[nonostantement #198] - always on / ar & metaverse / privacy crisis
Now with MORE wild foxes enjoying banjo music!
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Ciao, everyone! I'm Joele, and every Sunday, I send this email to my friends. Here I keep track of the best links I come across while working as an online communication consultant during the week. I’ve been told I am Italian, but I am based in Barcelona, Spain. Like, right now.
Soundtrack? Maybe it's because I'm getting older, but lately I've found myself at ease working with a background like the massively popular Lofi Girl stream - I only wish some of the tracks were less gooey. Do you have any suggestions? Reply and tell me more about it!
#PEOPLE
[Video] - Is It Worth It Owning a Ramen Shop in Japan?
”Initially this video was going to explore how profitable independent ramen shops in Japan are. But it's pretty hard to get owners to show their numbers. I received full breakdowns of equipment costs and other metrics, but essentially there were too many variables to show anything definitively.”[Video] - Playing banjo for a wild fox! He came back for an encore!
”When your summer tours end, so you’re testing out some new material on a fox — and they come back for an encore.”How to Cope with That “Always-On” Feeling
”[…] Research has found three steps to help protect yourself: 1) Build your willpower; 2) Set boundaries — and stick to them; and 3) Communicate directly and deliberately.”
#TECH
‘AR Is Where the Real Metaverse Is Going to Happen’
”WE CAN ALL agree that leaving the house is a marvelous thing. But what if your city stroll was enhanced by encounters with historical figures who walked those streets when they were cobblestoned? Or if it featured sightings of extinct or even imaginary species? John Hanke not only wants to see things like that happen, he has made it happen by sending millions of people on outdoor quests to capture imaginary cartoon characters.”
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The next privacy crisis
”Writer and researcher Erica Neely says that laws and social norms aren’t prepared for how AR could affect physical space. ‘I think we’re kind of frantically running behind the technology’”Facebook tells LA police to stop spying on users with fake accounts
”This comes after the Guardian revealed that the US police department had been working with a tech firm, analysing user data to help solve crimes.”
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