11 agosto 2009 - 17:45
My original stance about eBooks was that it might be a great way to save us from the burden of useless paper, so welcome electronically distributed newspapers: but please don't mess with the relationship between me and my books. As... Continua a leggere
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Categorie: Creatività, Libri, Media, Musica, Tecnologia
5 luglio 2009 - 23:39
The first time I played boomshine, a small and elegant casual game, I was fascinated by the idea that such an engaging and nice game could have the simplest possible interface: all the player has to do is a single... Continua a leggere
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Categorie: Creatività, Giochi, Viaggi
16 aprile 2009 - 10:37
I recently wrote about the Whosegame contest, in which users are requested to create a game on a specific subject (Learning by videogames, Become an eco-citizen, Fight against isolation). 11 games have been submitted, and evaluation is ongoing. Before casting... Continua a leggere
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Categorie: Creatività, Giochi
TAGS: Garbage King, Whosegame
1 aprile 2009 - 7:43
In the UK (from the Guardian): In Italy (from la Repubblica.it): translation: THE CONTROVERSY Greenhouse effect? It doesn't exist PDL attacking the Kyoto Protocol and the EU MP Marcello Dell'Utri signs a motion: "Climate change is modest, and not harmful" Continua a leggere
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Categorie: Creatività, Dal mondo, Ecologia, Opinioni brevi
TAGS: kyoto climate change, The Guardian, twitter
5 marzo 2009 - 17:53
Isn't open source the opposite of branded? (in Italian, instead of "branded", I'd say "firmato": signed, as if by an individual creator) EDAG is a German Engineering and Design company, mainly known for its sophisticated concept cars. The new EDAG... Continua a leggere
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Categorie: Creatività, Tecnologia
TAGS: edag, light car, open engineering, open source
20 febbraio 2009 - 11:42
Can videogames be serious? Whosegame (by Orange.fr) is a publishing and sharing site for user-made videogames and they are running an interesting experiment about "Serious Games" (or, as Ian Bogost calls them, games with an agenda). The experiment takes the... Continua a leggere
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Categorie: Creatività, Giochi, Tecnologia
TAGS: serious games, videogames, whosegame
16 febbraio 2009 - 19:37
Last Friday in Gorizia I attended the première of "the Rusjan flying brothers" (Leteča brata Rusjan), the story of the first aircraft designers and builders in the Austro-Hungarian empire who were able to perform a fully controllable flight. LETEČA BRATA... Continua a leggere
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Categorie: Creatività, Film, Media
TAGS: eda I, eda II, eda V, Edvard Rusjan, Gorica, Gorizia, Görz, Jozef Rusjan, LETEČA BRATA RUSJAN, Miren
5 febbraio 2009 - 22:57
Will videogames play a role in the Id web, as one of the factors that contribute to the definition of a personal online identity? Or, reframing the question, how could users add their "gamer" tile to the online identity mosaic?... Continua a leggere
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Categorie: Creatività, Giochi, Identity, Media
TAGS: creativity, identity, the Id web, ugc, user generated content, videogames, web 3.0
14 ottobre 2008 - 23:23
Consumer associations, service providers, researchers and legal experts have sent an open letter to the Italian Minister of Culture, asking to reconsider the composition of the Committee that has been created "against digital and multimedia piracy" - probably heading towards... Continua a leggere
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Categorie: Creatività, Diritti
13 ottobre 2008 - 22:43
An interesting consideration on the English language and its openness to new constructions, coming out of an unfortunate event described as "pancaking an iPhone" (letting it fall flat on its screen). According to the Urban Dictionary, a definition (albeit the... Continua a leggere
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Categorie: Creatività, Italy
