Monthly Archives: January 2013

5 posts

Sick (along the lines of Aaron…)

I write this post some days after knowing that Aaron Swartz, the genius behind RSS, Creative Commons and co-founder of Reddit, decided to end his life at 26. I was shocked to read some of his blog posts, in particular the “Sick” one, because almost all of the synthomps are mine too. I don’t know if he was thinking at suicide, at the time he posted that. It’s a thing which some of us must live with. So here’s the three-quarters of the problems I share. Cold. I always feel cold; It ‘something that annihilates you, makes you feel old […]

The inauguration of Barack Obama’s 2nd term

L’intervento più emozionante al giuramento del secondo mandato di Barack Obama è stato forse quello di Beyoncé che ha cantato il National Anthem. Voce da brivido, e che scalda il cuore. Per il resto, il Presidentissimo ha elencato gli obiettivi dei suoi “ancora 4 anni” e tra questi ci sono stati sicuramente molti elementi di rilievo, a partire dai pari diritti dei gay, l’accento posto sul cambiamento climatico (finalmente!), la grande attenzione ai poveri ed alla revisione del diritto sancito dalla Costituzione americana di possedere armi, anche da guerra o d’assalto. Nel lungo articolo che riassume un po’ di seguito, […]

Italy’s crucial vote (FT.com)

Read the complete article on FT.com Parties are shying away from the radicalism Rome needs Italians go to the polls to choose their next prime minister in a little less than five weeks. The election result will reverberate well beyond Italy. The eurozone’s future prosperity will depend on whether its third-largest economy can keep its fiscal house in order and resume growth after a decade of stagnation. The technocratic government led by Mario Monti as well as decisive action by the European Central Bank have helped restore Rome’s fiscal credibility. Foreign investors have resumed buying Italian paper and yields on […]

La salita social del senatore Monti

Cerchiamo di visualizzare e di approfondire come sta evolvendo l’account Twitter del senatore Monti e insieme con il nuovo profilo di Berlusconi vediamo di comprendere come le metodologie di utilizzo del social network richiedano esperienza ma anche molta trasparenza.

Resolutions for the new year

My Have to’s for 2013 (this is a post in continuous update) 1. Reduce the Shift – significantly 2. Launch of the Great Event Ever Seen since TEDx 🙂 3. Slightly reduce the sense of guilt (to know how to achieve it..) 4. Restart Beta. (or, at least republish it). 5. Start LG Post. Seriously. Or, start a new magazine! Maybe it’s not only curated news, but a stream of my consciousless links, video, and articles I read. 6. Learn, learn, and learn again. 7. Work, work, work. 8. Write, write, write (and code). 9. Change my old Kawa Z. […]