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Sunday, April 12, 2020

NFTRW Weekly Top FIve

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the last week:

Has Coronavirus Turned Instagram Into What It Actually Should Be?

Dance Magazine: In 2018 I wrote an article about how Instagram was changing the value system of the dance world. It took to task the hyper-sexualization of the body's facility, the fetishism of dance tricks. The article sparked an international dialogue and people weighed in, shared and reposted so much that it was the second most popular article on Dance Magazine's website that year.

4 strange things that happen when you use videoconferencing

Big Think: As the COVID-19 pandemic forces many U.S. colleges and universities to move their courses online, connecting online via video is now having its moment.

Family, friends, neighbors and even TV talk-show hosts are now meeting and broadcasting from home. Meanwhile, Microsoft, Google and Zoom are struggling to meet the demand for their videoconferencing services.

Is a remote working revolution coming for creatives?

www.creativereview.co.uk: Debates around the pros and cons of remote working have been rumbling on for years, but the coronavirus crisis has left agencies and studios with little choice but to embrace it. And while it might be manageable for some people, others in the creative industry are finding that WFH isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. For someone like Koto founder and creative director James Greenfield – who’s professed his doubts about remote working in the past – it’s a heavy burden for anyone managing a creative team.

4 ways to boost your hiring chances during the coronavirus

www.fastcompany.com: The coronavirus crisis has the world economy in upheaval. If you’re not already hurting, you surely know someone who is. Layoffs, shutdowns, cutbacks, and salary cuts are happening across industries, both blue collar and white. The nation is in a state of emergency, and we’re all but certainly heading toward, if not already in, a recession.

Forgotten Blueprints Reveal a Late Tweak to the Statue of Liberty's Torch Arm

gizmodo.com: Recently restored sketches of the Statue of Liberty suggest French engineer Gustave Eiffel, who was brought in to help with the project, had a different vision for the monument’s upraised arm.

In 1882, some six years into the construction of the Statue of Liberty, French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi tweaked a design element proposed by Gustave Eiffel, changing the manner in which Lady Liberty holds her iconic torch, reports science writer Greg Miller in Smithsonian Magazine.

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