What I follow upon
This is just a little excerpt of projects i like to follow. I'm every year engaged in following the World Economic Forum in Davos.
My interest are broad in scope. This is why i also maky use of tools like the open source Democracy Player, which allows me to access content from many TV Channels worldwide, out of which i follow Democracy Now, Kulturplatz, rocketboom, Sternstunden, Hans Küng - World Ethos (a great men whom i had the pleasure to meet personally in 2001 right after his speech at the UN Assembly).
Occasionally i'm carried away by superficial interests in new experiences like Secondlife, but mainly just to know more about the new dimensions and developments of the Internet.
Other times i'm getting carried away also by "real world" experiences, such as the encounter with Prof. Achenbach, the founder of the Philosophical Practice.
Of course i follow also the general impact of the Internet of the Gobal Community by studying the papers of the EFF and software developed by Open Source Communities like Sourceforge.
Recently i have also been appointed President of the BCSI - Business Club Svizzera Italia. this is an interesting new experiment to bring business partners from Switzerland together with Italian Partners in order to create new ventures for a joint co-operation, taking the advantage of each other's resources for the benefit of a joint new and competitive business.
I do also co-operate with the FONES - The Swiss Federal Office for National Economical Supplies.
On the site of Kiva,org I'm currently discovering microlending (thanks to a hint from one of my future guests). A very interesting initiative worth to be followed up very closely. I will follow it also bearing in mind, what I learned from Hans Rosling and the Gapminder about the world and of course also my personal experiences.
The purpose of all this is not to waste time, but to embrace the world and to be open to all it's aspects and to give some positive contribution for the wellbeing of all in my immediate environment.