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Letture per il fine settimana. Una lunga digressione tra disgusto e parassiti per spiegare come alcuni tratti innati nella personalità devo individui abbiano disegnato la storia dell'umanità.
Aeon Essays
https://aeon.co/essays/how-disgust-made-humans-cooperate-to-build-civilisations
Money quote: "There’s a physiological angle to this story as well. When shown pictures of people eating worms and other revolting imagery, conservatives sweat more profusely than liberals (as measured by galvanic skin response). Their heightened reactivity, however, is not limited to disease-related dangers. Compared with liberals, they also react to loud noises with a more pronounced startle response. These twin observations might have direct bearing on a well-documented finding in political science: conservatives typically view the world to be a more threatening place than liberals. That, in turn, could influence their position on issues relevant to foreign policy. In addition to being more distrustful of foreigners, they might be more willing to use force. Next to liberals, conservatives certainly are more outspoken in their support of patriotism, a strong military, and the virtue of serving in the armed forces."
Aeon Essays
https://aeon.co/essays/how-disgust-made-humans-cooperate-to-build-civilisations
Money quote: "There’s a physiological angle to this story as well. When shown pictures of people eating worms and other revolting imagery, conservatives sweat more profusely than liberals (as measured by galvanic skin response). Their heightened reactivity, however, is not limited to disease-related dangers. Compared with liberals, they also react to loud noises with a more pronounced startle response. These twin observations might have direct bearing on a well-documented finding in political science: conservatives typically view the world to be a more threatening place than liberals. That, in turn, could influence their position on issues relevant to foreign policy. In addition to being more distrustful of foreigners, they might be more willing to use force. Next to liberals, conservatives certainly are more outspoken in their support of patriotism, a strong military, and the virtue of serving in the armed forces."
Aeon
Disgust made us human
Our ancestors reacted to parasites with overwhelming revulsion, wiring the brain for morals, manners, politics and laws
È un'idea che può sembrare balzana (e le perplessità sono molte) ma potrebbe avere in parte senso. Visto che ci sono sempre più spazi aperti al pubblico dove la nostra società digitale destrutturata ci porta a lavorare (coworking, Starbucks), perché non sfruttare la capacità dei ristoranti nelle ore che non sono aperti, cioè mattina e primo pomeriggio?
Ovviamente a New York qualcuno ci ha fatto una startup
Spacious wants to turn restaurants into coworking spaces
https://uk.businessinsider.com/spacious-wants-to-turn-restaurants-into-coworking-spaces-2016-6
Money quote: ""This is much better to conduct business meetings in a social way," Pesek said. "When a place like DBGB is closed until 5 or 6 p.m., it basically means an excess capacity that the city at large has. Meanwhile, in every coffee shop that you pass by, people are piling on top of each other with laptops.""
Ovviamente a New York qualcuno ci ha fatto una startup
Spacious wants to turn restaurants into coworking spaces
https://uk.businessinsider.com/spacious-wants-to-turn-restaurants-into-coworking-spaces-2016-6
Money quote: ""This is much better to conduct business meetings in a social way," Pesek said. "When a place like DBGB is closed until 5 or 6 p.m., it basically means an excess capacity that the city at large has. Meanwhile, in every coffee shop that you pass by, people are piling on top of each other with laptops.""
Business Insider
There are 2,000 empty restaurants during the day in New York — and this startup is trying to do something about it
There are more than 2,000 restaurants in New York City that are closed before 6 p.m., and Spacious' founders want to turn that into a coworking space.
Forwarded from macitynet.it
Barra Oled dei MacBook o barra Oled su tutte le tastiere Mac? https://www.macitynet.it/barra-oled-dei-macbook/
Macitynet.it
Barra Oled dei MacBook o barra Oled su tutte le tastiere Mac?
A cosa serve la barra di tasti che sostituirebbero nei futuri MacBook quelli tradizionali? E soprattutto, che senso ha se si troverà solo su alcuni Mac e non tutti gli altri?
Il New York Times recensisce un appartamento di 28 metri quadri, minuscolo e costosissimo, tutto super lusso ma di tipo hipster.
È difficile recensire un appartamento arredato, lo ammetto. Così come è difficile accettare New York come entità sensata in cui spendere la propria vita o una sua frazione. Questo articolo, anche se tecnicamente completo, riesce a rendere snob e antipatico tutto il processo. Peccato perché soprattutto negli Usa le "tiny homes" sono un concetto interessante.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/realestate/testing-the-first-micro-apartments-in-new-york-city.html
Money quote: "The aesthetic vibe of the apartment is hipster Scandinavian, a state that had been achieved by Jacqueline Schmidt, the director of design at Ollie, a company that has embellished Carmel Place with housewares, furniture and services, from dry cleaning to “unique community engagement opportunities” — in other words, mixers, day trips and other “curated events” geared to well-employed millennials (urban renters, in Ollie’s parlance)."
È difficile recensire un appartamento arredato, lo ammetto. Così come è difficile accettare New York come entità sensata in cui spendere la propria vita o una sua frazione. Questo articolo, anche se tecnicamente completo, riesce a rendere snob e antipatico tutto il processo. Peccato perché soprattutto negli Usa le "tiny homes" sono un concetto interessante.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/realestate/testing-the-first-micro-apartments-in-new-york-city.html
Money quote: "The aesthetic vibe of the apartment is hipster Scandinavian, a state that had been achieved by Jacqueline Schmidt, the director of design at Ollie, a company that has embellished Carmel Place with housewares, furniture and services, from dry cleaning to “unique community engagement opportunities” — in other words, mixers, day trips and other “curated events” geared to well-employed millennials (urban renters, in Ollie’s parlance)."
NY Times
Tiny Home Test Drive (Published 2016)
A night in one of New York City’s new micro apartments.
**pubblicità progresso (per me)**
Ehi, sono il tuo canale preferito su Telegram. Quello con più notizie, piu curate e pubblicate anche nel fine settimana. Fatti un regalo, porta un amico o un'amica: invita anche loro a seguire Mostly, I write. Ci guadagnano i neuroni di tutti e magari arriviamo a 700 iscritti!
**fine della pubblicità progresso**
Ehi, sono il tuo canale preferito su Telegram. Quello con più notizie, piu curate e pubblicate anche nel fine settimana. Fatti un regalo, porta un amico o un'amica: invita anche loro a seguire Mostly, I write. Ci guadagnano i neuroni di tutti e magari arriviamo a 700 iscritti!
**fine della pubblicità progresso**
1977-1987 Quando il Computer Divenne Personal - in crowdfunding su Eppela
È in preparazione la ristampa economica di uno dei "libri dal basso" più singolari fatti in Italia. La storia semplice dei computer personali.
https://www.eppela.com/it/projects/8397-1977-1987-quando-il-computer-divenne-personal
È in preparazione la ristampa economica di uno dei "libri dal basso" più singolari fatti in Italia. La storia semplice dei computer personali.
https://www.eppela.com/it/projects/8397-1977-1987-quando-il-computer-divenne-personal
Eppela
1977-1987 Quando il Computer Divenne Personal - in crowdfunding su Eppela
Ristampa economica del libro già grande successo in versione lusso.
A cosa serve il giornalismo? Non solo a raccontare la cronaca o la politica che viene dettata dai politici e dai questurini. Invece, serve anche a stanare la cronaca e la politica che da loro viene nascosta. Come in questo caso. Con buona pace delle polemiche nominalistiche di Luca Sofri sulla stampa come "Watch Dog"
In questo caso il capo della polizia si sarebbe dimesso per "ragioni personali". O forse no?
Money quote: "The Express has learned that the sexual-misconduct scandal involves more than just a few rank-and-file Oakland cops, but also high-ranking officials from departments throughout the Bay Area. A few committed statutory rape of the victim, who was an under-age sex worker at the time, and informed her of undercover police operations"
https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-real-reason-why-oakland-fired-its-police-chief/Content?oid=4826701
In questo caso il capo della polizia si sarebbe dimesso per "ragioni personali". O forse no?
Money quote: "The Express has learned that the sexual-misconduct scandal involves more than just a few rank-and-file Oakland cops, but also high-ranking officials from departments throughout the Bay Area. A few committed statutory rape of the victim, who was an under-age sex worker at the time, and informed her of undercover police operations"
https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-real-reason-why-oakland-fired-its-police-chief/Content?oid=4826701
East Bay Express
The Real Reason Why Oakland's Police Chief Was Fired |
East Bay Express
East Bay Express
A sexual-misconduct scandal involving police brass at multiple agencies, leaked undercover investigations, botched oversight by Sean Whent — Mayor Libby Schaaf got it wrong.
Per quelli tra noi che vanno a scuola, che insegnano o che hanno figli (grandi) che vanno a scuola. I questionari per far giudicare gli insegnanti agli studenti a quanto pare sono metodologicamente una discreta cavolata
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/comment/student-evaluations-teaching-no-measure-tef
Money quote: "Originally, the evaluations were intended only to help instructors improve their teaching. But they were soon adopted by department chairs and faculty deans to help them make important personnel decisions, such as hiring, salary increases and promotions. By now, these ratings have become standard procedure in colleges and universities in the US, as well as in Europe, and are seen as the single most important indicator of teacher effectiveness."
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/comment/student-evaluations-teaching-no-measure-tef
Money quote: "Originally, the evaluations were intended only to help instructors improve their teaching. But they were soon adopted by department chairs and faculty deans to help them make important personnel decisions, such as hiring, salary increases and promotions. By now, these ratings have become standard procedure in colleges and universities in the US, as well as in Europe, and are seen as the single most important indicator of teacher effectiveness."
Times Higher Education (THE)
Student evaluations of teaching: no measure for the TEF
The National Student Survey, one of the pillars of the TEF, is more likely to measure enjoyment than learning, says Wolfgang Stroebe
Trovo sempre sorprendente il modo quasi infantile con il quale la pubblicistica statunitense insegue gli "angoli" attraverso i quali presentare concetti di portata a dir poco lillipuziana. Le otto ore di lavoro sono nate durante la rivoluzione industriale? Oggi il lavoro di ufficio in rete sta destrutturando i tempi tradizionali soprattutto perché la competizione digitale sposta l'accento dai compiti ripetitivi alla generazione del valore? Ecco che salta fuori chi propone ricette diverse per organizzare il pensiero del lavoro. Sconvolgente, vero? Alle medie mi avrebbe davvero cambiato la vita...
Why The 8-Hour Workday Doesn't Work - Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbradberry/2016/06/07/why-the-8-hour-workday-doesnt-work/#e530a0379812
Money quote: "In the process of measuring people’s activity, they stumbled upon a fascinating finding: the length of the workday didn’t matter much; what mattered was how people structured their day. In particular, people who were religious about taking short breaks were far more productive than those who worked longer hours."
Why The 8-Hour Workday Doesn't Work - Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbradberry/2016/06/07/why-the-8-hour-workday-doesnt-work/#e530a0379812
Money quote: "In the process of measuring people’s activity, they stumbled upon a fascinating finding: the length of the workday didn’t matter much; what mattered was how people structured their day. In particular, people who were religious about taking short breaks were far more productive than those who worked longer hours."
Forbes
Why The 8-Hour Workday Doesn't Work
The eight-hour workday is an outdated and ineffective approach to work. Let go of this relic and try a new, more productive approach.
Forwarded from Fumettologica
Quando morì, il 9 febbraio del 1989, Osamu Tezuka lasciò incompiuti diversi manga a cui stava lavorando. Tra questi c'è "Gringo".
Oggi, questa opera incompiuta di Tezuka viene raccolta e tradotta in italiano da 001 Edizioni, in un volume di oltre 600 pagine.
Le prime tavole, in anteprima, e di cosa parla il volume si possono leggere qui: https://www.fumettologica.it/galleria/gringo-osamu-tezuka-anteprima/
Oggi, questa opera incompiuta di Tezuka viene raccolta e tradotta in italiano da 001 Edizioni, in un volume di oltre 600 pagine.
Le prime tavole, in anteprima, e di cosa parla il volume si possono leggere qui: https://www.fumettologica.it/galleria/gringo-osamu-tezuka-anteprima/
Nella seconda metà degli anni Ottanta il mercato del software era tutt'altro che gigantesco. Stava chiaramente emergendo un mercato fruttuoso ma non si sospettava che avrebbe "mangiato il resto del mondo".
Oggi, tra capitale di ventura, startup e fame di soldi, alle volte si dimenticano alcuni dei fondamentali del modo in cui viene stabilito il valore degli asset digitali. Vale la pena andare a leggere la storia di come Microsoft si è comprata l'azienda che aveva inventato PowerPoint (originariamente per Mac) per vedere come funzionano le trattative, come si determina il valore di un prodotto e come si creano le fortune personali dei pionieri di questo settore.
Il titolo che fa riferimento ad Apple è semplicemente un click-bait: Cupertino praticamente non ha messo becco e non è mai stata rilevante in questo settore, che non considerdava strategico. Sarà anni dopo FileMaker a tornarle utile.
https://blog.zamzar.com/2016/06/10/deal-of-the-century-how-microsoft-beat-apple-to-buy-powerpoint-for-14-million/
Oggi, tra capitale di ventura, startup e fame di soldi, alle volte si dimenticano alcuni dei fondamentali del modo in cui viene stabilito il valore degli asset digitali. Vale la pena andare a leggere la storia di come Microsoft si è comprata l'azienda che aveva inventato PowerPoint (originariamente per Mac) per vedere come funzionano le trattative, come si determina il valore di un prodotto e come si creano le fortune personali dei pionieri di questo settore.
Il titolo che fa riferimento ad Apple è semplicemente un click-bait: Cupertino praticamente non ha messo becco e non è mai stata rilevante in questo settore, che non considerdava strategico. Sarà anni dopo FileMaker a tornarle utile.
https://blog.zamzar.com/2016/06/10/deal-of-the-century-how-microsoft-beat-apple-to-buy-powerpoint-for-14-million/
The Zamzar Blog
Deal of the century? How Microsoft beat Apple to buy PowerPoint for $14 million - The Zamzar Blog
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Al termine di una settimana particolarmente densa, doppia foto della domenica
Come stanno andando le cose per il Washington Post da quando l'ha comprato Jeff Bezos tre anni fa? A quanto pare bene: ci potrebbero essere addirittura alcune lezioni utili da imparare per gli altri editori
https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/06/5-things-publishers-can-learn-from-how-jeff-bezos-is-running-the-washington-post/
Money quote: "Technology is used internally in the service of continuing to build the digital audience. Bandito allows editors to publish articles with up to five different headlines, photos and story treatments, with an algorithm deciding which one readers find the most engaging. Loxodo includes tools that allow Prakash to track what he and Bezos call “lead measures” — how readers perceive the quality of Post journalism compared to that offered by other news organizations, as well as the speed, quality and quantity of mobile alerts."
https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/06/5-things-publishers-can-learn-from-how-jeff-bezos-is-running-the-washington-post/
Money quote: "Technology is used internally in the service of continuing to build the digital audience. Bandito allows editors to publish articles with up to five different headlines, photos and story treatments, with an algorithm deciding which one readers find the most engaging. Loxodo includes tools that allow Prakash to track what he and Bezos call “lead measures” — how readers perceive the quality of Post journalism compared to that offered by other news organizations, as well as the speed, quality and quantity of mobile alerts."
Nieman Lab
5 things publishers can learn from how Jeff Bezos is running The Washington Post
“I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it’s not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that’s not why you do it. You do it because you have something…
Il WiFi pubblico agli angoli di strada, qualcosa che le amministrazioni comunali nostrane trovano affascinante e che secondo me andrebbe eliminato, in Sudafrica sta invece andando molto bene
Money quote: ""We no longer bother going to the library - everything is here, all you need is time," said Khoza"
https://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/stnews/2016/06/05/Free-Wi-Fi-has-Soweto-surfing-in-the-streets
Money quote: ""We no longer bother going to the library - everything is here, all you need is time," said Khoza"
https://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/stnews/2016/06/05/Free-Wi-Fi-has-Soweto-surfing-in-the-streets
Sunday Times
Free Wi-Fi has Soweto surfing in the streets
This is where the
La bellezza del marketing. Se vivete negli Usa potete abbonarvi alla vostra t-shirt bianca, la magliettina che si mette sotto la camicia o sotto la polo. Pagate 4 dollari (le sole spese di spedizione) per ricevere la prima maglietta gratuitamente e poi siete abbonati al servizio che vi manda nuove magliette "fresche" a prezzi competitivi. Se volete, potete anche non riceverne nessuna.
Stork, questa la marca, è convinta anche di aver innovato il prodotto maglietta, che secondo lei in molti tra i produttori colpevolmente trascurano. Misure e taglio più adeguati al fisico rotondeggiante dei maschi d'oggi, quelli che secondo loro tengono la maglietta a pelle tutto l'anno o quasi. C'è anche un rivelatorio sondaggio, ovviamente condotto da loro stessi.
https://www.joinstork.com/story
Money Quote:
"But was this a personal problem or did my friends feel the same way? It was a consensus among friends that buying new undershirts is a burden to think about. To further confirm this theory, we sent out a survey and this is what we found.
- 70% of men between the ages of 18-34 wear undershirts
- 50% of the men who wear undershirts wear them 5-7 days per week
- 80% of men who wear undershirts agree that they don't buy fresh shirts as often as they should"
Stork, questa la marca, è convinta anche di aver innovato il prodotto maglietta, che secondo lei in molti tra i produttori colpevolmente trascurano. Misure e taglio più adeguati al fisico rotondeggiante dei maschi d'oggi, quelli che secondo loro tengono la maglietta a pelle tutto l'anno o quasi. C'è anche un rivelatorio sondaggio, ovviamente condotto da loro stessi.
https://www.joinstork.com/story
Money Quote:
"But was this a personal problem or did my friends feel the same way? It was a consensus among friends that buying new undershirts is a burden to think about. To further confirm this theory, we sent out a survey and this is what we found.
- 70% of men between the ages of 18-34 wear undershirts
- 50% of the men who wear undershirts wear them 5-7 days per week
- 80% of men who wear undershirts agree that they don't buy fresh shirts as often as they should"
STORK
Story
Stork is an undershirt subscription service that sells premium crew neck
and v neck undershirts. Customers can subscribe to a custom undershirt plan
to receive new undershirts every few months.
and v neck undershirts. Customers can subscribe to a custom undershirt plan
to receive new undershirts every few months.
Microsoft vuole acquistare LinkedIn per$26.2 miliardi in contanti.
È arrivato il momento di cancellarsi da Linkedin?
https://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2461355/microsoft-to-acquire-linkedin-for-usd262bn-in-cash
Money quote: "Nadella hinted at plans to integrate LinkedIn with its current business offerings, including Yammer and Office 365. "Together we can accelerate the growth of LinkedIn, as well as Microsoft Office 365 and Dynamics as we seek to empower every person and organisation on the planet," said Nadella"
È arrivato il momento di cancellarsi da Linkedin?
https://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2461355/microsoft-to-acquire-linkedin-for-usd262bn-in-cash
Money quote: "Nadella hinted at plans to integrate LinkedIn with its current business offerings, including Yammer and Office 365. "Together we can accelerate the growth of LinkedIn, as well as Microsoft Office 365 and Dynamics as we seek to empower every person and organisation on the planet," said Nadella"
https://www.computing.co.uk
Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2bn - in cash
Deal announced today will see LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner reporting to Nadella