Headline & Editorial
Last Issue: #31 The Journey
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
Real art in a virtual space: VIP Art Fair
-> Real art in a virtual space: VIP Art FairAlways the big event of a fair is an appointment that for art experts can't be missed. It is marked in good advance on their calendar like a celebration, usually characterised by the city where it takes place: Madrid, Basel, London, Turin, Miami. But for the first VIP Art Fair's edition you don't need to book a ticket, an hotel or to move from h...
continue..Stressati dalla rete
-> Stressati dalla reteLa Rete, si sa, ci ha cambiato la vita. Sono in molti a essersi dimenticati cosa significhi fare una coda alla Posta o perdere un treno per la lentezza della biglietteria della stazione. W gli acquisti online, quindi, e tutto ciò che ci permette di risparmiare tempo e di ridurre lo stress quotidiano. Ma è vero che la tecnologia ci permette di ...
continue..Sovraccarico di Information Overload
-> Sovraccarico di Information OverloadSe guardiamo alla quantità di stimoli che ci bombardano ogni giorno verrebbe da dare ragione a quelli che dicono che l'esplosione dei mass media abbia peggiorato la nostra capacità di informarci, invece di migliorarla. Radio, tv, web, istituzioni, aziende sono diventate vere e proprie fabbriche di informazioni. Le cifre sono impressionanti: si...
continue..Bello e Buono…anzi SQUISITO!
-> Bello e Buono...anzi SQUISITO!Domani sarò a San Patrignano al mio primo Squisito, la grande manifestazione sul mondo del cibo organizzata ogni anno dai 1500 ragazzi della communità di San Patrignano (Rimini) e inaugurata oggi, Venerdi 30 Aprile. L'emozione è grande perchè nello spazio Blog Cafè si potrà parlare anche di illywords e dell'ultimo numero #28 Conviviality. E...
continue..Print vs. internet – carta vs. web
-> Print vs. internet - carta vs. webillywords e la sottoscritta incontrano Giovanni Baule e Manolo De Giorgi davanti al pubblico del Teatro Franco Parenti di Milano. La domanda e' se la carta stampata "regge" il confronto con il web. La risposta e' condivisa: la carta regge... le librerie vendono tantissimo, mai come oggi. Interviene una ragazza dalla platea: Ma il web può comp...
continue..The Automatic “refresh” button
-> The Automatic “refresh” buttonIssue #14’s theme was “refresh”. As in, the green button with two arrows at the top of Internet Explorer that is going extinct thanks to auto-updating streams. In 2005, to discuss the question of being “always on” was highly perceptive; it was pre iphone and before we could truly speak of being “always connected”. I read through the...
continue..“Their” Africa
Magazine -> #13 Conscious projectBurgeoning China and India are very much in the political and economic limelight lately. This once again means that Africa and its tragic conditions are put to shade, being considered little more than a source of natural riches ready for the pickings. This interview with the anthropologist Marco Aime, who spends long periods in Africa for his studi...
continue..Digital update
Magazine -> #14 RefreshHow is Digit updating the web? What do you think about new developments in the Internet? Stuart Jackson: One way we update the web is not to increase its complexity, but to simplify and demystify it. Our company ethos is “simple human interaction” which might seem strange - the idea that simplicity has become a fundamental element of a comp...
continue..The essential Martí
Magazine -> #14 RefreshLet’s take irony: a linguistic picklock, a means for coping and coming to grips with an ever changing world, a way of putting oneself on the board. Irony hasn’t much currency lately, a circumstance that often makes for cultural doldrums. How does irony fit into your works? Well, I take it as a personal commitment to ensure that all my works ...
continue..Refreshed feelings
Magazine -> #14 RefreshMr. Sharpe, what is your relationship to information nowadays? Do you feel to be in contact with the babble of the world, to “refresh” is relevant for you and for a writer in general? My relationship to information is like that of a fish to water. The very oxygen that feeds each cell of my body is tainted with information, and, to paraphrase K...
continue..Refresh America
Magazine -> #14 RefreshThe United States has been called the land of opportunity, the place where life can begin anew. Today America is a destination for young people from all over the world who want to further their studies. The best American Universities attract talent, allow direct contact with research and support student innovation. We met one of these talents, Enri...
continue..Online experience
Magazine -> #20 Home MadeCan you tell us how your blook was created? The process was different from the traditional route followed by Italian publishing and media. In 2005, we read an inquiry in El País entitled La Generación De Los Mil Euros: young people aged 25-35 forced into temporary jobs with a salary of 1000 euros a month. It was a similar situation to what we h...
continue..The opinion
Magazine -> #5 The Dictatorship of the Consumption“My wardrobes are packed, I don’t know where to keep my clothes anymore; and yet, I still feel as if I have nothing to wear.” I’ve happened to hear people saying this sentence or something very similar to it. It can be understood in different ways: “I have a lot and it’s still not enough” or “I don’t have the right clothes to wea...
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