April Fools’ Day / Pesce d’aprile
In the UK (from the Guardian): In Italy (from la Repubblica.it): translation:THE CONTROVERSYGreenhouse effect? It doesn't existPDL attacking the Kyoto Protocol and the EUMP Marcello Dell'Utri...
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Disintermediating their own business
Some of the greatest innovations originated by the web are based on disintermediation: one decade ago, "cut the middle man" was one of the most frequently used descriptions of how existing business...
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“not only of their security but also of their freedoms”
A recommendation proposed by PASOK's Stavros Lambrinidis has been approved with a large majority (481 on 527) by the European Parliament, giving a clear signal about where the balancement between freedom...
Another tile in the Networked Identity mosaic
Proofile is a personal data management service, allowing users to save basic information about themselves and share it across different social networks. Their promise is not a new one:Are you fed up with...
Ada Lovelace day
Suw Charman-Anderson encourages everybody to write about women that excel in technology, and promoted the first Ada Lovelace Day:[...] an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling...
Newspapers as markets
What do we buy when we pay for a newspaper? Everybody says it is not the paper, and it is difficult to object. But perhaps it is not just the content as well.After reading dozens of articles about the...
Intangibles and news
There is a rich debate going on about the role played by traditional newspapers in the online information ecosystem (Shirky, Berlin Johnson), in view of the double challenge posed by technology on both...
Italian politics explained with flowcharts
Dario Franceschini, leader of the italian Democratic Party, proposed last week a one-off tax for incomes above €120,000. The money collected in this way would help pay a subsidy for the poorest. The...
Social Notworking
The Urban Dictionary strikes againSocial Notworking The practice of spending time unproductively on social-networking websites, especially when one should be working. Joe - Hey, Mark is constantly updating...
Online Reputation
As I introduced the Networked Identity as the cornerstone of the oncoming changes in the way we experience the web, I mentioned reputation as one of the three main areas in which online identity is manifested.How...
Open Source car?
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...