C'è stato un tempo in cui Donald Trump parlava molto meglio, con più proprietà di linguaggio e complessiva lucidità. Vengono avanzate due ipotesi per l'evidente difficoltà di oggi a seguire un percorso logico nei discorsi e a usare parole non generiche: fisiologico rincoglionimento per l'età oppure incipiente Alzheimer.
Money quote: "In interviews Trump gave in the 1980s and 1990s (with Tom Brokaw, David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey, Charlie Rose, and others), he spoke articulately, used sophisticated vocabulary, inserted dependent clauses into his sentences without losing his train of thought, and strung together sentences into a polished paragraph, which — and this is no mean feat — would have scanned just fine in print. This was so even when reporters asked tough questions about, for instance, his divorce, his brush with bankruptcy, and why he doesn’t build housing for working-class Americans"
https://www.statnews.com/2017/05/23/donald-trump-speaking-style-interviews/
Money quote: "In interviews Trump gave in the 1980s and 1990s (with Tom Brokaw, David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey, Charlie Rose, and others), he spoke articulately, used sophisticated vocabulary, inserted dependent clauses into his sentences without losing his train of thought, and strung together sentences into a polished paragraph, which — and this is no mean feat — would have scanned just fine in print. This was so even when reporters asked tough questions about, for instance, his divorce, his brush with bankruptcy, and why he doesn’t build housing for working-class Americans"
https://www.statnews.com/2017/05/23/donald-trump-speaking-style-interviews/
STAT
Trump wasn’t always so linguistically challenged. What could explain the change?
STAT asked experts to compare Trump's speech from decades ago to that in 2017. All noticed deterioration, which may signal changes in Trump's brain health.
Brillante storia di Anker, l'azienda di accessori, soprattutto caricabatterie, per smartphone e poi computer (pensate ad Apple, Samsung e via dicendo) che sta battendo tutti i grandi con una semplice idea: prodotti di qualità a un prezzo decente
Money quote: "Yang and his team started a company with the sole purpose of selling a better third-party accessory. But they stumbled onto a more lucrative reality: mobile phones, once niche luxury items, are now ubiquitous centerpieces of our digital lives. Each of these phones, and all the products that connect to them, need their own cable and plug. And each and every day these devices die before we want them to."
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/22/15673712/anker-battery-charger-amazon-empire-steven-yang-interview
Money quote: "Yang and his team started a company with the sole purpose of selling a better third-party accessory. But they stumbled onto a more lucrative reality: mobile phones, once niche luxury items, are now ubiquitous centerpieces of our digital lives. Each of these phones, and all the products that connect to them, need their own cable and plug. And each and every day these devices die before we want them to."
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/22/15673712/anker-battery-charger-amazon-empire-steven-yang-interview
The Verge
How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own accessory game
Inside the portable battery pack giant
Microsoft passa a Git per lo sviluppo di Windows - Il mio articolo per Macity
http://www.macitynet.it/microsoft-passa-git-lo-sviluppo-windows/
http://www.macitynet.it/microsoft-passa-git-lo-sviluppo-windows/
Macitynet.it
Microsoft passa a Git per lo sviluppo di Windows - Macitynet.it
Il sistema di versionamento creato da Linus Torvalds per Linux diventa anche la casa dei 300 GB di codice sorgente di Redmond
Forwarded from Social&Positive News - L'informazione che fa bene
📝 #Disabilità #StoriedaRicordare
Cento anni fa, il 29 maggio 1917, nasceva Sabina Santilli. Una donna caparbia e visionaria: perse vista e udito a sette anni per una meningite e scrivendo in Braille, da un piccolo paese dell'Abruzzo, riuscì a mettere in rete centinaia di sordociechi e poi a creare un'associazione di cui fossero protagonisti. Sabina fu la fondatrice e prima presidente della Lega del filo d’oro. La prima ciecosorda in Italia a stipulare un atto legale e addirittura ad assumere una carica sociale. Per poterlo fare, il notaio equiparò il caso di Sabina, che per la legge sarebbe stata incapace di intendere e di volere, a quello di uno straniero che necessita di un interprete. E non solo. A 31 anni Sabina era una donna autonoma e indipendente nella sue attività quotidiane: stira, cucina, lava i piatti, cuce, bada ai nipotini. Prendetevi 5 minuti e leggete la storia di questa donna straordinaria. Il vostro lunedì sarà senz’altro migliore.
Cento anni fa, il 29 maggio 1917, nasceva Sabina Santilli. Una donna caparbia e visionaria: perse vista e udito a sette anni per una meningite e scrivendo in Braille, da un piccolo paese dell'Abruzzo, riuscì a mettere in rete centinaia di sordociechi e poi a creare un'associazione di cui fossero protagonisti. Sabina fu la fondatrice e prima presidente della Lega del filo d’oro. La prima ciecosorda in Italia a stipulare un atto legale e addirittura ad assumere una carica sociale. Per poterlo fare, il notaio equiparò il caso di Sabina, che per la legge sarebbe stata incapace di intendere e di volere, a quello di uno straniero che necessita di un interprete. E non solo. A 31 anni Sabina era una donna autonoma e indipendente nella sue attività quotidiane: stira, cucina, lava i piatti, cuce, bada ai nipotini. Prendetevi 5 minuti e leggete la storia di questa donna straordinaria. Il vostro lunedì sarà senz’altro migliore.
VITA
Sabina Santilli, la donna che portò i sordociechi fuori dal buio
Cento anni fa, il 29 maggio 1917, nasceva Sabina Santilli, la fondatrice della Lega del Filo d'Oro. Una donna caparbia e visionaria: perse vista e udito a sette anni per una meningite e scrivendo in Braille, da un piccolo paese dell'Abruzzo, riuscì a mettere…
Se progettate interfacce utente, è probabile che usiate Sketch. E quindi è possibile che vogliate/dobbiate passare a Figma, che ha tutta un'altra gestione della parte collaborativa e cloud (funziona nel browser).
Qui una comparazione piuttosto entusiastica ma comunque dettagliata
Money quote: "I would have never contemplated writing this a few months ago. Not even remotely. I’m a die hard Sketch fan. Every day, almost 8 hours a day, in and out, through and through, I love Sketch.
Well… I loved Sketch."
https://medium.com/@tomjohndesign/you-are-going-to-switch-to-figma-351dc05c9a33
Qui una comparazione piuttosto entusiastica ma comunque dettagliata
Money quote: "I would have never contemplated writing this a few months ago. Not even remotely. I’m a die hard Sketch fan. Every day, almost 8 hours a day, in and out, through and through, I love Sketch.
Well… I loved Sketch."
https://medium.com/@tomjohndesign/you-are-going-to-switch-to-figma-351dc05c9a33
Medium
You Are Going to Switch to Figma
I’ve read a lot of comparison articles about the two, but I don’t think they really do Figma justice.
Anker, il piccolo Davide degli accessori contro i Golia della tecnologia - il mio articolo per Macity
http://www.macitynet.it/anker-piccolo-davide-degli-accessori-golia-della-tecnologia/
http://www.macitynet.it/anker-piccolo-davide-degli-accessori-golia-della-tecnologia/
Macitynet.it
Anker, il piccolo Davide degli accessori contro i Golia della tecnologia - Macitynet.it
Il segreto dell’azienda creata da Steven Yang, ex Google, nell’estate del 2011
Soprattutto a causa del risultato delle elezioni presidenziali, i media tradizionali e la parte progressista dei big della tecnologia americani si stanno interrogando su come riuscire a cambiare il modo con il quale la tecnologia influenza la vita delle persone, il commercio, la politica e tutto il resto. La mia tesi è che se, dopo Obama, grazie ai social e alla tecnologia avesse vinto Hillary anziché Donald, i mea culpa sarebbero molto più rari.
Money quote: "“I thought once everybody could speak freely and exchange information and ideas, the world is automatically going to be a better place,” Evan Williams says. “I was wrong about that"
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/technology/evan-williams-medium-twitter-internet.html
Money quote: "“I thought once everybody could speak freely and exchange information and ideas, the world is automatically going to be a better place,” Evan Williams says. “I was wrong about that"
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/technology/evan-williams-medium-twitter-internet.html
NY Times
‘The Internet Is Broken’: @ev Is Trying to Salvage It
The Twitter co-founder, Evan Williams, reflects on what the social media service has wrought on society and how he is trying to change things with Medium, the publishing site.
Una remota e completamente disabitata isola del Pacifico coperta da 38 milioni di pezzi di plastica. Nessuno vive in quel posto (nessuno lo ripulisce) per questo motivo possiamo dire senza timore di smentite che la responsabilità viene da più lontano. Dopo 60 anni circa di uso industriale della plastica, oggi stiamo solo iniziando a vedere il quantitativo di danni che questo materiale sta facendo. E non fa altro che peggiorare.
Money quote: "“When we dispose of plastics, we think it goes away, but there is no ‘away,’ ” Bond said. As for the plastic on Henderson Island, it is fated to remain there indefinitely"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/16/no-one-lives-on-this-remote-pacific-island-but-its-covered-in-38-million-pieces-of-our-trash/
Money quote: "“When we dispose of plastics, we think it goes away, but there is no ‘away,’ ” Bond said. As for the plastic on Henderson Island, it is fated to remain there indefinitely"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/16/no-one-lives-on-this-remote-pacific-island-but-its-covered-in-38-million-pieces-of-our-trash/
Ecco il Nokia 3310: l’effetto nostalgia dura due minuti, al massimo - il mio articolo per Il Sole 24 Ore ++ link corretto!
http://mobile.ilsole24ore.com/solemobile/main/art/tecnologie/2017-05-29/ecco-nokia-3310-l-effetto-nostalgia-dura-due-minuti-massimo-175444
http://mobile.ilsole24ore.com/solemobile/main/art/tecnologie/2017-05-29/ecco-nokia-3310-l-effetto-nostalgia-dura-due-minuti-massimo-175444
Ilsole24Ore
Ecco il Nokia 3310: l’effetto nostalgia dura due minuti, al massimo - Il Sole 24 Ore
Se avesse anche Whatsapp sarebbe perfetto. Per il resto, il Nokia 3310 è uno straordinario “feature phone” a basso costo, da meno di 70 euro, solido, robusto, stabile, spoglio di qualsiasi velleità (ha un sistema operativo non smart con un primordiale browser…
Corretto il link all'articolo sul Nokia 3310. Scusate il pasticcio e grazie per le segnalazioni
Wonder Woman, il film. La mia recensione per Fumettologica
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/05/wonder-woman-recensione/
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/05/wonder-woman-recensione/
Fumettologica
Wonder Woman, il film. La recensione - Fumettologica
Wonder Woman - diretto da Patty Jenkins e interpretato da Gal Gadot - è un bel film in costume e con tanta buona azione, realizzato con molta onestà.
L’epopea (un po’ tirata in lungo) degli ascensori, gli eroi semi-sconosciuti delle città verticali. Altro che grattacieli
Money quote: “Quite a bit, in fact, if you’re interested in expanding skylines, growing cities, and our race for ever-taller towers. Elevators have been, and will continue to be, central to the story of urbanization and skyscraper architecture.”
http://www.curbed.com/2017/4/24/15385658/elevator-skyscraper-urban-design-kone
Money quote: “Quite a bit, in fact, if you’re interested in expanding skylines, growing cities, and our race for ever-taller towers. Elevators have been, and will continue to be, central to the story of urbanization and skyscraper architecture.”
http://www.curbed.com/2017/4/24/15385658/elevator-skyscraper-urban-design-kone
Curbed
Elevators in an age of higher towers and bigger cities
A trip to an underground testing facility in Finland reveals the humble lift is getting a high-tech upgrade
Un tempo la vita era più formale. Oggi ci vestiamo tutti un po’ più sportivamente, anche e soprattutto al lavoro. Merito della Silicon Valley, a quanto pare
Money quote: “The life and impending death of business casual demonstrates broader shifts in American culture and business: Life is less formal; the concept of “going to the office” has fundamentally changed; American companies are now more results-oriented than process-oriented. The way this particular style of fashion originated and faded demonstrates that cultural change results from a tangle of seemingly disparate and ever-evolving sources: technology, consumerism, labor, geography, demographics. Better yet, cultural change can start almost anywhere and by almost anyone—scruffy computer programmers included.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/05/history-of-business-casual/526014/
Money quote: “The life and impending death of business casual demonstrates broader shifts in American culture and business: Life is less formal; the concept of “going to the office” has fundamentally changed; American companies are now more results-oriented than process-oriented. The way this particular style of fashion originated and faded demonstrates that cultural change results from a tangle of seemingly disparate and ever-evolving sources: technology, consumerism, labor, geography, demographics. Better yet, cultural change can start almost anywhere and by almost anyone—scruffy computer programmers included.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/05/history-of-business-casual/526014/
The Atlantic
Why American Workers Now Dress So Casually
The office was, until a few decades ago, the last stronghold of fashion formality. Silicon Valley changed that.
Se avete bisogno di un generatore casuale di mappe di città medioevali, non cercate oltre. L'avete trovato.
https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator
https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator
itch.io
Medieval Fantasy City Generator by watabou
Not a game. Play in your browser
Forwarded from Fumettologica
La storia di uno dei libri più visionari di sempre, raccontata dal suo autore.
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/05/genesi-codex-seraphinianus-incontro-luigi-serafini/
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/05/genesi-codex-seraphinianus-incontro-luigi-serafini/
Fumettologica
La genesi del Codex Seraphinianus
Uscito nel 1981, resta uno degli oggetti editoriali più sorprendenti degli ultimi 40 anni. Luigi Serafini racconta la genesi del suo Codex Seraphinianus.
Google contro Porsche. Una guerra tra paradigmi di design: quelli essenziali, iconici, senza tempo di prodotti fenomenali e quelli del mondo tecnologico che, invece, sono tutto tranne che permanenti. Interessante riflessione (e belle foto di Porsche 911, design di automobile che adoro).
Money quote: "Both products were born with good design — simple, innovative, unobtrusive. Both are brilliantly engineered, iconic, beloved and instantly recognizable. Both have been carefully iterated on over time, getting better and more robust. And perhaps most importantly, both fundamental designs are just as good (if not better) when they launched as they are today.
So why does Porsche stir up feelings of timelessness but Google doesn’t?"
https://medium.com/startup-grind/can-digital-products-be-timeless-a04e30662029
Money quote: "Both products were born with good design — simple, innovative, unobtrusive. Both are brilliantly engineered, iconic, beloved and instantly recognizable. Both have been carefully iterated on over time, getting better and more robust. And perhaps most importantly, both fundamental designs are just as good (if not better) when they launched as they are today.
So why does Porsche stir up feelings of timelessness but Google doesn’t?"
https://medium.com/startup-grind/can-digital-products-be-timeless-a04e30662029
Medium
Can Digital Products Be “Timeless?”
Do websites and apps belong in the MoMA? (They do)
Non dimentichiamoci che oltre agli USA sono in tilt anche quelli del Regno Unito
Money quote: "On Monday evening, Theresa May finally appeared on national television to take unscripted questions from the public and from Jeremy Paxman. It did not go well. Her evasive, sweaty performance stood in sharp contrast to the calm, confident delivery of Jeremy Corbyn. But you would never know it from a glance at the front pages of the UK press this morning"
https://www.thecanary.co/2017/05/30/whats-happening-across-front-pages-uk-press-today-nothing-short-whitewash-images/
Money quote: "On Monday evening, Theresa May finally appeared on national television to take unscripted questions from the public and from Jeremy Paxman. It did not go well. Her evasive, sweaty performance stood in sharp contrast to the calm, confident delivery of Jeremy Corbyn. But you would never know it from a glance at the front pages of the UK press this morning"
https://www.thecanary.co/2017/05/30/whats-happening-across-front-pages-uk-press-today-nothing-short-whitewash-images/
The Canary
What's happening across the front pages of the UK press today is nothing short of a whitewash [IMAGES] | The Canary
What's happening across the front pages of the UK press today is nothing short of a whitewash [IMAGES] from The Canary on 30th May 2017
Tredici mesi di analisi delle mappe di Google e di Apple a San Francisco. Una analisi che restituisce l'idea di un divario che non solo non diminuisce. Addirittura, sta aumentando.
Money quote: "So I wrote a script that takes monthly screenshots of Google and Apple Maps.1 And thirteen months later, we now have a year’s worth of images"
https://www.justinobeirne.com/a-year-of-google-maps-and-apple-maps
Money quote: "So I wrote a script that takes monthly screenshots of Google and Apple Maps.1 And thirteen months later, we now have a year’s worth of images"
https://www.justinobeirne.com/a-year-of-google-maps-and-apple-maps
Telelavoro, remote working, lavorare da casa. È la strada del futuro per molti e per le più varie ragioni. Ma non a tutti piace. È difficile uscire dal lavoro se non ci sei mai entrato.
Money quote: "Work is work and home is home, and as much as I can help it, never the twain shall meet. Again, I get why some people want work and home to hold hands: long commutes make the option undoubtedly convenient. I don’t live far from my job, and hope to keep it that way. But beyond commuting, it’s also very convenient for employers, who can ensure you start earlier, work longer, and ingrain the company into the parts of your life that should be yours and yours alone. Moving from New Age to conspiracy theory: I’ve worked in tech for most of a decade, and a lot of the benefits (free food, open kegs, company-sponsored social events) simulate the idea of a personal life, a home life, your life — but between someone else’s walls, and ultimately someone else’s terms."
https://thebillfold.com/working-from-home-is-never-worth-it-688a41167936
Money quote: "Work is work and home is home, and as much as I can help it, never the twain shall meet. Again, I get why some people want work and home to hold hands: long commutes make the option undoubtedly convenient. I don’t live far from my job, and hope to keep it that way. But beyond commuting, it’s also very convenient for employers, who can ensure you start earlier, work longer, and ingrain the company into the parts of your life that should be yours and yours alone. Moving from New Age to conspiracy theory: I’ve worked in tech for most of a decade, and a lot of the benefits (free food, open kegs, company-sponsored social events) simulate the idea of a personal life, a home life, your life — but between someone else’s walls, and ultimately someone else’s terms."
https://thebillfold.com/working-from-home-is-never-worth-it-688a41167936
The Billfold
Working From Home is Never Worth It
I like to leave at the end of the day. You can’t really leave if you don’t go in.