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Hello there, even today I send you an email with all the interesting things I found during the past week. For those of you who have just arrived and don't know me, my name is Joele, I live in Barcelona and I am an expert in online communication.
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#PEOPLE

[Video] - Why Barcelona Looks Weird
This is a video on the Cerdà Plan, which is the reason why there are so many octagons in the city of Barcelona. It's a fascinating story about urban planning and human centric design, which was informed by studies on air circulation, […]
Meet the off-screen workers who keep the adult webcam industry running
In Colombia, camming monitors train models, translate chats, and provide tech support.
In Putin’s heartland, Russian mothers mourn their sons killed in Ukraine
The road to the village of Komary is dotted with memorials to soldiers who fell in combat fighting the Nazis during the Second World War. Statues stand in remembrance to them near the bogs in which some of their bodies still lie, almost 80 years after they fell.
[Video] - Jonty Semper - The One Minute Silence From The Funeral Of Diana, Princess Of Wales [Full Album]
Track List: 01. The One Minute Silence From The Funeral Of Diana, Princess Of Wales (0:00)

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#TECH

Apps and digital health resources reviewed by experts
One Mind PsyberGuide is a non-profit project that aims to help people to use technology to live a mentally healthier life. […] Through rigorous evaluation of technology and promotion of scientific best practices, we seek to guide the science, practice, development, and use of digital mental health tools in various settings.
How Anitta megafans gamed Spotify to help create Brazil’s first global chart-topper
Fans skirted terms and conditions, but a strategy from the singer’s team came close to the streaming platform's limit.
[Video] - Google Little Signals
Little Signals explores new patterns for technology in our daily lives. The six objects in this design study make use of different sensorial cues to subtly signal for attention. They keep us in the loop, but softly, moving from the background to the foreground as needed.
The Future of the Web Is Marketing Copy Generated by Algorithms
The killer app for GPT-3 could help marketers lure clicks and game Google rankings..
Pattie Maes and the foundations of social networks : Hidden Heroes
Belgian-born computer scientist Pattie Maes was inventing the core principles behind the social media age when Mark Zuckerberg was still in kindergarten. Why have her contributions been neglected?
[Video] - Snoop Dogg on turning Death Row Records to NFT Label

#SOCIALMEDIA

BeReal: Hype or Hit? What to know about the Gen Z photo-sharing app climbing the charts
An app called BeReal, founded by former GoPro employee Alexis Barreyat along with Kévin Perreau, launched in December 2019 with its idea of asking users to post an unedited photo once per day after receiving a push notification.
Only 12% of full-time creators make over $50k a year, says Linktree
Though the creator economy is rapidly growing and changing, there isn’t much existing research about the space, making it difficult for stakeholders to understand what’s going on behind the ring light.

#ART

DALL·E 2
DALL·E 2 is a new AI system that can create realistic images and art from a description in natural language.
Dollhouse : Heather Benning
Heather Benning restored the interior of an abandoned farmhouse to the date of its abandonment in the mid 60’s. After some years, she burned it.

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#THEDARKSIDE

Contra Chrome
In Contra Chrome, Leah carefully charts this road and its terrain in a funny and easily accessible way. In webcomic form, she documents how over the last decade, Google’s browser has become a threat to user privacy and the democratic process itself.
Big Media, Big Conflicts of Interest, Part 1 : The Consolidation Craze & Illusion of Choice
Six companies control 90% of what you read, watch, and hear. Here's why that's dangerous.
Google, Meta, and others will have to explain their algorithms under new EU legislation
The EU has agreed on another ambitious piece of legislation to police the online world.

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