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Runciman: "Politics or technology – which will save the world?"
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 4, 2014

June 4, 2014

Lungo, ma ne vale la pena. Frase conclusiva: " We need more politics and we need more politicians." juan carlos *Politics or technology – which will save the world?** * /The internet, the mobile phone and now the self-driving car – technology is revolutionising people's lives in ways that make politics seem obsolete. But with the narrowing of the political class, don't we need more politics rather than less?/ David Runciman The Guardian, Friday 23 May 2014 12.00 BST The most significant revolution of the 21st century so far is not political. It is the information technology revolution. Its transformative effects are everywhere. In many places, rapid technological change stands in stark contrast to the lack of political change. Take the United States. Its political system has hardly changed at all in the past 25 years. Even the moments of apparent transformation – such as the election of Obama in 2008 – have only reinforced how entrenched the established order is: once the excitement died away, Obama was left facing the same constrained political choices. American politics <http://www.theguardian.com/books/politics> is stuck in a rut. But the lives of American citizens have been revolutionised over the same period. The birth of the web and the development of cheap and efficient devices through which to access it have completely altered the way people connect with each other. Networks of people with shared interests, tastes, concerns, fetishes, prejudices and fears have sprung up in limitless varieties. The information technology revolution has changed the way human beings befriend each other, how they meet, date, communicate, medicate, investigate, negotiate and decide who they want to be and what they want to do. Many aspects of our online world would be unrecognisable to someone who was transplanted here from any point in the 20th century. But the infighting and gridlock in Washington would be all too familiar.

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Big data fra mito e realtà
by Alessandro Mantelero June 4, 2014

June 4, 2014

Sempre nell'ottica di assumere una visione più critica sul tema, segnalo (a chi interessasse) questo breve scritto di Paul Ohm http://www.pennlawreview.com/online/161-U-Pa-L-Rev-Online-339.pdf -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero, PhD Aggregate Professor, Politecnico di Torino Director of Privacy and Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society Visiting Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute Research Consultant, Sino-Italian Research Center for Internet Torts at Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology Programme Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law, Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University of Shanghai http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino - Italy in libertate fortitudo

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Linux Day 2014: relatori cercasi
by Roberto Guido June 3, 2014

June 3, 2014

La quattordicesima edizione del Linux Day, che si svolgera' sabato 25 ottobre, vuole essere una occasione per estendere il tema canonico della manifestazione nazionale - il software libero ed opensource - e coinvolgere le altre comunita' legate alle liberta' digitali nelle loro diverse espressioni. E' stato lanciato pertanto l'appello a coloro che vogliono candidarsi come relatori presso uno dei 100+ eventi che annualmente compongono l'iniziativa, per illustrare e spiegare gli universi paralleli di Wikipedia, delle Creative Commons, di OpenStreetMap, dell'Open Hardware e altro ancora. Chi volesse prendere parte attiva alla manifestazione puo' compilare questo form http://www.linuxday.it/2014/candidati i cui dati saranno prossimamente condivisi con gli organizzatori delle istanza locali del Linux Day, al fine di facilitare il reciproco contatto. Grazie per la partecipazione ;-) -- Roberto Guido http://madbob.org

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ICT day Torino sui social media nelle imprese - diretta streaming
by Mauro Alovisio May 30, 2014

May 30, 2014

gent.mi/me segnalo convegno in diretta streaming sui social media nelle imprese e premio al concorso nazionale sull'innovazione Perotto-Zucca Cordiali saluti Mauro Alovisio link diretta streaming http://www.clubdi.org/itday2014/diretta-web ICT day sui social media 30 maggio 2014 14.00 Benvenuto di *Paolo Paganelli* - Presidente CDI 14.15 Prima sessione lavori *Orazio Spoto* - Instagram italia *Mauro Paoletti* - Consorzio Granda Bus *Fabio Ciravegna* - Professore dell'Università di Sheffield *Enzo Lavolta* - Assessore sviluppo e innovazione Comune di Torino 15.00 Prima tavola rotonda - "Social Network: solo opportunità?" *Danilo Massa* - Service Line Manager IT Security Aizoon *Luca Leone* - Responsabile B.U. UnoLegal Sistemi Torino *Ivan Ortenzi* - Equity partner Ars et Inventio Innovation @ Bip *Beppe Carrella* - BPLab Moderatrice *Annamaria Di Ruscio* Net Consulting 16.00 Coffee break 16.30 Seconda sessione lavori *Elena Usilla* - Alpitour *Massimo Rosso* ‎- Rai *Massimo Cavazzini* ‎- Fiat Chrysler Group 17.45 Seconda tavola rotonda - "Business con i Social Network" *Tino Canegrati* - VP & GM PPS Italy at HP *Giacomo Lorusso* - Managing Director, Commercial & Public Market Division, SAS *Augusto Davico* - Direttore Commerciale Saleforce.com *Roberto Martini* - Solution and Alliance Manager Dedagroup CAST - Cloud, Applicativi, Servizi e Tecnologie *Andrea Provini* - Global Chief Information Officer Bracco Moderatrice *Annamaria Di Ruscio* Net Consulting 18.15 Premio Nazionale Perotto-Zucca per l'Innovazione nell'ICT www.premioperottozucca.it Nel corso dell'evento si terrà la premiazione dei quattro vincitori selezionati fra i sedici finalisti e la consegna delle menzioni. Al concorso sono state ammesse e valutate 82 idee progettuali di giovani, volte a concretizzare un utilizzo innovativo dell'ICT. Presso i locali del Teatro Regio, su gentile concessione del Politecnico di Torino, verrà esposto il primo "Personal Computer" <http://www.clubdi.org/itday2014/images/img/x300.83p-03-01.jpg>, il "Programma 101" ideato da Pier Giorgio Perotto nel 1964 e conservato al Museo del Politecnico di Torino.

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Fwd: segnalazione
by Mariella Berra May 30, 2014

May 30, 2014

-------- Messaggio originale -------- Oggetto: segnalazione Data: Fri, 30 May 2014 10:40:31 +0200 Mittente: Mariella Berra <mariella.berra(a)unito.it> A: nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it <nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it> *Segnalo il libro inchiesta di, SIMON HEAD, */Mindless: Why Smarter Machines Are Making Dumber Humans,/ Basic Books, pp. 230, $26,99 La tesi rimanda ai processi di divisione e di parcellizzazione del lavoro già indicati da Adam Smith che mentre aumenta la produttività (quantità di prodotto per lavoratore), rende i lavoratori piu' dequalificati. Un caso è Amazon http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/12/a-talk-with-simon-head-author-of-m… -- Prof.ssa Mariella Berra Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società Università di Torino tel.+390116702606

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modello di business open source: semplicissimo
by Simone Aliprandi May 30, 2014

May 30, 2014

Oggi su Apogeonline si parla del modello di business open source, di Arduino, di piccole realtà innovative. Prendendo spunto dalla puntata di Report su RaiTre di lunedì scorso. http://www.apogeonline.com/webzine/2014/05/30/mercati-open-semplicissimi Un caro saluto -- Simone Aliprandi - http://www.aliprandi.org | http://www.array.eu

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Google si adegua (o almeno ci prova)
by Diego Giorio May 30, 2014

May 30, 2014

https://support.google.com/legal/contact/lr_eudpa?product=websearch Dato però che la richiesta ha chiaramente una connotazione territoriale, mi chiedo cosa succede se dall'Italia mi collego a google.com, piuttosto che alla versione australiana o dell'Azerbaijan Saluti a tutti Diego

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Salon: "The Internet as we know it is dying"
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 30, 2014

May 30, 2014

Monday, May 26, 2014 08:30 PM CEST *The Internet as we know it is dying** * /How Facebook and Google are killing the classic Internet and reinventing it in their image// / Andrew Leonard It was a week of rage, nostalgia and despair on the Internet. Sure, you could say that about any week on the Internet. But last week delivered some prime material. Check out this gamer exploding in fury at the rumor that Google --- "The King Midas of Shit!" --- might buy the hugely popular streaming gamer site Twitch TV. Or this sad note from the founder of the venerable "community weblog" MetaFilter explaining why a Google-precipitated decline in advertising revenue had forced him to lay off three much beloved staffers. Or this diatribe from a Facebook manager, savaging the current state of the media. All is not well on the Web. While the particulars of each outburst of consternation and anger vary significantly, a common theme connects them all: The relentless corporatization and centralization of control over Internet discourse is obviously not serving the public interest. The good stuff gets co-opted, bought out, or is reduced to begging for spare change on the virtual street corner. The best minds of our generation have been destroyed by web metrics, dragging themselves across a vast wasteland in search of the next clickbait headline. [...] Continua qui: http://www.salon.com/2014/05/26/the_internet_as_we_know_it_is_dying/

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"Uber Drivers Organize Themselves in Seattle, Other Drivers Look to Do Same"
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 30, 2014

May 30, 2014

*Uber Drivers Organize Themselves in Seattle, Other Drivers Look to Do Same** * BY Sam Roudman | Tuesday, May 27 2014 About 9 months ago, Daniel Ajema, a 33-year-old law student moonlighting as a driver for Uber, ran into a fellow driver in a gas station parking lot. The man had just been fired for getting poor ratings from passengers. But as a private contractor, like every other driver for the app based transportation network, he had no recourse to the company. Even worse, the man and his wife had sunk $39,000 of their own money into buying an SUV for the express purpose of him driving for Uber. Ajema recalls the man being on the verge of tears. What could he do? Two Sundays ago, a couple hundred Uber drivers provided an answer, by forming a labor group with the help of the local Teamsters union, called the App-Based Drivers Association. The group won't have the full powers of a union, for instance leadership can't vote to make its entire membership strike. But with about a third of Seattle drivers signed on, the group hopes to use its leverage to advocate for greater transparency and responsiveness from the $12 billion <http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230374990457957839129073…> company. [...] Continua qui: http://techpresident.com/news/25078/uber-drivers-organize-seattle-look-else…

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Google launches 'right to be forgotten' webform for removal requests
by gianluca May 30, 2014

May 30, 2014

Google launches 'right to be forgotten' webform for removal requests Company responds to EU court ruling empowering citizens to have certain links about them deleted from search results Google has launched a webpage where European citizens can request that links to information about them be taken off search results, the first step to comply with a court ruling affirming the "right to be forgotten". The company, which processes more than 90% of all web searches in Europe, has made available a webform through which people can submit their requests but has stopped short of specifying when it will remove links that meet the criteria for being taken down. Google said it had convened a committee of senior executives and independent experts to try and craft a long-term approach to dealing with what is expected to be a barrage of requests from people in the EU. [...] continua qui http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/30/google-launches-right-to-… glq

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