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Nowtopia vs. Despair in Seattle

I had a great visit to Seattle for lots of reasons, but bicycling wasn’t really one of them. I cycled around quite a bit, but it’s an unfriendly place for cycling, even though I did see a fair number of folks bicycling. The hills and wide streets full of cars with no shoulder were pretty […]

Great Night at Flexi (and beyond)

I had a fantastic night at Flexi Libreria last night. Somewhere between 50 and 80 people jammed in to the beautiful new space, which takes its name from the increasing precarity that its founders, all research and technical workers during their “day jobs,” face. Francesca, Andrea, and all the folks I met there were so […]

Nowtopia in Milan

Been here since Thursday morning and today was the main day since I spoke publicly about Nowtopia today. It was a very fun day in spite of being rainy and gray. It started with going to meet with Zoe, Alex’s partner and mother of 6-year-old Selma (sooo charming!).

She took me to Casa Morigi, a […]