Quelli di Dropbox stanno un po' esagerando. Super lancio per un restyling grafico minore, ma che "interpreta" la nuova mission aziendale. Bah
Money quote: "As our mission has evolved from keeping files in sync to helping keep teams in sync, we realized our brand needs to change, too. Our new brand system shows that Dropbox isn’t just a place to store your files—it’s a living workspace that brings teams and ideas together. The look is expressive, with vibrant colors, rich imagery, a versatile typeface, and playful illustrations."
https://dropbox.design
Money quote: "As our mission has evolved from keeping files in sync to helping keep teams in sync, we realized our brand needs to change, too. Our new brand system shows that Dropbox isn’t just a place to store your files—it’s a living workspace that brings teams and ideas together. The look is expressive, with vibrant colors, rich imagery, a versatile typeface, and playful illustrations."
https://dropbox.design
Dropbox
Dropbox Brand Guidelines
At Dropbox, our Brand Guidelines help us infuse everything we make with identity. From icons to illustration, logos to language, this collection is the foundation for how Dropbox looks, feels, and sounds like Dropbox.
Ha perso un motore e, se fossimo stati su quel volo, sarebbe stata l'avventura di una vita (di quelle che per fortuna si possono raccontare). Ma a parte questo, è interessante non solo leggere la dinamica dell'incidente dell'A380 di Air France, che ha perso un motore mentre volava sull'Atlantico, ma soprattutto guardare le foto. Spettacolari...
Money quote: "An Air France Airbus A380-800, registration F-HPJE performing flight AF-66 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 497 passengers and 24 crew, was enroute at FL370 about 200nm southeast of Nuuk (Greenland) when the fan and inlet of the #4 engine (GP7270, outboard right hand) separated from the engine. The crew descended the aircraft to FL310 and diverted to Goose Bay,NL (Canada) for a safe landing about 2 hours later at 12:41L (15:41Z). Emergency services reported hydraulic fluid leaking from the engine."
https://avherald.com/h?article=4af15205
Money quote: "An Air France Airbus A380-800, registration F-HPJE performing flight AF-66 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 497 passengers and 24 crew, was enroute at FL370 about 200nm southeast of Nuuk (Greenland) when the fan and inlet of the #4 engine (GP7270, outboard right hand) separated from the engine. The crew descended the aircraft to FL310 and diverted to Goose Bay,NL (Canada) for a safe landing about 2 hours later at 12:41L (15:41Z). Emergency services reported hydraulic fluid leaking from the engine."
https://avherald.com/h?article=4af15205
Avherald
Accident: France A388 over Greenland on Sep 30th 2017, uncontained engine failure, fan and engine inlet separated
Aviation Herald - News, Incidents and Accidents in Aviation
La nuova strategia dei big della tecnologia: integrare tutto - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/la-nuova-strategia-dei-big-della-tecnologia-integrare/
https://www.macitynet.it/la-nuova-strategia-dei-big-della-tecnologia-integrare/
Macitynet.it
La nuova strategia dei big della tecnologia: integrare tutto - Macitynet.it
Dal silicio ai servizi nella nuvola digitale, il futuro è fare tutto in casa, come insegna Apple e come Microsoft e Google stanno copiando
Ma voi, in questo infinito peana dell’Alta velocità sia nel servizio video (molto ben confezionato) che nell’articolo, una nota negativa (avrei detto: si avvicinano le lontananze ma si allontanano le vicinanze, perché diminuiscono i treni economici a medio e lungo raggio) oppure un fotogramma con Italo l’avete mica visto? Per non parlare poi della concorrenza dei treni “stranieri” (tedeschi, svizzeri, francesi, austriaci) che fanno servizio in Italia? Bah. Comunque, ottima lettura e visione per il fine settimana.
http://www.corriere.it/video-articoli/2017/10/07/alta-velocita-manager-30-mila-punti-cartafreccia-professionista-sempre-viaggio-da-citta-all-altra-come-le-stanze-stesso-studio/e9561a72-ab3f-11e7-b201-3d87a5727083.shtml
http://www.corriere.it/video-articoli/2017/10/07/alta-velocita-manager-30-mila-punti-cartafreccia-professionista-sempre-viaggio-da-citta-all-altra-come-le-stanze-stesso-studio/e9561a72-ab3f-11e7-b201-3d87a5727083.shtml
Corriere della Sera
Alta velocità, il manager da 30 mila punti Cartafreccia e il professionista sempre in viaggio: «Da una città all’altra come tra…
Il «corridoio» Roma-Milano sulla cosiddetta «Metropolitana d’Italia» dei treni veloci: così si accorcia la Penisola La tecnologia digitale mette in contatto le persone, ma non riduce gli spostamenti, anzi li incrementa
Da pull a push. Da Google a Facebook. Cambiano le ragioni per le quali ci si collega a Internet, cambiano le abitudini, cambiano le strategie e cambiano i contenuti. In buona sostanza, cambia la rete e cambiamo noi. E non in meglio, a quanto pare. Una spiegazione piuttosto sensata e condivisibile del devastante e distruttivo passaggio dal "search" al "social".
Money quote: " Whereas the 2006 Internet was used to find specific information, the 2017 Internet is more used to see what’s out there to entertain you. You don’t go to Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, or Instagram because you’re looking for something, rather, you want to see what it has found for you."
https://medium.com/the-mission/the-destructive-switch-from-search-to-social-250289992e30
Money quote: " Whereas the 2006 Internet was used to find specific information, the 2017 Internet is more used to see what’s out there to entertain you. You don’t go to Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, or Instagram because you’re looking for something, rather, you want to see what it has found for you."
https://medium.com/the-mission/the-destructive-switch-from-search-to-social-250289992e30
Medium
The Destructive Switch from Search to Social
2006 wasn’t a great year for our brains. In July, Twitter launched to the world, and in September, Facebook added the News Feed. But…
Sono anni che uso questo software gratuito e meraviglioso per visualizzare il contenuto del disco del Mac: Disk Invetory X. Ma da quando sono passato a macOS High Sierra non va più (crasha appena ha finito di caricare i dati).
Avete da suggerire alternative con una rappresentazione dei dati uguale o molto simile? Come al solito: @antoniodini
http://www.derlien.com
Avete da suggerire alternative con una rappresentazione dei dati uguale o molto simile? Come al solito: @antoniodini
http://www.derlien.com
Derlien
Disk Inventory X
Disk Inventory X, disk usage utility for Mac OS X
C'è un piccolo gruppo di programmatori che vorrebbe cambiare il modo con il quale si scrive il codice. Prima che sia troppo tardi. L'articolo dell'Atlanthic è godibile, ma totalmente inutile a mio avviso.
Money quote: "It’s been said that software is “eating the world.” More and more, critical systems that were once controlled mechanically, or by people, are coming to depend on code. This was perhaps never clearer than in the summer of 2015, when on a single day, United Airlines grounded its fleet because of a problem with its departure-management system; trading was suspended on the New York Stock Exchange after an upgrade; the front page of The Wall Street Journal’s website crashed; and Seattle’s 911 system went down again, this time because a different router failed. The simultaneous failure of so many software systems smelled at first of a coordinated cyberattack. Almost more frightening was the realization, late in the day, that it was just a coincidence."
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/09/saving-the-world-from-code/540393/
Money quote: "It’s been said that software is “eating the world.” More and more, critical systems that were once controlled mechanically, or by people, are coming to depend on code. This was perhaps never clearer than in the summer of 2015, when on a single day, United Airlines grounded its fleet because of a problem with its departure-management system; trading was suspended on the New York Stock Exchange after an upgrade; the front page of The Wall Street Journal’s website crashed; and Seattle’s 911 system went down again, this time because a different router failed. The simultaneous failure of so many software systems smelled at first of a coordinated cyberattack. Almost more frightening was the realization, late in the day, that it was just a coincidence."
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/09/saving-the-world-from-code/540393/
The Atlantic
The Coming Software Apocalypse
A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes.
Ok, mi correggo e lo faccio apertamente. È un articolo della Madonna. Magari non sono d'accordo, magari penso altre cose, ma in reaktà c'è molto più di quanto non pensassi in un primo momento. Cibo per la mente. E guardate che non lo dico molto spesso... Se ci sono programmatori là fuori, non vedo l'ora di avere il vostro feedback!
Un’altra anima bella che si chiede: i social media sono nocivi? Diventeranno come è stata la passione-ossessione per le sigarette, spinta dai big del tabacco e subita da generazioni di persone che si sono stroncate la salute una Marlboro alla volta?
Money quote: “After watching a man almost wander into the street while browsing his phone, my wandered a bit; will social media become the new smoking? Will browsing your phone anticipating the next notification become a dirty habit that others will shun you for?”
https://theroamingmind.com/2017/03/06/social-media-is-the-new-smoking/
Money quote: “After watching a man almost wander into the street while browsing his phone, my wandered a bit; will social media become the new smoking? Will browsing your phone anticipating the next notification become a dirty habit that others will shun you for?”
https://theroamingmind.com/2017/03/06/social-media-is-the-new-smoking/
The Roaming Mind
Social Media Is The New Smoking
After watching a man almost wander into the street while browsing his phone, my wandered a bit; will social media become the new smoking? Will browsing your phone anticipating the next notification…
Intanto il sottoscritto è sul treno per Malpensa. Si va a San Diego (via new York) e si torna in settimana. Il flusso qui non si interrompe ma diventa un po’ meno massivo. Pensatemi mentre saetto fra i cieli.
I segreti hi-tech dietro le partite della NFL - il mio articolo per La Stampa
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/10/07/tecnologia/news/i-segreti-hitech-dietro-le-partite-della-nfl-d79EjVSf4ShVTK0pI4nlTN/pagina.html
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/10/07/tecnologia/news/i-segreti-hitech-dietro-le-partite-della-nfl-d79EjVSf4ShVTK0pI4nlTN/pagina.html
LaStampa.it
I segreti hi-tech dietro le partite della NFL
Sensori wireless di movimento su ogni giocatore permettono di acquisire dati in tempo reale per grafiche televisive spettacolari, nuove misurazioni della performance ed elaborazioni tattiche del gioco in tempo reale
I non informatici magari ignorano anche chi sia. Ma Claude Shannon è una delle figure scientifiche più importanti del nostro tempo. Come pensava, lavorava, viveva? Qui la risposta.
Money quote: “Within engineering and mathematics circles, Shannon is a revered figure. Claude Shannon’s work in the 1930s and 1940s earned him the title of “father of the information age.” At the age of 21, he published what’s been called the most important master’s thesis of all time, explaining how binary switches could do logic. It laid the foundation for all future digital computers.
He wasn’t done. At the age of 32, he published “A Mathematical Theory of Communication,” which has been called “the Magna Carta of the information age.” Shannon’s masterwork invented the bit, or the objective measurement of information, and explained how digital codes could allow us to compress and send any message with perfect accuracy.
But that’s not all he did.”
https://medium.com/the-mission/10-000-hours-with-claude-shannon-12-lessons-on-life-and-learning-from-a-genius-e8b9297bee8f
Money quote: “Within engineering and mathematics circles, Shannon is a revered figure. Claude Shannon’s work in the 1930s and 1940s earned him the title of “father of the information age.” At the age of 21, he published what’s been called the most important master’s thesis of all time, explaining how binary switches could do logic. It laid the foundation for all future digital computers.
He wasn’t done. At the age of 32, he published “A Mathematical Theory of Communication,” which has been called “the Magna Carta of the information age.” Shannon’s masterwork invented the bit, or the objective measurement of information, and explained how digital codes could allow us to compress and send any message with perfect accuracy.
But that’s not all he did.”
https://medium.com/the-mission/10-000-hours-with-claude-shannon-12-lessons-on-life-and-learning-from-a-genius-e8b9297bee8f
Medium
11 Life Lessons From History’s Most Underrated Genius
Insights on work and creativity from the life of mathematician Claude Shannon, the most influential figure you’ve never heard of
Tra parentesi, questo che ho appena pubblicato è il primo messaggio che spedisco mentre sono in volo (sopra le Alpi, con un Airbus A330 scintillante). Di solito non compro la connessione in volo, ma Delta Air Lines dal primo ottobre permette di mandare messaggi (senza immagini) gratuitamente. E quindi, perché non approfittarne? :-)
Slack «Bot e intelligenza artificiale lavoreranno per noi» - il mio articolo (scritto e pubblicato in volo) per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/slack-lintelligenza-artificiale-faville/
https://www.macitynet.it/slack-lintelligenza-artificiale-faville/
Macitynet.it
Slack «Bot e intelligenza artificiale lavoreranno per noi» - Macitynet.it
Ceo di Slack spiega "Usiamo intelligenza artificiale per fare bot sempre più smart e rendere più facile la vita agli utenti“. Ecco come Slack punta a superare i concorrenti
Ecco la rete per la digital society: intuitiva e "autodidatta", il mio articolo per CorCom
http://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital/49193_ecco-la-rete-per-la-digital-society-intuitiva-e-autodidatta.htm
http://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital/49193_ecco-la-rete-per-la-digital-society-intuitiva-e-autodidatta.htm
www.corrierecomunicazioni.it
Ecco la rete per la digital society: intuitiva e "autodidatta"
L'Intent Define Network al centro dell'evento NetEvents a San Josè che Corcom ha seguito in esclusiva. Una novità che sta conquistando le aziende più...
Sulla base di un algoritmo - una cosa che ho scritto un po’ di tempo fa per Link
http://www.linkideeperlatv.it/motori-di-raccomandazione/
http://www.linkideeperlatv.it/motori-di-raccomandazione/
Link
Sulla base di un algoritmo - Link
Come funzionano i motori di raccomandazione: il computer che sa cosa vuoi, prima ancora che tu lo voglia.
Addio AOL Instant Messenger, dopo 20 anni chiude un pezzo di storia del web - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/addio-aol-instant-messenger-venti-anni-chiude/
https://www.macitynet.it/addio-aol-instant-messenger-venti-anni-chiude/
Macitynet.it
Addio AOL Instant Messenger, dopo 20 anni chiude un pezzo di storia del web - Macitynet.it
Oath (Verizon), proprietaria dell’azienda che ha fatto la storia delle connessioni a Internet, chiude AIM, l’ultimo pezzetto storico dei servizi che erano rimasti ancora in linea. Finisce un’epoca
Ryan Goslin mi sta cominciado ad essere simpatico...
Papyrus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVhlJNJopOQ
Papyrus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVhlJNJopOQ
YouTube
Papyrus - SNL
Years after Avatar's release, there's one thing Steven (Ryan Gosling) just can't get over.
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Perché non bombardare la Corea del Nord e chiudere la partita con un paio di atomiche o anche più? Sembra incredibile, ma c'è chi se lo chiede. Ma cosa sono oggi le armi atomiche e quali effetti avrebbero?
Money quote: “Maybe this is why Trump has been psychotically cavalier about the notion of starting a nuclear war lately. It’s as if we’ve time-traveled to 1950 when the Korean War gave Douglas MacArthur the idea to nuke China in response for intervening with his forces, an idea that was rebuffed as not to invite Russian use of nuclear weapons in otherwise conventional conflicts, and ultimately cost the general his job after he went rogue and tried to defy Truman’s orders on the subject. Just like MacArthur, Trump seems unable to grasp the real world consequences of deploying humanity’s deadliest invention on a whim”.
https://rantt.com/heres-what-would-happen-if-donald-trump-nuked-north-korea-ea40416581af
Money quote: “Maybe this is why Trump has been psychotically cavalier about the notion of starting a nuclear war lately. It’s as if we’ve time-traveled to 1950 when the Korean War gave Douglas MacArthur the idea to nuke China in response for intervening with his forces, an idea that was rebuffed as not to invite Russian use of nuclear weapons in otherwise conventional conflicts, and ultimately cost the general his job after he went rogue and tried to defy Truman’s orders on the subject. Just like MacArthur, Trump seems unable to grasp the real world consequences of deploying humanity’s deadliest invention on a whim”.
https://rantt.com/heres-what-would-happen-if-donald-trump-nuked-north-korea-ea40416581af
Rantt
Here’s What Would Happen If Donald Trump Nuked North Korea
In 1945, America won the war with nukes. Today, it could end the world as we know it.
Uno di quegli articoli che poi ritrovate su Repubblica (o sul Post, ma in modo un po’ più divertito) che spiega con “dati scientifici alla mano” perché le donne tradiscono (e indirettamente perché gli uomini: ma quello si dà per acquisito). Con tanto di percentuali di quante, dopo il tradimento, si innamorano (70%) rispetto agli uomini (30%) che invece evidentemente pensano solo a una cosa.
Neuroscienza del luogo comune? Nuovi corsi per sceneggiatori di telenovele?
Money quote: “Our studies, led by the psychologists Daniel Conroy-Beam at the University of California at Santa Barbara and Cari Goetz at California State University San Bernardino, suggest that women tracking alternative mates operate in three dimensions. The first is interest: does the potential mate show attention, attraction and desire? Prolonged eye contact, selective smiles and sideways glances are some documented indicators here. Do these indicators signal long-term interest or a fleeting sexual desire? Many women are reluctant to leave their regular partner for a passing fancy, although some see it as an important signal that something is seriously wrong in their regular relationship. The second dimension is mate value: only large increments in value over the committed partner are likely to be worth the costs of breaking up. The third dimension for tracking is eligibility: is the interested alternative actually free of encumbering commitments such as an existing spouse or crushing obligations to dependent children? Conroy-Beam, Goetz and I also found that women scaled back on the effort to retain their regular partner only when operating in one or more of the dimensions above”
https://aeon.co/essays/does-the-mate-switching-hypothesis-explain-female-infidelity
Neuroscienza del luogo comune? Nuovi corsi per sceneggiatori di telenovele?
Money quote: “Our studies, led by the psychologists Daniel Conroy-Beam at the University of California at Santa Barbara and Cari Goetz at California State University San Bernardino, suggest that women tracking alternative mates operate in three dimensions. The first is interest: does the potential mate show attention, attraction and desire? Prolonged eye contact, selective smiles and sideways glances are some documented indicators here. Do these indicators signal long-term interest or a fleeting sexual desire? Many women are reluctant to leave their regular partner for a passing fancy, although some see it as an important signal that something is seriously wrong in their regular relationship. The second dimension is mate value: only large increments in value over the committed partner are likely to be worth the costs of breaking up. The third dimension for tracking is eligibility: is the interested alternative actually free of encumbering commitments such as an existing spouse or crushing obligations to dependent children? Conroy-Beam, Goetz and I also found that women scaled back on the effort to retain their regular partner only when operating in one or more of the dimensions above”
https://aeon.co/essays/does-the-mate-switching-hypothesis-explain-female-infidelity
Aeon
Why women stray
Evolutionary theory says men stray to increase offspring, but what motivates women? Enter the mate-switching hypothesis