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In memoriam: William Mitchell

Posted on 14/06/2010 by lgalli

William Mitchell, MIT dean and professor, architect, urbanist and theorist, widely regarded as one of the most prominent thinker on “smart cities”, has passed away; see here the official MIT obituary. Photography from MIT obituary page Right now a Twitter … Continue reading →

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Apps are suburbia, the Web is downtown (or Chinatown)

Posted on 05/06/2010 by lgalli

Chinatown by Atomische – Tom Giebel 2006 Creative Commons The analogy is by Virginia Heffernan, television critic and columnist for “The Medium” at the New York Times — it is included in “The Medium” dated online 17 May, but it … Continue reading →

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Android surge vs. iPhone repeats Windows vs. Apple pattern

Posted on 17/05/2010 by lgalli

This is not the blurb of some Google enthusiast or Apple hater but the reasoning of Fabrizio Capobianco, the CEO of Funambol and a leading voice in the industry, especially when it comes to mobile and open source. See the … Continue reading →

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Joi Ito on the mobile Internet (lack of) openness

Posted on 26/05/2008 by lgalli

Interesting, critical reflections about how it should not be taken for granted that the openness typical of the Internet (or most of it) is going to dominate its mobile extension: “I don’t think there is anything wrong with mobile or … Continue reading →

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