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David Weinberger / Peter Kruse – The entire conversation

Finally the entire conversation between Peter Kruse and David Weinberger on “data”. It was last year, late September at Petersberg. A very warm and sunny day. Actually 4 month before David’s book Too Big to Know was published. All in … Continue reading

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I am a “frustrated” optimist!

Last week I was part of a web 2.0 workshop at NATO. Together with the communication department of NATO I am working on the launch of the website we_NATO.org which doesn’t aim to replace the traditional NATO.int website but much … Continue reading

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Help to write the code for tomorrow!

For many countries in the so-called developing world (I don’t like this expression at all, but don’t know which other one to use) western Europe and the USA are role models. I just heard it again last week during a … Continue reading

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From ME to WE and the other way round – TEDxBG

TEDxBG in Sofia was a very strange experience for me. Maybe because I just flew in the night before from Brazil and I only got 3 hours sleep. When I arrived at the venue, I didn’t had any schedule, I … Continue reading

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Where Joi Ito and Ken Robinson meet

When Ken Robinson talks about “being in your element” for me he is talking exactly about the same thing as Joi Ito does when he refers to his friends, the people volunteering in  networks such as Global Voices, Mozilla, Creative … Continue reading

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Heal the world. But start with yourself!

I’ve met a wonderful woman in Rio de Janeiro: Samia El Mannani. Samia was born in the suburbs of Paris, France, her roots are Moroccan. She arrived 2 years ago in Rio, 80 Euros in her pockets and broken hearted. … Continue reading

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My 2 years with Bertelsmann Stiftung and futurechallenges.org

Many people asked me why I’ve stopped working for Bertelsmann Stiftung. After repeating it several times, I now decided to write a blogpost, then I can easily link and don’t have to repeat myself. First of all I have to … Continue reading

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