Creative Bloq
7 design exercises to keep your skills sharp
4 min · · Tone up your design muscles with these games and exercises. · Shared by 236, including Juan Felipe Correa Giraldo, Prof. Arun Kumar वाघचौरे, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
EL PAÍS
Cómo el confinamiento frena la cadena de contagios
5 min · · Esta medida tiene como objetivo reducir el número de contactos diarios de una persona y bajar así el número reproductivo de la enfermedad. Y parece que lo está consiguiendo · Shared by 8, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
The New York Times
Location Data Says It All: Staying at Home During Coronavirus Is a Luxury
7 min · · As the virus continues to spread throughout the nation, an analysis of cellphone data shows that those in the wealthiest areas have been able to reduce their movements more than those in the poorest… · Shared by 124, including Martin Stabe, Hiroko Tabuchi, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Human Rights Campaign, Michael Carroll, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Thomas Power, Christina Farr, Josh Bersin, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Deborah Blum, Undark Magazine, Patrick Stotz, Mark Kaigwa, Fred Scharmen
FiveThirtyEight
Why It’s So Freaking Hard To Make A Good COVID-19 Model
12+ min · · Here we are, in the middle of a pandemic, staring out our living room windows like aquarium fish. The question on everybody’s minds: How bad will this really ge… · Shared by 311, including Kirk Borne, Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, Martin Fowler, Marie-José Kolly, Dr. Ganapathi Pulipaka 🇺🇸, Julia Wolfe, Mike Tamir, PhD, Amesh Adalja, Damian Gryski, Anne Thompson, Kainaz Amaria, Carly, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Ella Koeze, Ken Norton, Rachael Dottle, AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, Jennifer Ouellette, Bethany Brookshire, Oliver Roeder
The New York Times
How the Virus Got Out
7 min · · We analyzed the movements of hundreds of millions of people to show why the most extensive travel restrictions to stop an outbreak in human history haven’t been enough. · Shared by 975, including Chris Fralic, Eric Topol, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, Kevin Roose, Carl Zimmer, Christopher Mims 🤌, Jon Matonis, Renee DiResta, Niall Ferguson, Matt Goodwin, Carla Gentry 🎶, Johnny Harris, Mathew Ingram, Dr. Manu Kumar, Azeem Azhar, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, Stefan Ottlitz @hierprivat@mastodon.social, hardmaru, Aral Balkan
The Atlantic
A World Without Privacy Will Revive the Masquerade
10 min · · As the growing scale of facial recognition shows, more data can always be extracted. · Shared by 92, including Marc R Gagné MAPP, Neeraj K Agrawal, Carla Gentry 🎶, Joshua Walker, Faik Ersoy, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Susannah Fox, Mark Kaigwa, Evan Selinger
CNET
Teens have figured out how to mess with Instagram's tracking algorithm
7 min · · Teenagers are using group accounts to flood Instagram with random user data that can't be tied to a single person. · Shared by 263, including Kevin Marks 🏠kevinmarks.com xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Matt Navarra, Jansnet, Marius Bleuer, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Dr. Alec Couros, Stephanie A Kowalski, George M 🇪🇺, Fawzi A. Baba-Ali, Elena Neira, Ian M Calvert, Lara Burriesci, Anthony Hamelle, Dr. Russell Hyken, Oliver Raduner, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Rf
Data Visualization Society
2019 Was the Year Data Visualization Hit the Mainstream
9 min · · From our president to our clothes to our books, this year showed that Dataviz has become an integral part of modern culture · Shared by 18, including Nadieh Bremer, Elijah Meeks, Oscar MacDonald, Thomas Power, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
The Verge
Instagram starts bringing DMs to the web
2 min · · Shared by 95, including Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, George M 🇪🇺, Melonie Dodaro, Daniel Schwarz, Johannes Lenz, Mathew Ingram, Builtvisible, Matt Navarra, Berrak Sarikaya, Madalyn Sklar Digital Marketing since 1996, Stephanie A Kowalski, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Burak Bayburtlu
medium.com
Watch six decade-long disinformation operations unfold in six minutes
15+ min · · Here’s a bird’s eye view of six state-backed information operations on Twitter, and how they evolved over the last decade. This research… · Shared by 15, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, luis antónio santos, Luca Hammer
WIRED
Netflix's Big Viewership Numbers Mean Very Little
3 min · · The streaming service now defines anything watched for at least two minutes as a "view." Wait, what? · Shared by 13, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Mathew Ingram
nature
Time for the Human Screenome Project
10 min · · To understand how people use digital media, researchers need to move beyond screen time and capture everything we do and see on our screens. · Shared by 15, including Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
The New York Times
This Is the Guy Who’s Taking Away the Likes
13+ min · · Adam Mosseri, chieftain of Instagram, wants to keep the platform a safe, special space. That means learning from the mistakes of its parent company: Facebook. · Shared by 46, including Chris Messina, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Katja Evertz, Matt Navarra, Design at Meta, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Antonio Vieira Santos
EL PAÍS
Andrés Galeano: “Antes la censura se hacía ocultando y ahora se hace sobresaturando”
2 min · · Este fotógrafo sin cámara trabaja con fotografías prestadas a través de las que se cuestiona nuestra relación con todos esos estímulos visuales que recibimos a lo largo del día · Shared by 4, including EL PAÍS RETINA, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
The New York Times
How the Police Use Facial Recognition, and Where It Falls Short
9 min · · Records from Florida, where law enforcement has long used the controversial technology, offer an inside look at its risks and rewards. · Shared by 43, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Mike Tamir, PhD