the stavros messinis weblog

The perception we have regarding cost of magazines is that the cover price is the cost of the content within the magazine. The truth is that the cover price of a magazine these days reflects little...

I’m currently reading Getting Real from 37 Signals and wanted to share some phrases from it. Here’s a first
“Build software for yourself
A great way to build software is to start out by solving yo...

I have resolved to never again say that someone “Just doesn’t get it”. Saying someone “doesn’t get it” implies that you’ve decided that you won’t take the time (or any more time) to convince them o...

Crowd trust is the trust I place in the crowd that has gone before me and not been burned. For example: EULAs. I never read them fully, I trust someone before me has already read it and if there wa...

Some colleagues will recognise the concepts listed below.
Taking a pragmatic approach, one can see where it’s going and why it’s going there.
The aim is efficiency, to be more targeted and achiev...

The Athens anti-racism festival is happening right now and it’s being held in Goudi park, right across the street from where we live. Some of you may already know I’m involved in campaigning agains...

There’s no doubt that the internet and the social networks it helped create have done two things: brought people closer and brought about much more democracy.
A new political party in Australia cal...

Take 4 minutes to view this great video.
Now if that has whet your appetite, take a look at this: Charles Leadbeater at TED talks

Here’s a great video about Web 2.0, the social / semantic web (4 minutes)