High-profile users
Last Saturday, the White House announced the launch of Recovery.org, the U.S. government's official website providing access to information on how the Recovery Act money is spent and allowing for...
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“You are what you do”
Verify identity by checking things that have been done by a user, just like "aren't you the one who were waiting in line with me for a taxi yesterday at the station? we discussed the NBA season,...
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Facebook demographics – updated
Some time ago, I linked a nice tool that provided custom-made demographic reports about Facebook users, updated in real time. I discovered that the tool does not work anymore, so here is a link to a site...
Aesthetics in games
I'm always eager to catch any glimpse of evolution towards the fulfillment of a long-term prediction of mine - that videogames, in a foreseeable future, will become an established and recognized form of...
Proximity bubble
Nokia bought Dopplr, so what? I didn't even spend much time updating my dopplr profile with dates and destinations of my travels, so why bother? Yet, I feel there's something relevant in it -...
Nation Brands?
Despite all the controversy and turmoil in political life, Italy still has a very strong "national brand image".The Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index measures national reputation - as perceived...
Crowsourcing!
It's not a typo... When seeing birds on a wire, I always wonder what sort of tune they'd compose. Jarbas Agnelli, musician and movie director, did the thing for good. [via Open Culture] ...
Personalized artwork
Use a section of your online identity to obtain a personalized artwork, centered around the way the web sees you (or, to be more precise, your name and surname): have a look at Personas, a component of...
Twitterdämmerung
One month to create an Opera, libretto and musical score, and perform it - starting from just an opening scene:One morning, very early, a man and a woman were standing, arm-in-arm, in London’s Covent...
Singing eBook
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...
Cutthroat Capitalism – the game
For those who have read Cutthroat Capitalism - an economic analysis of the Somali piracy business model on the last Wired issue (on the Italian edition as well), a nice complement can be found on the...