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  Finally, I've seen the final and closing episode of this new season of "Dexter final blood" and I have some mixed feelings about how they've decided to end the story of one of the most interesting characters, in my opinion, since the boom of TV series, so, for me, since the post-Lost period. Personally, I have loved all the seasons of Dexter, but my favorites are the first 4; in fact, from the fifth season on, the stories have always repeated themselves in the same way with a pattern too linear and predictable. All this up to the first finale, that of season 8, unplanned and improvised. Many fans of the show felt the need for this new season specially to give their character a worthy ending. The question I now have is if this new ending was worthy? Without making spoilers, I'll say first that the strength of this season is to resume the human story of Dexter, who now is called Jim, ten years after the Miami events, and to do so in an original way, theref...

  Ho visto la puntata finale e conclusiva di questa nuova stagione di "Dexter final blood" ed ho sentimenti davvero contrastanti su come hanno deciso di concludere la storia di uno dei personaggi, a mio parere, più interessanti del panorama televisivo da quando c'è stato il boom delle serie televisive, quindi, per me, dal periodo post-Lost. Personalmente ho amato tutte le stagioni di Dexter, ma le mie preferite rimangono le prime 4; infatti dalla quinta stagione in poi le storie si sono ripetute sempre allo stesso modo con uno schema troppo lineare e prevedibile. Tutto questo fino ad arrivare al primo finale, quello della stagione 8, davvero improvviso ed improvvisato. Molti fan della serie sentivano il bisogno di questa nuova stagione soprattutto per dare al loro personaggio un finale degno. La domanda che adesso mi pongo è se questo nuovo finale sia stata degno? Senza fare spoiler, dico per prima cosa che il merito di questa stagione è quello di riprendere la vi...

  EN Today I want to dedicate this post to my last reading of 2021, a book about business and more specifically related to the world of business organization, Humanocracy by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini. This book has already become a classic and explains through contemporary examples the importance of moving from a predominantly bureaucratic organization to one more based on humans and their potential. According to the authors, this shift could help companies survive turbulent and constantly changing times and could foster innovation within companies. The text is divided into three macro-blocks: Weaknesses of Bureaucracy Two examples of organizations that have reorganized with a more "humanocratic" approach Strengths of a "humanocratic" organization In this article it is not my intention to summarize the book, but only to mention some concepts that I found interesting and thought-provoking included in the first part of the text (in the future I think I...

  EN Lately there has been a lot of conversation about this movie and the feedback is often conflicting, from those who love it to those who hate it, so I had to give my opinion in this blog. The quickest way to give a summary of the plot for me was to Google "Plot Don't Look Up" and the few words ahead are a more than satisfying result for my purpose: "A pair of astronomers become aware of the existence of a meteorite on a collision course with Earth. The two scientists try to warn everyone on Earth that the meteorite will destroy the planet in six months." Yes, because I don't want to talk about the storyline here, but some thoughts on the movie. And I'll be Spoiler free. The first thing that impressed me about the film is its ironic mood, but that was to be expected considering the previous films of the director (for example Anchorman, The Big Short or Vice). The use of humor is perfect for the topic, which is very similar to what happens toda...

  In questo articolo scrivo poche righe sui 5 libri letti nel 2021, che più di tutti mi hanno colpito.  Per ogni libro non voglio scrivere di trama o fare spoiler, ma voglio dire perchè mi sono rimasti in mente e perchè hanno colpito.  1 - Quello che non ti dicono (Mario Calabresi) Mario Calabresi sa scrivere ed in questo libro lo fa trattando un tema diverso dai suoi precedenti libri, ripercorre una vera e propria indagine giornalistica "su commissione". Il libro nel ricostruire le vicende del rapimento e assassinio di Carlo Saronio rivive gli anni del terrorismo in Italia e nello specifico a Milano.  C'è anche tanta malinconia soprattutto considerando la ragione che lo spinge ad indagare. Insomma come sempre un gran bel libro che consiglio vivamente che da un parte cattura con le vicende di cronaca di quegli anni e dall’altra con le vicende personali della famiglia Saronio 2 - Un milione per mia figlia (Pietro Di Lorenzo) Consiglio questo libro per chi vuole inizia...

  I would never have thought it, but I feel the need to spend few words about a new Netflix tv show.  And I would never have said it because this show is animated and serves as a prequel to a videogame that, before seeing it, I had never even heard of.  The show is Arcane, available on Netflix since November 21, placed in a universe of a videogame - League of Legends (LOL).   The show made a lot of buzz and received a lot of positive comments. Thanks to all this, a second season has already been announced and will be released after 2022. But what is Arcane about?  Well, I'll summarize what struck me most about the story. But I don't want to give you a complete summary, but only few short thoughts in the style of this blog. Obviously, no spoilers. Basically, it's the story of two sisters who come from the slums of a city that has really two different cities in one, the rich and "shining" city Piltover and the poor, degraded and forgotten lower part, ...

My presence here owes a lot to this book by Austin Kleon, Show your work. This text, especially for a certain target has become a real Bible, a vademecum for anyone who wants to show their work through social networks, YouTube, blogs or podcasts.  For example, I'm sure you have seen many videos of famous Youtubers where more then 7/8 out of 10 always have in the background, but in plain sight, a copy of this book.  I'll include the link to a couple of videos  at least   where Ali Abdaal, a great youtuber, talks about it:  https://youtu.be/hv1gOEY3cs4 https://youtu.be/vyVpRiqOvt4 But like him, many others have talked about it.  And so am I; yes, because this book is very easy to read and offers interesting insights in a concise manner giving that final push needed to bring out all the creativity and desire to take action.  The book gives 10 useful lessons for "showing your work", but I'm only taking home 4+1 of them, and here they are: 1. OPEN YOUR WOND...