Data Vs. Insights

In today’s data-driven world, we often hear terms like data and insights used interchangeably. However, there is a fundamental difference between these two concepts. In simple terms, data refers to raw facts and figures, while insights are meaningful interpretations and conclusions derived from data. I recently came across this article […]

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Is a KPI good or bad?

How to create your own KPI and live happily ever after. When trying to derive insights from a dataset and defining KPI the causality bias is a common error. Often it goes together with another common error: attributing an insight to the wrong KPI, or better said: deriving the wrong […]

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The butterfly effect

How the Roman Empire influenced US rocket science (and why fact-checking is important!) The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches (143,51 cm). That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they built them in England, and English […]

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Cognitive and data biases – the selection bias

When analyzing a dataset sometimes we are working with data that does not represent the reality but it’s the result of a seleciton. This means that the seleciton made before the analysis is already creating a data bias. For example if we work with panel data we must make sure […]

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Occam’s razor principle

In one of my previus posts about cognitive biases I mentioned the Occam’s razor principle. When it comes to data insights this is sometimes a very useful principle to keep in mind because data does’nt give insights itself but we are always asked to give our interpretation to the data, […]

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Cognitive and data biases: the Confiramtion Bias

“if you torture the data long enough, it will confess to anything”. Ronald H. Coase, British Economist When working with a big dataset it’s easy to fall into the confirmation bias. We are looking for some insights, and usually what happens is that even before looking at the data we […]

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Cognitive Bias – Survivorship Bias – Part 2

In Turin there is an ancient church named Santuario della Consolata (its full name is “Chiesa di Santa Maria della Consolazione”), it’s origin dates back to the XVII century. The interior is very rich, with gold inlays everywhere on the walls and arches, and wonderful frescoes surrounded by pink carrara […]

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The Causality Bias – The black cars crashes

So after reading the Bananas Diet post we are now familiar with the causality bias concept. Another example of causailty bias i came across a few years ago for the first time is the black car crashes one. Articles like this one show that based on data anyone can conduct […]

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Data Preparation

In my previous post about data visualization I have focused on different ways to present a dataset, however a very important aspect that we always underestimate and do not consider as fundamental is the data preparation one. It is widely known that a data scientist spends most of his working […]

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Data Visualization

A few months ago (i just realized while typing it’s almost already a year ago) i took an R course to learn how it can help with data visualization, and i have to admit it has been quite useful even for my day to day where i am not specifically […]

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The Digital Analytics impossible triangle

When making a choice for virtually anything in your life you will have to ponderate the pros and cons, especially if you are the type of person like me that likes to create lists. Usually the choice between items to purchase, or services to subscribe to, gets down to feature […]

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Matomo Analytics (On Premise) so far.

My experience with Matomo Analytics is moving forward now and i’ve ditched the Cloud version to test the OnPremise version. Since there are two option i chose to opt for the WordPress version, as i thought it would be much easier to install. The installation process has been quite straight-forward, […]

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Time to Google for an alternative Analytics? (ITALIAN)

L’uso dei dati di prima parte è un must per fare del buon marketing ma i numerosi cambiamenti previsti in merito all’uso di Google Analytics in Europa hanno scosso profondamente il mondo digital e gli addetti ai lavori (aka marketer). Infatti, le sentenze emanate in Francia e Austria hanno fatto […]

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Cookie Apocalypse: will there be an happy ending? (ITALIAN)

Come convivere in uno scenario tecnologico sempre più complesso senza per questo sacrificare il ruolo dei dati nei processi decisionali? Durante il workshop tenuto in occasione di Netcomm Forum Extended 2021, ho risposto a questa domanda con un approfondimento sulle diverse metodologie di raccolta dati a disposizione dei marketer. La […]

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Creare una traccia Acid Techno con Yamaha Seqtrak

1. Impostazione del tempo (132 BPM) Per prima cosa, dobbiamo impostare la velocità della traccia: • Utilizza i pulsanti [BPM+] o [BPM−] sul lato destro dell’unità per regolare il tempo fino a raggiungere 132 BPM. • Il numero di luci sull’indicatore globale (Global Meter) ti darà un’indicazione approssimativa del tempo […]

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Creare un groove Acid Techno usando Strudel

Ecco una guida per creare un groove melodic techno ipnotico utilizzando Strudel, ambiente di live coding basato su browser che permette di scrivere musica in tempo reale. Cliccare qui per ascoltare la traccia: APRI IN STRUDEL 1. Impostare il tempo La Acid Techno si muove solitamente tra i 130 e […]

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Creare un semplice synth con inviluppo ADSR con Pure Data

In questo post impareremo a costruire da zero un sintetizzatore a sintesi sottrattiva elementare. Utilizzeremo un oscillatore sinusoidale, un sistema di controllo ADSR (Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release) e un oscilloscopio per visualizzare l’onda in tempo reale. AVVERTENZA IMPORTANTISSIMA: con Pure Data (e anche la sue versioni derivate, tra cui la […]

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Come creare device con Max 4 Live

Questi tutorial sono stati creati per fornire una guida passo-passo nella creazione di patch, ma non spiegano come muoversi nell’interfaccia Max o Max for Live (salvo rare eccezioni). Per apprendere come navigare nei menu, come creare oggetti e in generale i rudimenti di base di Max 4 Live, consiglio di […]

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UNITÀ DI RUMORE ARCHITETTONICO (2025)

Manuel Montanari · Unità di Rumore Architettonico Buy me a coffee on Bandcamp: https://manuelmontanari.bandcamp.com/ PROGETTO U.R.A. (Unità di Rumore Architettonico): Report Esecutivo Fase II Data di Inaugurazione Cantiere: 14 Marzo 2025 Località: Tromsø, Norvegia (Settore Sperimentale Peri-Urbano 4) Classificazione: Struttura Residenziale Bio-Mimetica ad Alta Impedenza Acustica 1. Sinossi del Concept […]

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ON TIME (with Riccardo Mores)

Manuel Montanari · OnTime Buy me a coffee on Bandcamp: https://manuelmontanari.bandcamp.com/ A collab with Riccardo Mores that inspired the melody of this Techno track. Thanks Ricky!

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EXPRESSIONISM IS BACK (2025)

Manuel Montanari · Expressionism is back Buy me a coffee on Bandcamp: https://manuelmontanari.bandcamp.com/ A 139 bpm track with some melodic-techno vibe and some acid-techno backbone. Expressionism is back!

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IN THE CLOUDS (2025)

Manuel Montanari · In the clouds Buy me a coffee on Bandcamp: https://manuelmontanari.bandcamp.com/ A background ultra-stratched sample (i challenge you to guess the sample source!) becomes an acid-techno track.

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UNTITLED ALGORYTHM (2025)

Scerifforosso · Untitled Algorythm Buy me a coffee on Bandcamp: https://manuelmontanari.bandcamp.com/ A deep sonar sound melts into a deep house/techno track. A 118 BPM chill one.

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HANGED VIPERS (2025)

Scerifforosso · Hanged Vipers There is no specific comment for this release.. it is what it is: turn up the volume and try not to jump, if you dare! BUY THIS TRACK ON BANDCAMP: https://manuelmontanari.bandcamp.com/track/hanged-vipers

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L’Arte del Live Coding: Sonic Pi

La Partitura del Ventunesimo Secolo E se la logica rigorosa della programmazione potesse fondersi con l’immediatezza espressiva della musica dal vivo? Questa non è una domanda futuristica, ma la realtà di una forma d’arte performativa emergente chiamata live coding. In questa disciplina, il codice non è solo uno strumento per […]

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Strudel, scrivere Musica Come un Hacker

5 Verità sul Live Coding che cambia tutto l’approccio nel fare musica L’idea di creare musica è spesso circondata da un’aura di complessità. Si pensa a software costosi con interfacce labirintiche, attrezzature ingombranti che richiedono un investimento significativo o anni di studio formale per padroneggiare uno strumento. Questa percezione crea […]

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OUTBOXED (2025)

Scerifforosso · Outboxed Everything starded with the voice refrain, around which i imagined a nice techno base to go along with.

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INDUSTRIAL PLANNING (2025)

Scerifforosso · Industrial Planning A brand new track i made between June and August 2025. The main idea came from listening to some old school acid-techno tracks, and it stook in my head for a while before i was able to finalize it on a raining morning at the end […]

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90-DEBREEZE

Scerifforosso · 90_DEBREEZE This is a special track: I made it in 4 hours to partecipate to the M8 “Single Synth” Short Tune Challenge (2 minutes) for the Syntax Party 2024 (details here: https://syntaxparty.org/compos.html). It’s made with only one synth engine (FM) and no samples at all. The lengh is a […]

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Oltre i Limiti: Scopri la Profondità Segreta di Nanoloop

Introduzione: La Profondità Nascosta nella Semplicità Nel mondo della produzione musicale moderna, siamo spesso sommersi da workstation audio digitali (DAW) con infinite tracce, plugin e librerie di suoni. Se da un lato questa abbondanza offre possibilità illimitate, dall’altro può portare a una paralisi creativa. È qui che entrano in gioco […]

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