Some comments on the invitation to take Open Gov out of the hands of technologists

May 21, 2012 - 4 min read
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Reason n. 0 why the Pirate Party won in Germany

The German Pirate Party just won its Fourth State Election. Looking at these news, Rick Falkvinge gives his own five reasons why “Germany, of all countries, has such breakthrough success with their Pirate Party”.

May 13, 2012 - 2 min read
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With leaders like these, Free Software will never win

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Nanni Moretti is an italian film director who caused quite a stir in the italian Left in 2002. During a public congress, and right in front of Center-Left top representatives Francesco Rutelli and Piero Fassino Moretti stepped on the podium as you see in the photograph to shout, among other things, “With leaders like these, the italian Left will never win!" That cry from Moretti came back to my mind last week, reading an interview (italian only) to Stefano Zacchiroli, the current Debian Project Leader.

Apr 24, 2012 - 4 min read

Italian School, Province and Government not talking to each other show the importance of open data

Apr 23, 2012 - 5 min read

Italian Students, please give away your ebook slogans!

Apr 22, 2012 - 2 min read
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Without Internet access, are computers any good for Sierra Leone?

(This is my summary of a story told me by Lucia Mazzoni. Paragraphs in bold and beginning with my name are my own comments, added later. The second part is here) In February 2012, I spent 15 days in Sierra Leone, to meet the people helped by a project launched 10 years ago. After the Civil War the people in greatest trouble were those who had suffered amputations: the project helps a group of amputeed (hands, arms, feet, legs .

Apr 21, 2012 - 3 min read