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Ciao! New subscribers have been arriving in the last few weeks so let’s do some introductions: My name is Joele, I'm Italian but I live in Barcelona - I work online all the time, as I deal with online strategies and campaigns for brands, Being online a lot I find many interesting things, I put them all together and send them every week to my friends in this email you just received. If you like it, please forward it to your contacts!
A couple of nice random tracks to listen to: Rosalía - Candy and Ken Ishii - Extra
#PEOPLE
Master Tingus
Nice weird animations - that’s it ;)[Video] - How Hidden Technology Transformed Bowling
Bowling has been reinvented many times over the past seven thousand years but especially in the last 30. This is the fascinating physics of balls, oil, lane and pins.100 ways to slightly improve your life without really trying
1 Exercise on a Monday night (nothing fun happens on a Monday night).2 On the fence about a purchase? Wait 72 hours before you buy it.3 Tip: the quickest supermarket queue is always behind the fullest trolley (greeting, paying and packing take longer than you think).4 Bring fruit to work….What You’re Feeling Isn’t A Vibe Shift. It’s Permanent Change.
I was born during the longest period of global stability. Now, it appears all of that is fleeting.[Video] - Helvetica is 15!
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#TECH
Could a Podcast Make Itself?
A program puts together the script. It converts that script into spoken word audio. It selects music, and mixes the music with the voice. It uploads the episode audio, and it updates the podcast feed with the new episode.Peek Into The Future
Yet Another Apple Event, also known as an opportunity for The New York Times columnists to mock it, is in the rearview mirror.
#PHOTOGRAPHY
Portraits from Kabul Before the Fall
In February 2021, the photographer Robert Spangle traveled to Afghanistan to document the way ordinary men dress. Spangle, 32, is a street-style photographer. A decade earlier, however, he was twice deployed to Afghanistan as a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
The Greenhouse Series II
This series illustrates the extensive impact of human presence on earth. Our demand for products that don't grow in our proximity and the need to have them available throughout the year puts pressure on landscapes we believe we have no connection to.
Postcards from Ukraine — Elena Heatherwick
“On the shelves, there are different teas and cups. Inside the kitchen cabinet are forks, knives and spoons, salt and other supplies. Sparrows made their nest near the drain pipe outside the kitchen. Also there are always a lot of spiders inside.[…]”
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How companies are hiding inflation without charging you more
Do consumers notice when their everyday products get smaller? Often they don’t and companies are taking advantage by reducing the amount of product they sell while keeping prices the same. Shrinking product sizes to pad profits is not a new tactic but it grows in popularity during periods of shortages and inflation.West hits Vladimir Putin’s fake news factories with wave of sanctions
Twelve key disinformation outlets used to bolster Vladimir Putin have been hit with sanctions in an online crackdown on “false and misleading” reports claimed to be orchestrated by Russian intelligence.
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