Category Archives: Economy
Interviewing Joe Justice from Team Wikispeed on the Future of Manufacturing (and Consumption)
Joe Justice is the ideator of Team Wikspeed: a team of volunteers distributed around the world who recently created a prototype car that is open source, modular and ultra-efficient in just three months, using processes borrowed from software development, the world from which Joe comes from. In addition to being a visionary, Joe is a fantastic and discussion prone person and this interview contains a very open and fruitful discussions I had with him at the end of April. I recommend you read it because it will be useful to you to understand how manufacturing – and consumption – are fated to change in coming years if, as Joe says, we want to continue living on this planet for a while.
Interviewing Joe Justice from Team Wikispeed on the Future of Manufacturing (and Consumption)
Joe Justice is the ideator of Team Wikspeed: a team of volunteers distributed around the world who recently created a prototype car that is open source, modular and ultra-efficient in just three months, using processes borrowed from software development, the world from which Joe comes from. In addition to being a visionary, Joe is a fantastic and discussion prone person and this interview contains a very open and fruitful discussions I had with him at the end of April. I recommend you read it because it will be useful to you to understand how manufacturing – and consumption – are fated to change in coming years if, as Joe says, we want to continue living on this planet for a while.
How to make your Company and Products thrive in an Age of Cooperation
As a reader who regularly follows the blog knows, in my latest piece I introduced some new concepts about the theory of niches and, in particular, I focused on showing how communities finally won a productive and inspirative role into the new cooperative product cycle that is gradually establishing. This piece, instead, is mostly about how businesses can thrive by collaborating with communities: means, perspectives, “places” and phases.
How to make your Company and Products thrive in an Age of Cooperation
As a reader who regularly follows the blog knows, in my latest piece I introduced some new concepts about the theory of niches and, in particular, I focused on showing how communities finally won a productive and inspirative role into the new cooperative product cycle that is gradually establishing. This piece, instead, is mostly about how businesses can thrive by collaborating with communities: means, perspectives, “places” and phases.
The Co-operation Advantage and the new Theory of Niches
(Italian translation of the post follows here – La traduzione in italiano è disponibile qui) It has been a long time now since Chris Anderson wrote his now famous post “The Long Tail” but my personal feeling is that only now, after almost eight years, we
The Co-operation Advantage and the new Theory of Niches
(Italian translation of the post follows here – La traduzione in italiano è disponibile qui) It has been a long time now since Chris Anderson wrote his now famous post “The Long Tail” but my personal feeling is that only now, after almost eight years, we
Pirates, Activists and Civil Liberties – Interview with Rick Falkvinge, Pirate Party Founder
(Italian translation of the post follows here – La traduzione in italiano è disponibile qui) On the site http://falkvinge.net/ from which Rick Falkvinge and his Pirates colleagues (some of which also attend the European Parliament) tirelessly inform us about the threats to civil liberties in Europe and the
Pirates, Activists and Civil Liberties – Interview with Rick Falkvinge, Pirate Party Founder
(Italian translation of the post follows here – La traduzione in italiano è disponibile qui) On the site http://falkvinge.net/ from which Rick Falkvinge and his Pirates colleagues (some of which also attend the European Parliament) tirelessly inform us about the threats to civil liberties in Europe and the
As the Conceptual Age fades the Meaning Age rises
For years, we filled our brains and the mouths of the transaction between the information age – the era of computerization – and the conceptual age in the hope that this could save western economies from the ultimate nightmare of globalization of work and offshoring. We believed that thanks to our supposed greater ability to design great products, experiences and eventually statuses, we may have succeeded to the threat.
The news is that this is not happening.
As the Conceptual Age fades the Meaning Age rises
For years, we filled our brains and the mouths of the transaction between the information age – the era of computerization – and the conceptual age in the hope that this could save western economies from the ultimate nightmare of globalization of work and offshoring. We believed that thanks to our supposed greater ability to design great products, experiences and eventually statuses, we may have succeeded to the threat.
The news is that this is not happening.
How Peer to Peer Communities will change the World – Interview with Michel Bauwens, P2P Foundation founder.
Among the big changes that affect our world right now, the “peer to peer revolution” that is pervading everything, is the most promising from a sustainability, democracy and freedom standpoint. Will the great promise that lies behind cooperation, decentralisation and peer drive value-creation be fulfilled? I interviewed Michel Bauwens, P2P Foundation founder to have a real idea of the breakthrough potential that p2p holds for us and our future as a society.
How Peer to Peer Communities will change the World – Interview with Michel Bauwens, P2P Foundation founder.
Among the big changes that affect our world right now, the “peer to peer revolution” that is pervading everything, is the most promising from a sustainability, democracy and freedom standpoint. Will the great promise that lies behind cooperation, decentralisation and peer drive value-creation be fulfilled? I interviewed Michel Bauwens, P2P Foundation founder to have a real idea of the breakthrough potential that p2p holds for us and our future as a society.
Looking at India and its innovation ecosystem.
Did you ever think in deep about India? As a market? As a challenger? By getting to know Indian people, by understanding the passion they put into their jobs, you can understand what India’s ecosystem will be in few years. I asked a little help from my friend Raghav to tell you the story of an emerging country, made of greatly skilled, friendly and smart people.
Looking at India and its innovation ecosystem.
Did you ever think in deep about India? As a market? As a challenger? By getting to know Indian people, by understanding the passion they put into their jobs, you can understand what India’s ecosystem will be in few years. I asked a little help from my friend Raghav to tell you the story of an emerging country, made of greatly skilled, friendly and smart people.
When We Are – How the Digital Market changes as Society does
(Italian translation of the post follows here – La traduzione in italiano è disponibile qui) In the last few days I have held a couple of short talk+workshops, which I titled “When we are“. The aim was trying to take a picture of the most
When We Are – How the Digital Market changes as Society does
(Italian translation of the post follows here – La traduzione in italiano è disponibile qui) In the last few days I have held a couple of short talk+workshops, which I titled “When we are“. The aim was trying to take a picture of the most
What’s Behind (and Beyond) Open Source
Did you ever questioned yourself about the very reasons of the Open Source paradigm success? What other fields the collaborative development model is expected to take over, beyond software. To answer these and other questions I felt that Carlo Daffara, a true eminence in the Open Source European landscape, was the right person: come take a look to this fantastic expert talk!
What’s Behind (and Beyond) Open Source
Did you ever questioned yourself about the very reasons of the Open Source paradigm success? What other fields the collaborative development model is expected to take over, beyond software. To answer these and other questions I felt that Carlo Daffara, a true eminence in the Open Source European landscape, was the right person: come take a look to this fantastic expert talk!
Talking Open P2P Design, FabLabs and Makers with Massimo Menichinelli
Massimo Menichinelli is a designer who researches and develops collaborative projects and design methodologies since 2005. He founded the openp2pdesign.org project, for researching about designing open, complex and collaborative projects, processes and systems. He has given talks, lectures and hosted workshops in Italy, Spain, Finland, South Korea, Singapore.
After being invited as a keynote speaker at the Aalto University – School of Art and Design in Helsinki, he is now a doctoral candidate at the Media Lab Helsinki to further investigate these issues.
Talking Open P2P Design, FabLabs and Makers with Massimo Menichinelli
Massimo Menichinelli is a designer who researches and develops collaborative projects and design methodologies since 2005. He founded the openp2pdesign.org project, for researching about designing open, complex and collaborative projects, processes and systems. He has given talks, lectures and hosted workshops in Italy, Spain, Finland, South Korea, Singapore.
After being invited as a keynote speaker at the Aalto University – School of Art and Design in Helsinki, he is now a doctoral candidate at the Media Lab Helsinki to further investigate these issues.
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