2009 – predictions and resolutions
The Web (prediction) While semantic web technology will continue growing its relevance, the next big thing will begin defining its shape and boundaries. But nobody will call it "web 3.0", as...
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Secular Christmas
If it were just a matter of belief, or faith, then I should not care about Christmas. And I am even less involved in the "decorated tree festivity" (as my wife calls the consummerism-induced...
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Facebook’s value (and a silly headline contest)
Valleywag reports post-crisis assessments of Facebook's value. One year ago, Microsoft invested $240 Million in Facebook and gained control of 1.6% of the Company. Arithmetically-wise, this sure means...
Yes, ajò!
While I am not a fan of Italian Obamism (i.e. making reference to the Obama victory as a motivational resource for politics in Italy), Liberazione published yesterday a report about the situation with...
Friendfeed (amico dei mangimi)
Friendfeed added a bunch of translations (German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Russian, and simplified Chinese) to their interface, but left Italian out. Friendfeed is a sort of one-stop-shop social networking...
C 6 o c fai? – the slides
Slides from my presentation at the Trieste University earlier today. It has been an engaging meeting, with nice insights about the social nature of networks - way before the rise of the web - and a great...
C 6 o c fai? (Is it you, or are you faking it?)
I'm at the Trieste University today, speaking about digital identities and web 2.0 (and my book-in-progress, temporarily titled "Social Networks and the Babel Dictionary") [I usually make last-minute...
Transition to 2.0
While writing an article with my friend and colleague Andrea Jurkic for "Sviluppo e Organizzazione"I decided to try to summarize the way web interactions have changed with a diagram. After a...
Veggie Thanksgiving
Do not expect me to become a vegetarian, but I have to acknowledge that this is cleverly done - and asking supporters to make pressure on Majesco to develop a vegetarian version of "cooking mama"...
Narrating our way out of the crisis
What have the Obama victory and the financial crisis to do with Marxism and narrative? A lot, according to the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek. It is unlikely that the financial meltdown of 2008 will...
Facebook survey
Nòva24 is running a research initiative, based on the results of a survey about the Facebook phenomenon. Whether you are a Facebook user or not, take the survey! My answers: Are you a Facebook user? [yes] To...