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Naider

  • The internet of energy and the Third Industrial Revolution

    Jeremy Rifkin publishes a new book, The Third Industrial Revolution: How lateral power is transforming energy, the economy, and the world. Things being as they are, an industrial revolution seems to arrive sooner or later or is already arriving without us realizing it. As in other books, the author manages to draw trends that will…

  • Starting a business in San Francisco

    A week in Silicon Valley and San Francisco goes a long way . To meet many entrepreneurs willing to conquer the world, to make contact with investors looking for the next technological phenomenon, to soak up a contagious illusion to create technology and innovation; to undertake. Seeing first-hand how big tech companies work is certainly…

  • A few days from Durban

    A few days before the start of the Durban Climate Summit The Guardian exposes in an article the notable increase in coal consumption recorded in recent years. While in Durban an attempt will be made to negotiate an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, for which it is essential to reduce the consumption of fossil…

  • Greek bread or European hunger

    Papandreou’s idea of ​​holding a referendum in Greece to ratifying the agreement on the re-financing of the country’s debt has not pleased those who govern economic Europe at all. Merkel and Sarkozy seem willing to retain the 8,000 million of the aid already approved “until there is a positive decision” in the consultation, which will…

  • Heading to Silicon Valley!!

    We are excited. In just a few hours we will take a plane to visit one of the most exciting places in terms of technology, innovation and entrepreneurship: Silicon Valley. There, hand in hand with ICEX, the Spain TechCenter and Banesto we will visit some of the best technology companies in the world (Google, <…

  • Emerald cities. Urban sustainability and economic development

    A few days ago days, we reviewed a book on how to achieve these times of economic austerity are not an excuse to stop acting in favor of sustainability. This new book, Emerald cities. Urban Sustainability and Economic Development, written byJoan Fitzgerald, can give clues to be even more ambitious and hope that urban sustainability…

  • The intelligence of the city is in the street

    I recommend listening carefully to thisintervention by Adam Greenfield, founder of Urbanscale and one of the people with the clearest ideas about the role that technology can play in urban life. As a pioneer of urban computing, his book Everyware: The dawning age of ubiquitous computing is a reference on ubiquitous computing and its presence…

  • Consensus and governance

    In other of the sins of “The Divine Comedy of I +D+i” byGuiller(Thought in Euskadi) mentions governance and with it, the inability to reach solid consensus on fundamental issues and the difficulties to find the balance in a system that, depending on the prism with which it is looked at, is fundamentally public, private, or…

  • Mediocrity and coffee for all

    I continue with the reflections related to The Divine Comedy of I+ D+i from our friend Guillerat Thought in Euskadi. I agree that “coffee for everyone” is a “great sin” especially in the world of knowledge and technology where creativity and excellence must prevail. I am not sure, however, that the Basque system is at…

  • sins and penances

    I really liked the series that he proposes to us “< a href="http://es.linkedin.com/in/guiller" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guiller” in “Thought in Euskadi” about The Divine Comedy of R+D+i in the Basque Country and I want them to serve as a reflection on many things that are on my mind about political priorities, times of crisis, opportunities… I agree…