Just five article that I found worthwhile sharing for March, and – of course – one is about Cambridge Analytica, co-founded by whistleblower Christopher Wylie. Also: a timely but unrelated piece about Silicon Valley’s culture of sercecy, an op-ed about reading news (only) in print and more.
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A short digest for a similarly short month of February, in which fast-food companies educate us about Net Neutrality (by Burger King) or autonomous vehicle interaction design (with Domino’s Pizza). Also: two long reads from Wired (about Facebook) and The New Yorker (about HappyOrNot), as well as a case study of a French dating platform’s marketing efforts.
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Happy new year to all my readers! I wish you a joyfull, fulfilling, stimulating and healthy year 2018. A propos healthy… one of my favorite January reads is a NY Times article that compares Facebook’s news feed to food (cookies or broccoli). Farhad Manjoo writes that no food is toxic in itself – and no feed is either – what counts is how much of it we consume and how relevant is it to our lives. Other articles I found worthwhile sharing are Campbell Flakemore’s testimonial about stopping his pro cycling career – food is part of it – and an article about Snapchat’s user data… and corporate culture. Continue reading →
November’s digest contains 6 articles: 2 about product strategy (Strava & Facebook), 1 about debunking fake viral stories (Facebook), 1 about management, 1 about a prominent cyclist’s outlook on life, and 1 about a really cool photography project. Let me wish you – reader – a great, loving and fulfilling month of December.
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“The Creative Apocalypse That Wasn’t” (via nytimes.com, illustration by Andrew Rae)
August, the month of holidays, sunshine, nature and sports… right? To me it was all of the above, but I also read a couple of very interesting articles, watched debates and opinion pieces. In this month’s favorites you will find a single article about cycling (!) and many more about creativity and innovation, marketing challenges and tolerance.
Yes, tolerance. I translated the short position piece of a German TV anchor, published it on this blog and on YouTube, and was stunned by all the hate comments that it received. After the surprise, and thinking about it, I see it as a sad manifestation of trolls’ and racists’ hopelessness. I prefer them to just comment under a video than to represent me in our parliaments and institutions. Anyway, here are some much more interesting things to read and watch. I hope you’ll like them too.
In a time where Europe sees increasing news coverage about migrants both inside (ex: Paris, Calais) and outside its borders (ex: Syria, Lybia), there is a worrying uptake of public hate speech on the internet and attacks on refugee shelters. Yesterday evening, in the German television news program Tagesschau, broadcast on the German public-service television network ARD, Anja Reschke made a 2-minute, important statement on German public TV: “Open Your Month, Show Attitude.” While anyone can have an opinion on the way – and the extent to which – countries should receive and help migrants, there a universal, important message in what she said. Here it is in English (links and bold passages added by myself). Continue reading →
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Of course, the month of January was overshadowed by the tragic Charlie Hebdo event(s) which killed 17 people and wounded 22 others. The New Yorker cover depicted here, which was created by Ana Juan, is just one of many artistic shows of support for the victims of the Paris attacks. I found it both beautiful and impactful, that’s why I use it to illustrate this month’s post. You can see some other great illustrations on eYeka’s blog, which shares the best entries that the community submitted to the #JeSuisCharlie contest.
Beside some stories linked to the Charlie Hebdo events, as well as the tweet that the satirical magazine issued just hours before the shooting, you will find other interesting links that I stumbled upon this pas month. There’s a dauting article about moderators of social media sites, two articles about the cosmopolitan Paris that I love, or an article about social media “written by an actual teen.” Enjoy.
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