Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Today we hit the 100 participants limit for the skyp chat rooms in the TorCamp always-on brainstorm (of TransitCamp fame). We migrated to a new one with fewer members but probably it’s time to look for alternatives… Sure, the drag’n’drop feature to “opt-in” people is still overkill…
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
3 days ago I was number 39 Yesterday somewhere like 61 Today I’m number 72 Nice fame slide indeed, the story of my life :) Seriously speaking, I’m quite fond of this noisy service. As long as it keeps being noisy. I don’t think twitter jumped the shark, as an idea. But the platform really [...]
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
…this was my new home? Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrh! Seriously speaking: anybody has information about pros and cons of livinig afloat? It seems there is a book out there, and some quick info can be found here but I was really looking forward to some live experience…
[video width="480" height="360"]http://blip.tv/file/get/Galacticast-WatchInternetTV200.wmv[/video] Why do I blog this? I stopped watching TV back in 2002. Couldn’t help not having voice nor choice. And yes, I’m a Galacticast fan.
The main source of inspiration for the RItaliaCamp in the Toronto City News… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDkEPvIwarI[/youtube] This is not a complaints line, it is a solutions playground.
Calling all practical visionaries of the world!It’s time to reboot our minds once again; reboot9 will take place in Copenhagen Thursday, May 31st and Friday, June 1st 2007. Two days away from implementing, away from the status quo. Two days together with old and new friends in an informal and open festival spirit… See you [...]
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
My favorite usual suspect, GG bangs together Derrick De Kerckhove, Bruce Sterling, Elio Piroddi, Massimo Ilardi, Alessandro Zaccuri, Gianni Biondillo, Gianpiero Perri (CNR) in Pomezia (near Rome) for “La città Come”, about the concept of City as… Given all the braincycles that I’m wasting in conversations nowadays about architecture, cityscapes and social interaction (and some [...]
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
I’m really, really sorry. I forgot to post about the girlgeekdinner until now, I hope Amanda will forgive me ;) and… it’s gonna happen on Friday 30/3 in Milan… so, while you’re at it, consider staying the day after for the RItaliaCamp!
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Home, the new online world made in Sony, is creating a lot of buzz these days. The video, available on YouTube, shows some of the features and possible directions of the project. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRb-mCsHQ0c[/youtube] After watching this one could think: well… ok, so here we have yet another Second Life!? It’s ot exactly like that. Leeander [...]
I don’t usually reblog these days but I found these two posts yesterday so inspiring that I wanted to share them with you: Cherry blossoms (found on we-make-money-not-art) Cherry Blossoms is a backpack that uses a small microcontroller and a GPS unit. Recent news of bombings in Iraq are downloaded to the unit every night, [...]