How Peer to Peer Communities will change the World – Interview with Michel...
(Italian translation of the post follows here – La traduzione in italiano è disponibile qui) Many of you, while hearing the words “peer to peer”, would instantly remember Napster, eMule and the...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleWhy Trust is not a Currency
Since today, I’m starting to publish specific contents about alternative currencies on Dropis blog. Dropis is a project for the creation of a currency dedicated to the sharing economy (disclaimer: In...
View ArticlePolicies for Shared Innovation and Local Development
(The post is also available in italian. See below.) For some time now I’ve been making assumptions about what policies and changes the public administration should adopt in order to promote local...
View ArticleDigital Evolutions: Startups, Platforms and Ecosystems
(an Italian translation is available at the end of the post). As some of you may recall, I recently shared with the community a canvas I created for the design of platforms (the so called Platform...
View ArticleHow to Frame the Sharing Economy Narrative (and Move On)
Quite recently I’ve had the chance to participate to Pisa’s Internet Festival, one of the biggest Italian event about the Internet (as per the name). I was the curator of an entire conference afternoon...
View ArticleThe Hacker Ethic of Work
In recent David Graeber’s book called “The Utopia of Rules” the well known American anthropologist explores what he calls “Capitalism’s secret love affair with bureaucracy“. The book, released in...
View ArticleIntroducing The Platform Design Toolkit 2.0
[Please note now Platform Design Toolkit has its own website: www.platformdesigntoolkit.com. Also don’t forget to check our additional, just released Canvas here] In this post you’ll find the draft...
View ArticleDesign for a New Humanism
In the last few weeks, I’ve been reflecting a lot on how the Collaborative Economy. The collaborative shift is often depicted as a “revolution” based on communities and collaboration. In reality, I...
View ArticleThe Platform Design Toolkit 2.0 Final Release is available
On Wednesday last week we unveiled the final version of the Platform Design Toolkit to the Public. As often, lately, I’m using Medium to release our Platform Design Toolkit released information so...
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