http://www.arttrav.com/arttrav-news/magic-italy-logo/ italy. art. travel. lifestyle. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:33:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.arttrav.com/arttrav-news/magic-italy-logo/comment-page-1/#comment-5124 arttrav.com » BarCamp at Palazzo Vecchio: Florence shaped by its active residents Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:12:26 +0000 http://www.arttrav.com/?p=1420#comment-5124 [...] Giuliano da Empoli, the culture “minister” (assessore) of Renzi’s new government , has launched a BarCamp that will take place at Palazzo Vecchio this Saturday from 10am to 6pm. Florence shelters a lot of talented people willing to freely contribute ideas to better their city, and who are happy to finally be given an opportunity to voice their opinions (OK, I speak for myself here). This is an exciting institutional response that takes advantage of technology, crowdsourcing, and social networking. If they actually listen to what we have to say, it’ll be a huge success. This is also a refreshing contrast to the national top-down approach to tourism exemplifed by the tragic “magic italy” story. [...] [...] Giuliano da Empoli, the culture “minister” (assessore) of Renzi’s new government , has launched a BarCamp that will take place at Palazzo Vecchio this Saturday from 10am to 6pm. Florence shelters a lot of talented people willing to freely contribute ideas to better their city, and who are happy to finally be given an opportunity to voice their opinions (OK, I speak for myself here). This is an exciting institutional response that takes advantage of technology, crowdsourcing, and social networking. If they actually listen to what we have to say, it’ll be a huge success. This is also a refreshing contrast to the national top-down approach to tourism exemplifed by the tragic “magic italy” story. [...]

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