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Cosa ce meglio del sesso, preliminari inclusi? Le coccole che seguono.

Money quote: “Muise, who studies how sexuality impacts on relationships, set out with colleagues to learn which part of sex made people feel more connected to their partners. In a study published in 2014 in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, they reported that it was what followed intercourse itself. The length of ‘post-sex affection’ ranged from zero minutes to several hours, the researchers learned. And those who spent more time snuggling were more satisfied with their relationships”

https://aeon.co/essays/why-post-sex-cuddles-and-pillowtalk-count-for-more-than-orgasm
Tragica e intensa storia di lupi in Oregon

Money quote: "The black wolf and B300 mated for the first time in December of 2006 or 2007—nobody knows when exactly. They settled in the high timber of the Wallowa Mountains, a kingdom of pines and wildflowers and cow pies that curves like a palisade around the agricultural communities of Joseph and Enterprise. They made a den inside a huge felled ponderosa and cared for their first round of pups, born blind and helpless in early spring. They were now officially a pack, the first to exist in Oregon for nearly 60 years."

https://www.outsideonline.com/2255971/very-old-man-wolf
I mall americani sono una cosa diversa dai nostri centri commerciali per vari motivi. Un aspetto poco studiato e molto intrigante secondo me - oltre che inesistente da noi - sono i chioschi, le strutture al centro delle gallerie che vendono in modo molto aggressivo bene di scarso valore (da cover dei telefoni a improbabili apparecchi per stirare a vapore da viaggio). Le tecniche di vendita sono piuttosto aggressive e nell’insieme ci sarebbero anche altre cose da dire. In questo articolo, le dicono tutte...

Money quote: “But I had some questions for them, and recently went to a mall in the Midwest to get some answers. Mall kiosks are not an often-interrogated part of our shopping ecosystem. How do they work? Who works at them, and should we hold them accountable for their hard-sell tactics?

What I learned surprised me.”

https://www.racked.com/2017/11/7/16553220/mall-kiosk-worker?utm_
Dropbox ha fatto un rebranding - ne avevamo parlato qui mesi fa - che non mi piace. L'icona blu, soprattutto, secondo me non si può guardare. Però a quanto pare sbaglio io e hanno ragione loro: i rebranding non si giudicano a simpatia dal punto di vista del design, ma se funzionano o no. E questo funziona

Money quote: "A visceral reaction to product design is not that important when judging its effectiveness. (Just for fun, if you want to see what it’s like for designers’ heads to explode, read the reactions here). Instead, a digital product brand (like any brand) should be judged on how well it serves the stated business goals."

https://medium.com/innovatemap-current/dropboxs-rebrand-will-probably-be-successful-whether-you-like-the-design-or-not-ff2ad5e7975b
Procrastinate? È il momento di meditare. Articolo apparentemente idiota come quasi tutti gli articoli di self help, ma che in realtà dentro ha tante cose più profonde

Money quote: "Newsflash: You are not your thoughts. And you are not your emotions. Thoughts and emotions just pop up, they come and go like clouds in the sky. They are like the weather. Sometimes it’s sunny; sometimes it rains — sometimes you feel happy and motivated; sometimes you feel sad and depressed."

https://fityourself.club/overcoming-procrastination-why-mindfulness-is-the-key-b4bed2218d55
Viviamo in un mondo fatto di troppe regole. C'è chi queste regole non le sopporta e, anziché ribellarsi in maniera distruttiva, lo fa in maniera costruttiva.

Questa storia giapponese di un complesso di appartamenti totalmente illegale ed abusivo, costruito senza architetti e senza progetto, è uno degli esempi più chiari.

Money quote: "Kano Sawada (1927 to 2003) was a self-taught architect and carpenter. Dissatisfied with “cage-like” standard apartment complexes, he set about building an apartment that could foster a sense of community and creativity, all while accommodating up to 100 people.

Construction on the complex commenced in the early 1970s. Though the building reached its current scale in 1985, additions are ongoing to this day. There are approximately 70 rooms in the building and about 100 residents. The exact size of its parameters is unknown, as no blueprints were used.

The white five-story building is rife with plant life and unusual additions. On the fourth floor there’s a fishpond and the roof houses an extensive vegetable garden and self-built crane. Kano Sawada’s widow, Hiroe, still lives in the building with her family. Their top-floor apartment has an impressive garden, complete with chickens, rabbits, and even a pet pig!"

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sawada-mansion
A quanto pare è finito nei guai per questioni di molestie anche Jabba the Hutt

Money quote: "Hutt, who has business interests in space transit and is best known for his appearances as a television pod racing promoter and commentator, stands accused of using his position to harass a succession of women culminating in an attempt to ‘stick his tongue down the throat’ of Princess Leia Organa within minutes of them meeting.

Jabba is understood to be paying twelve million credits as an out of court settlement, but insists this is not an admission of wrongdoing and that he is paying up as he ‘feared being throttled by political correctness’."

http://newsthump.com/2017/04/06/jabba-the-hutt-denies-sexual-harassment-charge/
C'è qualcosa di profondamente sbagliato nell'ordine sociale nato attorno all'economia della rete, se per questa intendiamo le grandi 4+1, da Apple ad Amazon, da Facebook a Google sino a Microsoft. Una specie di magnete per i talenti che però ha distorto la nostra stessa idea di cosa voglia dire lavorare, quale sia l'impegno e quali siano le competenze, dove stia veramente il valore. Dovrebbe far capire che forse, tutto sommato, alla fin fine abbiamo un problema.

Questo articolo di una sviluppatrice e scrittrice (alla fine scrive sempre: a volte parole, a volte codice) secondo me dovrebbe diventare una lettura da antologia. Dovrebbe fari riflettere su cosa vuol dire illudere che l'oro di una vita futura stia nell'imparare a scrivere codice a quattro anni e cose del genere.

Money quote: "The difference between writing and coding is how your colleagues treat you. Writers rally around the laid off, are eager to commiserate. “Failed” coders are shunned in tech culture. They don’t even want to acknowledge your existence. It would go against their narrative that anyone can make it in the industry if they work hard enough. But don’t be fooled. There are a lot of coders like me. We are, in the end, just workers, and not immune to the tides that have drowned other workers."

https://medium.com/@melissamcewen/coders-should-fear-what-happened-to-writers-d87a895b03db
Ecco perché Leica fa rivivere gli MTF: con il lancio della Leica CL la casa di Wetzlar torna ai fondamentali della fotografia e spiega perché i suoi prodotti sono superiori - il mio articolo (piuttosto lungo e teorico) per Macity

https://www.macitynet.it/perche-leica-rivivere-gli-mtf/
Il problema con la manipolazione genetica è molto semplice. Non ne sappiamo abbastanza. Anzi, in realtà non ne sappiamo niente. Abbiamo capito come cambiare le cose, ma il reale funzionamento dei geni è ben oltre la nostra portata.

Per questo l’esperimento che la Nuova Zelanda sta portando avanti per fare fuori i topi usando la manipolazione genetica potrebbe essere una catastrofe epocale. E sarebbe ancora una buona cosa, perché se invece va bene (ma la scala su cui misurarlo sarebbero i secoli, non gli anni) il rischio è che diventi una prassi comune.

Money quote: “Until the 13th century, the only land mammals in New Zealand were bats. In this furless world, local birds evolved a docile temperament. Many of them, like the iconic kiwi and the giant kakapo parrot, lost their powers of flight. Gentle and grounded, they were easy prey for the rats, dogs, cats, stoats, weasels, and possums that were later introduced by humans. Between them, these predators devour more than 26 million chicks and eggs every year. They have already driven a quarter of the nation’s unique birds to extinction.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/article/546011/
Le foto di un viaggio in Siam. Alcune sono davvero belle in quanto esotiche. Fa tenerezza (e molto anni novanta) il suggerimento per andare a tutto schermo.

Money quote: “Please view in Fullscreen-Mode (F11).”

https://medium.com/@voltachrome/full-frames-from-siam-657639948b9
Questo è un periodo che ho nostalgia di viaggi in Asia e in particolare di viaggi in Giappone. Mi manca Tokyo, sono un po’ di anni che non ci vado e l’atmosfera della città mi è rimasta nel cuore.

Per soffrire di più e meglio, ecco 50 viste di Tokyo. Sempre usando a Medium come piattaforma (che scelta singolare).

https://medium.com/@Kelman/tokyo-landscape-11b14a4aa3cc
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Sono perplesso sulla riuscita del progetto ma all'istituzionalissimo The Guardian hanno deciso di esplorare lo stato dell'arte dell'underground musicale con una sezione del sito dedicata. http://smarturl.co/undmus2017

Uno degli ultimi pezzi è sul rapporto tra l'underground musicale e la tecnologia, partendo da Napster per arrivare a piattaforme tipo SuperPhone e l'uso dei Bitcoin. Possono le app rendere ancora più indipendenti gli artisti? Un articolo che io avrei intitolato "We can be CEO, just for one day". 👩🏻‍🎤

"The Faustian pact of these apps and social media platforms is that musicians get data about their fans in return, but become dependent on the service in question still being in business – and relevant – six months from now."

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/22/we-could-build-something-revolutionary-how-tech-set-underground-music-free
Un paio di cose che non sapete sul giorno del Ringraziamento, festa americana della quale a noi dovrebbe importarci il giusto (cioè niente). La annuncia per prassi il presidente degli Stati Uniti d’America. Che, quando c’era la crisi e bisognava incentivare i consumi, l’ha pure spostata per dare più giorni ai negozianti. Con il risultato che alcuni stati - quelli democratici - la facevano un giorno e altro - quelli repubblicani - un altro giorno.

Money quote: “IN 1939, PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO Roosevelt faced a dilemma. He was responsible for declaring the last Thursday of November to be a day of Thanksgiving—something American presidents had done since Abraham Lincoln began the tradition. But November of 1939 had five Thursdays, which would shorten the holiday shopping season. Retailers still struggling from the Great Depression encouraged him to move Thanksgiving earlier by a week. To the country’s shock, Roosevelt agreed. For the next three years, some states recognized the federal government’s new Thanksgiving date, while others defiantly stuck with the old one”

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/franksgiving-thanksgiving-franklin-delano-roosevelt
Volevate scrivere quel romanzo che da anni dite di voler scrivere? Ecco perché non lo avete fatto e qualche suggerimento invece su come fare.

Money quote: “Aspiring writers tend to get trapped in one of two mindsets. They either get captured by a sort of perfectionism, concerned that, putting their writing into the ether for everybody to see, they may end up looking silly. They imagine the writer’s equivalent of standing in front of the 6th Grade class in their underpants while everybody laughs.

If not perfectionism, they get caught up with imposter syndrome. This is especially true for writers who struggle to discover topics on which they can write. Despite the fact that everything we know is a remix, they feel that they are frauds or incapable of writing well because they can only think of things based on what other people have written or done.

Both of these are a bunch of malarkey”

https://medium.com/the-mission/the-easiest-way-to-become-a-better-writer-3ee4bc1c4b9e