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Weird-Wired Next Fest in Florence

Weird-Wired Next Fest 1st edition in Florence has been one of the most interesting initiative among the most recent events.

It can be considered as the Italian version of TEDx, the worldwide independent event whose acronym stands for technology, entertainment and design… Well, maybe Wired is trying to do the same, but dealing with the territory, rooted in the local network.

Projections and Pacman at Wired Next Fest, Florence

By the way, here we are with some weird-wired moments and protagonists of the weekend:

Pian de Giullari, opening event of Wired Next Fest

Vintage videogames at Wired Next Fest, Florence

Pacman return and Geek lovers stuff:

Pic by James Ball aka Docubyte — Original picture by James Ball aka Docubyte

…this is the HDR 75, analog hybrid computer that was developed in DDR in Dresda.

Hybrid computer: digital + analogie by Meda42TA — Meda 42 TA Hybrid computer: digital + analog

And now let’s go to the main topic of Wired Next Fest: the new beauty, how the digital world is changing our perception of beauty…

War, beauty and erotism of the art of Milo Manero, one of the most ccontroversi al contemporary weird artist in critics.

…and then The Bumbys, the American unidentified duo who is trying to keep and compare our personalities by their perception and their sensitive skills trasformed into an app:

The Bumbys, revelation app of Wired Next Fest

Some more speeches and event slots focused on new movies coming soon – as ‘Login’ which is about the Internet rise in Italy – and on the augmented reality games like the one sponsored by Enel:

Interactive area in the augmented reality sponsored by Enel

#NoteOfTheDay by Devendra: What we will be

Long gone day, the song says

Long gone day.. is the title of a great song that came to my mind after I decided to have a long long walk. This walk had to be in a naturalistic place, with not many people, towards the top of the city – which basically is a place for tourists, but luckily, they’re not so mad like me to choose the warmest hours of the day. I generally love to explore these areas with long random walking moments which last almost 2 hours, maybe more…

And I generally take at least 1 picture a step 🙌 – these were the last 10 steps, the hardest ones:

Florence from the top - San Miniato — Florence from the top – San Miniato

Go walking, sightseeing and relaxing while listening to your favourite music thanks to the playlist you’ve just created exactly to enjoy your walk-state-of-mind. Well, you can also think about your life, but I suggest not to do it too much 😜💁

#NoteOfTheDay Long gone day by Mad Season

Magna Greece, arts and projections of a show in Basilicata

Magna Grecia, Senise — Magna Greece, Senise

Among the variety of things you can choose to spend it’s a good choice to spend some hours doing something you always think could be a little boring: I’m talking about spending some hours at the theatre, instead of the ordinary daily routine. It has been a mix of historical narrative about Magna Greece myths totally surrounded by a modern scenery full of projections, lights, colours and fountains.

I’m talking about a theatrical pièce which takes place in a new amphitheater built in Senise, a little town of Basilicata, in the South of Italy. It’s the first epic about Greek domination in this territory that then became Magna Greece:

Magna Grecia - myths of the origins — Magna Greece – myths of the origins

Claudio Santamaria, main actor - Magna Grecia - myths of the origins — Claudio Santamaria, main actor – Magna Greece – myths of the origins, together with Giancarlo Giannini, one of the most popular Italian actor

…the story is told towards the extraordinary special effects of water and projections, and it’s about Alexios, the protagonist, who wants to travel the world and this journey will make him widen Magna Greece kingdom:

#NoteOfTheDay Inception soundtrack: Projections

Say Hanbok – the traditional Korean dress

Korean festival in Florence – Hanbok, the traditional Korean dress

Korean mood has always been so cute and interesting, maybe because of their hilarious way of being, colorful dresses, colorful faces, colorful dishes, smiles and quiteness. It happened some days ago, while walking down the street, that two super colorful Korean girls were inviting people to enjoy their festival… and so it was.

Here we go, let’s have a taste of their culture. The first thing to do was to choose a Korean name – kkoch was mine, which means flower – and then enjoy a tour in their arts, discovering their writing style, paintings and origamis. Needless to say, the hanboks were the top, the traditional Korean clothing often made by silk and original fantasy, flowers, flags or abstracts design.

Korean writing and arts at Korean Festival in Florence

arts at Korean Festival in Florence – Korean flagship

Korean guys - paintful life — Say kkoch! Flower in Korean – paintful life

It’s a lovely and funny people, hope to know more about them 🍥🍙🍡

#NoteOfTheDay by R.E.M. Shiny happy people

Carpool Karaoke, sharing news not only cars

James Corden, an English actor, writer, producer, comedian and TV show man, is that kind of guy that draw attention because is incredibly theatrical and charismatic and he always choose the right way to communicate with the world. He’s very popular in UK and USA too and he’s becoming even more known in Europe.

He’s able to do his own communication through new perspectives and methods, using his worldwide popular show as a way to get in touch with vips and stars and make them talking frankly, during a fast car pooling trip while listening to some great music – and we know, it always helps.

It’s the Carpool Karaoke, and it’s about sharing news – not only cars – with superstars, super singers, politics people, influencers of the world.. driving and singing all together, how fun is that?

James Corden and Chris Martin - Karaoke pooling — James Corden and Chris Martin – Carpool Karaoke

First Lady Michelle Obama and Missy Elliott at Carpool Karaoke

Selena Gomez and James Corden - Carpool Karaoke — Selena Gomez and James Corden – Carpool Karaoke

Gwen Stefani Carpool Karaoke, George Clooney and Julia Roberts - Carpool Karaoke — Gwen Stefani Carpool Karaoke, George Clooney and Julia Roberts – Carpool Karaoke

..what I’m thinking is just that this is a brilliant idea: (quite) real time interviews and shows are becoming part of the most viewed videos, they are a new kind of web contents that is really appreciated because is more spontaneous than you can suppose, and obviously, it’s not the ordinary content that people can look at while blogging or surfing the Internet.

Hope to share even more Carpool karaoke – that’s great Mr James and it’s interesting spend some minutes listening to the singers and people you chose and make fun of some life moments.

#Noteoftheday Magic by Coldplay

Rare red rampant roofs of Florence

Exclusive chances that sometimes happen. A long unforgettable moment that you would love to live for much longer, but it lasts enough to take loads of pictures and remember it forever…

Here you are the details of the panorama:

1 – On the red roofs of Florence: a drone is in the air!

Florence Dome at sunset — 1 – On the red roofs of Florence: a drone is in the air!

Florence view: towards the Dome from the drone

#NoteOfTheDay Viva la vida by Coldplay

Monalisa and Berta, 2 women stuck in Florence

It was a funny discovery, it happened some days ago while I was searching for something to do in Florence – hopefully for free

So I ended up reading a city blog and, 5 minutes after, I was walking towards Palazzo Pitti, here you are what I found out:

It’s in Via Sguazza, the street were Lisa Gherardini – better known as Monalisa, La Gioconda, the wonderful lover of Leonardo Da Vinci was born. And she’s still there in her house waiting for being admired by the people of the world.

Just in front of her there’s a new version of Monalisa, a contemporary picture created by Blub, a street artist in Florence whose paintings and creations are always totally submerged in the water:

Monalisa street art version by Blub #Lartesanuotare

After taking some pictures, I head ed towards the second lady of Florence, the less popular one, but it is worth it to tell her story too.

I’m talking about ‘La Berta‘ whose legend tells she was stuck in the wall by magic while she was screaming at a sentenced magician to not give any water to help him. While it was happening, the magician replied that she won’t be able anymore to move her head from that wall of the tower, and there she is:

La Berta, via Cerretani, Santa Maria Maggiore - Florence — La Berta, via Cerretani, Santa Maria Maggiore – Florence

You just have to look towards the highest part of the wall of Santa Maria Maggiore to see her stuck in between of the two highest windows:

If you fancy walking up and down the city, enjoy its uniqueness and discover these little pieces of ancient arts.

#NoteOfTheDay ‘Piece of my heart‘ by Janis Joplin

Go Pokémon Go, the latest about the augmented reality game

Have you heard the latest? Pokémon are coming back! Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Greninjam and them all are still alive and they’re coming back to influence our life, as they already did some years ago.

But this time is different, they are more than a cartoon on TV, they are around you and you can enjoy the ordinary life by looking at them and interacting with them, in a totally immersive environment. Yes, Pokémon hit the augmented reality game thanks to a new and totally captivating and fascinating app named Pokémon Go.

It is the only app that in a few days is already in the top chart of the App Store (it’s not on the top chart of Google Play, just because it will be available in the next days): it’s completely beating the porno market contents, Twitter, Candy Crush, Ingress and is now becoming a giant if compared to Snapchat.

Ingress - Augmented reality — Ingress – Augmented reality

Augmented reality (or AR) is used to describe the mix of reality and Internet elements, that is to say when virtual elements start to be part of the reality. AR has not to be confused with ARG, or alternate reality game, which is used to describe an interactive narrative game on multimedia platforms (have a look at Stories in between to find out more!).

Those are examples of augmented reality, the place in which you go thorugh your mobile device and you can discover more about what you see, discovering the details about the surrounding:

Thus, Pokémon Go is an AR game and it allows you to discover more about the place where you are and live in, augmenting the information about possible museums, streets, institutions, buildings, shops and parks in which you can go during your walks, together with your app:

Pokémon in your reality — Pokémon in your kitchen

…among the latest augmented reality games, it seem to be the winner, and still many countries do not yet have access. GO and catch them all 🙂

#NoteOfTheDay Pokémon ‘Gotta Catch Em All’ Theme Song

The power of London

The power of London is the first thing that came to my mind thinking back to the last weekend – while I start singing…the power of Lo-ove..

The frenetical ingredient that everybody needs after a long time spent at work, and before the relaxing and chilling vacation arrives. That detail that adds a free-style mood to the ordinary life, those people who don’t care about what they have to dress in the morning or at night, and that civic-minded Englishness that each time is able to surprise you again and again.

All these facts are also relevant if you decide to go to London for some days, because your best friends live there and you need to see them after a while, and because there’s a special festival too – and finally, you also discover that there’s gonna be the Queen’s bbirthday celebration too! top.

Let’s our journey with a typical brunch in La Farola in Islington area:

London details – to start a great day with a typical brunch at La Farola in Islington

Going towards Carnaby St. and the Queen’s 90’s celebration in almost every shops’ windows:

London details: Queen's 90's birthday celebration — London details: Queen’s 90’s birthday celebration

Nice walk into the colors of the past in the city center, near Piccadilly and Oxford Circus

Piccadilly, Hertford Canal Union and Victoria Park area — Piccadilly, Hertford Union Canal and Victoria Park area

A long way to the best: have a look to the next article to discover more about the London Field Day Festival and most of its protagonsists 😎

#NoteOfTheDay by The Smiths ‘Panic‘ 1986

Something in the way, going up to the top of Florence

Florence, view from Ponte Vecchio - in a rainy day — Florence, view from Ponte Vecchio – in a rainy day

You will always appreciate the wonderful walk that leads you to the top of the city of Florence. You can choose several ways to get there, but the best one is through the little gardens behind the Tower of San Niccolò.

Something in the way is the title of this note, and here you are what I found going up to the top of Florence: