… and so this is Christmas

Roberto Saracco December 25, 2016 Blog 121 Views

I remember when Christmas also used to be a time for sending and receiving Christmas cards. It is less an less so. I do not have extensive statistics, although I remember at the turn of the century I ordered through my secretary some 500 Christmas Cards to send to acquaintances. Now I am not sending a single Christmas card anymore (shame on me).  
In UK an estimated of 275M£ were spent on Christmas Cards in 2005; this fell to 200M£ in 2014 and I suspect it is further down now.
It is yet another indicator of the times, and changing of habits. 
I am getting older and older and Christmas Cards still means something to me, a "something" that has not been replaced by mails, specially not by the hundreds of mails generated by exploders flooding my mail box, several times over, since many people find convenient to click a "reply to all" thus multiplying the flooding.
And yet, I am also pleased to use the cyberspace to wish all readers of my blog Happy Holidays, wherever you are, whatever your creed
… may this time be merry and full of hopes you can work on to fulfil in the coming year!
Buone Feste
Roberto

About Roberto Saracco

Roberto Saracco fell in love with technology and its implications long time ago. His background is in math and computer science. Until April 2017 he led the EIT Digital Italian Node and then was head of the Industrial Doctoral School of EIT Digital up to September 2018. Previously, up to December 2011 he was the Director of the Telecom Italia Future Centre in Venice, looking at the interplay of technology evolution, economics and society. At the turn of the century he led a World Bank-Infodev project to stimulate entrepreneurship in Latin America. He is a senior member of IEEE where he leads the New Initiative Committee and co-chairs the Digital Reality Initiative. He is a member of the IEEE in 2050 Ad Hoc Committee. He teaches a Master course on Technology Forecasting and Market impact at the University of Trento. He has published over 100 papers in journals and magazines and 14 books.

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