Very clever use of Facebook by Ikea. Ikea created a profile for the director of a new store. He uploaded many photos of Ikea-furbished rooms. The first to tag her name over a product won it! Very clever! Very cheap campaign (from Ikea point of view)...

Attending the great conference Le reti socievoli (sociable nets) at Larica group of Univ Urbino. Behind the speakers, the beamer shows live tag clouds of twitter posts (hashtag: #retisocievoli) by visibletweets (embedded below). Good example of...

An insightful essay by Clay Shirky on trust, Web, algorithms, authority. Clay Shirky is able to put in few clear words what I’ve been trying to tell for years. Khotyn is a small town in Moldova. That is a piece of information about Eastern European...

The Dalai Lama will be in Trento Tuesday November 17th! He will participate to a discussion panel about “Autonomies for Tibet” at Auditorium Santa Chiara, Trento (14.30 - 16.30). The event is part of the 2 days Conference “Regional Self-Government,...

Elinor Ostrom got the Nobel prize for Economics! I think I read some of her insights about trust and reciprocity! Check her book “Trust and reciprocity: interdisciplinary lessons from experimental research”! She is also the first woman to win the...