Projects
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FacetagFaceTag is a working prototype of a semantic collaborative tagging tool conceived for bookmarking information architecture resources. It aims to show how the flat keywords space of tags can be effectively mixed with a richer faceted classification scheme to improve the system information architecture. This is a project I'm working on together with Emanuele Quintarelli and Luca Rosati. The web is being spinned and the project will be presented at EuroIA 2006. Papers and presentationsTagging and Social Networks - The Impact of Communities on User Centered Tagging. From Physical to Digital Environments (and Back) So, who's the guy?Andrea holds a Master Degree in Architecture and Industrial Design from the Politecnico di Milano, where he graduated with full honors in 1995 with a sperimental paper on chaos theories and morphogenetic design. He has been a teaching assistant at the Politecnico di Milano, Faculty of Architecture, where he worked on generative design and helped develop one of the first online didactical labs for students, and a freelance information designer throughout the second half of the Nineties. In 2001 Andrea founded exea with G. Orsi (CEO, Ososoft), a small IT consulting firm providing web services to SME and with a penchant for free and open source software solutions, where he was Technical Lead and Information architect all through January 2007. Getting in touchThe best way to get in touch is by e-mail: I usually check my mailbox(es) regularly, and asincronicity helps. You can find me at
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