This was a part of the notes from the meeting held on Jan. 17, 2010, in Bologna Italy, between GFOSS.it (the Italian OSGEO chapter), and Assoli (the main Italian association promoting free/open-source software). The scope of the meeting, which I proposed, was to evaluate a potential roadmap to merge these two associations in a single … Continue reading Facilitation of meeting between GFOSS.it, Assoli and others
In August 2008 I coordinated and promoted the Summer Campaign for GFOSS.it, the Italian OSGEO Chapter. The operation implied our presence with a stand at Festambiente, close to Grosseto, Southern Tuscany, one of the largest festivals run by environmental activists in Italy. To manage shifts (ten days, each day from 4.30 PM to midnight), we … Continue reading GFOSS.it (Italian OSGEO Chapter) Summer 2008 Campaign
Almost half an hour with an interview (in Italian) by Linda Linz from Radio Rogna to Jack O’Malley. From this you may discover almost all of the stream of activities which brought to the Jug Band Colline Metallifere, with roots in the mid-Nineties, up to the Participatory Lithology project, born during the first phase of … Continue reading May 9, 2020 – Interview with Jack O’Malley @ Se Telefonando
To be translated Questa e’ la parte sostanziale dell’allestimento del micromuseo itinerante di pibinko.org per il 23/2/2019 all’Hotel Lombardi di Firenze (vedi articolo). Il catalogo completo e’ disponibile su ordinazione, in edizione sia digitale che cartacea, al costo di Euro 750 (comprensivi di tutti gli oneri fiscali) piu’ eventuali spese di spedizione. NOTA 5/3/2019 – … Continue reading The catalog of the pibinko.org travelling micro-museum, Hotel Lombardi versio, Florence.
This is a term I created in 2008 to encompass the ideas of mapping and beholding. In Italian mappare means “to map” and m’appare “something appears to me”. As far as I know, the term m(‘)appare was proposed for the first time by myself in March 2008, during the launch of the M(‘)appare Milano, mapping … Continue reading m(‘)appare
Since 2006 I have been working in a growing array of projects related to promotion, outreach, facilitation, and community engagement. For these activities, I often collaborate with other professionals or organizations. The track record is provided below. Individual events or very short projects (e.g. a one week campaign or a presentation) are listed separate from … Continue reading Promotion, communication, facilitation
News On April 14 the recording of the webinar we gave on April 7 concerning open-source geomatics, music, and rural areas was published. This is a 45-minute summary, with various live insets by Etruschi from Lakota, of the years of pibinko.org story. The presentation is in English and tuned to the free/open source software community, since we … Continue reading pibinko.org newsletter (April 17-23): a webinar recording and old card game tournaments
Between 6PM and 7PM CEST (Rome Time) on Friday April 7 pibinko, with the support of some colleagues, will be giving a webinar explaining “How Free/Open Source Geomatics can integrate in Rural Communities to improve Resilience and Quality of Life“. The event is kindly hosted by the American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing and … Continue reading Save the date: Apr 7, 2017 webinar on “How Free/Open Source Geomatics can integrate in Rural Communities to improve Resilience and Quality of Life”
Saturday, March 4, for the International Open Data Day, the beta version of the Farma Valley Community Map will be presented in Torniella (GR), Southern Tuscany: meet us at 6PM in the Torniella Band/ARCI club in the main square of the village. The event is in the line of initiatives that the Attivarti.org founders have … Continue reading March 4, 2017: Open Data Day in Torniella (with opening in Scansano and closing in Castelnuovo Val di Cecina)
With pibinko, Carlo Nardi, and some of Etruschi from Lakota we presented at FOSS4G-IT 2017 a poster on “Analysis of socio-economic benefits of Earth Observation methods with a free/open source approach: a case study between Southern Tuscany and Europe“. I have been interacting now almost two years with a team which partly does geomatics and … Continue reading Geomatics and music at FOSS4G-IT in Genova, Italy