July 8, 2020 – The labels of extrovert and introvert represent the extremes of a spectrum. In reality we are all ambiverts, dynamically adjusting our filters as needed. Rather than being boxed in by lazy black and white labels, let’s work towards a more nuanced understanding of our nature, and the evolving needs that we

June 6, 2020 – The latest generation of objects are acquiring new capabilities without having to be re-designed or manufactured from scratch. The value of this new capability is so significant, that soon only software defined and software upgradeable objects will be able to compete in the world.  

June 5, 2020 – Building a sustainable civilization is going to become a permanent effort, to which an increasing percentage of our attention can reasonably be devoted, even if the goal is itself an ideal that can’t be reached.  

May 30, 2020 – We have to maintain and nurture the curiosity we naturally exhibited as children. Even if we are bombarded by messages that want us to conform. The ability to explore and to ask questions is innate, but it can be strengthened.  

May 9, 2020 – I’ve started with Network Society Ventures a new open and live startup pitching series, Network Society Ventures Pitching Live (NSVPL), streaming on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. NSVPL is open to startups from all over the world. Do you want to partner with NSVPL? Let me know!  

April 27, 2020 – Is thinking of your home as a spaceship a useful metaphor? As we execute carefully planned Extra Vehicular Activities (EVAs: the weekly grocery shopping in masks and gloves), the circular nature of flows of our homes may become clear. Only 100% sustainability will let us last.  

April 18, 2020 – A petition to extend the Italian government’s so-called “Italy Care” decree to translators has been signed by several international authors. Organized by the “Strade” union of translators in the publishing sector, the petition asks the Italian government to include workers like translators subject to the copyright regime in the decree. The

March 22, 2020 – The Dotwords offices in Milan and Turin are closed, in compliance with the

March 21, 2020 – Technology made it possible for teams whose members are not physically together to collaborate effectively. There are multi-billion dollar companies with over a thousand employees, and no offices.  

March 10, 2020 – The experience of online events is real and valuable as physical ones. If you are a conference organizer, a speaker, an exhibitor, you are scrambling with the restructuring of your activities.