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The first ever smartphone – IBM Simon {"tags":["News","Reviews","Uncategorized","cellphone","communication","communicator 2","custom os","display","graphic interface","IBM Simon","IO","Marco","motorola products","Newton","PDA","radio modems","Simon","sony magic link","time","U.S.","W Input"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://pockethacks.com/the-first-ever-smartphone-ibm-simon/\"\u003EThe first ever smartphone \u2013 IBM Simon\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://pockethacks.com/the-first-ever-smartphone-ibm-simon/","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://pockethacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/450px-IBM_SImon_in_charging_station.png\"\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"450px-IBM_SImon_in_charging_station\" src=\"http://pockethacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/450px-IBM_SImon_in_charging_station.png\" height=\"600\" alt=\"450px IBM SImon in charging station The first ever smartphone IBM Simon\" width=\"450\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf \u201csmartphones\u201d are considered state-of-the art in cellphone technologies in 2010, the first ever device of this kind dates back 1994. Having the size and shape of a cellphone, the IBM Simon, distributed by BellSouth, replaces the usual telephone keyboard by a sensitive screen and integrates PIM applications and data communication features.\u003Cbr /\u003E\nLet\u2019s get back to 1994 \u2013 at that time, manufacturers are struggling to make the \u201ccommunication devices\u201d market take off. The most common approach was then to bring communication to what was then state of the art in portable technology \u2013 PDA devices.\u003Cbr /\u003E\nMany products came out at that time : the EO Communicator, 2 Motorola products, the Marco and the Envoy, respectively running the Newton and the MagicCap OS; the Sony Magic Link. Most of those products were discontinued after no more than 2 years.\u003Cbr /\u003E\nMost of those products featured large displays, and a notebook oriented usability : they were basically PDAs with integrated (radio-)modems. The Simon showcases a totally different idea of what a communicating device could be : instead of integrating a modem in a PDA, it would integrate a PDA and a modem in a cellphone.\u003Cbr /\u003E\nThe user interface is pretty clear and apparently pleasant to use. It is a charming exemple of a early 90\u2019s graphic interface. I see it as mac OS 1.0 in a narrow screen : B\u0026amp;W icons, background patterns and round-angles boxes populate the . After some delays it was sold by BellSouth\u00a0 in 1994 in 190 U.S. cities in 15 states\u00a0 and was originally priced at $899.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELet\u2019s face it : the Simon didn\u2019t last any longer than it\u2019s competitors. Maybe all of them were ahead of their time, but most likely they were all huge, heavy, and horribly expensive, both on the purchase price side and on the communication service subscription side.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnyway, as the first actual \u201cSmartPhone\u201d in history, the Simon is a very interesting machine. As it is also quite rare, i\u2019m very proud i own one in my collection.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBelow in the page are a few pictures comparing the Simon\u2019s size to later devices.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Chr /\u003E\n\u003Ctable width=\"100%\"\u003E\n\n\u003Ctr\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProcessor : \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003Ecustom\u003C/td\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOS : \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003EZaurus OS???\u003C/td\u003E\n\u003C/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERAM : \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003E1 MB\u003C/td\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EROM : \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003E1 MB\u003C/td\u003E\n\u003C/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGraphic display : \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003E160 x 293\u003C/td\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EText display : \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cem\u003Evariable fonts\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\n\u003C/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDisplay : \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003EB\u0026amp;W\u003C/td\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInput : \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003EStylus\u003C/td\u003E\n\u003C/tr\u003E\n\n\u003C/table\u003E\n\u003Chr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBuilt-in Applications :\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\nComplete telephone abilities, phone directory, mail (not internet compliant), calculator, calendar, fax, note pad, file manager, sketch pad, to do list\u2026\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOpen to other applications : \u003C/strong\u003E On PCMCIA cards (maybe also by installation in memory?)\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPorts :\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\n- power supply entry\u003Cbr /\u003E\n- one PCMCIA type 2 port\u003Cbr /\u003E\n- one IO connection 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Having the size and shape of a cellphone, the IBM Simon, distributed by BellSouth, replaces the usual telephone keyboard by a sensitive screen and integrates PIM applications and data communication features.<br /> Let’s get back to 1994 – at that time, manufacturers are struggling to make the “communication devices” market take off. The most common approach was then to bring communication to what was then state of the art in portable technology – PDA devices.<br /> Many products came out at that time : the EO Communicator, 2 Motorola products, the Marco and the Envoy, respectively running the Newton and the MagicCap OS; the Sony Magic Link. Most of those products were discontinued after no more than 2 years.<br /> Most of those products featured large displays, and a notebook oriented usability : they were basically PDAs with integrated (radio-)modems. The Simon showcases a totally different idea of what a communicating device could be : instead of integrating a modem in a PDA, it would integrate a PDA and a modem in a cellphone.<br /> The user interface is pretty clear and apparently pleasant to use. It is a charming exemple of a early 90’s graphic interface. I see it as mac OS 1.0 in a narrow screen : B&amp;W icons, background patterns and round-angles boxes populate the . After some delays it was sold by BellSouth  in 1994 in 190 U.S. cities in 15 states  and was originally priced at $899.</p> <p>Let’s face it : the Simon didn’t last any longer than it’s competitors. Maybe all of them were ahead of their time, but most likely they were all huge, heavy, and horribly expensive, both on the purchase price side and on the communication service subscription side.</p> <p>Anyway, as the first actual “SmartPhone” in history, the Simon is a very interesting machine. As it is also quite rare, i’m very proud i own one in my collection.</p> <p>Below in the page are a few pictures comparing the Simon’s size to later devices.</p> <hr /> <strong>Processor : </strong> custom <strong>OS : </strong> Zaurus OS??? <strong>RAM : </strong> 1 MB <strong>ROM : </strong> 1 MB <strong>Graphic display : </strong> 160 x 293 <strong>Text display : </strong> <em>variable fonts</em> <strong>Display : </strong> B&amp;W <strong>Input : </strong> Stylus <hr /><strong>Built-in Applications :</strong><br /> Complete telephone abilities, phone directory, mail (not internet compliant), calculator, calendar, fax, note pad, file manager, sketch pad, to do list… <p><strong>Open to other applications : </strong> On PCMCIA cards (maybe also by installation in memory?)</p> <p><strong>Ports :</strong><br /> - power supply entry<br /> - one PCMCIA type 2 port<br /> - one IO connection port</p> <p><a href="http://cdecas.free.fr/computers/pocket/simon.php">Original source</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&amp;business=dstefanov87@gmail.com&amp;currency_code=USD&amp;amount=&amp;return=Thank%20You%20for%20supporting%20Us.%20We%20will%20still%20work%20hard%20for%20you.&amp;item_name=Buy+Me+a+Beer+for+The+first+ever+smartphone+-+IBM+Simon">If you liked this post, Buy Me a Beer</a></p><hr /> <p><small>© PocketHacks for <a href="http://pockethacks.com">PocketHacks.com</a>, 2010. | <a href="http://pockethacks.com/the-first-ever-smartphone-ibm-simon/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://pockethacks.com/the-first-ever-smartphone-ibm-simon/#comments">No comment</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://pockethacks.com/the-first-ever-smartphone-ibm-simon/&amp;title=The%20first%20ever%20smartphone%20%E2%80%93%20IBM%20Simon">del.icio.us</a> <br /> Post tags: <a href="http://pockethacks.com/tag/cellphone/">cellphone</a>, <a href="http://pockethacks.com/tag/communication/">communication</a>, <a href="http://pockethacks.com/tag/communicator-2/">communicator 2</a>, <a href="http://pockethacks.com/tag/custom-os/">custom os</a>, <a href="http://pockethacks.com/tag/display/">display</a>, <a href="http://pockethacks.com/tag/graphic-interface/">graphic interface</a>, <a href="http://pockethacks.com/tag/ibm-simon/">IBM Simon</a>, <a href="http://pockethacks.com/tag/io/">IO</a>, <a href="http://pockethacks.com/tag/marco/">Marco</a>, <a href="http://pockethacks.com/tag/motorola-products/">motorola products</a>, <a href="http://pockethacks.com/tag/newton/">Newton</a>, <a href="http://pockethacks.com/tag/pda/">PDA</a>, <a href="http://pockethacks.com/tag/radio-modems/">radio modems</a>, <a href="http://pockethacks.com/tag/simon/">Simon</a>, <a href="http://pockethacks.com/tag/sony-magic-link/">sony magic link</a>, <a href="http://pockethacks.com/tag/time/">time</a>, <a href="http://pockethacks.com/tag/u-s/">U.S.</a>, <a href="http://pockethacks.com/tag/w-input/">W Input</a><br /> </small></p> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href="http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/">Better Feed</a> from <a href="http://planetozh.com/blog/">Ozh</a></small></p>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:20:55 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/53321072/The-first-ever-smartphone-IBM-Simonurn:www-soup-io:1:53321072regularnewsreviewsuncategorizedcellphonecommunicationcommunicator 2custom osdisplaygraphic interfaceibm simoniomarcomotorola productsnewtonpdaradio modemssimonsony magic linktimeu.s.w input Heck Yeah! 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\u00e9 um evento para abrir empresas.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUm fim de semana onde as equipas t\u00eam a oportunidade de trabalhar nas suas ideias com apoio de mentores e apresent\u00e1-las a investidores, ficando prontas a lan\u00e7ar-se no mercado.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMais informa\u00e7\u00f5es em: \u003Ca href=\"http://weekend.ineo.pt/\"\u003Ehttp://weekend.ineo.pt/\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ineo/~4/2JUmZWP0P1U\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" /\u003E"} <h2><a href="http://weekend.ineo.pt/"><img title="ineoweekend" src="http://ineo.pt/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ineoweekend.jpg" height="279" alt="" width="331" /></a></h2> <h2><span>O ineo Weekend não é um evento de estimulo ao empreendedorismo, um workshop, nem um evento de networking. </span></h2> <p>É tudo isso: é um evento para abrir empresas.</p> <p>Um fim de semana onde as equipas têm a oportunidade de trabalhar nas suas ideias com apoio de mentores e apresentá-las a investidores, ficando prontas a lançar-se no mercado.</p> <p>Mais informações em: <a href="http://weekend.ineo.pt/">http://weekend.ineo.pt/</a></p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ineo/~4/2JUmZWP0P1U" height="1" width="1" />Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:57:21 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/52840465/Ineo-Weekendurn:www-soup-io:1:52840465regularuncategorizedempreendedorismogapi 2.0gatsineoipnjeknowledgeseed capitalstartup What do you see? {"tags":["Uncategorized"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thedoghousediaries/feed/~3/MhZ3LYj1jLw/\"\u003EWhat do you see?\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thedoghousediaries/feed/~3/MhZ3LYj1jLw/","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"What do you see?\" src=\"http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/comics/uncategorized/2010-04-05-20bd285.png\" height=\"600\" alt=\"What do you see?\" width=\"800\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Rorschach part of it has always just looked like a 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Stairway to heaven changed my life.’" src="http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/comics/uncategorized/2010-03-26-badabd2.png" height="1007" alt="Product Reviews" width="800" /></p><p>Recently Will won multiple arguments with inanimate objects,<br /> Raf realized power cords don’t work when they’re plugged into a toaster,<br /> And Ray was on a boat. ON A BOAT!</p> <a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoghousediaries.com%2F%3Fp%3D1682&amp;title=Product%20Reviews&amp;bodytext=Recently%20Will%20won%20multiple%20arguments%20with%20inanimate%20objects%2C%0D%0ARaf%20realized%20power%20cords%20don%27t%20work%20when%20they%27re%20plugged%20into%20a%20toaster%2C%0D%0AAnd%20Ray%20was%20on%20a%20boat.%20%20ON%20A%20BOAT%21" title="Digg"><img title="Digg" src="http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/digg.png" alt="Digg" /></a> <a href="http://delicious.com/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoghousediaries.com%2F%3Fp%3D1682&amp;title=Product%20Reviews&amp;notes=Recently%20Will%20won%20multiple%20arguments%20with%20inanimate%20objects%2C%0D%0ARaf%20realized%20power%20cords%20don%27t%20work%20when%20they%27re%20plugged%20into%20a%20toaster%2C%0D%0AAnd%20Ray%20was%20on%20a%20boat.%20%20ON%20A%20BOAT%21" title="del.icio.us"><img title="del.icio.us" src="http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/delicious.png" alt="del.icio.us" /></a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoghousediaries.com%2F%3Fp%3D1682&amp;t=Product%20Reviews" title="Facebook"><img title="Facebook" src="http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/facebook.png" alt="Facebook" /></a> <a href="http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&amp;bkmk=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoghousediaries.com%2F%3Fp%3D1682&amp;title=Product%20Reviews&amp;annotation=Recently%20Will%20won%20multiple%20arguments%20with%20inanimate%20objects%2C%0D%0ARaf%20realized%20power%20cords%20don%27t%20work%20when%20they%27re%20plugged%20into%20a%20toaster%2C%0D%0AAnd%20Ray%20was%20on%20a%20boat.%20%20ON%20A%20BOAT%21" title="Google Bookmarks"><img title="Google Bookmarks" src="http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/googlebookmark.png" alt="Google Bookmarks" /></a> <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoghousediaries.com%2F%3Fp%3D1682&amp;title=Product%20Reviews" title="StumbleUpon"><img title="StumbleUpon" src="http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/stumbleupon.png" alt="StumbleUpon" /></a> <a href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoghousediaries.com%2F%3Fp%3D1682&amp;title=Product%20Reviews" title="Reddit"><img title="Reddit" src="http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/reddit.png" alt="Reddit" /></a> <br /><br />Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:00:25 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/50429447/Product-Reviewsurn:www-soup-io:1:50429447regularuncategorized brands don’t need ad agencies {"tags":["Uncategorized"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/25/brands-dont-need-ad-agencies/\"\u003Ebrands don\u2019t need ad agencies\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/25/brands-dont-need-ad-agencies/","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"twoad1003\" src=\"http://gapingvoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/twoad1003.jpg\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo everyone and their mother in the business has forever been asking the question, \u201cSo what is the future of the ad agency?\u201d\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EClay Shirky \u003Ca href=\"http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/03/newspapers-and-thinking-the-unthinkable/\"\u003Ewrote a damn good article\u003C/a\u003E about the future of newspapers. Substitute \u201cNewspapers\u201d with \u201cAd Agencies\u201d and advertising grunts everywhere will have plenty food for thought\u2026\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen reality is labeled unthinkable, it creates a kind of sickness in an industry.\u201d\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EClay makes the point that the world doesn\u2019t need newspapers, it needs good journalism.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESimilarly, you could argue that brands don\u2019t need ad agencies per se. What they need are creative ways to make them more compelling to their target markets.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut which of the large agencies, with their hyper-entrenched business models and institutional shareholders, would ever dare mention that in a pitch?\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cimg src=\"http://gapingvoid.com/?ak_action=api_record_view\u0026amp;id=11861\u0026amp;type=feed\" alt=\"\" /\u003E"} <p><img title="twoad1003" src="http://gapingvoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/twoad1003.jpg" height="224" alt="" width="400" /></p> <p>So everyone and their mother in the business has forever been asking the question, “So what is the future of the ad agency?”</p> <p>Clay Shirky <a href="http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/03/newspapers-and-thinking-the-unthinkable/">wrote a damn good article</a> about the future of newspapers. Substitute “Newspapers” with “Ad Agencies” and advertising grunts everywhere will have plenty food for thought…</p> <blockquote><p>“When reality is labeled unthinkable, it creates a kind of sickness in an industry.”</p></blockquote> <p>Clay makes the point that the world doesn’t need newspapers, it needs good journalism.</p> <p>Similarly, you could argue that brands don’t need ad agencies per se. What they need are creative ways to make them more compelling to their target markets.</p> <p>But which of the large agencies, with their hyper-entrenched business models and institutional shareholders, would ever dare mention that in a pitch?</p> <img src="http://gapingvoid.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&amp;id=11861&amp;type=feed" alt="" />Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:49:20 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/50327637/brands-don-t-need-ad-agenciesurn:www-soup-io:1:50327637regularuncategorized Hydrogenated Pennzoil {"tags":["Uncategorized"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thedoghousediaries/feed/~3/nBKkbSBj9gc/\"\u003EHydrogenated Pennzoil\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thedoghousediaries/feed/~3/nBKkbSBj9gc/","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"Don\u2019t let the name fool you. It\u2019s really more of a mild cheddar.\" src=\"http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/comics/uncategorized/2010-03-17-ba28028.png\" height=\"268\" alt=\"Hydrogenated Pennzoil\" width=\"800\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERaf\u2019s watching Ray\u2019s weight, and\u00a0Will\u2019s not big boned, he\u2019s just fat.\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\u003Ca href=\"http://digg.com/submit?phase=2\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoghousediaries.com%2F%3Fp%3D1665\u0026amp;title=Hydrogenated%20Pennzoil\u0026amp;bodytext=Raf%27s%20watching%20Ray%27s%20weight%2C%20and%C2%A0Will%27s%20not%20big%20boned%2C%20he%27s%20just%20fat.\" title=\"Digg\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"Digg\" src=\"http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/digg.png\" alt=\"Digg\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\n\t\u003Ca href=\"http://delicious.com/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoghousediaries.com%2F%3Fp%3D1665\u0026amp;title=Hydrogenated%20Pennzoil\u0026amp;notes=Raf%27s%20watching%20Ray%27s%20weight%2C%20and%C2%A0Will%27s%20not%20big%20boned%2C%20he%27s%20just%20fat.\" title=\"del.icio.us\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"del.icio.us\" src=\"http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/delicious.png\" alt=\"del.icio.us\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\n\t\u003Ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoghousediaries.com%2F%3Fp%3D1665\u0026amp;t=Hydrogenated%20Pennzoil\" title=\"Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"Facebook\" src=\"http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\n\t\u003Ca href=\"http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit\u0026amp;bkmk=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoghousediaries.com%2F%3Fp%3D1665\u0026amp;title=Hydrogenated%20Pennzoil\u0026amp;annotation=Raf%27s%20watching%20Ray%27s%20weight%2C%20and%C2%A0Will%27s%20not%20big%20boned%2C%20he%27s%20just%20fat.\" title=\"Google Bookmarks\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"Google Bookmarks\" src=\"http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/googlebookmark.png\" alt=\"Google Bookmarks\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\n\t\u003Ca href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoghousediaries.com%2F%3Fp%3D1665\u0026amp;title=Hydrogenated%20Pennzoil\" title=\"StumbleUpon\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"StumbleUpon\" src=\"http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/stumbleupon.png\" alt=\"StumbleUpon\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\n\t\u003Ca href=\"http://reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoghousediaries.com%2F%3Fp%3D1665\u0026amp;title=Hydrogenated%20Pennzoil\" title=\"Reddit\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"Reddit\" src=\"http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/reddit.png\" alt=\"Reddit\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\n\n\n\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thedoghousediaries/feed/~4/nBKkbSBj9gc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" /\u003E"} <p><img title="Don’t let the name fool you. It’s really more of a mild cheddar." src="http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/comics/uncategorized/2010-03-17-ba28028.png" height="268" alt="Hydrogenated Pennzoil" width="800" /></p><p>Raf’s watching Ray’s weight, and Will’s not big boned, he’s just fat.</p> <a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoghousediaries.com%2F%3Fp%3D1665&amp;title=Hydrogenated%20Pennzoil&amp;bodytext=Raf%27s%20watching%20Ray%27s%20weight%2C%20and%C2%A0Will%27s%20not%20big%20boned%2C%20he%27s%20just%20fat." title="Digg"><img title="Digg" src="http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/digg.png" alt="Digg" /></a> <a href="http://delicious.com/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoghousediaries.com%2F%3Fp%3D1665&amp;title=Hydrogenated%20Pennzoil&amp;notes=Raf%27s%20watching%20Ray%27s%20weight%2C%20and%C2%A0Will%27s%20not%20big%20boned%2C%20he%27s%20just%20fat." title="del.icio.us"><img title="del.icio.us" src="http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/delicious.png" alt="del.icio.us" /></a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoghousediaries.com%2F%3Fp%3D1665&amp;t=Hydrogenated%20Pennzoil" title="Facebook"><img title="Facebook" src="http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/facebook.png" alt="Facebook" /></a> <a href="http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&amp;bkmk=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoghousediaries.com%2F%3Fp%3D1665&amp;title=Hydrogenated%20Pennzoil&amp;annotation=Raf%27s%20watching%20Ray%27s%20weight%2C%20and%C2%A0Will%27s%20not%20big%20boned%2C%20he%27s%20just%20fat." title="Google Bookmarks"><img title="Google Bookmarks" src="http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/googlebookmark.png" alt="Google Bookmarks" /></a> <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoghousediaries.com%2F%3Fp%3D1665&amp;title=Hydrogenated%20Pennzoil" title="StumbleUpon"><img title="StumbleUpon" src="http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/stumbleupon.png" alt="StumbleUpon" /></a> <a href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoghousediaries.com%2F%3Fp%3D1665&amp;title=Hydrogenated%20Pennzoil" title="Reddit"><img title="Reddit" src="http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/reddit.png" alt="Reddit" /></a> <br /><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thedoghousediaries/feed/~4/nBKkbSBj9gc" height="1" width="1" />Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/49058907/Hydrogenated-Pennzoilurn:www-soup-io:1:49058907regularuncategorized Danah Boyd: How Technology Makes A Mess Of Privacy and Publicity {"tags":["Uncategorized","featured","Facebook","google"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/R9Xyhv5lWT0/\"\u003EDanah Boyd: How Technology Makes A Mess Of Privacy and Publicity\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/R9Xyhv5lWT0/","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/13/privacy-publicity-sxsw/\u0026amp;style=compact\u0026amp;source=techcrunch\u0026amp;service=bit.ly\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/13/privacy-publicity-sxsw/\u0026amp;style=compact\u0026amp;source=techcrunch\u0026amp;service=bit.ly\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/boydshot.png\" alt=\"\" /\u003EToday at SXSWi, keynote speaker Danah Boyd took the stage to talk about privacy and publicity, and how they intertwine online. Boyd is a Social Media Researcher at Microsoft Research New England, and has studied this space extensively for years. It was a compelling talk that challenged the notion that personal information is on a binary spectrum of public or private. To help underscore her points, she recalled and discussed a number of major privacy blunders from Facebook and Google. You can find my notes from the presentation below.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBoyd says that privacy is not dead, but that a big part of our notion of privacy relates to maintaining control over our content, and that when we don\u2019t have control, we feel that our privacy has been violated. This has happened a few times recently.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow The Buzz Launch Failed\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a first example Boyd brought up Google Buzz. She says that nothing with the launch was technologically wrong \u2014\u00a0you could opt out of Buzz, elect to hide your friend list, and so on. But the service resulted in a PR disaster because Google made non-technical mistakes, doing things that didn\u2019t meet user expectations:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGoogle integrated a public facing system in one of the most private systems you can imagine. Lots of people thought Google was exposing their email to the world.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGoogle assumed people would opt out if users didn\u2019t want to participate. \u201cI can\u2019t help but notice that more technology companies think it\u2019s ok to expose people tremendously and then back pedal when people flip out\u201d, she says.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EYou want to help users understand the proposition. You need to ease them in, invite them to contribute their content.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBoyd says that years ago, researchers noticed people in a chat room would often ask \u201cA/S/L\u201d (age, sex, location). So some services, looking to streamlines things a bit, started building user profiles that had this information. What they failed to understand is that this \u201cA/S/L\u201d was a sort of chatroom icebreaker. Users lost that, and putting that information in a profile \u2014\u00a0even if they would have shared it to answer that chat message \u2014 could creep them out.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWith Buzz, Google found the social equivalent to the famous \u201cuncanny valley\u201d (where things seem almost natural, but aren\u2019t quite close enough, so they\u2019re creepy). They collapsed articulated networks (email) and assumed it was a personal network.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBoyd then transitioned to talk a bit about the fuzzy lines between what is public and private. She says that just because people put material in public places doesn\u2019t mean it was meant to be aggregated. And just because something is publically accessible doesn\u2019t mean people want it to be publicized.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Facebook Privacy Fail\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\nBoyd\u2019s second case study was Facebook\u2019s privacy changes in December, when Facebook changed \u2018everyone\u2019 to the default. We\u2019ve written extensively on this\u00a0\u003Ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2009/12/09/facebook-privacy/\"\u003Efiasco\u003C/a\u003E, which may take years to really reveal the extent of the damage it has done.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EFacebook said 35% of users had read the new privacy documentation and changed something in the privacy settings. Facebook thinks this is a good thing, but it means 65% of population made their content public. Boyd has asked non-techie users to tell her what they thought their settings were. She has yet to find a single person whose actual privacy settings matched what they thought they were.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EBoyd recounted a story of a young woman who had moved far away from an abusive father. The young woman talked with her mother (who had moved with her) about possibly joining Facebook. They sat down to make the content as private as possible, which worked well. But in December, the young woman clicked through Facebook\u2019s privacy dialog (as most people did) and had no idea her content was public. She only found out when someone who should not have seen the content told her.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBoyd then discussed how different groups of people think about privacy. She says that teenagers are much more conscious about what they have to gain by being in public, whereas adults are more concerned about what they have to lose.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs an example, Boyd talked about a teenage girl who often put\u00a0risqu\u00e9, sometimes illegal content online. When Boyd asked why she\u2019d want to do\u00a0something, the\u00a0girl replied, \u201cI want to get a modeling contract just like Tila Tequilla\u201d. Her\u00a0calculation\u00a0wasn\u2019t about what she could\u00a0potentially\u00a0lose, but rather what she stood to gain.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBoyd says that most techies think about Personally Identifiable Information, but that the vast majority of people are thinking about personally \u003Cem\u003Eembarrassing\u003C/em\u003E information. People often share private information with their friends in part because it allows them to bond, it makes them somewhat vulnerable and establishes trust. But when it\u2019s through technology (e.g. Facebook\u2019s public by default setting) it\u2019s a huge technology fail.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBoyd also called out the presence of racism in social media. On the night of the BET awards last year, all of the trending topics were dominated by terms relating to the event and the black community. In response, some Twitter users made very racist comments \u2014 clearly even these open communication platforms are still prone to hate.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo conclude the talk, Boyd pointed out some of the challenges we will continue to face with regard to privacy online. She asks whether or not teachers can be expected to maintain a professional, pristine presence online \u2014\u00a0something that is very difficult to do while leading a normal life.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUltimately, she says, \u201cneither privacy nor publicity is dead, but technology will continue to make a mess of both.\u201d We\u2019ve been looking at privacy and publicity as a black-or-white attribute for content, when really it\u2019s defined by context and the implications of what we\u2019ve chosen to share.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cbr /\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/\" alt=\"\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/\" alt=\"\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/\" alt=\"\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/\" alt=\"\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/\" alt=\"\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Cimg src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techcrunch.com\u0026amp;blog=11718616\u0026amp;post=165023\u0026amp;subd=tctechcrunch\u0026amp;ref=\u0026amp;feed=1\" alt=\"\" /\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=R9Xyhv5lWT0:RLCsKf1ieHI:2mJPEYqXBVI\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=R9Xyhv5lWT0:RLCsKf1ieHI:dnMXMwOfBR0\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=R9Xyhv5lWT0:RLCsKf1ieHI:D7DqB2pKExk\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=R9Xyhv5lWT0:RLCsKf1ieHI:D7DqB2pKExk\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=R9Xyhv5lWT0:RLCsKf1ieHI:7Q72WNTAKBA\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=R9Xyhv5lWT0:RLCsKf1ieHI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\n\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~4/R9Xyhv5lWT0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" /\u003E"} <p><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/13/privacy-publicity-sxsw/&amp;style=compact&amp;source=techcrunch&amp;service=bit.ly"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/13/privacy-publicity-sxsw/&amp;style=compact&amp;source=techcrunch&amp;service=bit.ly" /></a></p><p><img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/boydshot.png" alt="" />Today at SXSWi, keynote speaker Danah Boyd took the stage to talk about privacy and publicity, and how they intertwine online. Boyd is a Social Media Researcher at Microsoft Research New England, and has studied this space extensively for years. It was a compelling talk that challenged the notion that personal information is on a binary spectrum of public or private. To help underscore her points, she recalled and discussed a number of major privacy blunders from Facebook and Google. You can find my notes from the presentation below.</p> <p>Boyd says that privacy is not dead, but that a big part of our notion of privacy relates to maintaining control over our content, and that when we don’t have control, we feel that our privacy has been violated. This has happened a few times recently.</p> <p><strong>How The Buzz Launch Failed</strong></p> <p>As a first example Boyd brought up Google Buzz. She says that nothing with the launch was technologically wrong — you could opt out of Buzz, elect to hide your friend list, and so on. But the service resulted in a PR disaster because Google made non-technical mistakes, doing things that didn’t meet user expectations:</p> <ul> <li>Google integrated a public facing system in one of the most private systems you can imagine. Lots of people thought Google was exposing their email to the world.</li> <li>Google assumed people would opt out if users didn’t want to participate. “I can’t help but notice that more technology companies think it’s ok to expose people tremendously and then back pedal when people flip out”, she says.</li> <li>You want to help users understand the proposition. You need to ease them in, invite them to contribute their content.</li> </ul> <p>Boyd says that years ago, researchers noticed people in a chat room would often ask “A/S/L” (age, sex, location). So some services, looking to streamlines things a bit, started building user profiles that had this information. What they failed to understand is that this “A/S/L” was a sort of chatroom icebreaker. Users lost that, and putting that information in a profile — even if they would have shared it to answer that chat message — could creep them out.</p> <p>With Buzz, Google found the social equivalent to the famous “uncanny valley” (where things seem almost natural, but aren’t quite close enough, so they’re creepy). They collapsed articulated networks (email) and assumed it was a personal network.</p> <p>Boyd then transitioned to talk a bit about the fuzzy lines between what is public and private. She says that just because people put material in public places doesn’t mean it was meant to be aggregated. And just because something is publically accessible doesn’t mean people want it to be publicized.</p> <p><strong>The Facebook Privacy Fail</strong><br /> Boyd’s second case study was Facebook’s privacy changes in December, when Facebook changed ‘everyone’ to the default. We’ve written extensively on this <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2009/12/09/facebook-privacy/">fiasco</a>, which may take years to really reveal the extent of the damage it has done.</p> <ul> <li>Facebook said 35% of users had read the new privacy documentation and changed something in the privacy settings. Facebook thinks this is a good thing, but it means 65% of population made their content public. Boyd has asked non-techie users to tell her what they thought their settings were. She has yet to find a single person whose actual privacy settings matched what they thought they were.</li> <li>Boyd recounted a story of a young woman who had moved far away from an abusive father. The young woman talked with her mother (who had moved with her) about possibly joining Facebook. They sat down to make the content as private as possible, which worked well. But in December, the young woman clicked through Facebook’s privacy dialog (as most people did) and had no idea her content was public. She only found out when someone who should not have seen the content told her.</li> </ul> <p>Boyd then discussed how different groups of people think about privacy. She says that teenagers are much more conscious about what they have to gain by being in public, whereas adults are more concerned about what they have to lose.</p> <p>As an example, Boyd talked about a teenage girl who often put risqué, sometimes illegal content online. When Boyd asked why she’d want to do something, the girl replied, “I want to get a modeling contract just like Tila Tequilla”. Her calculation wasn’t about what she could potentially lose, but rather what she stood to gain.</p> <p>Boyd says that most techies think about Personally Identifiable Information, but that the vast majority of people are thinking about personally <em>embarrassing</em> information. People often share private information with their friends in part because it allows them to bond, it makes them somewhat vulnerable and establishes trust. But when it’s through technology (e.g. Facebook’s public by default setting) it’s a huge technology fail.</p> <p>Boyd also called out the presence of racism in social media. On the night of the BET awards last year, all of the trending topics were dominated by terms relating to the event and the black community. In response, some Twitter users made very racist comments — clearly even these open communication platforms are still prone to hate.</p> <p>To conclude the talk, Boyd pointed out some of the challenges we will continue to face with regard to privacy online. She asks whether or not teachers can be expected to maintain a professional, pristine presence online — something that is very difficult to do while leading a normal life.</p> <p>Ultimately, she says, “neither privacy nor publicity is dead, but technology will continue to make a mess of both.” We’ve been looking at privacy and publicity as a black-or-white attribute for content, when really it’s defined by context and the implications of what we’ve chosen to share.</p> <br /> <a href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/"><img src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/"><img src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/"><img src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/"><img src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/"><img src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/165023/" alt="" /></a> <img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techcrunch.com&amp;blog=11718616&amp;post=165023&amp;subd=tctechcrunch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" alt="" /><p></p><div> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=R9Xyhv5lWT0:RLCsKf1ieHI:2mJPEYqXBVI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=R9Xyhv5lWT0:RLCsKf1ieHI:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=R9Xyhv5lWT0:RLCsKf1ieHI:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=R9Xyhv5lWT0:RLCsKf1ieHI:D7DqB2pKExk" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=R9Xyhv5lWT0:RLCsKf1ieHI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=R9Xyhv5lWT0:RLCsKf1ieHI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" /></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~4/R9Xyhv5lWT0" height="1" width="1" />Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:20:41 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/48609433/Danah-Boyd-How-Technology-Makes-A-Messurn:www-soup-io:1:48609433regularuncategorizedfeaturedfacebookgoogle Empreendedorismo em cena {"tags":["Uncategorized","coimbra","empreendedorismo","INEO","ipn","startups","UC"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.ineo.pt/~r/ineo/~3/8oGqq0dd248/\"\u003EEmpreendedorismo em cena\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://feeds.ineo.pt/~r/ineo/~3/8oGqq0dd248/","body":"\u003Cp\u003EEste \u003Ca href=\"http://ineo.pt/2010/02/o-que-torna-uma-cidade-num-centro-de-empreendedorismo/\"\u003Epost\u003C/a\u003E fez-me recordar que, em tempos idos (10 anos atr\u00e1s) escrevi uma tese de mestrado em economia dedicada \u00e0 fundamental quest\u00e3o \u201cporque \u00e9 que umas regi\u00f5es se desenvolvem mais do que outras\u201d.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAp\u00f3s a defesa, em vez de seguir o caminho \u201cnormal\u201d de tentar publicar uns artigos ou mesmo um livro, decidi uma via alternativa: criar um portal (www.carloscerqueira.com) dedicado a esta \u00e1rea e permitir o download gratuito da tese, num pdf desbloqueado. A tarefa envolveu alguns meses da minha vida, a aquisi\u00e7\u00e3o de uns calhama\u00e7os sobre deamweaver (sabia zero sobre programa\u00e7\u00e3o Web) e uma boa dose de entusiasmo. Note-se que em 2001 as ferramentas de blogues ainda n\u00e3o estavam popularizadas, e sobretudo, eram bastantes rudimentares em termos de funcionalidades.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EO site esteve online durante cerca de 4 anos, com muitos visitantes de todo o mundo lus\u00f3fono (a tese est\u00e1 escrita em portugu\u00eas), at\u00e9 que por falta de actualiza\u00e7\u00e3o e uma dificuldade do host provider aceitar o meu pagamento via cart\u00e3o de cr\u00e9dito (mas tinha saldo, garanto\u2026), decidi fechar a loja. \u003Ca href=\"http://carloscerqueira.com/\"\u003EBy the way, o dom\u00ednio agora \u00e9 usado neste site, se algu\u00e9m souber chin\u00eas (ou ser\u00e1 japon\u00eas\u2026), por favor, elucide-me sobre o que \u00e9 que ando (pelos vistos\u2026) a vender online.\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDe todo o modo, o gosto por esta quest\u00e3o nunca mais me abandonou, e alguns autores que consultei passaram a ser seguidos com grande entusiasmo (\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krugman\"\u003EKrugmam\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Porter\"\u003EPorter\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.stanford.edu/~promer/index.html\"\u003ERomer\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_J._Scott\"\u003EScott\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http://www2.lse.ac.uk/geographyAndEnvironment/whosWho/profiles/storper/Home.aspx\"\u003EStorper\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.benko-lazar.com/pages/georges/presentation.htm\"\u003EBenko\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http://lipietz.net/\"\u003ELipietz\u003C/a\u003E\u2026e \u003Ca href=\"http://www.creativeclass.com/richard_florida/\"\u003ERichard Florida\u003C/a\u003E).\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00c9 bastante conhecido o que Florida escreveu sobre este ponto. \u003Ca href=\"http://www.creativeclass.com/rfcgdb/articles/14%20Technology%20Talent%20and%20Tolerance.pdf\"\u003ETalento, tecnologia e toler\u00e2ncia seriam os pontos chaves para uma regi\u00e3o se desenvolver\u003C/a\u003E e, l\u00e1 est\u00e1, ser um ecossistema de inova\u00e7\u00e3o, cluster, meio inovador ou o termo que se queira usar. A toler\u00e2ncia, mesmo na obra de Florida, tem sido tamb\u00e9m desenvolvida como uma \u201cesp\u00e9cie\u201d de qualidade de vida que atrairia a \u201c\u003Ca href=\"http://www.creativeclass.com/\"\u003Eclasse criativa\u003C/a\u003E\u201d ou os talentos.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA soma de todos este factores \u00e9 que consegue criar uma \u201centrepeneurship scene\u201d, o ponto em que passa algo a ser \u00f3bvio para todos: para \u00a0quem quiser come\u00e7ar uma empresa, aquele \u00e9 o \u201co\u201d lugar para faz\u00ea-lo.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPodemos ver aqui o caso de Austin, um dos novos \u201cspots\u201d do empreendedorismo nos EUA:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EE em Portugal? Onde \u00e9 que h\u00e1 uma \u201centrepeneurship scene\u201d?\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEm Coimbra, definitivamente, h\u00e1 uma. E os seus argumentos s\u00e3o conhecidos:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://ineo.pt/2010/03/roteiro-de-spin-offs-da-universidade-de-coimbra/\"\u003EUma Universidade que tem gerado das mais importantes empresas tecnol\u00f3gic\u003C/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://ineo.pt/2010/03/roteiro-de-spin-offs-da-universidade-de-coimbra/\"\u003Eas;\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https://www.ipn-incubadora.pt/\"\u003EA 2\u00aa melhor incubadora do mundo \u003C/a\u003E(declara\u00e7\u00e3o de interesses: trabalho no edif\u00edcio ao lado) e uma rede de entidades que apoia empresas e empreendedores.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EUm ambiente vibrante de oportunidades e neg\u00f3cios.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEste \u00faltimo ponto n\u00e3o \u00e9 propriamente tang\u00edvel nem mensur\u00e1vel. \u00c9 sim, algo que quando se come\u00e7a a sentir que \u201cest\u00e1 no ar\u201d, ent\u00e3o sabemos que temos uma verdadeira \u201ccena de empreendedorismo\u201d.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EO que acham?\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPara um mapeamento do que isso pode ser, fica aqui um modesto contributo, certamente incompleto, obviamente aberto a contribui\u00e7\u00f5es, e sobretudo, em permanente constru\u00e7\u00e3o:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://ineo.pt/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Coimbra_Entrepeneurship_Scene-13.gif\"\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"Coimbra_Entrepeneurship_Scene \" src=\"http://ineo.pt/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Coimbra_Entrepeneurship_Scene-13.gif\" height=\"294\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.mindmeister.com/42910028/coimbra-entrepeneurship-scene\"\u003EO original (com links) pode ser consultado aqui.\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ineo/~4/8oGqq0dd248\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" /\u003E"} <p>Este <a href="http://ineo.pt/2010/02/o-que-torna-uma-cidade-num-centro-de-empreendedorismo/">post</a> fez-me recordar que, em tempos idos (10 anos atrás) escrevi uma tese de mestrado em economia dedicada à fundamental questão “porque é que umas regiões se desenvolvem mais do que outras”.</p> <p>Após a defesa, em vez de seguir o caminho “normal” de tentar publicar uns artigos ou mesmo um livro, decidi uma via alternativa: criar um portal (www.carloscerqueira.com) dedicado a esta área e permitir o download gratuito da tese, num pdf desbloqueado. A tarefa envolveu alguns meses da minha vida, a aquisição de uns calhamaços sobre deamweaver (sabia zero sobre programação Web) e uma boa dose de entusiasmo. Note-se que em 2001 as ferramentas de blogues ainda não estavam popularizadas, e sobretudo, eram bastantes rudimentares em termos de funcionalidades.</p> <p>O site esteve online durante cerca de 4 anos, com muitos visitantes de todo o mundo lusófono (a tese está escrita em português), até que por falta de actualização e uma dificuldade do host provider aceitar o meu pagamento via cartão de crédito (mas tinha saldo, garanto…), decidi fechar a loja. <a href="http://carloscerqueira.com/">By the way, o domínio agora é usado neste site, se alguém souber chinês (ou será japonês…), por favor, elucide-me sobre o que é que ando (pelos vistos…) a vender online.</a></p> <p>De todo o modo, o gosto por esta questão nunca mais me abandonou, e alguns autores que consultei passaram a ser seguidos com grande entusiasmo (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krugman">Krugmam</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Porter">Porter</a>, <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/~promer/index.html">Romer</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_J._Scott">Scott</a>, <a href="http://www2.lse.ac.uk/geographyAndEnvironment/whosWho/profiles/storper/Home.aspx">Storper</a>, <a href="http://www.benko-lazar.com/pages/georges/presentation.htm">Benko</a>, <a href="http://lipietz.net/">Lipietz</a>…e <a href="http://www.creativeclass.com/richard_florida/">Richard Florida</a>).</p> <p>É bastante conhecido o que Florida escreveu sobre este ponto. <a href="http://www.creativeclass.com/rfcgdb/articles/14%20Technology%20Talent%20and%20Tolerance.pdf">Talento, tecnologia e tolerância seriam os pontos chaves para uma região se desenvolver</a> e, lá está, ser um ecossistema de inovação, cluster, meio inovador ou o termo que se queira usar. A tolerância, mesmo na obra de Florida, tem sido também desenvolvida como uma “espécie” de qualidade de vida que atrairia a “<a href="http://www.creativeclass.com/">classe criativa</a>” ou os talentos.</p> <p>A soma de todos este factores é que consegue criar uma “entrepeneurship scene”, o ponto em que passa algo a ser óbvio para todos: para  quem quiser começar uma empresa, aquele é o “o” lugar para fazê-lo.</p> <p>Podemos ver aqui o caso de Austin, um dos novos “spots” do empreendedorismo nos EUA:</p> <div></div> <p><br /></p> <p>E em Portugal? Onde é que há uma “entrepeneurship scene”?</p> <p>Em Coimbra, definitivamente, há uma. E os seus argumentos são conhecidos:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://ineo.pt/2010/03/roteiro-de-spin-offs-da-universidade-de-coimbra/">Uma Universidade que tem gerado das mais importantes empresas tecnológic</a><a href="http://ineo.pt/2010/03/roteiro-de-spin-offs-da-universidade-de-coimbra/">as;</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ipn-incubadora.pt/">A 2ª melhor incubadora do mundo </a>(declaração de interesses: trabalho no edifício ao lado) e uma rede de entidades que apoia empresas e empreendedores.</li> <li>Um ambiente vibrante de oportunidades e negócios.</li> </ul> <p>Este último ponto não é propriamente tangível nem mensurável. É sim, algo que quando se começa a sentir que “está no ar”, então sabemos que temos uma verdadeira “cena de empreendedorismo”.</p> <p>O que acham?</p> <p>Para um mapeamento do que isso pode ser, fica aqui um modesto contributo, certamente incompleto, obviamente aberto a contribuições, e sobretudo, em permanente construção:</p> <p><a href="http://ineo.pt/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Coimbra_Entrepeneurship_Scene-13.gif"><img title="Coimbra_Entrepeneurship_Scene " src="http://ineo.pt/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Coimbra_Entrepeneurship_Scene-13.gif" height="294" alt="" width="500" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mindmeister.com/42910028/coimbra-entrepeneurship-scene">O original (com links) pode ser consultado aqui.</a></p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ineo/~4/8oGqq0dd248" height="1" width="1" />Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:42:05 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/48173739/Empreendedorismo-em-cenaurn:www-soup-io:1:48173739regularuncategorizedcoimbraempreendedorismoineoipnstartupsuc the cost of doing what you love {"tags":["Uncategorized"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/05/the-cost/\"\u003Ethe cost of doing what you love\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://gapingvoid.com/2010/03/05/the-cost/","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"successful1003\" src=\"http://gapingvoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/successful1003-550x467.jpg\" height=\"467\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E[\"Successful\", which I sent out recently in \u003Ca href=\"http://gapingvoid.com/newsletter\"\u003Ethe newsletter\u003C/a\u003E. You can \u003Ca href=\"http://www.gapingvoidgallery.com/product_info.php?products_id=121\u0026amp;utm_source=gapingvoid.com+mailing+list\u0026amp;utm_campaign=78afa4f37d-gapingvoid+daily+cartoon+%2330+-+March+1%2C+2010.\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\"\u003Eget the signed print here\u003C/a\u003E etc.]\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile writing \u003Ca href=\"http://gapingvoid.com/ep\"\u003Ethe first draft of EVIL PLANS\u003C/a\u003E, I wrote about \u003Ca href=\"http://gapingvoid.com/2009/05/11/welcome-to-the-hunger/\"\u003E\u201cThe Hunger\u201d\u003C/a\u003E- that primal drive we all have to do something meaningful with our lives.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Hun\u00adger will give you everything. And it will take from you, everything. It will cost you your life, and there\u2019s not a damn thing you can do about it.\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat do I mean by \u201cEverything\u201d?\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWell, pretty much what I said. Anything worth doing takes forever. And if time is all we have have, then QED, time is \u201cEverything\u201d.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOnly you can decide if it\u2019s worth it\u2026\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cimg src=\"http://gapingvoid.com/?ak_action=api_record_view\u0026amp;id=11692\u0026amp;type=feed\" alt=\"\" /\u003E"} <p><img title="successful1003" src="http://gapingvoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/successful1003-550x467.jpg" height="467" alt="" width="550" /></p> <p><em>["Successful", which I sent out recently in <a href="http://gapingvoid.com/newsletter">the newsletter</a>. You can <a href="http://www.gapingvoidgallery.com/product_info.php?products_id=121&amp;utm_source=gapingvoid.com+mailing+list&amp;utm_campaign=78afa4f37d-gapingvoid+daily+cartoon+%2330+-+March+1%2C+2010.&amp;utm_medium=email">get the signed print here</a> etc.]</em></p> <p>While writing <a href="http://gapingvoid.com/ep">the first draft of EVIL PLANS</a>, I wrote about <a href="http://gapingvoid.com/2009/05/11/welcome-to-the-hunger/">“The Hunger”</a>- that primal drive we all have to do something meaningful with our lives.</p> <blockquote><p>The Hun­ger will give you everything. And it will take from you, everything. It will cost you your life, and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it.</p></blockquote> <p>What do I mean by “Everything”?</p> <p>Well, pretty much what I said. Anything worth doing takes forever. And if time is all we have have, then QED, time is “Everything”.</p> <p>Only you can decide if it’s worth it…</p> <img src="http://gapingvoid.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&amp;id=11692&amp;type=feed" alt="" />Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:01:57 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/47366015/the-cost-of-doing-what-you-loveurn:www-soup-io:1:47366015regularuncategorized You will … {"tags":["Uncategorized"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://www.bspcn.com/2010/03/04/you-will/\"\u003EYou will \u2026\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://www.bspcn.com/2010/03/04/you-will/","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://i.imgur.com/wIXWX.png\" alt=\"You will ... \" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003C/div\u003E\n\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?a=jQ01wBwlaWk:fd2DWP1Ctvk:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?i=jQ01wBwlaWk:fd2DWP1Ctvk:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?a=jQ01wBwlaWk:fd2DWP1Ctvk:I9og5sOYxJI\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?a=jQ01wBwlaWk:fd2DWP1Ctvk:qj6IDK7rITs\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?a=jQ01wBwlaWk:fd2DWP1Ctvk:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?i=jQ01wBwlaWk:fd2DWP1Ctvk:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?a=jQ01wBwlaWk:fd2DWP1Ctvk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?a=jQ01wBwlaWk:fd2DWP1Ctvk:D7DqB2pKExk\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?i=jQ01wBwlaWk:fd2DWP1Ctvk:D7DqB2pKExk\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\n\u003C/div\u003E"} <p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/wIXWX.png" alt="You will ... " /></p> <div> <div> </div> </div> <div></div><p></p><div> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?a=jQ01wBwlaWk:fd2DWP1Ctvk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?i=jQ01wBwlaWk:fd2DWP1Ctvk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?a=jQ01wBwlaWk:fd2DWP1Ctvk:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?d=I9og5sOYxJI" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?a=jQ01wBwlaWk:fd2DWP1Ctvk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?a=jQ01wBwlaWk:fd2DWP1Ctvk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?i=jQ01wBwlaWk:fd2DWP1Ctvk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?a=jQ01wBwlaWk:fd2DWP1Ctvk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?a=jQ01wBwlaWk:fd2DWP1Ctvk:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bspcn?i=jQ01wBwlaWk:fd2DWP1Ctvk:D7DqB2pKExk" /></a> </div>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:48:32 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/47383009/You-willurn:www-soup-io:1:47383009regularuncategorized Your turn {"tags":["Uncategorized"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/adrift/~3/a-vocgOHGRw/\"\u003EYour turn\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/adrift/~3/a-vocgOHGRw/","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"WWF ad\" src=\"http://img.feedingtherobots.com//WWF-ad.png\" height=\"434\" alt=\"WWF ad\" width=\"333\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAd spotted on \u003Ca href=\"http://lecool.com/cities/lisboa?language=en\"\u003ELe Cool Lisboa\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/adrift/~4/a-vocgOHGRw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" /\u003E"} <p><img title="WWF ad" src="http://img.feedingtherobots.com//WWF-ad.png" height="434" alt="WWF ad" width="333" /></p> <p>Ad spotted on <a href="http://lecool.com/cities/lisboa?language=en">Le Cool Lisboa</a></p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/adrift/~4/a-vocgOHGRw" height="1" width="1" />Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:58:30 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/47287122/Your-turnurn:www-soup-io:1:47287122regularuncategorized Interregno {"tags":["Uncategorized"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://mvalente.eu/2010/02/17/interregno/\"\u003EInterregno\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://mvalente.eu/2010/02/17/interregno/","body":"\u003Cp\u003EFernando Pessoa, \u201cO Interregno\u201d, 1928\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u201cTr\u00eas Doutrinas do Interregno:\u003C/em\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003E1. A Na\u00e7\u00e3o est\u00e1 divida contra si mesma\u003C/em\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003E\u201c(\u2026) porque n\u00e3o temos uma ideia portuguesa, um ideal nacional, um conceito missional de n\u00f3s mesmos\u201d.\u003C/em\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003E2. Portugal, hoje, \u00e9 um Estado de Transi\u00e7\u00e3o\u003C/em\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003E\u201c(\u2026)a condi\u00e7\u00e3o de um pa\u00eds em que est\u00e3o suspensas as actividades superiores da Na\u00e7\u00e3o como conjunto e elemento hist\u00f3rico (\u2026), mas n\u00e3o est\u00e1 suspensa a pr\u00f3pria Na\u00e7\u00e3o como conjunto e elemento hist\u00f3rico (\u2026), mas n\u00e3o est\u00e1 suspensa a pr\u00f3pria Na\u00e7\u00e3o que tem de continuar a viver e, dentro dos limites que esse Estado lhe imp\u00f5e, a orientar-se o melhor que pode. (..) os governantes de um Pa\u00eds em um per\u00edodo destes, t\u00eam pois que limitar a sua ac\u00e7\u00e3o ao m\u00ednimo, ao indispens\u00e1vel.\u201d\u003C/em\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003E3. As esferas superiores da Na\u00e7\u00e3o acham-se quase completamente desnacionalizadas\u003C/em\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003E\u201cEstamos hoje sem vida provincial definida, com a religi\u00e3o convertida em supersti\u00e7\u00e3o e em moda, com a fam\u00edlia em plena dissolu\u00e7\u00e3o. (\u2026) Ora um pa\u00eds em que isto se d\u00e1, e em todos sentem que se d\u00e1, um pa\u00eds onde (\u2026) n\u00e3o pode (\u2026) haver opini\u00e3o p\u00fablica em que elas se fundem ou com que se regulem, nesse pa\u00eds todos os indiv\u00edduos e todas as correntes de consenso, apela,instintivamente ou para a fraude ou para a for\u00e7a, pois, onde n\u00e3o pode haver lei, tem a fraude, que \u00e9 a substitui\u00e7\u00e3o de lei, ou a for\u00e7a, que \u00e9 aboli\u00e7\u00e3o dela, necessariamente que imperar.\u201d\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EV\u00e1, ide ler. Afinal \u00e9 Fernando Pessoa, n\u00e3o se pode contestar nem h\u00e1 que enganar.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://multipessoa.net/labirinto/obra-publica/24\"\u003EO Interregno, texto integral\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://purl.pt/13962/2/\"\u003EO Interregno, original\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E"} <p>Fernando Pessoa, “O Interregno”, 1928</p> <p><em>“Três Doutrinas do Interregno:</em><br /> <em>1. A Nação está divida contra si mesma</em><br /> <em>“(…) porque não temos uma ideia portuguesa, um ideal nacional, um conceito missional de nós mesmos”.</em><br /> <em>2. Portugal, hoje, é um Estado de Transição</em><br /> <em>“(…)a condição de um país em que estão suspensas as actividades superiores da Nação como conjunto e elemento histórico (…), mas não está suspensa a própria Nação como conjunto e elemento histórico (…), mas não está suspensa a própria Nação que tem de continuar a viver e, dentro dos limites que esse Estado lhe impõe, a orientar-se o melhor que pode. (..) os governantes de um País em um período destes, têm pois que limitar a sua acção ao mínimo, ao indispensável.”</em><br /> <em>3. As esferas superiores da Nação acham-se quase completamente desnacionalizadas</em><br /> <em>“Estamos hoje sem vida provincial definida, com a religião convertida em superstição e em moda, com a família em plena dissolução. (…) Ora um país em que isto se dá, e em todos sentem que se dá, um país onde (…) não pode (…) haver opinião pública em que elas se fundem ou com que se regulem, nesse país todos os indivíduos e todas as correntes de consenso, apela,instintivamente ou para a fraude ou para a força, pois, onde não pode haver lei, tem a fraude, que é a substituição de lei, ou a força, que é abolição dela, necessariamente que imperar.”</em></p> <p>Vá, ide ler. Afinal é Fernando Pessoa, não se pode contestar nem há que enganar.</p> <p><a href="http://multipessoa.net/labirinto/obra-publica/24">O Interregno, texto integral</a></p> <p><a href="http://purl.pt/13962/2/">O Interregno, original</a></p>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:11:56 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/45495915/Interregnourn:www-soup-io:1:45495915regularuncategorized Green Tone Bits: Session #11 (First Anniversary) {"tags":["Uncategorized","events","news"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://greentonebits.com/updates/green-tone-bits-session-11-first-anniversary/\"\u003EGreen Tone Bits: Session #11 (First Anniversary)\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://greentonebits.com/updates/green-tone-bits-session-11-first-anniversary/","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"gtb online poster s11\" src=\"http://greentonebits.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/gtb-onlineposter-s11.png\" height=\"450\" alt=\"gtb online poster s11\" width=\"450\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe eleventh \u003Cstrong\u003EGreen Tone Bits\u003C/strong\u003E session is just a few days away. Happy anniversary!\u003Cbr /\u003E\nMark your calendars: Friday, 19 February 2010, from 22:30 to 02:00 GMT.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOur first anniversary is here. For the past year, we\u2019ve been showcasing and sharing some of the best free digital music from all around the globe, proving that - even though there are still some strong non-believers - free music can be just as good as its paid counterpart. We showed that \u201cfree\u201d doesn\u2019t necessarily mean \u201ccheap\u201d and that \u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/eksprimentell-teknisk-avantgarde-saer-dop-steikbra-metal-musikk\"\u003Eeksprimentell-teknisk-avantgarde-saer-dop-steikbra-metal-musikk\u003C/a\u003E isn\u2019t the only music genre being released by netlabels. The bottom line: quality music can be free - and legal.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe had a reasonably good (live) attendance at the sessions. Online, people from several countries (the US, Germany, France, Italy, Brazil, the UK, etc.) tuned in to the live streaming and/or downloaded the session\u2019s playlists. Still, we believe we can reach a lot more people.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, next friday - February 19 - we\u2019ll be celebrating the\u00a0Green Tone Bits\u2019 accomplishments and future - and free music in general.\u00a0\u003Ca href=\"http://ogamico.com/\"\u003EOg\u00e2mico\u003C/a\u003E [\u003Ca href=\"http://maps.google.com.br/maps/ms?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;source=embed\u0026amp;oe=UTF8\u0026amp;msa=0\u0026amp;msid=117670504867741027632.0004511d3482a30c79270\u0026amp;z=17\"\u003Emap\u003C/a\u003E] is still our headquarters \u00a0- \u003Cstrong\u003Eand there will even be a special drink to match the event\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E! \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso, as usual: listen to the\u00a0\u003Cstrong\u003Elive streaming on the site\u003C/strong\u003E if you can\u2019t make it; if you do make it to Og\u00e2mico, \u003Cstrong\u003Ebring your sad, empty MP3 player and we\u2019ll happily transfer the previous sessions\u2019 playlists\u003C/strong\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYou really can\u2019t say no to an evening like this, can you? Cya!\u003C/p\u003E"} <p><img title="gtb online poster s11" src="http://greentonebits.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/gtb-onlineposter-s11.png" height="450" alt="gtb online poster s11" width="450" /></p> <p>The eleventh <strong>Green Tone Bits</strong> session is just a few days away. Happy anniversary!<br /> Mark your calendars: Friday, 19 February 2010, from 22:30 to 02:00 GMT.</p> <p>Our first anniversary is here. For the past year, we’ve been showcasing and sharing some of the best free digital music from all around the globe, proving that - even though there are still some strong non-believers - free music can be just as good as its paid counterpart. We showed that “free” doesn’t necessarily mean “cheap” and that <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/eksprimentell-teknisk-avantgarde-saer-dop-steikbra-metal-musikk">eksprimentell-teknisk-avantgarde-saer-dop-steikbra-metal-musikk</a> isn’t the only music genre being released by netlabels. The bottom line: quality music can be free - and legal.</p> <p>We had a reasonably good (live) attendance at the sessions. Online, people from several countries (the US, Germany, France, Italy, Brazil, the UK, etc.) tuned in to the live streaming and/or downloaded the session’s playlists. Still, we believe we can reach a lot more people.</p> <p>So, next friday - February 19 - we’ll be celebrating the Green Tone Bits’ accomplishments and future - and free music in general. <a href="http://ogamico.com/">Ogâmico</a> [<a href="http://maps.google.com.br/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;source=embed&amp;oe=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=117670504867741027632.0004511d3482a30c79270&amp;z=17">map</a>] is still our headquarters  - <strong>and there will even be a special drink to match the event</strong><strong>! </strong></p> <p>Also, as usual: listen to the <strong>live streaming on the site</strong> if you can’t make it; if you do make it to Ogâmico, <strong>bring your sad, empty MP3 player and we’ll happily transfer the previous sessions’ playlists</strong>.</p> <p>You really can’t say no to an evening like this, can you? Cya!</p>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:06:24 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/45495941/Green-Tone-Bits-Session-11-First-Anniversaryurn:www-soup-io:1:45495941regularuncategorizedeventsnews O Orçamento Silva {"tags":["Uncategorized"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://mvalente.eu/2010/01/27/o-orcamento-silva/\"\u003EO Or\u00e7amento Silva\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://mvalente.eu/2010/01/27/o-orcamento-silva/","body":"\u003Cp\u003EA fam\u00edlia Silva \u00e9 uma fam\u00edlia portuguesa t\u00edpica: recebe mensalmente os seus sal\u00e1rios e faz os seus gastos. O problema \u00e9 que a fam\u00edlia Silva gasta mais do que o que recebe. O que lhes est\u00e1 a causar um problema. Conv\u00e9m perceber porqu\u00ea.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPara tal veja-se em detalhe as caracter\u00edsticas do problema (assuma-se, por facilidade de contas, que s\u00e3o 12 sal\u00e1rios no ano e n\u00e3o 14):\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003Ea fam\u00edla Silva em conjunto consegue produzir/ganhar 1000\u20ac mensais. Tem a garantia que os recebe porque sen\u00e3o leva o contribuinte dos seus ordenados a tribunal e se o contribuinte (a empresa onde trabalham) n\u00e3o pagar, vai preso.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003Eisto significa que o Produto Interno Silva \u00e9 de 12 x 1000\u20ac = 12.000\u20ac\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003Eo problema \u00e9 que a fam\u00edlia Silva gastou no ano 2000 mais do que o que ganhava. Todos os meses gastou 1.100\u20ac, ou seja, mais 10% do que o que ganhava. Chegou ao fim do ano e tinha gasto 12.000\u20ac + 1.200\u20ac = 13.200\u20ac, ou seja, mais 10% do que do Produto Interno Silva. O D\u00e9fice Silva Anual nesse ano foi de 10% face ao Produto Interno Silva.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003Epara fazer face ao D\u00e9fice Anual Silva do ano em causa, a fam\u00edlia Silva arranjou um empr\u00e9stimo de 1.200\u20ac que o Banco Internacional lhe concedeu contra a assinatura de uma letra no mesmo valor. A D\u00edvida Privada Silva, no ano de 2001, passou assim a ser de 1.200\u20ac, 10% do Produto Interno Silva\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003Eno in\u00edcio de 2001, a fam\u00edlia Silva resolveu precaver-se e fazer um Or\u00e7amento, o Or\u00e7amento Silva. Projectou as suas despesas, n\u00e3o se esquecendo de incluir o investimento numa nova TV LCD. Para isso assumiu que iria haver um D\u00e9fice Or\u00e7amental Silva de 10%. Ou seja, que iria gastar 13.200\u20ac mais 1.200\u20ac do que os 12.000\u20ac a receber. Iriam cobrir o D\u00e9fice Or\u00e7amental Silva de 10% com mais um empr\u00e9stimo do Banco Internacional, ficando assim com uma D\u00edvida Privada Silva de 20% (2.400\u20ac) do Produto Interno Silva\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003Eo Banco Internacional concedeu o empr\u00e9stimo \u00e0 fam\u00edlia Silva (contra a assinatura de outra letra), mas um amigo da fam\u00edlia (o Fernando Manuel In\u00e1cio, FMI para os amigos) n\u00e3o deixou de avisar que n\u00e3o era conveniente manter os D\u00e9fices Or\u00e7amentais Silva acima dos 3% porque isso levaria rapidamente a uma Divida Silva de mais de 50% do Produto Interno Silva (ie. a uma divida de 6.000\u20ac) que seria dificil de pagar tendo em conta o Produto Interno Silva. A fam\u00edla Silva argumentou que este ano era por uma boa causa: o investimento numa TV LCD iria com certeza permitir um crescimento do Produto Interno Silva porque toda a fam\u00edlia estaria mais feliz e portanto mais produtiva.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003Eacontece que, chegados a 2002, na altura de se fazer o Or\u00e7amento Silva para esse ano, o \u201cinvestimento\u201d na TV LCD n\u00e3o tinha tido retornos (em verdade, n\u00e3o era esperado que tivesse) e n\u00e3o contribuiu em nada para a produtividade da fam\u00edla Silva. Nesse ano o Produto Interno Silva continuaria a ser de 12.000\u20ac. O D\u00e9fice Anual Silva de 2001 tinha sido de facto de 10% (1.200\u20ac) do Produto Interno Silva e a Divida Privada Silva tinha passado para 20% (2.400\u20ac) do Produto Interno Silva.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003Eapesar dos conselhos do amigo FMI, a fam\u00edlia Silva fez um Or\u00e7amento Silva para 2002 que inclu\u00eda um novo investimento, desta vez em roupa de marca que iria com certeza trazer retornos para a fam\u00edlia porque esta seria mais feliz. Esse investimento significava que iria have mais um ano em que o D\u00e9fice Or\u00e7amental Silva iria ser de 10% do Produto Interno Silva, mais 1.200\u20ac do que o que ganhavam com o Produto Interno Silva, valor esse que iria ser coberto por mais um empr\u00e9stimo do Banco Internacional (contra assinatura de uma letra). Chegando ao fim do ano, o D\u00e9fice Anual Silva seria mais uma vez de 10% do Produto Interno Silva e a Divida Privada Silva passaria para os 30% do Produto Interno Silva.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003Eo problema actual deriva do facto de a familia Silva ter feito o atr\u00e1s descrito durante 10 anos: todos os anos fez um Or\u00e7amento Silva Anual com um valor 10% superior ao Produto Interno Silva com fins de \u201cinvestimento\u201d, acabando por acumular uma D\u00edvida Privada Silva de 100% do Produto Interno Silva. Ou seja, a fam\u00edlia Silva encontra-se neste momento perante a situa\u00e7\u00e3o em que, caso o Banco Internacional o exigisse, teria de entregar todo o Produto Interno Silva do ano corrente, ficando sem nada para comer.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003Ea fam\u00edlia Silva tem mais investimentos para fazer e por isso pediu ao Banco Internacional mais um empr\u00e9stimo para cobrir os 10% a mais que o D\u00e9fice Or\u00e7amental Silva apresenta face ao Produto Interno Silva. Mas o Banco est\u00e1 renitente em emprestar o dinheiro, at\u00e9 porque um funcion\u00e1rio do Banco (o Sr John Rating) resolveu dizer que se a fam\u00edlia Silva continuasse com D\u00e9fices Anuais Silva na ordem dos 10% do Produto Interno Silva, seria necess\u00e1rio alterar a taxa de juro do empr\u00e9stimo. A fam\u00edlia Silva considerou isto um desaforo e considerou que o Sr Rating n\u00e3o tinha o direito de falar do empr\u00e9stimo da fam\u00edlia Silva nem muito menos de se meter nos assuntos da fam\u00edlia Silva. Ao que o Sr Rating respondeu que nesse caso n\u00e3o haveria empr\u00e9stimo nenhum, at\u00e9 porque o mais prov\u00e1vel era que com uma D\u00edvida Privada Silva de 100% do Produto Interno Silva, o mais prov\u00e1vel era a fam\u00edlia Silva n\u00e3o conseguir pagar as presta\u00e7\u00f5es do empr\u00e9stimo.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003Ee isto traz-nos ao problema actual da fam\u00edlia Silva: continua a ter um Produto Interno Silva de 12.000\u20ac anuais, mas j\u00e1 acumulou uma Divida Privada Silva de 100% do Produto Interno Silva (12.000\u20ac portanto). A ter de usar todo o Produto Interno Silva deste ano para pagar a Divida Privada Silva, ficam sem dinheiro para comer. E sem dinheiro para gastar em dois novos investimentos: uma pista de comboios el\u00e9ctrica e um avi\u00e3o telecomandado.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003Ea fam\u00edlia Silva j\u00e1 pensou em impor \u00e0 empresa onde trabalha (a empresa Portugal, que contribui com os sal\u00e1rios da fam\u00edlia Silva) um aumento dos sal\u00e1rios. Mas a empresa diz que n\u00e3o aceita que isso lhe seja \u003Cspan\u003Eimposto\u003C/span\u003E e que a fam\u00edlia Silva \u00e9 uma colec\u00e7\u00e3o de malandros, que at\u00e9 tinham prometido fazer mais pela empresa mas passaram o tempo em plen\u00e1rios a discutir qual era a melhor pista de comboios e qual era o melhor avi\u00e3o telecomandado. O que obviamente n\u00e3o tem nada a ver com a vida da empresa nem com a produtividade da mesma.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003Ea fam\u00edlia Silva tamb\u00e9m j\u00e1 pensou vender alguns bens que tinha recebido de um dos av\u00f4s (o Sr Botas), mas parece que isso lhe rende pouco mais do que 500\u20ac, cerca de 5% do Produto Interno Silva. O que mesmo assim n\u00e3o chega para cobrir o D\u00e9fice Anual Silva de 10% do Produto Interno Silva, nem muito menos para pagar parte significativa da Divida Privada Silva.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003Ea fam\u00edla Silva tamb\u00e9m j\u00e1 pensou em cortar as despesas em casa, mas os filhos Silva (um com 38 anos e o outro com 25) dizem que isso \u00e9 inaceit\u00e1vel. A op\u00e7\u00e3o de os mandar trabalhar foi considerada mas os filhos t\u00eam direitos b\u00e1sicos inalien\u00e1veis e por lei n\u00e3o \u00e9 poss\u00edvel recusar-lhes cama, comida e roupa lavada.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003Eperante este impasse a fam\u00edlia Silva espera n\u00e3o ter de recorrer a um empr\u00e9stimo do amigo Fernando Manuel In\u00e1cio. \u00c9 que ele j\u00e1 disse que at\u00e9 emprestava o dinheiro, mas que n\u00e3o havia pista de comboios para ningu\u00e9m nem avi\u00e3o telecomandado. E que ainda tinham de lhe dar a TV LCD e as roupas de marca como garantia. Para al\u00e9m disso, parece que o amigo \u00e9 falador e que \u00e9 garantido que as outras fam\u00edlias v\u00e3o ficar a saber do problema da fam\u00edlia Silva. O que pode prejudicar os jantares gr\u00e1tis para onde a fam\u00edlia Silva \u00e9 convidada de vez em quando.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA fam\u00edlia Silva agradece qualquer contribui\u00e7\u00e3o no sentido de resolver este problema, desde que a mesma n\u00e3o implique trabalhar mais ou gastar menos. Prefere uma solu\u00e7\u00e3o que inclua uma institui\u00e7\u00e3o de cr\u00e9dito que esteja dispon\u00edvel para ser enganada e para emprestar mais algum. \u00c9 este ano que os investimentos v\u00e3o dar frutos. Garantido.\u003C/p\u003E"} <p>A família Silva é uma família portuguesa típica: recebe mensalmente os seus salários e faz os seus gastos. O problema é que a família Silva gasta mais do que o que recebe. O que lhes está a causar um problema. Convém perceber porquê.</p> <p><span></span></p> <p>Para tal veja-se em detalhe as características do problema (assuma-se, por facilidade de contas, que são 12 salários no ano e não 14):</p> <ul> <li>a famíla Silva em conjunto consegue produzir/ganhar 1000€ mensais. Tem a garantia que os recebe porque senão leva o contribuinte dos seus ordenados a tribunal e se o contribuinte (a empresa onde trabalham) não pagar, vai preso.</li> <li>isto significa que o Produto Interno Silva é de 12 x 1000€ = 12.000€</li> <li>o problema é que a família Silva gastou no ano 2000 mais do que o que ganhava. Todos os meses gastou 1.100€, ou seja, mais 10% do que o que ganhava. Chegou ao fim do ano e tinha gasto 12.000€ + 1.200€ = 13.200€, ou seja, mais 10% do que do Produto Interno Silva. O Défice Silva Anual nesse ano foi de 10% face ao Produto Interno Silva.</li> <li>para fazer face ao Défice Anual Silva do ano em causa, a família Silva arranjou um empréstimo de 1.200€ que o Banco Internacional lhe concedeu contra a assinatura de uma letra no mesmo valor. A Dívida Privada Silva, no ano de 2001, passou assim a ser de 1.200€, 10% do Produto Interno Silva</li> <li>no início de 2001, a família Silva resolveu precaver-se e fazer um Orçamento, o Orçamento Silva. Projectou as suas despesas, não se esquecendo de incluir o investimento numa nova TV LCD. Para isso assumiu que iria haver um Défice Orçamental Silva de 10%. Ou seja, que iria gastar 13.200€ mais 1.200€ do que os 12.000€ a receber. Iriam cobrir o Défice Orçamental Silva de 10% com mais um empréstimo do Banco Internacional, ficando assim com uma Dívida Privada Silva de 20% (2.400€) do Produto Interno Silva</li> <li>o Banco Internacional concedeu o empréstimo à família Silva (contra a assinatura de outra letra), mas um amigo da família (o Fernando Manuel Inácio, FMI para os amigos) não deixou de avisar que não era conveniente manter os Défices Orçamentais Silva acima dos 3% porque isso levaria rapidamente a uma Divida Silva de mais de 50% do Produto Interno Silva (ie. a uma divida de 6.000€) que seria dificil de pagar tendo em conta o Produto Interno Silva. A famíla Silva argumentou que este ano era por uma boa causa: o investimento numa TV LCD iria com certeza permitir um crescimento do Produto Interno Silva porque toda a família estaria mais feliz e portanto mais produtiva.</li> <li>acontece que, chegados a 2002, na altura de se fazer o Orçamento Silva para esse ano, o “investimento” na TV LCD não tinha tido retornos (em verdade, não era esperado que tivesse) e não contribuiu em nada para a produtividade da famíla Silva. Nesse ano o Produto Interno Silva continuaria a ser de 12.000€. O Défice Anual Silva de 2001 tinha sido de facto de 10% (1.200€) do Produto Interno Silva e a Divida Privada Silva tinha passado para 20% (2.400€) do Produto Interno Silva.</li> <li>apesar dos conselhos do amigo FMI, a família Silva fez um Orçamento Silva para 2002 que incluía um novo investimento, desta vez em roupa de marca que iria com certeza trazer retornos para a família porque esta seria mais feliz. Esse investimento significava que iria have mais um ano em que o Défice Orçamental Silva iria ser de 10% do Produto Interno Silva, mais 1.200€ do que o que ganhavam com o Produto Interno Silva, valor esse que iria ser coberto por mais um empréstimo do Banco Internacional (contra assinatura de uma letra). Chegando ao fim do ano, o Défice Anual Silva seria mais uma vez de 10% do Produto Interno Silva e a Divida Privada Silva passaria para os 30% do Produto Interno Silva.</li> <li>o problema actual deriva do facto de a familia Silva ter feito o atrás descrito durante 10 anos: todos os anos fez um Orçamento Silva Anual com um valor 10% superior ao Produto Interno Silva com fins de “investimento”, acabando por acumular uma Dívida Privada Silva de 100% do Produto Interno Silva. Ou seja, a família Silva encontra-se neste momento perante a situação em que, caso o Banco Internacional o exigisse, teria de entregar todo o Produto Interno Silva do ano corrente, ficando sem nada para comer.</li> <li>a família Silva tem mais investimentos para fazer e por isso pediu ao Banco Internacional mais um empréstimo para cobrir os 10% a mais que o Défice Orçamental Silva apresenta face ao Produto Interno Silva. Mas o Banco está renitente em emprestar o dinheiro, até porque um funcionário do Banco (o Sr John Rating) resolveu dizer que se a família Silva continuasse com Défices Anuais Silva na ordem dos 10% do Produto Interno Silva, seria necessário alterar a taxa de juro do empréstimo. A família Silva considerou isto um desaforo e considerou que o Sr Rating não tinha o direito de falar do empréstimo da família Silva nem muito menos de se meter nos assuntos da família Silva. Ao que o Sr Rating respondeu que nesse caso não haveria empréstimo nenhum, até porque o mais provável era que com uma Dívida Privada Silva de 100% do Produto Interno Silva, o mais provável era a família Silva não conseguir pagar as prestações do empréstimo.</li> <li>e isto traz-nos ao problema actual da família Silva: continua a ter um Produto Interno Silva de 12.000€ anuais, mas já acumulou uma Divida Privada Silva de 100% do Produto Interno Silva (12.000€ portanto). A ter de usar todo o Produto Interno Silva deste ano para pagar a Divida Privada Silva, ficam sem dinheiro para comer. E sem dinheiro para gastar em dois novos investimentos: uma pista de comboios eléctrica e um avião telecomandado.</li> <li>a família Silva já pensou em impor à empresa onde trabalha (a empresa Portugal, que contribui com os salários da família Silva) um aumento dos salários. Mas a empresa diz que não aceita que isso lhe seja <span>imposto</span> e que a família Silva é uma colecção de malandros, que até tinham prometido fazer mais pela empresa mas passaram o tempo em plenários a discutir qual era a melhor pista de comboios e qual era o melhor avião telecomandado. O que obviamente não tem nada a ver com a vida da empresa nem com a produtividade da mesma.</li> <li>a família Silva também já pensou vender alguns bens que tinha recebido de um dos avôs (o Sr Botas), mas parece que isso lhe rende pouco mais do que 500€, cerca de 5% do Produto Interno Silva. O que mesmo assim não chega para cobrir o Défice Anual Silva de 10% do Produto Interno Silva, nem muito menos para pagar parte significativa da Divida Privada Silva.</li> <li>a famíla Silva também já pensou em cortar as despesas em casa, mas os filhos Silva (um com 38 anos e o outro com 25) dizem que isso é inaceitável. A opção de os mandar trabalhar foi considerada mas os filhos têm direitos básicos inalienáveis e por lei não é possível recusar-lhes cama, comida e roupa lavada.</li> <li>perante este impasse a família Silva espera não ter de recorrer a um empréstimo do amigo Fernando Manuel Inácio. É que ele já disse que até emprestava o dinheiro, mas que não havia pista de comboios para ninguém nem avião telecomandado. E que ainda tinham de lhe dar a TV LCD e as roupas de marca como garantia. Para além disso, parece que o amigo é falador e que é garantido que as outras famílias vão ficar a saber do problema da família Silva. O que pode prejudicar os jantares grátis para onde a família Silva é convidada de vez em quando.</li> </ul> <p>A família Silva agradece qualquer contribuição no sentido de resolver este problema, desde que a mesma não implique trabalhar mais ou gastar menos. Prefere uma solução que inclua uma instituição de crédito que esteja disponível para ser enganada e para emprestar mais algum. É este ano que os investimentos vão dar frutos. Garantido.</p>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:11:58 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/43351439/O-Or-amento-Silvaurn:www-soup-io:1:43351439regularuncategorized Undressing the Terror Threat – WSJ.com {"tags":["Uncategorized"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://mattmaroon.com/2010/01/09/undressing-the-terror-threat-wsj-com/\"\u003EUndressing the Terror Threat \u2013 WSJ.com\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://mattmaroon.com/2010/01/09/undressing-the-terror-threat-wsj-com/","body":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019m not much of a basketball player. Middle-age, with a shaky set shot and a bad knee, I can\u2019t hold my own in a YMCA pickup game, let alone against more organized competition. But I could definitely beat LeBron James in a game of one-on-one. The game just needs to feature two special rules: It lasts until I score, and when I score, I win.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe might have to play for a few days, and Mr. James\u2019s point total could well be creeping toward five figures before the contest ended, but eventually the gritty gutty competitor with a lunch-bucket work ethic (me) would subject the world\u2019s greatest basketball player to a humiliating defeat.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe world\u2019s greatest nation seems bent on subjecting itself to a similarly humiliating defeat, by playing a game that could be called Terrorball. The first two rules of Terrorball are:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E(1) The game lasts as long as there are terrorists who want to harm Americans; and\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E(2) If terrorists should manage to kill or injure or seriously frighten any of us, they win.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/PT-AN445_W3Feat_DV_20100108190412.jpg\" height=\"262\" alt=\"[W3Feature1]\" width=\"262\" /\u003E \u003Ccite\u003EPhoto illustration by John Kuczala\u003C/cite\u003E \u003C/div\u003E\n\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003ERead More\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703481004574646963713065116.html\"\u003ECrunching the Risk Numbers\u003C/a\u003E \u003C/strong\u003E \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThese rules help explain the otherwise inexplicable wave of hysteria that has swept over our government in the wake of the failed attempt by a rather pathetic aspiring terrorist to blow up a plane on Christmas Day.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003C/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003Evia \u003Ca href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704130904574644651587677752.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEADNewsCollection\"\u003Eonline.wsj.com\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\n\n\u003C/div\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003C/div\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/\" alt=\"\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/\" alt=\"\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/\" alt=\"\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/\" alt=\"\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/\" alt=\"\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Cimg src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattmaroon.com\u0026amp;blog=496061\u0026amp;post=762\u0026amp;subd=themaroon\u0026amp;ref=\u0026amp;feed=1\" alt=\"\" /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E"} <div><br /><div> <div> <blockquote> <p>I’m not much of a basketball player. Middle-age, with a shaky set shot and a bad knee, I can’t hold my own in a YMCA pickup game, let alone against more organized competition. But I could definitely beat LeBron James in a game of one-on-one. The game just needs to feature two special rules: It lasts until I score, and when I score, I win.</p> <p>We might have to play for a few days, and Mr. James’s point total could well be creeping toward five figures before the contest ended, but eventually the gritty gutty competitor with a lunch-bucket work ethic (me) would subject the world’s greatest basketball player to a humiliating defeat.</p> <p>The world’s greatest nation seems bent on subjecting itself to a similarly humiliating defeat, by playing a game that could be called Terrorball. The first two rules of Terrorball are:</p> <p>(1) The game lasts as long as there are terrorists who want to harm Americans; and</p> <p>(2) If terrorists should manage to kill or injure or seriously frighten any of us, they win.</p> <div> <div> <div><img src="http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/PT-AN445_W3Feat_DV_20100108190412.jpg" height="262" alt="[W3Feature1]" width="262" /> <cite>Photo illustration by John Kuczala</cite> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <h3>Read More</h3> <ul> <li><span> <strong> <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703481004574646963713065116.html">Crunching the Risk Numbers</a> </strong> </span></li> </ul></div> </div> <p>These rules help explain the otherwise inexplicable wave of hysteria that has swept over our government in the wake of the failed attempt by a rather pathetic aspiring terrorist to blow up a plane on Christmas Day.</p> </blockquote> <div>via <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704130904574644651587677752.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEADNewsCollection">online.wsj.com</a></div> </div> </div> <a href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/"><img src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/"><img src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/"><img src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/"><img src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/"><img src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/themaroon.wordpress.com/762/" alt="" /></a> <img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattmaroon.com&amp;blog=496061&amp;post=762&amp;subd=themaroon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" alt="" /></div>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:46:12 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/40993766/Undressing-the-Terror-Threat-WSJ-comurn:www-soup-io:1:40993766regularuncategorized Who puts the P in LAMP? {"tags":["PHP","Uncategorized","web development","choice","Django","Google","Google App Engine","languages","programming","Python","web"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://terrychay.com/article/php-or-python.shtml\"\u003EWho puts the P in LAMP?\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://terrychay.com/article/php-or-python.shtml","body":"\u003Cp\u003EReceived this yesterday:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo I\u2019m thinking of starting a new web project and was wondering if I could seek your advice. My tendency is to use \u003Ca href=\"http://www.php.net/\" title=\"PHP\" rel=\"homepage\"\u003EPHP\u003C/a\u003E since that\u2019s what I know and have used most in the past. Though, after talking to a lot of folks (namely Googlers\u2026go figure), I\u2019ve been encouraged to instead choose \u003Ca href=\"http://www.python.org/\" title=\"Python (programming language)\" rel=\"homepage\"\u003EPython\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESeeing as you\u2019re my favorite PHP Terrorist I was wondering if you have any specific thoughts on the subject.\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI still need to write another article on Python, but the short answer is I think if it\u2019s web, PHP is probably the better choice.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPHP is the shortest point between two distances on the web.\u201d\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2014Me, tongue-tied at a talk\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHowever there are some mitigating things to consider:\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EIf your budget is \u003Cstrong\u003Every\u003C/strong\u003E tight, then you can use Python and host it on \u003Ca href=\"http://code.google.com/appengine/\" title=\"Google App Engine\u2014Google Code\"\u003EGoogle App Engine\u003C/a\u003E. Yes, there are other solutions like \u003Ca href=\"http://phpazure.codeplex.com/\" title=\"Windows Azure SDK for PHP\"\u003EWindows Azure\u003C/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http://developer.ning.com/\" title=\"Ning\"\u003ENing\u003C/a\u003E, but I think that above shared hosting and short of slicehost, \u003Ca href=\"http://google.com\" title=\"Google\" rel=\"homepage\"\u003EGoogle\u003C/a\u003E is the best option.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EIf you only want to use/learn/maintain \u003Cstrong\u003Eone\u003C/strong\u003E language throughout the entire setup, then Python \u003Cspan title=\"This is more important than you would think. Imagine if you have multiple programmers in different languages, do all of them understand the other persons code? That won\u2019t be possible if you segment and specialize so the versatility of programming teams can be cut down\"\u003Eis a better choice\u003C/span\u003E. PHP can\u2019t do high concurrency and it\u2019s not very versatile \u003Ca href=\"http://terrychay.com/article/1500-lines-of-code.shtml\" title=\"1500 lines of code\"\u003Eby itself\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPHP\u2019s advantages are its ubiquity (host anywhere), relatively low skill requirements (easy to pick up), and it\u2019s ability to work with other \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_software\" title=\"Computer software\" rel=\"wikipedia\"\u003Esoftware\u003C/a\u003E packages and languages with ease (\u003Cspan title=\"It\u2019s actually easier to user other software packages in Python with \u201cimport\u201d, but those packages can easily be written in Python as in any other system, so they\u2019re not as desperate to use Matlab when they have their own version, for instance\"\u003Esimple and sucky\u003C/span\u003E). PHP is an easy second language to pick up because its similarity to scripting, C, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.perl.org/\" title=\"Perl\" rel=\"homepage\"\u003EPerl\u003C/a\u003E, etc. On the other hand, hiring good PHP developers who can design a clean architecture that isn\u2019t overbuilt or spaghetti \u003Ca href=\"http://terrychay.com/article/php-coders.shtml\" title=\"PHP coders\"\u003Eis hard\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPython\u2019s advantages are its collaboration for larger projects (clean design and readability), and being probably the best general \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language\" title=\"Scripting language\" rel=\"wikipedia\"\u003Escripting language\u003C/a\u003E on the market (versatility). Python is also a much easier language to \u003Ca href=\"http://terrychay.com/article/learning-programming.shtml\" title=\"5 million\"\u003Elearn to program for the first time\u003C/a\u003E. Learning Python for the web, pretty much means learning two things though: Python and a framework like \u003Ca href=\"http://www.djangoproject.com/\"\u003EDjango\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs for Google, I\u2019m not surprised. Google is very pro-python when choosing a scripting language, to the point of irrationality\u2014\u003Cspan title=\"YouTube was originally written in PHP. It was switched over to Python for no reason other than some Googlers told them it was better\"\u003E\u2014YouTube for instance\u003C/span\u003E. In fact, the knee jerk reaction of almost any Googler is \u201cuse Python\u201d in response to any programming question where a scripting language is involved. The reality is there is no best\u2014\u003Ca href=\"http://terrychay.com/article/simple-prescriptions-and-making-choices.shtml\" title=\"Simple prescriptions and making choices\"\u003E\u2014just a series of \u201cgood enough\u201d choices\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELook at the top 100 websites on the internet: about 40% of them are written in PHP and \u003Cspan title=\"Now it is 1% as there is Twitter.\"\u003E0% of them\u003C/span\u003E are written in Rails\u2026But to me, there is an alternate conclusion, since 60% of sites out there don\u2019t use PHP: \u201cThe web problem ain\u2019t that hard.\u201d\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPHP \u003Cstrong\u003Emay be\u003C/strong\u003E the best web language out there. But it certainly isn\u2019t the \u003Cstrong\u003Eonly\u003C/strong\u003E one. It\u2019s \u003Cstrong\u003Eone\u003C/strong\u003E approach, one that stresses configuration over convention, stupidity over smarts, practicality over elegance.\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2014\u003Ca href=\"http://terrychay.com/article/is-ruby-the-dog-and-php-the-dogfood.shtml\" title=\"Is Ruby the Dog and PHP the dogwood?\"\u003Eme\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/8e3d14f3-5308-447e-adf6-359a273e9269/\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=8e3d14f3-5308-447e-adf6-359a273e9269\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/div\u003E"} <p>Received this yesterday:</p> <blockquote><p>So I’m thinking of starting a new web project and was wondering if I could seek your advice. My tendency is to use <a href="http://www.php.net/" title="PHP">PHP</a> since that’s what I know and have used most in the past. Though, after talking to a lot of folks (namely Googlers…go figure), I’ve been encouraged to instead choose <a href="http://www.python.org/" title="Python (programming language)">Python</a>.</p> <p>Seeing as you’re my favorite PHP Terrorist I was wondering if you have any specific thoughts on the subject.</p></blockquote> <p>I still need to write another article on Python, but the short answer is I think if it’s web, PHP is probably the better choice.</p> <blockquote><p>“PHP is the shortest point between two distances on the web.”<br /> —Me, tongue-tied at a talk</p></blockquote> <p>However there are some mitigating things to consider:<span></span></p> <ul> <li>If your budget is <strong>very</strong> tight, then you can use Python and host it on <a href="http://code.google.com/appengine/" title="Google App Engine—Google Code">Google App Engine</a>. Yes, there are other solutions like <a href="http://phpazure.codeplex.com/" title="Windows Azure SDK for PHP">Windows Azure</a> and <a href="http://developer.ning.com/" title="Ning">Ning</a>, but I think that above shared hosting and short of slicehost, <a href="http://google.com" title="Google">Google</a> is the best option.</li> <li>If you only want to use/learn/maintain <strong>one</strong> language throughout the entire setup, then Python <span title="This is more important than you would think. Imagine if you have multiple programmers in different languages, do all of them understand the other persons code? That won’t be possible if you segment and specialize so the versatility of programming teams can be cut down">is a better choice</span>. PHP can’t do high concurrency and it’s not very versatile <a href="http://terrychay.com/article/1500-lines-of-code.shtml" title="1500 lines of code">by itself</a>.</li> </ul> <p>PHP’s advantages are its ubiquity (host anywhere), relatively low skill requirements (easy to pick up), and it’s ability to work with other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_software" title="Computer software">software</a> packages and languages with ease (<span title="It’s actually easier to user other software packages in Python with “import”, but those packages can easily be written in Python as in any other system, so they’re not as desperate to use Matlab when they have their own version, for instance">simple and sucky</span>). PHP is an easy second language to pick up because its similarity to scripting, C, <a href="http://www.perl.org/" title="Perl">Perl</a>, etc. On the other hand, hiring good PHP developers who can design a clean architecture that isn’t overbuilt or spaghetti <a href="http://terrychay.com/article/php-coders.shtml" title="PHP coders">is hard</a>.</p> <p>Python’s advantages are its collaboration for larger projects (clean design and readability), and being probably the best general <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language" title="Scripting language">scripting language</a> on the market (versatility). Python is also a much easier language to <a href="http://terrychay.com/article/learning-programming.shtml" title="5 million">learn to program for the first time</a>. Learning Python for the web, pretty much means learning two things though: Python and a framework like <a href="http://www.djangoproject.com/">Django</a>.</p> <p>As for Google, I’m not surprised. Google is very pro-python when choosing a scripting language, to the point of irrationality—<span title="YouTube was originally written in PHP. It was switched over to Python for no reason other than some Googlers told them it was better">—YouTube for instance</span>. In fact, the knee jerk reaction of almost any Googler is “use Python” in response to any programming question where a scripting language is involved. The reality is there is no best—<a href="http://terrychay.com/article/simple-prescriptions-and-making-choices.shtml" title="Simple prescriptions and making choices">—just a series of “good enough” choices</a>.</p> <blockquote><p>Look at the top 100 websites on the internet: about 40% of them are written in PHP and <span title="Now it is 1% as there is Twitter.">0% of them</span> are written in Rails…But to me, there is an alternate conclusion, since 60% of sites out there don’t use PHP: “The web problem ain’t that hard.”</p> <p>PHP <strong>may be</strong> the best web language out there. But it certainly isn’t the <strong>only</strong> one. It’s <strong>one</strong> approach, one that stresses configuration over convention, stupidity over smarts, practicality over elegance.<br /> —<a href="http://terrychay.com/article/is-ruby-the-dog-and-php-the-dogfood.shtml" title="Is Ruby the Dog and PHP the dogwood?">me</a></p></blockquote> <div><a href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/8e3d14f3-5308-447e-adf6-359a273e9269/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=8e3d14f3-5308-447e-adf6-359a273e9269" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" /></a><span></span></div>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:27:00 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/40753458/Who-puts-the-P-in-LAMPurn:www-soup-io:1:40753458regularphpuncategorizedweb developmentchoicedjangogooglegoogle app enginelanguagesprogrammingpythonweb O que é uma Júnior Empresa? {"tags":["Destaque","Uncategorized"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.ineo.pt/~r/ineo/~3/srD9gFDSauY/\"\u003EO que \u00e9 uma J\u00fanior Empresa?\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://feeds.ineo.pt/~r/ineo/~3/srD9gFDSauY/","body":"\u003Cp\u003EJ\u00fanior Empresas\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDefini\u00e7\u00e3o:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUma J\u00fanior Empresa \u00e9 uma associa\u00e7\u00e3o sem fins lucrativos, totalmente gerida por estudantes, que presta servi\u00e7os de consultoria especializados, a empresas e outras entidades, insere-se geralmente nas institui\u00e7\u00f5es de ensino superior, visando principalmente a forma\u00e7\u00e3o acad\u00e9mica complementar dos seus membros.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEvolu\u00e7\u00e3o:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA \u003Ca href=\"http://www.junioressec.com/\"\u003Eprimeira J\u00fanior Empresa\u003C/a\u003E nasceu em Fran\u00e7a em 1967 na Escola Superior de Ci\u00eancias Econ\u00f3micas e Comerciais, com o objectivo de oferecer \u00e0s empresas os conhecimentos, compet\u00eancias e pro-actividade dos estudantes. A iniciativa foi um sucesso, esta J\u00fanior Empresa apresenta actualmente um volume de neg\u00f3cios de um milh\u00e3o e meio de euros por ano. Entretanto o modelo foi implementado um pouco por toda a parte, existem cerca de 300 J\u00fanior Empresas na Europa, 700 no Brasil, e j\u00e1 existem algumas iniciativas similares em \u00c1frica.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPortugal conta actualmente com 16 J\u00fanior Empresas de norte a sul do pa\u00eds. A primeira J\u00fanior empresa surgiu em 1991 mas o verdadeiro boom a n\u00edvel nacional deu-se a partir de 2005/2006 momento a partir do qual se criaram a maioria das J\u00fanior Empresas agora existentes\u2026\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"2009\" src=\"http://ineo.pt/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/2009-1024x569.png\" height=\"255\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://ineo.pt/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/quadro.png\"\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"quadro\" src=\"http://ineo.pt/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/quadro.png\" height=\"209\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EComo se pode observar no quadro, as J\u00fanior Empresas nacionais est\u00e3o distribu\u00eddas pelas cidades de Aveiro, Coimbra, Lisboa, Porto e Vila Real e apresentam um leque de servi\u00e7os diversificados:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEm Aveiro temos a \u003Ca href=\"http://asmartbusiness.web.ua.pt/\"\u003EAveiro Smart Business\u003C/a\u003E da Universidade de Aveiro que oferece um conjunto alargado de servi\u00e7os actuando nas \u00e1reas de economia, gest\u00e3o, engenharias e tamb\u00e9m design.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEm Coimbra temos a \u003Ca href=\"http://jee.fe.uc.pt\"\u003EJEEFEUC \u003C/a\u003Eda Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra que tive a honra de presidir em 2008, a \u003Ca href=\"http://jeknowledge.pt/\"\u003EjeKnowledge \u003C/a\u003Eda Faculdade de Ci\u00eancias e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra, na \u00e1rea de contabilidade e administra\u00e7\u00e3o temos a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.djc.web.pt/\"\u003EDynamic J\u00fanior Consulting\u003C/a\u003E do Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administra\u00e7\u00e3o de Coimbra, na \u00e1rea farmac\u00eautica podemos contar com os servi\u00e7os da Junilab da Faculdade de Farm\u00e1cia da Universidade de Coimbra e finalmente a rec\u00e9m-criada JE_COM que actua no sector da comunica\u00e7\u00e3o empresarial.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEm Lisboa contamos com a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.isegjbc.pt/\"\u003EISEG Business Consulting\u003C/a\u003E do Instituto Superior de Economia e Gest\u00e3o, com a Junimo da Universidade Moderna, e com a POWER Consulting do Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada que actua na \u00e1rea da psicologia organizacional.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENa cidade do\u00a0Porto contamos com a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.fjc.pt/\"\u003EFEP JC\u003C/a\u003E da Faculdade de Economia do Porto que \u00e9 actualmente a J\u00fanior Empresa mais antiga de Portugal e aquela com maior volume de neg\u00f3cios, a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.porto.ucp.pt/site/custom/template/ucptplminisite.asp?sspageID=2522\u0026amp;lang=1\"\u003EJuniGest\u003C/a\u003E da Universidade Cat\u00f3lica, na \u00e1rea das engenharias temos a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.junifeup.pt/\"\u003EJuniFeup\u003C/a\u003E da Faculdade de Engenharia do Porto e a\u003Ca href=\"http://junior.isep.ipp.pt/\"\u003E ISEP J\u00fanior\u003C/a\u003E do Instituto Superior Engenharia do Porto. Pioneira em Portugal na \u00e1rea jur\u00eddica, temos a IURIS da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto. No sector contabil\u00edstico e administrativo podemos contar com os servi\u00e7os da\u003Ca href=\"http://www.ije.pt/\"\u003E IJE\u003C/a\u003E do Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administra\u00e7\u00e3o do Porto.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFinalmente, em Vila Real, temos a \u003Ca href=\"http://home.utad.pt/~USC/home.htm\"\u003EUtad Solutions Consulting\u003C/a\u003E da Universidade de Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes que demonstra que em regi\u00f5es assim\u00e9tricas, o empreendedorismo pode vencer.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFactores de sucesso:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOs benef\u00edcios que adv\u00eam da actua\u00e7\u00e3o das J\u00fanior Empresas dividem-se em proveitos para as empresas e para os estudantes.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBenef\u00edcios para as empresas\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EO tecido empresarial portugu\u00eas caracteriza-se por ser maioritariamente constitu\u00eddo por micro, pequenas e m\u00e9dias empresas que frequentemente n\u00e3o tem a capacidade financeira para recorrer a consultores externos seniores. Estas empresas, poder\u00e3o encontrar na rede nacional de j\u00fanior empresas um meio, 3 a 4 vezes mais barato, de usufruir de servi\u00e7os bastante diversificados em prol da necessidade de moderniza\u00e7\u00e3o, do acompanhamento das tecnologias, do encontro de solu\u00e7\u00f5es inovadoras que nos permitam ser globalmente mais competitivos pois as J\u00fanior Empresas t\u00eam genuinamente uma forte liga\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0s institui\u00e7\u00f5es de ensino, que s\u00e3o por excel\u00eancia a plataforma para a cria\u00e7\u00e3o e adop\u00e7\u00e3o de inovadoras t\u00e9cnicas de trabalho.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA actual crise econ\u00f3mica veio intensificar as dificuldades financeiras, assim como veio aumentar a necessidade de as empresas de repensarem o seu modelo de actua\u00e7\u00e3o no mercado \u2013 \u00abas crises podem ser boas \u2026elas permitem identificar e eliminar as gorduras das empresas\u2026\u00e9 nas crises que se separa o trigo do joio\u00bb \u2013 Neste contexto de crise as J\u00fanior Empresas enquadram-se duplamente: servi\u00e7os inovadores \u2013 pre\u00e7os competitivos.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00c9 ainda de referir que a qualidade dos servi\u00e7os prestados \u00e9 garantida, pois cada projecto \u00e9 geralmente acompanhado por um professor orientador.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBenef\u00edcios para os estudantes\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPor outro lado, as J\u00fanior Empresas pretendem ser verdadeiras oficinas de aplica\u00e7\u00e3o pr\u00e1tica de conhecimentos te\u00f3ricos adquiridos nas aulas. Esta aplica\u00e7\u00e3o de conhecimentos incrementa a experi\u00eancias dos J\u00fanior Empres\u00e1rios que n\u00e3o teriam a oportunidade de adquirir, t\u00e3o cedo, em lado algum. Quando um j\u00fanior empres\u00e1rio vai para o mercado de trabalho, j\u00e1 sabe o que \u00e9 realizar projectos especializados de consultoria, elaborar relat\u00f3rios, ter reuni\u00f5es com clientes, elaborar or\u00e7amentos, analisar contratos, e tamb\u00e9m as suas compet\u00eancias pessoais: lideran\u00e7a, criatividade, orat\u00f3ria e empreendedorismo j\u00e1 se encontram bastante desenvolvidas. T\u00e3o desenvolvidas que um estudo realizado pela Confedera\u00e7\u00e3o Europeia de J\u00fanior Empresas indica que 21% dos J\u00fanior Empres\u00e1rios acabam, mais cedo ou mais tarde, por se tornarem verdadeiros empres\u00e1rios. O que \u00e9 fant\u00e1stico, sabendo que a m\u00e9dia europeia \u00e9 de apenas 7%.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://ineo.pt/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Grafico-dos-21.png\"\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"Grafico dos 21\" src=\"http://ineo.pt/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Grafico-dos-21.png\" height=\"363\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDurante a sua aprendizagem, o j\u00fanior empres\u00e1rio ainda cria uma rede importante de contactos, que lhe permite partilhar ideias e m\u00e9todos de trabalho, mas tamb\u00e9m, encontrar parceiros para futuros projectos.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFazendo uma an\u00e1lise mais abrangente, verificamos, que no fundo, o fen\u00f3meno do desenvolvimento das J\u00fanior Empresas acontece porque existem estudantes inteligentes e criativos, que procuram formas inovadoras de melhorarem e complementarem a sua forma\u00e7\u00e3o acad\u00e9mica.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESaber mais sobre j\u00fanior empresas:\u00a0\u003Ca href=\"http://fjep.org/home.htm\"\u003Ehttp://fjep.org\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ineo/~4/srD9gFDSauY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" /\u003E"} <p>Júnior Empresas</p> <p><strong>Definição:</strong></p> <p>Uma Júnior Empresa é uma associação sem fins lucrativos, totalmente gerida por estudantes, que presta serviços de consultoria especializados, a empresas e outras entidades, insere-se geralmente nas instituições de ensino superior, visando principalmente a formação académica complementar dos seus membros.</p> <p><strong>Evolução:</strong></p> <p>A <a href="http://www.junioressec.com/">primeira Júnior Empresa</a> nasceu em França em 1967 na Escola Superior de Ciências Económicas e Comerciais, com o objectivo de oferecer às empresas os conhecimentos, competências e pro-actividade dos estudantes. A iniciativa foi um sucesso, esta Júnior Empresa apresenta actualmente um volume de negócios de um milhão e meio de euros por ano. Entretanto o modelo foi implementado um pouco por toda a parte, existem cerca de 300 Júnior Empresas na Europa, 700 no Brasil, e já existem algumas iniciativas similares em África.</p> <p>Portugal conta actualmente com 16 Júnior Empresas de norte a sul do país. A primeira Júnior empresa surgiu em 1991 mas o verdadeiro boom a nível nacional deu-se a partir de 2005/2006 momento a partir do qual se criaram a maioria das Júnior Empresas agora existentes…</p> <p><img title="2009" src="http://ineo.pt/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/2009-1024x569.png" height="255" alt="" width="458" /></p> <p><a href="http://ineo.pt/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/quadro.png"><img title="quadro" src="http://ineo.pt/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/quadro.png" height="209" alt="" width="571" /></a></p> <p>Como se pode observar no quadro, as Júnior Empresas nacionais estão distribuídas pelas cidades de Aveiro, Coimbra, Lisboa, Porto e Vila Real e apresentam um leque de serviços diversificados:</p> <p>Em Aveiro temos a <a href="http://asmartbusiness.web.ua.pt/">Aveiro Smart Business</a> da Universidade de Aveiro que oferece um conjunto alargado de serviços actuando nas áreas de economia, gestão, engenharias e também design.</p> <p>Em Coimbra temos a <a href="http://jee.fe.uc.pt">JEEFEUC </a>da Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra que tive a honra de presidir em 2008, a <a href="http://jeknowledge.pt/">jeKnowledge </a>da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra, na área de contabilidade e administração temos a <a href="http://www.djc.web.pt/">Dynamic Júnior Consulting</a> do Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Coimbra, na área farmacêutica podemos contar com os serviços da Junilab da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra e finalmente a recém-criada JE_COM que actua no sector da comunicação empresarial.</p> <p>Em Lisboa contamos com a <a href="http://www.isegjbc.pt/">ISEG Business Consulting</a> do Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, com a Junimo da Universidade Moderna, e com a POWER Consulting do Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada que actua na área da psicologia organizacional.</p> <p>Na cidade do Porto contamos com a <a href="http://www.fjc.pt/">FEP JC</a> da Faculdade de Economia do Porto que é actualmente a Júnior Empresa mais antiga de Portugal e aquela com maior volume de negócios, a <a href="http://www.porto.ucp.pt/site/custom/template/ucptplminisite.asp?sspageID=2522&amp;lang=1">JuniGest</a> da Universidade Católica, na área das engenharias temos a <a href="http://www.junifeup.pt/">JuniFeup</a> da Faculdade de Engenharia do Porto e a<a href="http://junior.isep.ipp.pt/"> ISEP Júnior</a> do Instituto Superior Engenharia do Porto. Pioneira em Portugal na área jurídica, temos a IURIS da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto. No sector contabilístico e administrativo podemos contar com os serviços da<a href="http://www.ije.pt/"> IJE</a> do Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto.</p> <p>Finalmente, em Vila Real, temos a <a href="http://home.utad.pt/~USC/home.htm">Utad Solutions Consulting</a> da Universidade de Trás-os-Montes que demonstra que em regiões assimétricas, o empreendedorismo pode vencer.</p> <p><strong>Factores de sucesso:</strong></p> <p>Os benefícios que advêm da actuação das Júnior Empresas dividem-se em proveitos para as empresas e para os estudantes.</p> <p><span>Benefícios para as empresas</span></p> <p>O tecido empresarial português caracteriza-se por ser maioritariamente constituído por micro, pequenas e médias empresas que frequentemente não tem a capacidade financeira para recorrer a consultores externos seniores. Estas empresas, poderão encontrar na rede nacional de júnior empresas um meio, 3 a 4 vezes mais barato, de usufruir de serviços bastante diversificados em prol da necessidade de modernização, do acompanhamento das tecnologias, do encontro de soluções inovadoras que nos permitam ser globalmente mais competitivos pois as Júnior Empresas têm genuinamente uma forte ligação às instituições de ensino, que são por excelência a plataforma para a criação e adopção de inovadoras técnicas de trabalho.</p> <p>A actual crise económica veio intensificar as dificuldades financeiras, assim como veio aumentar a necessidade de as empresas de repensarem o seu modelo de actuação no mercado – «as crises podem ser boas …elas permitem identificar e eliminar as gorduras das empresas…é nas crises que se separa o trigo do joio» – Neste contexto de crise as Júnior Empresas enquadram-se duplamente: serviços inovadores – preços competitivos.</p> <p>É ainda de referir que a qualidade dos serviços prestados é garantida, pois cada projecto é geralmente acompanhado por um professor orientador.</p> <p><span>Benefícios para os estudantes</span></p> <p>Por outro lado, as Júnior Empresas pretendem ser verdadeiras oficinas de aplicação prática de conhecimentos teóricos adquiridos nas aulas. Esta aplicação de conhecimentos incrementa a experiências dos Júnior Empresários que não teriam a oportunidade de adquirir, tão cedo, em lado algum. Quando um júnior empresário vai para o mercado de trabalho, já sabe o que é realizar projectos especializados de consultoria, elaborar relatórios, ter reuniões com clientes, elaborar orçamentos, analisar contratos, e também as suas competências pessoais: liderança, criatividade, oratória e empreendedorismo já se encontram bastante desenvolvidas. Tão desenvolvidas que um estudo realizado pela Confederação Europeia de Júnior Empresas indica que 21% dos Júnior Empresários acabam, mais cedo ou mais tarde, por se tornarem verdadeiros empresários. O que é fantástico, sabendo que a média europeia é de apenas 7%.</p> <p><a href="http://ineo.pt/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Grafico-dos-21.png"><img title="Grafico dos 21" src="http://ineo.pt/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Grafico-dos-21.png" height="363" alt="" width="520" /></a></p> <p>Durante a sua aprendizagem, o júnior empresário ainda cria uma rede importante de contactos, que lhe permite partilhar ideias e métodos de trabalho, mas também, encontrar parceiros para futuros projectos.</p> <p>Fazendo uma análise mais abrangente, verificamos, que no fundo, o fenómeno do desenvolvimento das Júnior Empresas acontece porque existem estudantes inteligentes e criativos, que procuram formas inovadoras de melhorarem e complementarem a sua formação académica.</p> <p>Saber mais sobre júnior empresas: <a href="http://fjep.org/home.htm">http://fjep.org</a></p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ineo/~4/srD9gFDSauY" height="1" width="1" />Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:56:14 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/40390123/O-que-uma-J-nior-Empresaurn:www-soup-io:1:40390123regulardestaqueuncategorized The Pidgin “IRSSI Features” Plugin Will Spam Your Friends {"tags":["Uncategorized","identity","im","irc","irssi","libpurple","pidgin","security","spam"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://avdi.org/devblog/2010/01/04/the-pidgin-irssi-features-plugin-will-spam-your-friends/\"\u003EThe Pidgin \u201cIRSSI Features\u201d Plugin Will Spam Your Friends\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://avdi.org/devblog/2010/01/04/the-pidgin-irssi-features-plugin-will-spam-your-friends/","body":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\"http://plugins.guifications.org/trac/wiki/irssi\"\u003EPidgin \u003Cspan\u003EIRSSI\u003C/span\u003E Features\u003C/a\u003E plugin by Gary Kramlich and John Bailey contains a hard-coded \u201cEaster Egg\u201d which will spam all open conversation with a \u201cHappy New Year!\u201d message if Pidgin is running at midnight January 1st. John Bailey \u003Ca href=\"http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/11070\"\u003Ehas confirmed this \u201cfeature\u201d is intentional\u003C/a\u003E. The behavior is present in the pidgin-plugin-pack package for Ubuntu. It has apparently been \u003Ca href=\"http://plugins.guifications.org/trac/browser/irssi/irssi.c?rev=74%3A1bb848ed9bf6#L115\"\u003Epart of the plugin\u003C/a\u003E since its inception.\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESome may find this easter egg as whimisical as its authors apparently intended. Personally, I find it to be an unprofessional abuse of my IM credentials and identity. When we as users turn our logins and passwords over to a social software client, we implicitly trust that software to safeguard our our identity. There is a reason people get irate when a Twitter app spams all their friends with messages without their express permission. Impersonating a user and spamming their friends is a violation of trust.\u003C/p\u003E"} <p>The <a href="http://plugins.guifications.org/trac/wiki/irssi">Pidgin <span>IRSSI</span> Features</a> plugin by Gary Kramlich and John Bailey contains a hard-coded “Easter Egg” which will spam all open conversation with a “Happy New Year!” message if Pidgin is running at midnight January 1st. John Bailey <a href="http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/11070">has confirmed this “feature” is intentional</a>. The behavior is present in the pidgin-plugin-pack package for Ubuntu. It has apparently been <a href="http://plugins.guifications.org/trac/browser/irssi/irssi.c?rev=74%3A1bb848ed9bf6#L115">part of the plugin</a> since its inception.</p> <p>Some may find this easter egg as whimisical as its authors apparently intended. Personally, I find it to be an unprofessional abuse of my IM credentials and identity. When we as users turn our logins and passwords over to a social software client, we implicitly trust that software to safeguard our our identity. There is a reason people get irate when a Twitter app spams all their friends with messages without their express permission. Impersonating a user and spamming their friends is a violation of trust.</p>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:38:17 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/40330397/The-Pidgin-IRSSI-Features-Plugin-Will-Spamurn:www-soup-io:1:40330397regularuncategorizedidentityimircirssilibpurplepidginsecurityspam SongSketch {"tags":["Uncategorized","app store","iphone","songsketch"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://blog.joaomoreno.com/songsketch/\"\u003ESongSketch\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://blog.joaomoreno.com/songsketch/","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://songsketch.joaomoreno.com/\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://songsketch.joaomoreno.com/img/logo.png\" alt=\"SongSketch\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019ve just released something that I\u2019ve been working on the past few months. It started out as a way to learn iPhone development but then the idea got stuck in my head as something that might just be useful to a lot of people, so I\u2019ve decided to complete the project and release it as a paid app on the App Store.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe name is SongSketch and it\u2019s supposed to help you catalog all those songs you create, if you\u2019re a guitar/piano/etc. player. For more information, refer to the official website: \u003Ca href=\"http://songsketch.joaomoreno.com/\"\u003Ehttp://songsketch.joaomoreno.com/\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPlease note that all the application and web design was done by \u003Ca href=\"http://nunocoelho.com/\"\u003ENuno Coelho\u003C/a\u003E. Give him a visit, he\u2019s an awesome designer.\u003C/p\u003E"} <p><a href="http://songsketch.joaomoreno.com/"><img src="http://songsketch.joaomoreno.com/img/logo.png" alt="SongSketch" /></a></p> <p>I’ve just released something that I’ve been working on the past few months. It started out as a way to learn iPhone development but then the idea got stuck in my head as something that might just be useful to a lot of people, so I’ve decided to complete the project and release it as a paid app on the App Store.</p> <p>The name is SongSketch and it’s supposed to help you catalog all those songs you create, if you’re a guitar/piano/etc. player. For more information, refer to the official website: <a href="http://songsketch.joaomoreno.com/">http://songsketch.joaomoreno.com/</a>.</p> <p>Please note that all the application and web design was done by <a href="http://nunocoelho.com/">Nuno Coelho</a>. Give him a visit, he’s an awesome designer.</p>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:21:03 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/37883504/SongSketchurn:www-soup-io:1:37883504regularuncategorizedapp storeiphonesongsketch Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past {"tags":["Uncategorized"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/Eq4QIn2uYDA/\"\u003EBig name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/Eq4QIn2uYDA/","body":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"gibson2\" src=\"http://thenextweb.com/shareables/files/2009/12/gibson2.jpg\" height=\"350\" alt=\"gibson2 Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past\" width=\"550\" /\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past\" src=\"http://ljplus.ru/img4/a/t/atticus_pics2/stiller.jpg\" height=\"350\" alt=\"stiller Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past\" width=\"550\" /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u003Cimg title=\"Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past\" src=\"http://ljplus.ru/img4/a/t/atticus_pics2/spacey.jpg\" height=\"500\" alt=\"spacey Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past\" width=\"422\" /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"bale\" src=\"http://thenextweb.com/shareables/files/2009/12/bale.jpg\" height=\"500\" alt=\"bale Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past\" width=\"393\" /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"nicholson\" src=\"http://thenextweb.com/shareables/files/2009/12/nicholson.jpg\" height=\"350\" alt=\"nicholson Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past\" width=\"550\" /\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past\" src=\"http://ljplus.ru/img4/a/t/atticus_pics2/schwarz3.jpg\" height=\"350\" alt=\"schwarz3 Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past\" width=\"550\" /\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"clarice\" src=\"http://thenextweb.com/shareables/files/2009/12/clarice.jpg\" height=\"350\" alt=\"clarice Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past\" width=\"550\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past\" src=\"http://ljplus.ru/img4/a/t/atticus_pics2/sam_neill.jpg\" height=\"350\" alt=\"sam neill Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past\" width=\"550\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003Emore at \u003Ca href=\"http://www.empireonline.com/gallery/gallery.asp?GID=2353\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EEmpire Magazine\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Shareables/~4/IiBNvEEkiJs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" /\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?a=Eq4QIn2uYDA:IiBNvEEkiJs:yIl2AUoC8zA\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?a=Eq4QIn2uYDA:IiBNvEEkiJs:V_sGLiPBpWU\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?i=Eq4QIn2uYDA:IiBNvEEkiJs:V_sGLiPBpWU\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\n\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~4/Eq4QIn2uYDA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" /\u003E"} <div><img title="gibson2" src="http://thenextweb.com/shareables/files/2009/12/gibson2.jpg" height="350" alt="gibson2 Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past" width="550" /><span></span></div> <div><img title="Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past" src="http://ljplus.ru/img4/a/t/atticus_pics2/stiller.jpg" height="350" alt="stiller Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past" width="550" /><br /> <img title="Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past" src="http://ljplus.ru/img4/a/t/atticus_pics2/spacey.jpg" height="500" alt="spacey Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past" width="422" /></div> <div><img title="bale" src="http://thenextweb.com/shareables/files/2009/12/bale.jpg" height="500" alt="bale Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past" width="393" /></div> <div><img title="nicholson" src="http://thenextweb.com/shareables/files/2009/12/nicholson.jpg" height="350" alt="nicholson Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past" width="550" /><img title="Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past" src="http://ljplus.ru/img4/a/t/atticus_pics2/schwarz3.jpg" height="350" alt="schwarz3 Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past" width="550" /> <p><img title="clarice" src="http://thenextweb.com/shareables/files/2009/12/clarice.jpg" height="350" alt="clarice Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past" width="550" /></p> <p><img title="Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past" src="http://ljplus.ru/img4/a/t/atticus_pics2/sam_neill.jpg" height="350" alt="sam neill Big name actors recreate iconic scenes from their cinematic past" width="550" /></p> <div>more at <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/gallery/gallery.asp?GID=2353">Empire Magazine</a></div> </div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Shareables/~4/IiBNvEEkiJs" height="1" width="1" /><div> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?a=Eq4QIn2uYDA:IiBNvEEkiJs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?a=Eq4QIn2uYDA:IiBNvEEkiJs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?i=Eq4QIn2uYDA:IiBNvEEkiJs:V_sGLiPBpWU" /></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~4/Eq4QIn2uYDA" height="1" width="1" />Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:58:41 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/36816609/Big-name-actors-recreate-iconic-scenes-fromurn:www-soup-io:1:36816609regularuncategorized A Breath Mint for your Vagina? {"tags":["Uncategorized","bodies","gender","gender: bodies","marketing","sex"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving/~3/VIx0igCUi7o/\"\u003EA Breath Mint for your Vagina?\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving/~3/VIx0igCUi7o/","body":"\u003Cp\u003EJen Phillips, at \u003Cem\u003EMother Jones\u003C/em\u003E, wrote \u003Ca href=\"http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/10/femimint-hygiene-mints\"\u003Ea great essay\u003C/a\u003E on a new product called Linger, an \u201cinternal feminine flavoring.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Literally, a breath mint for your vagina.\u00a0 How literally?\u00a0 Literally.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHere\u2019s a couple screen shots from \u003Ca href=\"http://www.lovetolinger.com/Internal_Feminine_Flavoring.html\"\u003Ethe website\u003C/a\u003E:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"Capture\" src=\"http://contexts.org/socimages/files/2009/10/Capture46.JPG\" height=\"293\" alt=\"Capture\" width=\"555\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"Capture2\" src=\"http://contexts.org/socimages/files/2009/10/Capture216.JPG\" height=\"344\" alt=\"Capture2\" width=\"557\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe company is, of course, trying to convince women that their vaginas \u003Cem\u003Eneed \u003C/em\u003Ea breath mint.\u00a0 The mint \u201cimproves the length and quality of oral sex\u201d because the person performing it is disgusted by the taste of you.\u00a0 Otherwise, why would a mint help?\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd that\u2019s problematic enough, but at least the product is actually a real product designed for vaginas, right?\u00a0 Right?\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENope.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPhillips, curious, ordered some.\u00a0 Suspiciously, the tin of vagina mints looked a lot like tins of, well, mints:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"09-7652_300wide_200high\" src=\"http://contexts.org/socimages/files/2009/10/09-7652_300wide_200high.jpg\" height=\"200\" alt=\"09-7652_300wide_200high\" width=\"300\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAnd guess what?\u201d she writes, \u201cThat\u2019s what it is.\u201d\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA little digging revealed that Linger is made/distributed by a company called \u003Ca href=\"http://www.admints.com/UI/Default.aspx\"\u003EAdmints\u003C/a\u003E, which just happens to make trade show mints.\u00a0 And the Linger samples just happen to have have the exact same shape, taste, and ingredients as Admint\u2019s sample mints. So how does Linger manage to pass off breath mints as vaginal Tic Tacs in $7.99 packs?\u00a0 Despite the salacious creation story and testimonials on its site (\u201dIt gets a little warm as it starts to dissolve which took just under an hour. Then, it is SO good!!\u201d), the mint is labeled \u201cfor novelty use only.\u201d\u00a0 This is a common practice in the sex-products industry, explains Charlie Glickman, the education program manager at \u003Ca href=\"http://www.goodvibes.com/\"\u003EGood Vibrations\u003C/a\u003E.\u00a0 It gives manufacturers some cover if something goes awry, he explains. \u201cThey could say, \u2018It\u2019s just a novelty toy. You weren\u2019t actually expecting to use this were you?\u2019\u201d\u00a0 And if you actually do expect to use Linger to \u201cflavor the woman in a manner that is safe and effective,\u201d be warned: its primary ingredient is sugar, which is not safe for the vagina.\u00a0 It messes up the pH and can lead to a really painful yeast infection, a condition that definitely doesn\u2019t make someone want to \u201clinger.\u201d\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E(\u003Ca href=\"http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/11/29/a-breath-mint-for-your-vagina/\"\u003EView original at http://contexts.org/socimages\u003C/a\u003E)\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?a=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:yIl2AUoC8zA\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?a=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:D7DqB2pKExk\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?i=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:D7DqB2pKExk\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?a=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:V_sGLiPBpWU\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?i=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:V_sGLiPBpWU\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?a=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:qj6IDK7rITs\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?a=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:l6gmwiTKsz0\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?d=l6gmwiTKsz0\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?a=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?i=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?a=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:TzevzKxY174\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?d=TzevzKxY174\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?a=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:7Q72WNTAKBA\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\n\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving/~4/VIx0igCUi7o\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" /\u003E"} <p>Jen Phillips, at <em>Mother Jones</em>, wrote <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/10/femimint-hygiene-mints">a great essay</a> on a new product called Linger, an “internal feminine flavoring.”   Literally, a breath mint for your vagina.  How literally?  Literally.</p> <p>Here’s a couple screen shots from <a href="http://www.lovetolinger.com/Internal_Feminine_Flavoring.html">the website</a>:</p> <p><img title="Capture" src="http://contexts.org/socimages/files/2009/10/Capture46.JPG" height="293" alt="Capture" width="555" /></p> <p><img title="Capture2" src="http://contexts.org/socimages/files/2009/10/Capture216.JPG" height="344" alt="Capture2" width="557" /></p> <p>The company is, of course, trying to convince women that their vaginas <em>need </em>a breath mint.  The mint “improves the length and quality of oral sex” because the person performing it is disgusted by the taste of you.  Otherwise, why would a mint help?</p> <p>And that’s problematic enough, but at least the product is actually a real product designed for vaginas, right?  Right?</p> <p>Nope.</p> <p>Phillips, curious, ordered some.  Suspiciously, the tin of vagina mints looked a lot like tins of, well, mints:</p> <p><img title="09-7652_300wide_200high" src="http://contexts.org/socimages/files/2009/10/09-7652_300wide_200high.jpg" height="200" alt="09-7652_300wide_200high" width="300" /></p> <p>“And guess what?” she writes, “That’s what it is.”</p> <blockquote><p>A little digging revealed that Linger is made/distributed by a company called <a href="http://www.admints.com/UI/Default.aspx">Admints</a>, which just happens to make trade show mints.  And the Linger samples just happen to have have the exact same shape, taste, and ingredients as Admint’s sample mints. So how does Linger manage to pass off breath mints as vaginal Tic Tacs in $7.99 packs?  Despite the salacious creation story and testimonials on its site (”It gets a little warm as it starts to dissolve which took just under an hour. Then, it is SO good!!”), the mint is labeled “for novelty use only.”  This is a common practice in the sex-products industry, explains Charlie Glickman, the education program manager at <a href="http://www.goodvibes.com/">Good Vibrations</a>.  It gives manufacturers some cover if something goes awry, he explains. “They could say, ‘It’s just a novelty toy. You weren’t actually expecting to use this were you?’”  And if you actually do expect to use Linger to “flavor the woman in a manner that is safe and effective,” be warned: its primary ingredient is sugar, which is not safe for the vagina.  It messes up the pH and can lead to a really painful yeast infection, a condition that definitely doesn’t make someone want to “linger.”</p></blockquote> <p>(<a href="http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/11/29/a-breath-mint-for-your-vagina/">View original at http://contexts.org/socimages</a>)</p><div> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?a=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?a=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?i=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:D7DqB2pKExk" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?a=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?i=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:V_sGLiPBpWU" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?a=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?d=qj6IDK7rITs" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?a=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?a=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?i=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?a=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?d=TzevzKxY174" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?a=VIx0igCUi7o:TzzDOlja5wE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" /></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving/~4/VIx0igCUi7o" height="1" width="1" />Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:19:38 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/36307122/A-Breath-Mint-for-your-Vaginaurn:www-soup-io:1:36307122regularuncategorizedbodiesgendergender: bodiesmarketingsex Infografia Sobre o Estado do Estado {"tags":["Uncategorized"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://mvalente.eu/2009/11/18/infografia-sobre-o-estado-do-estado/\"\u003EInfografia Sobre o Estado do Estado\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://mvalente.eu/2009/11/18/infografia-sobre-o-estado-do-estado/","body":"\u003Cp\u003EO meu pequeno contributo para identificar os problemas da Rep\u00fablica Portuguesa e o actual estado das coisas. O diagrama baseia-se na \u003Ca href=\"http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teoria_da_separa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_dos_poderes\"\u003Esepara\u00e7\u00e3o de poderes\u003C/a\u003E e no sistema de \u201cFreios e Contrapesos\u201d(!) (\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers_under_the_United_States_Constitution#Checks_and_balances\"\u003EChecks and Balances\u003C/a\u003E). As caixas s\u00e3o os v\u00e1rios actores do panorama pol\u00edtico e as setas identificam quem responde perante quem.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://mvalente.eu/files/2009/11/Estado-PT.jpg\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EO truque para chegar ao nirvana metaf\u00edsico \u00e9 identificar quem n\u00e3o responde perante ningu\u00e9m; logo n\u00e3o \u00e9 responsabilizado, n\u00e3o pode ser responsabilizado e \u00e9 portanto irrespons\u00e1vel.\u003C/p\u003E"} <p>O meu pequeno contributo para identificar os problemas da República Portuguesa e o actual estado das coisas. O diagrama baseia-se na <a href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teoria_da_separa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_dos_poderes">separação de poderes</a> e no sistema de “Freios e Contrapesos”(!) (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers_under_the_United_States_Constitution#Checks_and_balances">Checks and Balances</a>). As caixas são os vários actores do panorama político e as setas identificam quem responde perante quem.</p> <p><img src="http://mvalente.eu/files/2009/11/Estado-PT.jpg" height="480" alt="" width="640" /></p> <p>O truque para chegar ao nirvana metafísico é identificar quem não responde perante ninguém; logo não é responsabilizado, não pode ser responsabilizado e é portanto irresponsável.</p>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:44:12 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/34876729/Infografia-Sobre-o-Estado-do-Estadourn:www-soup-io:1:34876729regularuncategorized R2-D2 Located in Star Trek 2009 {"tags":["Music \u0026amp;#38; Movies","Uncategorized"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews/~3/n4ckbPLNVIU/\"\u003ER2-D2 Located in Star Trek 2009\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews/~3/n4ckbPLNVIU/","body":"\u003Cp\u003EApparently, there was a rumor floating around that if you watched closely one of the scenes in Star Trek 2009, you could actually spot R2-D2 slowly drifting into space. Well folks, that isn\u2019t a rumor anymore and has been confirmed by one of the movie\u2019s sequence supervisors. Check it out:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.geeksaresexy.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/r2d2_star-trek.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"r2d2_star-trek\" src=\"http://www.geeksaresexy.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/r2d2_star-trek-1024x420.jpg\" height=\"202\" alt=\"r2d2_star-trek\" width=\"491\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EClick to Enlarge\u003Cp\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E[Via \u003Ca href=\"http://gizmodo.com/5405276/r2+d2-finally-discovered-in-star-trek\"\u003EGizmodo\u003C/a\u003E]\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERelated posts:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/06/star-trek-2009-full-theatrical-trailer/\" title=\"Permanent Link: Star Trek 2009 Full Theatrical Trailer\" rel=\"bookmark\"\u003EStar Trek 2009 Full Theatrical Trailer\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/05/09/the-new-star-trek-movie-blows-fans-away-star-trek-review/\" title=\"Permanent Link: The New Star Trek Movie Blows Fans Away [Star Trek Review]\" rel=\"bookmark\"\u003EThe New Star Trek Movie Blows Fans Away [Star Trek Review]\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/10/14/star-trek-2009-gag-reel/\" title=\"Permanent Link: Star Trek 2009 Gag Reel\" rel=\"bookmark\"\u003EStar Trek 2009 Gag Reel\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?a=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:yIl2AUoC8zA\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?a=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:7Q72WNTAKBA\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?a=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:D7DqB2pKExk\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?i=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:D7DqB2pKExk\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?a=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?i=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?a=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:V_sGLiPBpWU\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?i=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:V_sGLiPBpWU\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?a=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:qj6IDK7rITs\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?a=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?i=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\n\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews/~4/n4ckbPLNVIU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" /\u003E"} <p>Apparently, there was a rumor floating around that if you watched closely one of the scenes in Star Trek 2009, you could actually spot R2-D2 slowly drifting into space. Well folks, that isn’t a rumor anymore and has been confirmed by one of the movie’s sequence supervisors. Check it out:</p> <p></p><a href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/r2d2_star-trek.jpg"><img title="r2d2_star-trek" src="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/r2d2_star-trek-1024x420.jpg" height="202" alt="r2d2_star-trek" width="491" /></a><br />Click to Enlarge<p></p> <p>[Via <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5405276/r2+d2-finally-discovered-in-star-trek">Gizmodo</a>]</p> <p><strong>Related posts:</strong></p><ol><li><a href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/06/star-trek-2009-full-theatrical-trailer/" title="Permanent Link: Star Trek 2009 Full Theatrical Trailer">Star Trek 2009 Full Theatrical Trailer</a></li><li><a href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/05/09/the-new-star-trek-movie-blows-fans-away-star-trek-review/" title="Permanent Link: The New Star Trek Movie Blows Fans Away [Star Trek Review]">The New Star Trek Movie Blows Fans Away [Star Trek Review]</a></li><li><a href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/10/14/star-trek-2009-gag-reel/" title="Permanent Link: Star Trek 2009 Gag Reel">Star Trek 2009 Gag Reel</a></li></ol><p></p><p></p><div> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?a=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?a=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?a=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?i=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:D7DqB2pKExk" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?a=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?i=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:F7zBnMyn0Lo" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?a=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?i=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:V_sGLiPBpWU" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?a=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?a=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews?i=n4ckbPLNVIU:6kFainTEZno:gIN9vFwOqvQ" /></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/geeksAreSexyTechnologyNews/~4/n4ckbPLNVIU" height="1" width="1" />Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:35:43 GMThttp://stream.alcidesfonseca.com/post/34876759/R2-D2-Located-in-Star-Trek-2009urn:www-soup-io:1:34876759regularmusic &amp;#38; moviesuncategorized