Maria Tecla Artemesia Montessori (August 31, 1870 – May 6, 1952) was an Italian physician and educator, a noted humanitarian and devout Roman Catholic best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific…
The term workspace includes all the tools, objects including furniture and buildings that comprise the areas where work is done. Most knowledge work happens in offices that may or may not have natural light, natural air circulation and usually have…
A standing desk is a desk conceived for writing, reading, or working, while standing up or while sitting on a high stool. The term stand-up or stand up desk is also used. Standing desks, or even better adjustable height desks,…
A consultant (from Latin: consultare “to discuss”) is a professional who provides professional or expert advice in a particular area such as security, management, accountancy, law, human resources, marketing, finance, engineering, or any of many other specialized fields. A consultant…
The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. The model was pioneered by magazines and newspapers, but is now used by many businesses and websites. Subscription…
Video on demand (VOD) is a system which allow users to select and watch/listen to video content on demand. IPTV technology is often used to bring video on demand to televisions, connected devices and personal computers. Catch up TV is…
Open data is the idea that some data should be freely available to everyone to use and republish as they wish, without restrictions from copyright, patents or other mechanisms of control. Digital information “wants” to be easily accessible and transferable,…
A marketing strategy shows how to bring a product/service to market by exposing data and assumptions, explaining the positioning and the target and, finally, drafting the main strategies to reach and involve the audience. Every strategy should be well researched:…
The movie industry is a business ecosystem that brings together industrial (production, finalization), artistic (directing, acting), high tech (special effects, cgi) and marketing (advertising, pr) talents. The main purpose of the industry is to develop and exploit intellectual properties. This…
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a unitary parliamentary republic in Southern Europe. To the north, it borders France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia along the Alps. To the south, it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia–the…