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Marco ‘Funkyprofessor’ Zamperini has been kind enough to invite me to talk to the top management and the board of Value Team about ‘The Open Internet Of Things‘, which will also obviously touch upon OpenSpime. It is nice that they said “We know how you always record your speeches, so you will be pleased to […]
Talking about ‘The Open Internet Of Things’ at Value Team Read More »
What web browser do you use? How much time to you spend in front of it per week? It is your window on the online world, it is what you use to see the web, compose an email on an online mail service, watch videos, listen to music, find photos, and more and more every
Your window on the online world – using Firefox 3 Read More »
(Photo by Nasa, uploaded on Flickr by Jurvetson. See a high resolution version too!) The Phoenix interplanetary exploration vehicle landed on Mars. My name, David Orban, is on it, together with those of the other members* of Planetary Society. This is of course a rather indirect way of being on Mars, but for the moment
I am on Mars! …or, what’s in a name? Read More »
The migration of our lives into the Cloud has accelerated lately, and it is not at all to the detriment of our physical experiences. We need simplicity, in order to face a complex world, and certainly to me this world appears to getting really complex. The unified access to what concerns us, what interests us,
Living In The Cloud Read More »
I received a letter yesterday from Michael Robertson, a friend of mine and founder of MP3tunes. His company’s mission is to let people listen to their music wherever they want, and on any device they want. Recently EMI sued him, claiming that he was infringing EMI’s copyright by implementing the services that MP3tunes offers to
What is property, and who decides it? Is your music yours? Read More »
The birth of new social organizations in online-worlds is a great interest of mine, andI was delighted and honored when Michel Manen approached me to discuss the possibility of holding the inaugural lecture on Al-Andalus Caliphate, an innovative and vibrant multi-cultural community in Second Life. The title of my lecture is going to be “Tolerance
Holding the inaugural Ibn-Khaldun lecture on Al-Andalus Read More »
I will be streaming live from the OpenSpime Drinklink in four hours (8PM CET, 11AM PST) on the OpenSpime channel on Mogulus.
Streaming live in a few hours from the OpenSpime Drinklink Read More »
Do you want to experiment with spimes, have a first look at the preliminary OpenSpime architecture? Are you a hardware hacker, a maker, a mashup-wizard? Want to play with spimified Arduinos, SunSpots, iPhones, and more? Than come to Bastard.it for the OpenSpime Drink-Link! In a relaxed and friendly environment in design-crazed, fashion-full Milan, we will
Come to the OpenSpime Drink-Link @bastard.it! Read More »
photo by L*u*z*a* My friend Roo is going to moderate a panel today at the Virtual Worlds 2008 conference in New York on ‘Evolution of Games and Social Networks’, with people from Sony, Google, and Millions of Us on, and he said “What would you like me to ask them?“. Now you know my favorite
Online worlds vs. Social Networks Read More »
Imagine the nightmare scenario: your blog is doing ok, but you know it needs a total refresh for many, many reasons. You decide to do it, and find the right team, but before they can begin, the machine, which happens to be a virtual machine sitting on some hardware, needs to be rebuilt, so that
One click too many: hail to the sysadmin and the scrupolous commenter both! Read More »
