[nonostantement #112] - remote photo shoot / prof bad trip / cell phone heat map
Now with more videos of empty cities!
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Hola, my name is Joele and I am an internet things consultant for brands – sending mails from Barcelona.
Need some nice and chill soundtrack for your quarantine days? I suggest this mix by The Gaslamp Killer, this is what I am listening to right now :)If you are curious about what I am doing during these days, apart from the usual work, I helped Alessia creating and directing the world’s first remote photo shoot (at least that I know of lol) - watch the video here on her IGTV and don’t forget to drop a comment!
Illustration by Lorenzo Mattotti
#ART
[Video] - How Los Angeles Got Its Iconic Architecture Style - Cheddar Explains
”You might not recognize the name, but if you've driven around Los Angeles you'll definitely recognize the style. Googie architecture became popular in the late 1950s and 1960s thanks to one man's design. Cheddar explains how this architecture style came to be and how it disappeared as quickly as it was created.”[In Italian] [Video] - "Hanno paura di me!" Documentario sul Prof. Bad Trip - Gianluca Lerici
”Versione integrale del documentario ‘Hanno paura di me! Sanno che sono Punk e che vengo da Canaletto’ su Gianluca Lerici, il Prof. Bad Trip.”How Is Art Basel’s Experiment With Online Sales Going? Early Indications Suggest Mega-Galleries Are Making Out Just Fine
”But smaller galleries are noticeably quiet.”
#PEOPLE
As A Disabled Person, I’m Afraid I May Not Be Deemed Worth Saving From The Coronavirus
“As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, deciding who to save is no longer a hypothetical exercise in a medical ethics textbook.”How Drag Queens Are Going Digital in the Wake of Coronavirus
”A queer industry that depends so deeply on person-to-person connection is moving from the bars and the clubs to the live streams.”[Video] - Watch drone video of Los Angeles as coronavirus shuts down the city
”California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) issued a statewide stay-at-home order starting March 20. In Los Angeles, beaches are already empty and normally crowded streets are suddenly free of traffic.”[Video] - San Francisco Shut Down: COVID-19 Quarantine
”San Francisco shelter-in-place during the COVID-19 pandemic.”26 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week
”As the coronavirus continues to disrupt life around the globe, we are seeking moments of clarity and hope. Here are the most striking and monumental pictures from this past week.”[Video] - Out-of-work strippers are delivering food through Boober Eats
”The Lucky Devil Lounge strip club was forced to temporarily close due to coronavirus. Now, they've pivoted to a food delivery service called ‘Boober Eats.’“[In Italian] - Coronavirus tra bias cognitivi e narrazione del rischio. I princìpi che alterano il percepito
”Ma quali sono le caratteristiche e gli elementi che trasformano un pericolo di media entità in una vera e propria narrazione del rischio?”It’s All So … Premiocre
”What do fake Eames chairs, extra legroom, and $40 scented candles have in common?”
#TECH
Terrifying cellphone ‘heat map’ shows just how much people are still traveling
”The data, collected by location technology company X-Mode, was recently plugged into the geospatial data visualization platform known as Tectonix as part of an effort to track the coronavirus across the globe.”About R-O-H-B-A-U
”Instead of buying extravagant designer pieces for shitloads of money, only to flex it on the gram once, we have developed a process that will digitally render our first collection onto your body; for the fraction of the price of a physical garment.”How to See the World's Reflection From a Bag of Chips
”Computer scientists reconstructed the image of a whole room using the reflection from a snack package. It's useful for AR/VR research—and possibly spying.”You Can’t Fix Unethical Design by Yourself
”[…] in an environment with enormous profits to be gained and few consequences for bad behavior, where government oversight is laughable, where a CEO like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has shown over and over again that he can issue an apology and continue doing the exact same terrible things as before without losing power or money, how much can individual designers and developers and product managers really do?”
#WEIRD
#THEDARKSIDE
Snowden warns: The surveillance states we’re creating now will outlast the coronavirus
”The former CIA contractor, whose leaks exposed the scale of spying programs in the US, warns that once this tech is taken out of the box, it will be hard to put it back.”The FBI is promoting an at-home exercise app that also tracks your phone's location and data
”The FBI's workout app, called FitTest, offers a rudimentary interface that guides people through sit-ups, push-ups, and jogging routines. But the app also collects data from users' smartphones, including their location and the WiFi networks they connect to.”The Value and Ethics of Using Phone Data to Monitor Covid-19
”Google and Facebook are discussing plans with the White House to share collective data on people's movements during the coronavirus pandemic.”
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