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English translations of articles
by Giancarlo Livraghi

(Some were originally written in English)

 



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Ten other articles (1996-2001)
are in the Knots in the Net series

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There are eigthy issues
of Netmarketing (1997-2007)


  1. The power of stupidity (1) June 1996
  2. The power of stupidity (2) September 1997
  3. Backward Italy... but good opportunities February 1998
  4. The waning hype and the missed bus March 1998
  5. A Train to Mars April 1998
  6. Here come the "newbies". Are we helping them? May 1998
  7. Aladdin, Ulysses and Polyphemus June 1998
  8. Nannies, bibs and gags July 1998
  9. Sheep, SMEs and Tyrannosaurus Rex September 1998
  10. Homer’s daughter and market freedom October 1998
  11. Business-to-business the “invisible” giant November 1998
  12. Beware of geeks bearing incentives December 1998
  13. The eternal dilemma: price and quality January-February 1999
  14. Machines aren’t “bad” but they are very stupid March 1999
  15. High tech, high touch April 1999
  16. Festina lente (said Aldus Manutius) May 1999
  17. Is the internet forever? (technologies come and go, humanity lasts) June 1999
  18. Squeezed bread and toasted lemon July 1999
  19. We can forget “segmentation” August 1999
  20. Will Italy wake up? September 1999
  21. The cultivation of the internet October 1999
  22. The “old” roots of the network economy November 1999
  23. Dancing bulls and fat cows December 1999
  24. Is hasty really fast? January 2000
  25. Do androids dream of electric money? February 2000
  26. Being “mean” isn’t always the key to success March 2000
  27. The domain hustle April 2000
  28. B2B B2C C2C C2B May 2000
  29. Cinderella needs to grow up June 2000
  30. Why do we need the internet? July-August 2000
  31. This isn’t a war of “new” against “old” September 2000
  32. What do numbers really mean? October 2000
  33. Mailboxes, privacy and data protection November 2000
  34. The doom of the farrier December 2000
  35. Was it “the year of the internet”? January 2001
  36. The millennium and the bubble February 2001
  37. Sailing in the fog March 2001
  38. Saint Isidore and infallibility April 2001
  39. Bad legislation (again) May 2001
  40. Not just another hoax June 2001
  41. Which internet? July-August 2001
  42. Cultural divide (not “digital”)September 2001
  43. Learning from the “laws”: Murphy, Parkinson, Peter and CipollaOctober 2001
  44. Development means freedomNovember 2001
  45. E-mail woesDecember 2001
  46. The broadband diseaseJanuary 2002
  47. Predictions for 2002February 2002
  48. Schizophrenia and opportunitiesMarch 2002
  49. Interactivity – what is it?April 2002
  50. The stupidity of power April 2002
  51. The “free or pay” nonsenseMay 2002
  52. This is a good time for business onlineJune 2002
  53. The pitfalls of fashionJuly-August 2002
  54. Brand decaySeptember 2002
  55. Domain carpetbaggersOctober 2002
  56. The architect and the gardenerNovember 2002
  57. Health and diseases of the internetDecember 2002
  58. Less and betterJanuary 2003
  59. Less is betterMarch 2003
  60. Hydrogen and the internetApril 2003
  61. Spam and scamJune 2003
  62. The vicious circle of stupidityOctober 2003
  63. The powerpoint diseaseMarch 2004
  64. The stupidity of technologiesMay 2004
  65. The Archimedes computerAugust 2004
  66. The art of simplicityNovember 2004
  67. Simple thoughts on complexityNovember 2004
  68. The scorpion and the frogMarch 2007
  69. Applying Asimov’s laws April 2007
  70. The power of stupidity (book)May 2009
  71. Introduction to “the power of stupidity”May 2009
  72. The Moore legendMay 2009
  73. Ikea’s ugly font September 2009
  74. Which Italy? October 2009
 
   

Some analyses on the development
of the internet are in the Data section
(but more often updated in Italian)



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