi della nostra epoca sono il silenzio e il tempo libero. Entrambi maggiormente disponibili durante la quarantena, no?
Money quote: "“Quarantine” is no longer a verb, but a distinct time in our lives. In the past couple months, many of us have experienced contentment or even joy in this new world we inhabit. I’ve discovered a bakery I really love because they’re the only one in my neighborhood doing takeout, and I know I’ll forever associate this era with thick slices of sourdough toast in the morning. I’ve discovered new bands I really like since March, and I wonder if I’ll forever hear them and think about this time with some strange and uncomfortable fondness. I’m already nostalgic for this time when a head of cabbage thrills me as much as ice cream or wine."
https://forge.medium.com/i-miss-this-time-already-599b97f1d11e
Money quote: "“Quarantine” is no longer a verb, but a distinct time in our lives. In the past couple months, many of us have experienced contentment or even joy in this new world we inhabit. I’ve discovered a bakery I really love because they’re the only one in my neighborhood doing takeout, and I know I’ll forever associate this era with thick slices of sourdough toast in the morning. I’ve discovered new bands I really like since March, and I wonder if I’ll forever hear them and think about this time with some strange and uncomfortable fondness. I’m already nostalgic for this time when a head of cabbage thrills me as much as ice cream or wine."
https://forge.medium.com/i-miss-this-time-already-599b97f1d11e
Medium
I Miss This Time, Already
Why it’s possible to feel nostalgic for something that’s terrible and sad
Smartphone, crollano le vendite. Si salva solo Xiaomi - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/tech-zone/smartphone-crollano-le-vendite-si-salva-solo-xiaomi/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/tech-zone/smartphone-crollano-le-vendite-si-salva-solo-xiaomi/
CorCom
Smartphone, crollano le vendite. Si salva solo Xiaomi - CorCom
Il Coronavirus impatta su tutti i produttori e il primo quarter 2020 chiude a -20,2% anno su anno. Huawei la più penalizzata anche se resta seconda per volumi davanti a Apple. Male anche Samsung e Oppo. Controtendenza per il brand Redmi, molto forte nel canale…
Aumentano i prezzi dei notebook: in Italia rincari fra i più alti d’Europa - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/tech-zone/aumentano-i-prezzi-dei-notebook-in-italia-rincari-fra-i-piu-alti-deuropa/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/tech-zone/aumentano-i-prezzi-dei-notebook-in-italia-rincari-fra-i-piu-alti-deuropa/
CorCom
Aumentano i prezzi dei notebook: in Italia rincari fra i più alti d'Europa - CorCom
Secondo l'indice elaborato da Context è nella fase di lockdown che si sono registrati i maggiori ordinativi. L'impennata della domanda ha fatto però il paio con una carenza di scorte in molte aree e difficoltà nella catena logistica che hanno fatto lievitare…
Dire più o meno la stessa cosa. La parola chiave è “meno”
https://www.ilpost.it/2020/06/03/mutazione-coronavirus/
https://www.ilpost.it/2020/06/03/mutazione-coronavirus/
Il Post
Il coronavirus esiste ancora, eccome
Le dichiarazioni sulla sua scomparsa "dal punto di vista clinico" hanno fatto molto discutere, ma il virus non è andato da nessuna parte e i rischi sono ancora presenti
È ripresa la corsa per dotarci tutti di un'identità digitale - il mio articolo per Wired
https://www.wired.it/internet/regole/2020/06/01/identita-digitale-corsa/
https://www.wired.it/internet/regole/2020/06/01/identita-digitale-corsa/
WIRED.IT
È ripresa la corsa per dotarci tutti di un'identità digitale
Dalle aziende private ai governi, dalle startup al mondo delle criptovalute: il coronavirus riporta in auge i progetti di identità digitale
Abbiamo (noi che siamo il pubblico) difficoltà a capire i grafici presentati in una scala logaritmica, tra le altre cose. La pandemia e i grafici sul progresso dei decessi lo dimostrano.
Money quote: "A possible explanation of our finding is that the linear scale gives the impression of a growing pandemic, without any sign of improvement. At the same time, the curve on the logarithmic scale looks flatter and reassuring. However, it has a higher end-point value on the Y-axis, which might act as an anchor when assessing the short-term evolution of the pandemic. Therefore, while the logarithmic group predicts more deaths in the short term due to the higher anchor, the linear group expects the crisis to last longer. Consequently, the linear group is more worried about the health crisis, while anticipates to wear masks less often in order to ration them."
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2020/05/19/the-public-doesnt-understand-logarithmic-graphs-often-used-to-portray-covid-19
Money quote: "A possible explanation of our finding is that the linear scale gives the impression of a growing pandemic, without any sign of improvement. At the same time, the curve on the logarithmic scale looks flatter and reassuring. However, it has a higher end-point value on the Y-axis, which might act as an anchor when assessing the short-term evolution of the pandemic. Therefore, while the logarithmic group predicts more deaths in the short term due to the higher anchor, the linear group expects the crisis to last longer. Consequently, the linear group is more worried about the health crisis, while anticipates to wear masks less often in order to ration them."
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2020/05/19/the-public-doesnt-understand-logarithmic-graphs-often-used-to-portray-covid-19
LSE COVID-19
The public do not understand logarithmic graphs used to portray COVID-19
Mass media routinely portray information about COVID-19 deaths on logarithmic graphs. But do their readers understand them? Alessandro Romano, Chiara Sotis, Goran Dominioni, and Sebastián Guidi car…
Con i giornali pirata su Telegram stiamo sbagliando approccio - il mio articolo per Il Foglio
https://www.ilfoglio.it/tecnologia/2020/06/01/news/con-i-giornali-pirata-su-telegram-stiamo-sbagliando-approccio-317117/
https://www.ilfoglio.it/tecnologia/2020/06/01/news/con-i-giornali-pirata-su-telegram-stiamo-sbagliando-approccio-317117/
IL FOGLIO
Con i giornali pirata su Telegram stiamo sbagliando approccio
Distribuire copie dei quotidiani sul famoso servizio di chat è illegale e sbagliato. Ma forse dovremmo prendere spunto dalle aziende tech