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The new terms that describe the physical-digital space 9 May 2013 | 02:15 am
I wrote a post on the new publishing platform Medium on the names that several players are giving to Physical-Digital Products, Services and Experiences. (Why did I write it on Medium? I wanted to try...
The Magic of Japanese Craftsmanship (Can Italy Learn From It?) 22 Apr 2013 | 08:21 pm
[Pictured above: craftsman Yagi-san from Kaikado company, Kyoto] Another edition of the Milan Design Week (or Salone del Mobile) has come and gone. Thanks to serendipity and my friend Nobi I managed t...
Marketing books in the time of Kindle 25 Nov 2012 | 12:46 am
Have you noticed how over the last few years Book Trailers, a sort of cousin to Movie Trailers has taken a center role in the marketing campaign to promote upcoming books (usually by tech savvy author...
The Story Behind A Tweet 13 Oct 2012 | 08:02 pm
During the 2012 edition of the PICNIC Festival in Amsterdam, a video team from GNR8 – a group of media students from the Netherlands – made a series of videos called “Story behind the tweet”. The goal...
Sugru – A New Material To Fix The World 10 Oct 2012 | 12:48 am
I’ve been a fan of Sugru since I discovered it in late 2011. The video above explains what this new silicon based material is all about and what can be used for. The excuse I found to buy my first pac...
Fake It Until You Create A (Positive) Habit 6 Oct 2012 | 06:11 pm
This wonderful TED Talk by Amy Cuddy is about body language, or actually, “Power Posing” and how it can improve both how other people see us and how we see ourselves. (the video is just 21 minutes l...
[Book Review] The Maker Industrial Revolution As Seen By Chris Anderson 30 Sep 2012 | 09:08 pm
The Latest book from bestseller author and Wired’s editor in chief Chris Anderson is dedicated to the Maker Movement, what has been dubbed as the [start of the] third industrial revolution. Makers – T...
Augmenting the Human Body: Brain Controlled Dog Tail and Cat Ears 23 Sep 2012 | 11:40 pm
Neurowear is a company that develops wearable fashion items that can be controlled using your brain waves and other biosensors, with the goal of “augmenting” the human body. Back in May 2012 I had the...
My Online Presence Is [Mostly] Somewhere Else 7 Nov 2011 | 03:48 am
I haven’t been updating the content in this blog for a while, but worry not… my online presence is alive and kicking… just happening mostly somewhere else. My main [public] online hangouts are the f...
[video] Japan – The Strange Country 27 Mar 2010 | 11:17 pm
Made by Kenichi Tanaka, this video represents through various infographics some of the well know statistics about Japan… and some more other ones really worrying that I was not aware of (like food co...
