Amante della pellicola si comprare una Leica M6 per fare un po' di Street Photography a Tokyo. Pieno di buoni suggerimenti anche per gli amanti del digitale.
Money quote: "Prior to heading up to Fukushima I squeezed in some time off in Tokyo. Having been there once before I knew how amazing it was…is…and wanted to spend some time dedicated to street photography for a few days. And what better place to do it than in among the overcrowded, hectic, jam-packed Japanese capital."
https://www.35mmc.com/08/07/2017/m6-street-photography-tokyofiles/
Money quote: "Prior to heading up to Fukushima I squeezed in some time off in Tokyo. Having been there once before I knew how amazing it was…is…and wanted to spend some time dedicated to street photography for a few days. And what better place to do it than in among the overcrowded, hectic, jam-packed Japanese capital."
https://www.35mmc.com/08/07/2017/m6-street-photography-tokyofiles/
35mmc
M6 Street Photography: TokyoFiles - guest post by Mark Forbes - 35mmc
After shooting the Leica M6 for just over a year, including a decent period with it as my only film camera, I thought it was time to put pen to paper; or fingers to keys, as the case may be. This is the first post of this style that I’ve written, so just…
Sempre a proposito di Leica, una mostra in Spagna (se mi capiterà di passarci, vado a vederla di sicuro) offre il fianco per raccontare ancora una volta la storia della fotocamera che ha cambiato il modo di fare fotografia.
Money quote: "A celebratory exhibition, Eyes Wide Open! 100 Years of the Leica, is being held at Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, until 10 October"
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/jul/13/leica-the-camera-that-freed-the-world-in-pictures
Money quote: "A celebratory exhibition, Eyes Wide Open! 100 Years of the Leica, is being held at Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, until 10 October"
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/jul/13/leica-the-camera-that-freed-the-world-in-pictures
the Guardian
Leica: the camera that freed the world – in pictures
Adored by everyone from Henri-Cartier Bresson to Sebastião Salgado, the Leica compact revolutionised photography – taking it out of the studio and onto the streets. The exhibition Eyes Wide Open! celebrates 100 years of pivotal moments
Robot, intelligenza artificiale, algoritmi. I lavori del futuro non saranno più come quelli di oggi. Diventeranno importanti attività che sottovalutiamo. Se sarà, sarà un cambiamento profondo.
Money quote: "Human jobs in the future will be the ones that require emotional labour: currently undervalued and underpaid but invaluable"
https://aeon.co/essays/the-key-to-jobs-in-the-future-is-not-college-but-compassion
Money quote: "Human jobs in the future will be the ones that require emotional labour: currently undervalued and underpaid but invaluable"
https://aeon.co/essays/the-key-to-jobs-in-the-future-is-not-college-but-compassion
Depenalizziamo la Maria? Erba per tutti? Ottima idea, è un fantastico modo per rilassarsi.
C'è anche a chi fa male, però...
Money quote: "What’s not to love? Well, in a cruel twist, it gives some people terrible anxiety and panic attacks — also known as “the weed demons” — not to mention a crushing paranoia that defeats the entire purpose of getting high in the first place."
https://melmagazine.com/why-some-people-cant-smoke-weed-9254e1228a8d
C'è anche a chi fa male, però...
Money quote: "What’s not to love? Well, in a cruel twist, it gives some people terrible anxiety and panic attacks — also known as “the weed demons” — not to mention a crushing paranoia that defeats the entire purpose of getting high in the first place."
https://melmagazine.com/why-some-people-cant-smoke-weed-9254e1228a8d
MEL Magazine
Why Some People Can’t Smoke Weed
The agony of the would-be recreational drug user
Breve storia sociale della distrazione. I social sono solo gli ultimi arrivati
Money quote: "To get our work done, we could try to turn off the digital stream, but that’s difficult to do when we’re plagued by FOMO, the modern fear of missing out. Some people think that our willpower is so weak because our brains have been damaged by digital noise. But blaming technology for the rise in inattention is misplaced. History shows that the disquiet is fuelled not by the next new thing but by the threat this thing – whatever it might be – poses to the moral authority of the day."
https://aeon.co/essays/busy-and-distracted-everybody-has-been-since-at-least-1710
Money quote: "To get our work done, we could try to turn off the digital stream, but that’s difficult to do when we’re plagued by FOMO, the modern fear of missing out. Some people think that our willpower is so weak because our brains have been damaged by digital noise. But blaming technology for the rise in inattention is misplaced. History shows that the disquiet is fuelled not by the next new thing but by the threat this thing – whatever it might be – poses to the moral authority of the day."
https://aeon.co/essays/busy-and-distracted-everybody-has-been-since-at-least-1710
Forwarded from Fumettologica
Forse il nome non vi dice niente, ma è molto probabile che almeno una volta abbiate letto le sue vignette, tra le più popolari della Settimana Enigmistica.
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/07/bort-ultime-parole-famose-settimana-enigmistica/
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/07/bort-ultime-parole-famose-settimana-enigmistica/
Fumettologica
Bort, l’autore delle "Ultime parole famose" della Settimana Enigmistica
Forse il nome non vi dice niente, ma è molto probabile che almeno una volta abbiate letto le sue vignette sulla Settimana Enigmistica.
📣 #CanaliUtili 📣
Se, come me, siete curiosi e volete vedere anche il lato meno conosciuto dell'informazione, quello fatto dalle buone notizie, c'è un canale #Telegram che sembra proprio fatto apposta. Si tratta di Social&Postive News (@socialpositivenews) creato e mantenuto da Cristina Galasso (@cristigalas). Lo seguo da parecchio tempo e ve lo consiglio vivamente: ci troverete le cose che cercate.
Money quote: "La grande sfida di chi fa informazione non è tanto raccontare cosa accade ma offrire strumenti per capire perché accade e come sia possibile affrontarlo ed evitare che si ripeta.
Questo è lo scopo del cosiddetto giornalismo costruttivo o delle soluzioni. Come spiego più diffusamente qui, si tratta di un nuovo approccio all’informazione che attraverso il racconto di notizie positive sostiene e sollecita il cambiamento. Un giornalismo capace di educare, coinvolgere, mobilitare i cittadini, che aiuta a capire, ad agire, a trovare risposte. Un giornalismo che, oltre ad informare, affronta i problemi e suggerisce soluzioni."
https://xn--r1a.website/socialpositivenews
Se, come me, siete curiosi e volete vedere anche il lato meno conosciuto dell'informazione, quello fatto dalle buone notizie, c'è un canale #Telegram che sembra proprio fatto apposta. Si tratta di Social&Postive News (@socialpositivenews) creato e mantenuto da Cristina Galasso (@cristigalas). Lo seguo da parecchio tempo e ve lo consiglio vivamente: ci troverete le cose che cercate.
Money quote: "La grande sfida di chi fa informazione non è tanto raccontare cosa accade ma offrire strumenti per capire perché accade e come sia possibile affrontarlo ed evitare che si ripeta.
Questo è lo scopo del cosiddetto giornalismo costruttivo o delle soluzioni. Come spiego più diffusamente qui, si tratta di un nuovo approccio all’informazione che attraverso il racconto di notizie positive sostiene e sollecita il cambiamento. Un giornalismo capace di educare, coinvolgere, mobilitare i cittadini, che aiuta a capire, ad agire, a trovare risposte. Un giornalismo che, oltre ad informare, affronta i problemi e suggerisce soluzioni."
https://xn--r1a.website/socialpositivenews
Telegram
Social&Positive News - L'informazione che fa bene
Canale dedicato al giornalismo costruttivo con notizie positive su solidarietà, ambiente, diritti, innovazione sociale.
Info e segnalazioni: @cristigalas
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cristigalas
Mastodon: https://sociale.network/@cristigalas
Info e segnalazioni: @cristigalas
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cristigalas
Mastodon: https://sociale.network/@cristigalas
Storia di un designer e della sua ricerca della vera passione interiore: disegnare con il codice.
Money quote: "Compared to the infinite freedom I had with Photoshop, this was an extremely restrictive environment. Ironically, this is why I found it more addictive than typical digital drawing. Having limits encouraged me to think about problems from many different angles."
https://medium.com/@arle13/crayons-apple-pencil-and-algorithms-29b95884c589
Money quote: "Compared to the infinite freedom I had with Photoshop, this was an extremely restrictive environment. Ironically, this is why I found it more addictive than typical digital drawing. Having limits encouraged me to think about problems from many different angles."
https://medium.com/@arle13/crayons-apple-pencil-and-algorithms-29b95884c589
Medium
Crayons, Apple Pencil, and Algorithms.
Do you still love design?
Il pendolare estremo, tre o più ore due volte al giorno, è una nuova razza che sta nascendo grazie anche alle nuove tecnologie e che permette di abitare in ambienti più salubri delle grandi città godendo però dei vantaggi di un lavoro "centrale". Il contro? La vita ti passa accanto e tu ne vedi solo i fine settimana.
Money quote: “Technological changes have made it more possible to redefine the workplace,” said Mitchell L. Moss, director of the Rudin Center for Transportation at N.Y.U. “Even in New York City, which has been famous for not allowing people to work at home, there is now more tolerance of flexible time.”
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/realestate/extreme-commuting.html
Money quote: “Technological changes have made it more possible to redefine the workplace,” said Mitchell L. Moss, director of the Rudin Center for Transportation at N.Y.U. “Even in New York City, which has been famous for not allowing people to work at home, there is now more tolerance of flexible time.”
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/realestate/extreme-commuting.html
Nytimes
Extreme Commuting
The number of people who commute two hours or more to work is expected to grow, especially now that it is easier to work occasionally from home.
Matt Canavan, ministro e politico di prima grandezza in Australia, si dimette perché a sua insaputa ha preso la cittadinanza italiana. La legge australiana vieta incarichi governativi a chi ha doppia cittadinanza.
Money quote: "Canavan told reporters on Tuesday night his mother had applied for Italian citizenship on his behalf without his knowledge or consent when he was 25 years old, in January 2007.
He said he had “no suspicion” he was in possession of a dual citizenship until last week, when his mother “raised the possibility” he was a dual citizen. The Italian embassy subsequently confirmed he was a citizen of the country."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jul/25/matt-canavan-quits-cabinet-over-dual-citizenship-uncertainty
Money quote: "Canavan told reporters on Tuesday night his mother had applied for Italian citizenship on his behalf without his knowledge or consent when he was 25 years old, in January 2007.
He said he had “no suspicion” he was in possession of a dual citizenship until last week, when his mother “raised the possibility” he was a dual citizen. The Italian embassy subsequently confirmed he was a citizen of the country."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jul/25/matt-canavan-quits-cabinet-over-dual-citizenship-uncertainty
the Guardian
Matt Canavan quits cabinet over Italian dual citizenship
Resources minister’s citizenship puts his political future in doubt following resignation of two Greens senators over same issue
Curarsi con un videogioco. Io sono decenni che pratico questa via per il benessere della mente e del corpo. Boh, forse ho sbagliato giochi.
Money quote: "In order to validate the game in a way that other brain-training companies haven’t, Akili has to go through all of the trials and processes that are required by the FDA for any kind of drug or medical device. The game is currently in phase III clinical trials, which means this isn’t a done deal yet. But if Akili is successful, it will have created the first prescription-based video game in the US, and in doing so, would essentially create a new category of “digital medicine.”"
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/25/16019760/prescription-video-games-brain-next-level-video
Money quote: "In order to validate the game in a way that other brain-training companies haven’t, Akili has to go through all of the trials and processes that are required by the FDA for any kind of drug or medical device. The game is currently in phase III clinical trials, which means this isn’t a done deal yet. But if Akili is successful, it will have created the first prescription-based video game in the US, and in doing so, would essentially create a new category of “digital medicine.”"
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/25/16019760/prescription-video-games-brain-next-level-video
The Verge
Prescription video games may be the future of medicine
A new episode of Next Level explores whether certain video games can improve cognitive function
Quando si parla di Smart work il confine con la collaboration è labile e comunque la chiave sono gli strumenti software di comunicazione. In una parola: Slack.
Sono strumenti che fanno tantissimo, ma c'è il rovescio della medaglia. Creano dipendenza e trasformano le attitudini delle persone. Per questo c'è chi dice no.
Money quote: "So we tried Slack.
To say the app was a game-changer would be putting it mildly. Communication between team members across continents exploded. We shared ideas and gifs. (Lots of gifs.) We reported bugs and developed inside jokes. We celebrated successes and discussed ways to improve our work. Almost overnight, we went from a group of thirty individuals to a true team.
And then, two years in, we quit Slack cold turkey."
https://blog.doist.com/why-were-betting-against-real-time-team-messaging-521804a3da09
Sono strumenti che fanno tantissimo, ma c'è il rovescio della medaglia. Creano dipendenza e trasformano le attitudini delle persone. Per questo c'è chi dice no.
Money quote: "So we tried Slack.
To say the app was a game-changer would be putting it mildly. Communication between team members across continents exploded. We shared ideas and gifs. (Lots of gifs.) We reported bugs and developed inside jokes. We celebrated successes and discussed ways to improve our work. Almost overnight, we went from a group of thirty individuals to a true team.
And then, two years in, we quit Slack cold turkey."
https://blog.doist.com/why-were-betting-against-real-time-team-messaging-521804a3da09
The Async Newsletter
Why We’re Betting Against Real-Time Team Messaging Apps Like Slack
Does faster communication really mean better communication?
Un interessante effetto del neoliberismo è che trasforma non solo le aziende e i governi, ma anche la filosofia dei dipendenti. Che diventa o dei "quitter", sempre pronti a mollare in cerca di un impiego migliore. Alla faccia dell'engagement dei dipendenti.
Money quote: "If you are a white-collar worker, it is simply rational to view yourself first and foremost as a job quitter – someone who takes a job for a certain amount of time when the best outcome is that you quit for another job (and the worst is that you get laid off). So how does work change when everyone is trying to become a quitter? First of all, in the society of perpetual job searches, different criteria make a job good or not. Good jobs used to be ones with a good salary, benefits, location, hours, boss, co-workers, and a clear path towards promotion. Now, a good job is one that prepares you for your next job, almost always with another company."
https://aeon.co/essays/how-work-changed-to-make-us-all-passionate-quitters
Money quote: "If you are a white-collar worker, it is simply rational to view yourself first and foremost as a job quitter – someone who takes a job for a certain amount of time when the best outcome is that you quit for another job (and the worst is that you get laid off). So how does work change when everyone is trying to become a quitter? First of all, in the society of perpetual job searches, different criteria make a job good or not. Good jobs used to be ones with a good salary, benefits, location, hours, boss, co-workers, and a clear path towards promotion. Now, a good job is one that prepares you for your next job, almost always with another company."
https://aeon.co/essays/how-work-changed-to-make-us-all-passionate-quitters
Aeon
The quitting economy
When employees are treated as short-term assets, they reinvent themselves as marketable goods, always ready to quit
Cambiamo argomento. L'iPhone può dare dipendenza. Questa è la singolare (ma realistica) preoccupazione di uno dei suoi creatori.
Money quote: "Yet for all the benefits that the iPhone helped deliver, our current level of unprecedented digital connection has left quite a few critics dismayed and concerned over our screen addiction and our inability to go even a few minutes without unlocking our devices. The most surprising among this group happens to be the iPhone’s original creators"
https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/29/15893960/apple-iphone-creators-smartphone-addiction-ideo-interview
Money quote: "Yet for all the benefits that the iPhone helped deliver, our current level of unprecedented digital connection has left quite a few critics dismayed and concerned over our screen addiction and our inability to go even a few minutes without unlocking our devices. The most surprising among this group happens to be the iPhone’s original creators"
https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/29/15893960/apple-iphone-creators-smartphone-addiction-ideo-interview
The Verge
The creators of the iPhone fear they made a monster
Are we too addicted to technology?
Cosa succede se dai un medico ai poveri? Sanità Usa. Il paradosso di fornire accesso ai poveri al welfare.
Money quote: "If a poor lives a longer life, then that poor will put more of a financial strain on the wealthy, who will be forced to subsidize the poor’s lavish lifestyle of food stamps and public transportation"
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/if-you-give-a-poor-a-doctor
Money quote: "If a poor lives a longer life, then that poor will put more of a financial strain on the wealthy, who will be forced to subsidize the poor’s lavish lifestyle of food stamps and public transportation"
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/if-you-give-a-poor-a-doctor
McSweeney's Internet Tendency
If You Give a Poor a Doctor
If you give a poor a doctor, it’s going to ask for affordable medicine.
If you give a poor affordable medicine, it’s going to ask for paid time off...
If you give a poor affordable medicine, it’s going to ask for paid time off...
Monento nerd. Imparare a leggere il codice (è una cosa zen, ma interessante)
Money quote: "I would not have noticed this myself, but when I read a novel I skip over any words that I don't understand. I don't get much from this style of reading, just a vague impression of what the word means. I had never seen anything wrong with this until I borrowed a book from my grandpa. Every once and a while I would come upon a word in the book that was highlighted or underlined. I thought this was strange so I asked him about it. He told me that every time he ran into a word that he didn't understand, he would highlight it to look it up later. I couldn't believe the simple brilliance. I have so many words in my vocabulary that I only know in one context or another, but I could never use myself. I realized there that I was effectively faking it when it came to my vocab"
https://kylesletten.com/2017/06/26/learn-to-read-code.html
Money quote: "I would not have noticed this myself, but when I read a novel I skip over any words that I don't understand. I don't get much from this style of reading, just a vague impression of what the word means. I had never seen anything wrong with this until I borrowed a book from my grandpa. Every once and a while I would come upon a word in the book that was highlighted or underlined. I thought this was strange so I asked him about it. He told me that every time he ran into a word that he didn't understand, he would highlight it to look it up later. I couldn't believe the simple brilliance. I have so many words in my vocabulary that I only know in one context or another, but I could never use myself. I realized there that I was effectively faking it when it came to my vocab"
https://kylesletten.com/2017/06/26/learn-to-read-code.html
È mattino. Una citazione da Schopenhauer ripresa grazie ad Alain de Botton: "We mostly can't make pain go away, but it's always open to us to turn tears into knowledge."
Addio iPod e grazie per tutto il pesce - il mio articolo per Macitynet.it
https://www.macitynet.it/addio-ipod-grazie-pesce/
https://www.macitynet.it/addio-ipod-grazie-pesce/
Macitynet.it
Addio iPod e grazie per tutto il pesce - Macitynet.it
Apple cancella iPod. Fine, o quasi, di un'era che al suo albore ha dato il via alla rivoluzione della musica digitale ma ha costruito le basi per la nascita della cultura dei dispositivi personali da tasca.
Se siete artisti con una buona conoscenza della matematica e il pallino della programmazione, questo sistema per generare un Little Planet può essere la vostra nuova passione. Buon divertimento.
Money quote: "This is a handbook meant to explain the concepts and execution behind the "Little Planet Procedural" project, my directed study midterm project.
As some background, the project is meant as a case study of how code can create diverse and infinite art through basic techniques of procedural generation. It is inspired by the likes of No Man's Sky."
http://alanluo.com/procgen/midterm.html
Money quote: "This is a handbook meant to explain the concepts and execution behind the "Little Planet Procedural" project, my directed study midterm project.
As some background, the project is meant as a case study of how code can create diverse and infinite art through basic techniques of procedural generation. It is inspired by the likes of No Man's Sky."
http://alanluo.com/procgen/midterm.html
Pensiamo in prospettiva, ma basandoci su dei numeri reali. Negli Usa si stanno ponendo una domanda: se il mondo sta cambiando così velocemente grazie alla quarta rivoluzione industriale - quella digitale - al punto che non sappiamo quali saranno i temi forti tra dieci-venti anni, come possiamo formare i giovani a scuola? La risposta è meno scontata del problema stesso, anche se risente in modo eccessivo secondo me dell'approccio quantitativo e neopragmatico tipico degli Usa.
Money quote: "In fact, forty percent of American undergraduates now major in business and management-related subjects, reading mainly textbooks and short articles, and rarely writing a paper longer than three pages. Further, the social bonds and skills formed in college today often center on extracurriculars that have little connection to cognitive development and collaborative problem-solving"
Domanda retorica per il pubblico: secondo voi chi se ne occupa dalle nostre parti di questo tipo di problemi in modo così esplicito? Il nostro sistema scolastico e la costruzione culturale che lo regge lo consentono?
https://qz.com/994810/the-most-forward-thinking-future-proof-college-in-america-teaches-every-student-the-exact-same-things/
Money quote: "In fact, forty percent of American undergraduates now major in business and management-related subjects, reading mainly textbooks and short articles, and rarely writing a paper longer than three pages. Further, the social bonds and skills formed in college today often center on extracurriculars that have little connection to cognitive development and collaborative problem-solving"
Domanda retorica per il pubblico: secondo voi chi se ne occupa dalle nostre parti di questo tipo di problemi in modo così esplicito? Il nostro sistema scolastico e la costruzione culturale che lo regge lo consentono?
https://qz.com/994810/the-most-forward-thinking-future-proof-college-in-america-teaches-every-student-the-exact-same-things/