Lebowskiana

whois Eric Avery?

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:54:00 +0000

I was surfin’, listening to Jane’s with M., and I found Eric Avery’s blog here.

Eric was co-creator and bassist in Jane’s addiction

Worrisome

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:00:05 +0100

From cocaine to plutonium: mafia clan accused of trafficking nuclear waste Article here

Web 2.0 in the context of Development

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:38:22 +0100

It’s worthy read this blog :)

http://mmcnairnay.wordpress.com/

Italian coherence

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:28:41 +0100

Italian contribution to the fight against global poverty: what’s going on?

The 2nd report by ActionAid has been recently released. The title is “Italy and the fight against world poverty”, and is available here.

Yochai Benkler

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:45:04 +0100

You can download The wealth of Networks here.

The translation in Italian is available here.

"Ciò che cerchiamo nella letteratura non è la realtà, ma un’epifania della verità."

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:07:41 +0100

“Ciò che cerchiamo nella letteratura non è la realtà, ma un’epifania della verità.”

- Azar Nafisi, Leggere Lolita a Teheran

The world’s World Bank problem

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:04:06 +0100

Robert Wade’s article on OpenDemocracy.net focuses on a big question, again:

Does the world need the World Bank?

Facebook si, Facebook no

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:22:48 +0100

I was considering to quit… not smoking, but posting on Facebook… Last Lebowskiana’s web addiction… Let’s read this article, Facing up to Facebook fears

Internet law professor Michael Geist says attempts to block social media sites such as Facebook are misguided.

Alfred Chandler (15 Sep.1918 - 09 May 2007)

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:07:49 +0100

Alfred Chandler died on May 9 in Cambridge, Mass. Chandler’s famous book, “The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business” (1977), won the Pulitzer Price for history and Columbia University’s prestigious Bancroft Prize . His thesis was that managers, functioning as a “visible hand,” had replaced the “invisible hand” of Adam Smith’s free market in allocating resources. Dr. Chandler retired in 1989 from Harvard Business School after a long career in academia.

Links to some articles:

http://www.economist.com/obituary/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9184105

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/fd1290e0-0e51-11dc-8219-000b5df10621.html

Update

Thu, 31 May 2007 01:47:05 +0100

At times, my worries grow in an exponential manner. The point in time at which the thesis’ draft must be completed is arriving, and I feel like in hostage. Is it possible that, even if I’m in the 3rd year of my doctoral studies, I feel still not well-focused on my research question? My visit to Warwick is almost over… Many factors are seriously contributing to reduce my level of attention, and within few days I will be white haired… The list would be very long and I’ve to finish the paper… After the meeting with Colin, I will update my (mental) status…

A Russian diary by Anna

Sat, 26 May 2007 17:41:43 +0100

Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in Moscow in October 2006. She was the thirteenth journalist to be killed in a contract style killing since Putin came to power in 2000.
A Russian diary is her last book, the one she had recently completed. The book is full of interviews of people whose lives have been devastated by Putins policies, including the mothers of children who died in the Beslan siege, those of Russian soldiers maimed in Chechnya then abandoned by the state, and of disappeared young men and women.

Anna’s sister, Elena Kudimova, talks here about Anna and the book

9th of June: George in Rome, Francesca in Warwick

Thu, 24 May 2007 19:19:19 +0100

George W.Bush is coming to Italy on the 9th of June. That day I won’t be in Rome, I will be in Warwick trying to end the draft of my doctoral thesis, due to my Italian supervisor the 20th of June. Anyway I post some links on the visit of the US president.

9th of June everyone in Rome for No Bush No War Day

Contro Bush il 9 giugno a Roma

Last but not least, that day will be also my birthday…

Edu-factory. Conflicts and transformations of the university

Sat, 19 May 2007 19:20:10 +0100

Edu-factory. Conflicts and transformations of the university

Post-Wolfowitz: what's the role of Europe?

Sat, 19 May 2007 02:04:21 +0100

Post-Wolfowitz: what's the role of Europe?: (courtesy of Financial Times)

Wolfowitz resigns!!!

Fri, 18 May 2007 02:56:43 +0100

Let’s have a look here

A good article by David Warsh

Fri, 18 May 2007 02:48:06 +0100

A good article by David Warsh

Beirut... senza parole...

Wed, 16 May 2007 20:09:55 +0100

Beirut... senza parole...: non perdeteveliiii

Sandra Braman on line!

Fri, 11 May 2007 17:38:27 +0100

I didn’t go to the seminar at OII ‘cause I had an appointment with my supervisor in Warwick. But the seminar’s video is on line! Thanks to the Staff of the Oxford Internet Institute.

Information, Policy, and Power in the Informational State

Blair & Sarkozy

Tue, 08 May 2007 01:04:47 +0100

Nicholas Sarkozy ha vinto le elezioni e Blair si congratula su Downing St., il channel su YouTube. C’è ancheun’altra versione in francese, ma i commenti sono disabilitati…

Top story: Wolf & Shaha

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:18:49 +0100

Il salario di Shaha Riza, partner del presidente della World Bank Wolfowitz, è sotto osservazione. Wolf è under attack, lo Staff dell’organizzazione chiede le sue dimissioni. La crociata anti-corruzione subisce un grave colpo. Il Financial Times aveva rivelato il coinvolgimento di Wolf in questo brutto affare. Sembra che il presidente abbia ordinato l’approvazione di un aumento cospicuo di stipendio per la sua donna direttamente al dipartimento risorse umane. Wolf avrebbe ammesso l’errore, ma la sua testa sta per cadere, la chiedono tutti. Qui c’è una sua dichiarazione, direttamente dal sito del gruppo. Ma vi rendete conto?

Ecco qualche altro link.

To be continued…