Virtual Banks
Last summer, Second Life got a lot of bad press because of financial cracks. The most widely known one was the case of Ginko Financial, which had offered a spectacular interest rate around 40% a...
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Symmetries
Some say that Wikia, Wikipedia-like approach to search, is not likely to succeed. Some say that Knol, Google's approach to open knowledge, is not likely to succeed. My opinion is that open search is one...
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Allegorical game
Jason Rohrer's Passage is a small example of what can be achieved with videogames, if the goal is communicating emotions instead of providing addictive gameplay. The best thing to do is to download (it's...
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Last days of a border
A photo gallery to celebrate the enlargement of the Schengen treaty, now including Slovenia. | View | Upload your own ...
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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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Christmas trouble with virtual assistants
Looks like Luca Chittaro is not the only one having arguments with virtual assistants:Microsoft recently brought into the world an online "Santa bot" -- an interactive chat program for...
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As seen from the other side
Going back to the hotel after a workshop with English colleagues, I saw this. Now I understand how it feels when they say that it's not nice to learn things about yourself from the press. ...
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Creative Commons tv shows
German NDR public television is beginning an experiment to release its shows with a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license. This basically means that you are free to copy, distribute, display, and perform...
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The apparent conflict between freedom and intellectual property
The DRM debate ignited by the alarming proposal made by Nicolas Sarkozy is in my opinion one of the most relevant tech issues this year. The attention-catching part of the proposal is about cutting off...
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Hot Spots
Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practice at London Business School, presented today her latest successful book "Hot Spots" on the Generali Island in Second Life. Lynda Gratton is...
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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...