av Mikael Winterkvist | aug 7, 2016 | Notiser
No GIFs please, we’re the International Olympic Committee
AS THE RIO OLYMPICS, aka the ‘Not as good as London Games’, prepares Europeans for three weeks of insomnia, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has dealt a blow to hipsters everywhere after confirming that it will not allow the use of GIFs of coverage to be used on t’internet.It makes a certain degree of sense. GIFs crystallise an exact moment and could detract from the ‘proper’ coverage. TV rights to the Olympics are jewels in many a broadcaster’s crown and devaluing them could leave a big hole in the pocket.The ban is made clear in a document entitled News access rules applicable for the broadcast of the games of the XXXI Olympiad, Rio de Janeiro, 5-21 August 2016 (PDF). We’d prefer ‘The bile from Ipanema’.
Källa: No GIFs please, we’re the International Olympic Committee | TheINQUIRER
av Mikael Winterkvist | aug 7, 2016 | Lästips
No GIFs please, we’re the International Olympic Committee
AS THE RIO OLYMPICS, aka the ‘Not as good as London Games’, prepares Europeans for three weeks of insomnia, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has dealt a blow to hipsters everywhere after confirming that it will not allow the use of GIFs of coverage to be used on t’internet.It makes a certain degree of sense. GIFs crystallise an exact moment and could detract from the ‘proper’ coverage. TV rights to the Olympics are jewels in many a broadcaster’s crown and devaluing them could leave a big hole in the pocket.The ban is made clear in a document entitled News access rules applicable for the broadcast of the games of the XXXI Olympiad, Rio de Janeiro, 5-21 August 2016 (PDF). We’d prefer ‘The bile from Ipanema’.
Källa: No GIFs please, we’re the International Olympic Committee | TheINQUIRER
av Mikael Winterkvist | aug 7, 2016 | Notiser
A digital detox sounds great. But using the internet mindfully is better
Last week, in a largely futile attempt to actually do some work, I installed a browser extension that blocked pretty much any website I could possibly distract myself with. Twitter: gone. Facebook: gone. Even my emails, whoch I obsessively tend to in order to feel moderately productive, were off limits for an hour.
Having found new and imaginative ways to waste my own time, what surprised me most was not how much more work I did, but the sheer frequency with whoch I attempted to access the internet. Id incessantly tap twitter.com into the address bar, somehow immediately forgetting it was blocked. Id click on my still-open Facebook tab to check my feed before remembering there was no point. Every time I finished a sentence Id flit away from my work again, trying to exchange 10 seconds of productivity for 10 minutes of distraction. I knew I spent a lot of time online but not this much.
Källa: A digital detox sounds great. But using the internet mindfully is better | Emily Reynolds | Opinion | The Guardian
av Mikael Winterkvist | aug 7, 2016 | Nöje
How Mr and Mrs Gock Saved the Kumara
Två kinesiska flyktingar räddade Nya Zeelands kumara en slags sötpotatis som höll på att gå förlorad efter det att odlingarna angripits av en sjukdom.
Paret Gock som blev medborgare i Nya Zeeland på 1940-talet tog fram en art som stod emot sjukdomarna och sköte den till drabbade odlare.
When New Zealand gave two young Chinese refugees citizenship in the 1940s they found an unlikely way to return the gift – by saving the almighty kumara.
Director: Felicity Morgan-Rhind, Producer: Arani Cuthbert
Loading Docs is a series of incredible 3-minute documentaries from New Zealand. Watch them all, like and share!
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av Mikael Winterkvist | aug 7, 2016 | Nöje
Det handlar inte om att försöka att övertyga folk
“It’s not about pop culture, and it’s not about fooling people, and it’s not about convincing people that they want something they don’t. We figure out what we want. And I think we’re pretty good at having the right discipline to think through whether a lot of other people are going to want it, too. That’s what we get paid to do.”
Steve Jobs
Bygg saker som du vill ha. Bygg dem bra och hoppas att andra vill ha dem också. En rätt enkel filosofi som många av Apples konkurrenter har försökt att kopiera, inte minst Samsung, inte filosofin utan produkterna.
