How boring.
In a decision aimed at protecting their brand (and being more corporate-like), Linden Lab updated their terms of service and restricted the use of trademarked items such as the name "Second Life". According...
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Instant appreciation
SWG, a marketing and media research company, has published on its YouTube channel a video exhibiting an application of its VideoWave system, analyzing the reactions of the TV audience to a couple of video...
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Tibet and the Beijing Olympic Games
The Italian blogosphere is bursting with reactions to the developments in Tibet, between competent and passionate analysis (Orientalia4all is covering the story in a series of posts beginning here) and...
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New route for Second Life?
Philip Rosedale, Chief Executive Officer of Linden Lab (the company behind Second Life), announced today that the Company has begun to search for his replacement. First reactions [on Reuters] are mostly...
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Participatory democracy
I have read on Stefano Quintarelli's blog about the Wikidemocracy initiative: WD is the first experiment in the world to write the parties' programs bottom-up. It is still under development and focused...
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Politicians influencing citizens’ agenda influencing politicians’ agenda
I think I'll be coming back again and again to the three points written by Luca De Biase about possible ways for the citizens' agenda to manifest itself, gain public momentum and acquire the ability to...
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TV debate 2.0
Looks like in the oncoming elections Italians will have to do without the usual TV debate opposing two candidates, since there will be 8 of them. With a simple combinatorial calculation, that would require...
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The attention economy
Some alongside considerations to the exciting panel discussion with Luca De Biase and Enzo Rullani today at the State of the Net conference. Luca made a strong point (and paved the way for Rullani's great...
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Citizens’ agenda
Can blogs influence the political agenda in Italy? Two weeks ago, while dark clouds were gathering over the the Prodi government, a short and reflective post written by Luca De Biase initiated a discussion...
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Not a border anymore
Slovenia joined the EU's Schengen zone today, making a strongly felt border disappear. Only 17 years ago that was the border between Italy - a NATO member, and Yugoslavia - a Socialist Republic. Still...
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No music day
A strange initiative: No music day. I decided to observe it, and it was an easy thing to do in such a long working day: I just had to force myself to turn off the radio during the four hours I spent driving...