[Air-L] ITSME, the alliance between research and design

[Nico Sica]

Dear All,

just few words to introduce a new Italian start up of the University  
of Milano - Bicocca, working in the intersection between ICT and  
Design: ITSME (http://www.itsme.it), lead by Prof. Giorgio De Michelis.
Our goal is to develop an innovative workstation with a radically new  
operating system.
After almost 30 years, it is time to go beyond the desktop metaphor.  
In these years our community has characterised the situatedness of  
human practices and developed ways to support it. Itsme is the new  
workstation for context-aware users that we are going to design and  
develop. It is based on a new metaphor, i.e. that of "stories and  
venues".
Human life can be seen as the intertwining of several different  
stories: for each story itsme creates a venue where users can find  
all the things that are relevant for it.
You can find more details about our initiative on the website.
In particular, you can read a presentation (http://www.itsme.it/wp- 
content/uploads/2008/05/itsme-presentationxall_01.pdf) and a first  
introductory paper  (http://www.itsme.it/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/ 
storiesandvenues.pdf).
If you are interested in our project, please feel free to contact me  
directly.
We are open to discuss collaborations with other universities,  
departments, research centers and laboratories.
Many thanks!

Best regards,
Nico

Giandomenico Sica
Director of Communication

ITSME S.r.l.
Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca
Campus Bicocca, Edificio U9
Via dell'Innovazione 10
20125, Milano, Italia
Tel: ++39.02.66173453
Skype: nicosica
E-mail: giandomenico.sica at itsme.it
Website: http://www.itsme.it
Home: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicosica