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.
Addio "media-media", l'account condiviso in rete del Wall Street Journal, uno dei segreti di Pulcinella meglio custoditi (tra giornalisti) dei nostri tempi. Ah, ci sono e ancora esistono cose simili per gli abbonamenti dei giornali digitali italiani e per le agenzie, mi dicono. Voi ne sapete niente?
Money quote: "For years, one of the best/worst kept secrets in media circles was a login that unlocked the Wall Street Journal's formidable paywall. Username: media. Password: media."
https://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewzeitlin/rip-media-media
Money quote: "For years, one of the best/worst kept secrets in media circles was a login that unlocked the Wall Street Journal's formidable paywall. Username: media. Password: media."
https://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewzeitlin/rip-media-media
BuzzFeed News
The Media's Best-Kept Secret Was A Free Wall Street Journal Login, And Now It's Gone
Username: media. Password: media. Everyone knew about it, but nobody talked about it.
La vita degli sviluppatori software è più complessa di quel che può sembrare, soprattutto all'inizio. Perché l'università non insegna le cose pratiche necessarie al lavoro e in generale si entra con un set limitato di competenze in un ambiente multidimensionale e con una curva di apprendimento piuttosto ripida. La risposta? Abbracciare i propri limiti e costruire sopra nuove competenze.
Money quote: "My first year as a developer I dubbed the year of the Annoying Talking Sponge. As an Annoying Talking Sponge, it’s your responsibility to ask as many questions as you can, and absorb as much information as you can handle"
https://hackernoon.com/being-a-junior-developer-is-tough-f716cc83655d
Money quote: "My first year as a developer I dubbed the year of the Annoying Talking Sponge. As an Annoying Talking Sponge, it’s your responsibility to ask as many questions as you can, and absorb as much information as you can handle"
https://hackernoon.com/being-a-junior-developer-is-tough-f716cc83655d
Hackernoon
Being a Junior Developer is tough. | HackerNoon
More often than not, you’ll come straight out of University, perhaps have an internship under your belt and exposed to a whole heck of stuff you didn’t know existed in the first place. I started a list of tools that I was exposed to in my first few weeks…
Ripensare il design delle interfacce (ma non solo) in maniera estrema, applicando lo storytelling prima di disegnare il layout grezzo. Anzi, prima lo storyframe del wireframe.
È un'idea un po' balzana, soprattutto se si pensa che semplifica un modello di lavoro per designer digitali e solitari che in realtà non è l'unico possibile e che nel "vecchio mondo" ad esempio della pubblicità o della grafica tradizionale era già stato abbondantemente affrontato. Comunque, vale la lettura.
Money quote: "Stories work pretty well in a script format. Stripping away all the visual clutter can help you focus on the core of the message you are trying to communicate. And text editors are a great tool for that: they are simple, clean, and available in pretty much every device you use everyday as a designer— from computers to tablets to mobile phones."
https://uxdesign.cc/storyframes-before-wireframes-starting-designs-in-the-text-editor-ec69db78e6e4
È un'idea un po' balzana, soprattutto se si pensa che semplifica un modello di lavoro per designer digitali e solitari che in realtà non è l'unico possibile e che nel "vecchio mondo" ad esempio della pubblicità o della grafica tradizionale era già stato abbondantemente affrontato. Comunque, vale la lettura.
Money quote: "Stories work pretty well in a script format. Stripping away all the visual clutter can help you focus on the core of the message you are trying to communicate. And text editors are a great tool for that: they are simple, clean, and available in pretty much every device you use everyday as a designer— from computers to tablets to mobile phones."
https://uxdesign.cc/storyframes-before-wireframes-starting-designs-in-the-text-editor-ec69db78e6e4
Medium
Storyframes before wireframes
What if you started your designs in the text editor?
Jill Lepore è una storica e giornalista del New Yorker che ha scritto un ottimo libro su Wonder Woman (tutto da leggere, ne faccio ampio uso nella mia recensione del film, che si trova su Fumettologica, link in calce). Ma qui mostra di essere qualcosa di più di una semplice storica della letteratura pop, e abbraccia un tema enorme: la dialettica fra utopia e distopia. Con una ricostruzione critica che arriva fino ai giorni nostri e, pur essendo limitata dalla visione culturale americanocentrica, è molto stimolante.
Money quote: "Dystopias follow utopias the way thunder follows lightning. This year, the thunder is roaring. But people are so grumpy, what with the petty tyrants and such, that it’s easy to forget how recently lightning struck"
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/05/a-golden-age-for-dystopian-fiction
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/05/wonder-woman-recensione/
Money quote: "Dystopias follow utopias the way thunder follows lightning. This year, the thunder is roaring. But people are so grumpy, what with the petty tyrants and such, that it’s easy to forget how recently lightning struck"
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/05/a-golden-age-for-dystopian-fiction
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/05/wonder-woman-recensione/
The New Yorker
A Golden Age for Dystopian Fiction
What to make of our new literature of radical pessimism.
Non dovremmo mai dimenticare che il concetto di bolla informativa non va a senso unico. Mai. Altrimenti siamo condannati a rivivere la stessa storia
Money quote: “The U.S. presidential election, as I’ve argued, was something of a similar case. No, the polls didn’t show a toss-up, as they had in Brexit. But the reporting was much more certain of Clinton’s chances than it should have been based on the polls. Much of The New York Times’s coverage, for instance, implied that Clinton’s odds were close to 100 percent. In an article on Oct. 17 — more than three weeks before Election Day — they portrayed the race as being effectively over, the only question being whether Clinton should seek a landslide or instead assist down-ballot Democrats”
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/there-really-was-a-liberal-media-bubble/
Money quote: “The U.S. presidential election, as I’ve argued, was something of a similar case. No, the polls didn’t show a toss-up, as they had in Brexit. But the reporting was much more certain of Clinton’s chances than it should have been based on the polls. Much of The New York Times’s coverage, for instance, implied that Clinton’s odds were close to 100 percent. In an article on Oct. 17 — more than three weeks before Election Day — they portrayed the race as being effectively over, the only question being whether Clinton should seek a landslide or instead assist down-ballot Democrats”
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/there-really-was-a-liberal-media-bubble/
FiveThirtyEight
There Really Was A Liberal Media Bubble
This is the ninth article in a series that reviews news coverage of the 2016 general election, explores how Donald Trump won and why his chances were underrated…