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Summary of GIGAZINE article rankings of the top 100 best-selling articles on Amazon for 2024
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by Damian Entwistle Kindle Unlimited Top 100 Most Read Articles in 2024 ' for books that have been digitized from GIGAZINE articles. The collection period is from January 1 to December 27, 2024.◆1st place: '21 books you must read' as listed by investment guru Warren Buffett
◆2nd place: What are some good textbooks and lecture videos for learning computer science without going to college?
3rd place: Elon Musk's '11 books you should read'
◆4th place: 99 books recommended by Alan Kay, the father of personal computing
◆5th place: An interview with Shogo Sugitani [Human Plastic Model], the author of 'Pompo the Movie Lover,' who says he is 'better at drawing the equivalent of a whole book in one go' than serializing.
◆6th place: '100 Best Novels of All Time' selected by Amazon Japan based on track record
7th place: Here is a list of the 100 most influential books and documents in the world:
◆8th place: I tried taking a lot of photos and movies with the iPhone 15 Pro Max camera, which can shoot 5x telephoto and up to 48 megapixels
◆9th place: Interview with mechanical designer Junichiro Tamamori of 'Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love': What are the secrets of the chimney, third bridge, and 'Wave Motion Barrier'?
◆10th place: I tried out the combination of 'ControlNet' and 'Stable Diffusion' to quickly generate illustrations of your choice by specifying the pose and composition.
◆11th place: An interview with series composer Enjoe Toh of 'Godzilla SP [Singular Point]': How was Godzilla's first 13-episode film created?
◆12th place: A famous American university publishes a list of books recommended for college students. What kind of books should college students read?
◆13th place: Review of the 'Pomera DM250' which is lightweight and compact, can be opened and started writing immediately, and can easily share files with a smartphone
◆14th place: Top 150 science fiction movies of all time
◆15th place: Interview with director Yusaku Matsumoto of the movie 'Winny' depicts the figure of Isamu Kaneko, the developer who created the file sharing software
◆16th place: Review by an Apple Watch beginner who used the Apple Watch Ultra 2 for a few days
◆17th place: An interview with Yamashiro Fuuga, storyboard artist and director of episode 4 of 'Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!', who splits the movies he sees into frames and uses them as materials for his own direction
◆18th place: An interview with director Hirao Takayuki of the animated film 'Pompo the Movie Lover': How did he make a film about 'a minority striking back at the majority' in a way that would resonate with the majority?
◆19th place: Interview with original author Yasuhiro Nightow and director Kenji Muto about the anime 'TRIGUN STAMPEDE': 'Trigun has been boosted, refined, and condensed without being reduced'
◆20th place: Interview with Yoshinobu Akita, author of 'Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: Journey of Wandering', in which we dug deep into the new anime for the series' 25th anniversary and episodes related to his writing
◆21st place: Interview with Owara Sumito, the author of 'Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!', 'I didn't care if the three main characters were different'
◆22nd place: 'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom,' which allows you to explore not only the land of Hyrule but also the sky and underground on the Nintendo Switch, is attractive for its 'fun to create' and 'freedom that far exceeds the previous work.'
◆23rd place: Interview with Director Masaaki Yuasa of 'Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!': How he created the work that 'makes amazing anime'
◆24th place: Amazon's reviews for girls' school swimsuits are outrageous in a way
◆25th place: We tried out the 'Best Take' and 'Audio Eraser Magic' features of the Google Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8, which let you experience the amazing power of AI, and we also checked out the evolution of the camera from the Pixel 7
◆26th place: Standard Ebooks, an overseas version of Aozora Bunko, where you can read classic masterpieces from Holmes to Aristotle for free
◆27th place: We asked residents of Kyoto University's Yoshida Dormitory, the oldest active student dormitory in Japan, 'What is the real reason they are being evicted from the dormitory?'
◆28th place: Tips for choosing 'easy-to-read colors' when creating graphs and visualizing data
◆29th place: Interview with Mari Motohashi, who was in charge of storyboarding and directing the first episode of the anime 'Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!' The character of Asakusa is impressively brought out through the action of eating zunda mochi
◆30th place: Interview with Shiro Yamazaki, subtitle science supervisor for the movie 'TENET': What are the key points to enjoying the film?
◆31st place: I tried taking various photos with the Xperia 1 V, which is said to be capable of taking photos on par with a digital camera equipped with a full-size sensor.
◆32nd place: I tried using 'Lit-Parrot,' a library that makes it easy to fine-tune large-scale language models like GPT using a unique dataset, on Google Cloud Platform.
◆33rd place: Finally released Apple Watch Series 9 with S9 chip and watchOS 10 Photo review and setup summary
◆34th place: 'SysMocap' is a free and real-time motion capture technology that can project face, hand, and whole-body movements onto a 3D avatar.
#35: Photo review of the Galaxy Tab S9, Galaxy Tab S9+, and Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra, which are billed as products that will disrupt tablet PCs
◆36th place: How to create an account on 'Bluesky' & what it looks like when you actually use it. It's very similar to Twitter, so it's a great option for switching or moving to another platform.
◆37th place: 'Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Clash! Rakuga Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes' Interview with Director Kyogoku Takahiko and Producer Kondo Keiichi: 'We want to create a story that children can be proud of'
◆38th place: Amazon Echo finally supports the smart home standard 'Matter'
◆39th place: Interview with Director Sato Atsuki of 'The Era of Space Battleship Yamato: The Choice of 2202 A.D.' The BGM for the 'Fleet Assemble' scene is newly recorded to recreate the experience of the old series
◆40th place: A dense work that condenses 52 episodes of the anime into 120 minutes A dense work that condenses 52 episodes of the anime into 120 minutes, ``The Age of Space Battleship Yamato: Choices in the Year 2202 A.D.'' Interview with Fukui Harutoshi and Minagawa Yuka, What is the work of the ``Astro Warriors''?
◆41st place: I actually bought the Google Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8 and received them, so I did a thorough unboxing and photo review of the actual product version, and compared them to the Pixel 7
◆42nd place: How to use 'CLIP interrogator' that can decompose and display what kind of prompt or spell was from the image automatically generated by the image generation AI 'Stable Diffusion'
◆43rd place: The Meta Quest 3's full-color pass-through was amazing, allowing you to enjoy an overwhelming MR experience in which your room becomes a completely different space.
◆44th place: What are the “must-read books of 2023” chosen by British economic magazine “The Economist”?
◆45th place: What has evolved in the Apple Watch Series 9 with watchOS 10 and S9 chip? I actually tried wearing it for a week
◆46th place: 'FAN GATHERING 'Hathaway's Flash' Heirs to GUNDAM' report revealing the secrets of 'Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway's Flash'
◆47th place: A data visualization professional explains how to choose 'colors that are easy for humans to distinguish intuitively' in design
◆48th place: An interview with series composer Harutoshi Fukui and director Kenji Yasuda of 'Space Battleship Yamato 2205: A New Voyage' - 'A director who is not from the Yamato generation'
◆49th place: Interview with directors Haruko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita of 'Bakeneko Anzu-chan' about the rotoscoping technique used to create the film, where the actors' performances guide the drawings
◆50th place: The new 'Camera Control' feature on the iPhone 16 lets you adjust camera settings without touching the screen, but it may take some time to get used to it.
◆51st place: Interview with manga artist Naoki Urasawa, the anime 'PLUTO' includes 'the future society I wanted to depict'
◆52nd place: Google now supports 'Passkey,' which allows you to log in without a password, so I tried it out on my iPhone and Android smartphone
◆53rd place: A new function has been released that allows AI to generate workflows simply by entering text into Zapier. I actually tried it out.
◆54th place: Interview with Yukito Kishiro, the author of 'Gunnm' - we asked him about the process of adapting the 'Alita: Battle Angel' movie and the secrets behind the fantastical story of 'Gunnm'
◆55th place: Amazon has released the 'Fire Max 11,' a large tablet with an 11-inch 2K LCD display for around 30,000 yen, so we checked out its performance
◆56th place: Bill Gates announces 'the best book he has read in the last 10 years,' what is his 'everlasting favorite'?
#57: Five books that Bill Gates says 'made me rethink my thinking'
◆58th place: I tried using 'stable-diffusion-videos', which can create movies using the image generation AI 'Stable Diffusion'
◆59th place: A thorough review of the camera performance of the 'Pixel 7a,' which is 20,000 yen cheaper than the 'Pixel 7.' It has few noticeable weaknesses and is attractive for its high cost performance, beating the Pixel 7 in wide-angle photography.
◆60th place: An open source plugin that enables image generation AI 'Stable Diffusion' to be used in Krita has been released
◆61st place: Why the technique 'practical writing' used in Kubrick's films changed the history of film
◆62nd place: I customized the Loupedeck Live S, a device that calls up shortcuts and macros with the push of a button to make PC work super fast
◆63rd place: A simple summary of how to use 'img2img', an image generation AI 'Stable Diffusion web UI (AUTOMATIC1111 version)' to automatically generate images with similar composition and color to the original image or to change only a specified part
◆64th place: The ending of 'Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love' - An interview with Director Nobuyoshi Habara and Series Composition Harutoshi Fukui
◆65th place: Interview with Director Mitsuo Iso about the anime 'Tsuchigai Shounen Shoujo' - how he values 'how immersive' in the creation of the film
◆66th place: How to disable the 18+ safety filter of the image generation AI 'Stable Diffusion'
◆67th place: The scientific way to 'make friends' as quickly as possible
◆68th place: Hideo Kojima, director of 'Death Stranding,' who is also known as a movie buff, announces his top 10 movies he saw in 2019.
◆69th place: Finally, a plugin that runs the image generation AI 'Stable Diffusion' in 'CLIP STUDIO PAINT' has been released
◆70th place: The world's only Godzilla museum, where over 100 monsters await, is a space where you can experience the history of special effects movies.
71st place: A YouTuber has recreated the 'pipe gun' used to assassinate former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
◆72nd place: A large-scale language model 'Command R +' that supports Japanese and is more powerful than GPT-4 has been released, so I tried it out. It can be downloaded for free and can also be operated locally.
◆73rd place: 'PWABuilder' is a tool that instantly converts PWA-made web apps into a format that can be distributed in stores such as Google Play and the App Store.
◆74th place: 'Vividl' allows you to download videos from YouTube, Nico Nico Douga, Twitter, Instagram, etc. in one go and convert them to MP3 for free. It has the strongest downloader 'yt-dlp' built-in and is easy to use even for beginners.
◆75th place: Photo review of Apple's smartwatch 'Apple Watch Ultra 2' equipped with S9 chip and evolved to a maximum brightness of 3000 nits
◆76th place: YouTube original animation 'Pole Princess!!' Interview with Director Hitomi Ezoe and 3DCG artist Yoshihiro Otobe, the evolution of motion capture technology makes it possible to visualize pole dancing
◆77th place: 'How to read a book' is a collection of tips on how to get the most information from a book in a limited amount of time.
◆78th place: Summary of the 2022 Ig Nobel Prize winners, awarded for interesting and thought-provoking research, including the 16th consecutive Japanese winner
◆79th place: With the 'GoPro HERO12 Black,' you can quickly shoot vertical movies with higher image quality and less blur than with a smartphone, and you can use accessories as they are because the camera does not need to be turned.
◆80th place: What do Oxford University philosophers think is the 'way to live a happy life'?
◆81st place: I created a workflow to 'output the title and URL of a website obtained by RSS to a Google spreadsheet' using 'n8n,' which can automate multiple apps by linking them together like IFTTT and Zapier.
◆82nd place: 'GODZILLA: The Planet Eater' Three-way interview with Urobuchi Gen, Shizuno Kobun, and Seshita Hiroyuki: How was that ending created?
◆83rd place: Review of 'tofu skin' that can be used as noodles but is super low in carbohydrates, we looked into the difference between it and the amazing low-carb noodles, tofu-dried
◆84th place: Interview with Nanami Kamon, the director of the Jujutsu Kaisen film 'Onmyoji 0': 'Jujutsu Kaisen has become entertainment that adults can enjoy too'
◆85th place: OpenAI announces 'Shap-E', an open source AI that generates 3D models from text and images
◆86th place: Image generation AI 'Stable Diffusion' can be run even on a 4GB GPU & various functions such as learning your own image can be easily run on Google Colabo and Windows 'Stable Diffusion web UI (AUTOMATIC1111 version)' installation method summary
◆87th place: We tried out the unique features of the large-screen tablet 'Galaxy Tab S9' series, such as using multiple apps side by side and co-editing a notepad in real time.
88th place: 10 books that messed up the world but should never have been written
◆89th place: Summary of how to use 'NMKD Stable Diffusion GUI', which allows you to easily install the image generation AI 'Stable Diffusion' on Windows for free, and you can quickly learn how to set spells and generate images.
◆90th place: An interview with Choi Eun-young, producer of 'Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!', who depicts the 'fun animation production'
◆91st place: Sony's ultra-compact video camera 'VLOGCAM ZV-E1' with full-size sensor - a thorough photo review
◆92nd place: An interview with director Hasumi Eiichiro, screenwriter Fukami Makoto, and supervisor Kawada Masao of the movie 'Resident Evil: Death Island.' How was a film featuring all five main characters made?
◆93rd place: Amazon's 11-inch 2K LCD tablet 'Fire Max 11' with stylus pen for drawing and memo and fingerprint authentication, setup and drawing review
◆94th place: Summary of how to install 'Stable Diffusion web UI', which allows you to build an execution environment for the image generation AI 'Stable Diffusion' on Windows for free
◆95th place: Photo review of the 'DJI Air 3' drone equipped with multiple cameras that can take not only wide-angle but also medium telephoto shots
◆96th place: I set up the Meta Quest 3. How good is full-color pass-through MR (mixed reality)?
◆97th place: We thoroughly tested the performance of the GoPro HERO11 Black's 'super powerful shake correction' and 'function that keeps the camera level no matter what'
◆98th place: Interview with Director Hiroyuki Imaishi and screenwriter Kazuki Nakashima of the movie 'Promare': A 'cool and stylish' work that is also 'the usual mad and crazy'
◆99th place: What improvements has NovelAI, the popular app that can generate ultra-high-precision illustrations, made over the original Stable Diffusion?
◆100th place: Interview with Director Tatsuya Oishi and Producer Tatsuya Ishikawa of 'Kizumonogatari -Koyomi Vamp-', their goal was to create 'the definitive version of Kizumonogatari'
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