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Un problema del pubblicare in inglese per il blog, tra i vari problemi del pubblicare per il blog, un problema è che io, così, i post me li dimentico. Quando rileggo un post in italiano, pure vecchio di quattro o cinque anni, di quel post in italiano io mi ricordo tutto. E mi ricordo il momento in cui l’ho scritto, dov’ero, e il perché, e quali erano le sensazioni che provavo, pure, e le mie emozioni, le mie ispirazioni. Invece, in inglese, io i post non li rileggo nemmeno.

In my professional experience, I’ve often dealt with corporate communication. Many users don’t know what an email is, don’t know how to write, don’t know how to reply, or – even worse – sometimes don’t even realize they need to reply. The inability to communicate within an organization, both internally and, above all, externally, is a hurdle that absolutely must be overcome.

With a toot¹ on Mastodon in which he appreciated this post, my dear friend Nicola made me think about how little I put into promoting my professional blog on these shores.

Questa cosa, quella di andare a leggere i post del giorno come quello di ieri ma del 2021, questa cosa mi ha fatto ricordare che una volta, solo pochi anni fa, una volta il focus di questo blog era anche un altro. Adesso, se mi leggi, e se magari mi leggi in inglese, adesso è tutta tecnologia e cose digitali. E tutto, inoltre, è tutto un lamento. Un po’ perché sono invecchiato anche io, col blog. E un po’ perché forse scrivere è riflettere, e riflettere per poi scrivere in inglese¹ per me è più complicato.

I was reading, somewhere online, but unfortunately I’ve lost track of it, a suggestion to me as a reader: “record your thoughts”.

I always enjoy reading Manuel’s posts, along with P&B interviews, about the lives of bloggers around the world, what they do, and how they ended up writing online in their own space, independent and extremely personalized.

In 1987, I was four years old. That year, the Swiss designer Adrian Frutiger created the Avenir typeface, which was then launched the following year. It is inspired by Futura, from which it also takes its name—avenir, in French, means future, just like futura in Latin. It is a typeface that I have always liked: simple, linear, easy to read, round and full in its hardness. In the early 2000s, Akira Kobayashi expanded the type family by creating Avenir Next.

I’ve mentioned in the past about Default Apps, the list of predefined software and services born last winter from the Hemispheric Views podcast. During this holiday season, I noticed that many bloggers have updated their lists¹ highlighting all the changes. It was very fascinating, once again, to browse through the posts and make some considerations.