Innovation, diplomacy, condoms and the Pope
What's the truth behind the incident with the planned activities for the official papal visit this year in the UK? I can only imagine, but innovation might be the culprit.Has anybody ever taken part...
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Draught, floods and plant starvation in Farmville
What is the role of negative events in a game? Looking at the massively successful Farmville, there's not much to learn, as negative events are indeed a very marginal part of the experience. It has...
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Farmville frenzy
When 67 million users are playing an online game, I can't possibly ignore it. So I signed up for Farmville, despite the negative press. But, as you might imagine, I'd rather go the real thi...
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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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One hundred voices for innovation
Luca De Biase has deployed a listening post on his blog, collecting voices from innovators in Italy. Who are innovators, what is their culture and what do they see in their future? What is innovation:...
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Unofficial online guide to the G20
An interesting point of view on the G20 meeting and about alignment and divergencies between the US and European Union member Countries [here and here - N.B. Italian only]. At least - according to the...
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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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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...
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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...
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My vote for this man
Henry Waxman, a Democratic congressman representing a Californian district, grilled the CEO of Lehman Brothers last Monday, during a session of the congressional committee on oversight and government reform...
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Schoolbooks made to last
As a consequence of the new regulations about public schools promoted by the Education Ministry, adopted textbooks will have to remain valid for at least 5 years - this should enable used books exchanges...