It’s just the usual bloody deadline. This one is due tomorrow, the soft part of it. So I expect to be slightly more available since tomorrow night. But I’ll still be hacking like hell till next week. Meanwhile, lot of stuff is going on here, and it’s a shame I can’t spend enough time to [...]
As you may have noticed, I invested quite a lot of time in the past few weeks exploring the Second Life phenomena. One thing that surprised me last week at Reboot was the fact that very few peopele were discussing this topic, one that I was totally drenched in until a few hours before. And [...]
[via Laughing Squid]
Standout Jobs is a startup, and they need a ruby guru. So they did this video explaining who they are, what they do and why. And what they need of course. You may not agree with their arguments, but this way of posting job ads rocks! Besides, we at Headshift need some coding power too… [...]
Still on the wave of “products are people too”…
Personal note warning: what follows is the fruit of some personal observation and thus doesn’t really pretend to be of any particular use to anybody but the writer. You can still freely borrow, re-use or comment it at will A couple of small enlightenments I came across this week while waiting for my soul to [...]
Much like during last year Reboot, when the idea of “sustainability” has been the main carrier for the event, the fact that objects represent key socio-emotional artifacts has permeated the event’s fabric this year. In fact, one of the main themes that inevitably spread through the Reboot9 conference has been the computer as a social [...]
A couple of moving images for your delight and inspiration. First is a short digital animation by Sarah Orenstein, Winner of the 2006 Renderyard Film Festival [via Shirousagi] Then we have something special: Soulafrica- Bu Ma Deme. I discovered this video by chance, but it happens to have been directed/made by that sweet redheaded compulsive [...]
Back from reboot9. Here in this sunny London morning, while unpacking my stuff and gathering notes, bizcards (and try remembering faces), post-its and jaiku stickers I suddenly realize how much I enjoyed (and already missing) the quiet, but at the same time vibrant, fresh, open atmosphere of the past two days. This and the sweet [...]