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Mark Vanderbeeken recently wrote an article on the where-abouts of Interaction Design Institute Ivrea alumni (This is the school where I did my Masters). Mark names a number of companies and schools were the alum now work and identifies a number of new companies that have been started by the alumni. It’s an impressive list, and I think it speaks to the caliber of people that were associated with the school. I am proud to be part of that community.

One of the alum was featured in a Wired magazine article recently as well. A former professors of the school, Massimo Banzi, continued to work in the area of physical prototyping and with his team has garnered a lot of interest for the open-source prototyping platform they call Arduino (named after a bar we all used to frequent). The article talks not only about the project, but the idea that this is open-source hardware, and there can be a business made out of such a thing.

Congratulation to Massimo and the Arduino team, and all the Ivrea alumni : )

Just a note that I’ve decided to split the subject I love into separate blogs. This site will continue to share with you my ideas about Interaction Design, while Masimuddy Eats! will speak about my culinary adventures. Check it out ; )