Mostly, I Write

Un articolo fenomenale: il sogno dell'inventore del Taser: far fuori le armi da fuoco Money quote: "For twenty-five years, Smith said, his mission—rarely expressed, for fear of alienating customers and irritating the National Rifle Association—has been to make the bullet obsolete. “Today, would you keep a sword by your bed?” he asked me. “No! It’s ridiculous. But firing hot projectiles of lead shrapnel at people—we want to make that a ridiculous concept, because it’s a brutal, outdated, terrible thing to do.”" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/08/27/can-the-manufacturer-of-tasers-provide-the-answer-to-police-abuse

Alitalia, il centro che addestra e fa decollare perfino i ricavi - il mio articolo per Il Sole 24 ORE https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/alitalia-centro-che-addestra-e-fa-decollare-perfino-ricavi-ACCyBlGB?refresh_ce=1

Recensione Choetech, adattatore Usb-C per iPad Pro (e non solo) - il mio articolo per CorCom https://www.macitynet.it/recensione-choetech-adattatore-usb-c-per-ipad-pro-e-non-solo/

Dopo Ups e FedEx anche Amazon si dota di una flotta di ventimila Apecar (una specie), per le consegne di prossimità Money quote: "Amazon is assisting small businesses across the U.S. by providing discounted vehicles, fuel, insurance, uniforms and access to delivery technology, the Seattle-based company said in June. The bulk purchase of Sprinter vans makes Amazon the largest buyer of the model, Mercedes said in a statement Wednesday." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-05/amazon-orders-20-000-mercedes-vans-to-bolster-delivery-program

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Articolo vintage: rivedere per capire. Tesla: come finirà? È una lezione che vale per molti altri Money quote: "Meanwhile, the people who are first to bring the disruption to market may not be the people who end up benefiting from it, and indeed the people who win from the disruption may actually be doing something different - they may be in a different part of the value chain. Apple pioneered PCs but lost the PC market, and the big winners were not even other PC companies. Rather, most of the profits went to Microsoft and Intel, which both operated at different layers of the stack. PCs themselves became a low-margin commodity with fierce competition, but PC CPUs and operating systems (and productivity software) turned out to have very strong winner-takes-all effects. Being first is not the same as having a sustainable competitive advantage, no matter how disruptive you are, and the advantage might be somewhere else. " https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2018/8/29/tesla-software-and-disruption

Big data, Google compra Looker: sfida a Microsoft - il mio articolo per CorCom https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/big-data-google-compra-looker-sfida-a-microsoft/

Non si ferma la crescita di Xiaomi: avanti tutta sul 5G - il mio articolo per CorCom https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/telco/non-si-ferma-la-crescita-di-xiaomi-avanti-tutta-sul-5g/

Non ho capito se la misofonia esiste o è una psicosi americana, però alcune cose di cui parla qui io me le ritrovo (per certe tipologie di rumore) Money quote: "Misophonia, also known as selective sound sensitivity syndrome, starts with a trigger. It’s often an oral sound — the noise someone makes when they eat, breathe, chew, yawn, or whistle. Sometimes a small repetitive motion is the cause — someone fidgets, jostles you, or wiggles their foot." https://bolesblogs.com/2018/07/06/misophonia-and-the-agape-orifice/

Parliamone. L'articolo di Alberto Brambilla: https://www.fumettologica.it/2020/02/dragonero-fumetto-fantasy-bonelli/

Regno Unito, giro di vite sui social: risponderanno dell'hate speech - il mio articolo per CorCom https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/regno-unito-giro-di-vite-sui-social-risponderanno-dei-contenuti-violenti/

Privacy, l'Irlanda "blocca" il dating di Facebook - il mio articolo per CorCom https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/over-the-top/facebook-rinvia-il-lancio-del-servizio-per-cuori-solitari/

Un fumetto (agghiacciante) per capire come funziona il protocollo HTTPS Money quote: "Have you ever wondered why a green lock icon appears on your browser URL bar? And why is it important? We did too, and this comic is for you! Follow the adventures of Certificat, Browserbird, and Compugter as they explain why HTTPS is crucial for the future of the web and how it all works together. Don't let the bad crabs get you (you'll know what we mean in the comic). Get to know HTTPS and why it is essential to your privacy." https://howhttps.works

Coronavirus, in Cina un’app per gestire il rischio contagio - il mio articolo per CorCom https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/coronavirus-in-cina-unapp-per-gestire-il-rischio-contagio/

La guerra dei dazi si abbatte sui robot: calano le vendite in Usa - il mio articolo per CorCom https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/la-guerra-dei-dazi-si-abbatte-sui-robot-calano-le-vendite-in-usa/

Ci siamo, gli audiolibri tornano alla carica anche da noi. Ma in realtà cosa sono e cosa vuol dire ascoltare un libro anziché leggerlo? Money quote: "“I was a fan of audiobooks, but I always viewed them as cheating,” says Beth Rogowsky, an associate professor of education at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania." Tra l'altro, l'articolo offre una buona prospettiva anche su come funziona il rapporto del lettore con il libro elettornico rispetto a quello cartaceo. Ma tutto l'articolo è abbastanza notevole, se non altro perché piomba come un falco in uno spazio sostanzialmente vuoto (a parte il marketing di chi produce ebook e adesso audiolibri). Money quote: "If you’re wondering why printed books may be better than screen-based reading, it may have to do with your inability to gauge where you are in an electronic book. “As you’re reading a narrative, the sequence of events is important, and knowing where you are in a book helps you build that arc of narrative,” says Daniel Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia and author of Raising Kids Who Read. While e-readers try to replicate this by telling you how much of a book you have left, in a percentage or length of time to the end, this doesn’t seem to have the same narrative-orienting effect as reading from a traditional book." http://time.com/5388681/audiobooks-reading-books/

Samsung Galaxy S20, la fotocamera è il suo punto di forza - il mio articolo per La Stampa https://www.lastampa.it/tecnologia/news/2020/02/11/news/samsung-galaxy-s20-la-fotocamera-e-il-suo-punto-di-forza-1.38456664

Video 8K, 108 MPixel: Galaxy S20 è la grande scommessa di Samsung - il mio articolo per Macity https://www.macitynet.it/video-8k-108-mpixel-galaxy-s20-e-la-grande-scommessa-di-samsung/

Cloud per il Pentagono, Amazon vuole Trump sul banco dei testimoni - il mio articolo per CorCom https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/cloud/cloud-per-il-pentagono-amazon-vuole-trump-sul-banco-dei-testimoni/

5G, Verizon battezza a Londra il primo hub extra-Usa - il mio articolo per CorCom https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/telco/5g/5g-verizon-battezza-a-londra-il-primo-hub-extra-usa/