Friday, September 29, 2006
Neapolis
This morning I got my first hard hat tour ever, of Neapolis, the new media/technology center in Vilanova. I hadn’t realized quite how big the scope of the center was. It’s going to be the hub for telecommunications in Catalonia—a whole floor for fiberoptics, research, a wifi “zona de chill-out”, training rooms, two sets/studios, etc. etc. Many existing university, community, and government entities will all move their offices there, or at least have space they use. The building is bright, floor to ceiling windows throughout much of it, a bar, maybe even Japanese gardens. It’s going to be pretty spectacular, and have a huge potential. Will be interesting to be here this year and see how it all comes together. 60-70 percent of the funding comes from the E.U., the rest is from the municipality.
Since Neapolis isn't going to be ready until 2007, we also took a look at the multimedia room at the public library, where I’ll probably be leading the first workshop or two. This is more or less your standard computer cluster, and should do the trick. I got to see one of the women I met last year who used to be in charge of senior services, and now is in charge of youth programs. She’s enthusiastic about the workhops, and they’re trying to organize an orientation session for next week. Better work on that powerpoint.
This morning I got my first hard hat tour ever, of Neapolis, the new media/technology center in Vilanova. I hadn’t realized quite how big the scope of the center was. It’s going to be the hub for telecommunications in Catalonia—a whole floor for fiberoptics, research, a wifi “zona de chill-out”, training rooms, two sets/studios, etc. etc. Many existing university, community, and government entities will all move their offices there, or at least have space they use. The building is bright, floor to ceiling windows throughout much of it, a bar, maybe even Japanese gardens. It’s going to be pretty spectacular, and have a huge potential. Will be interesting to be here this year and see how it all comes together. 60-70 percent of the funding comes from the E.U., the rest is from the municipality.
Since Neapolis isn't going to be ready until 2007, we also took a look at the multimedia room at the public library, where I’ll probably be leading the first workshop or two. This is more or less your standard computer cluster, and should do the trick. I got to see one of the women I met last year who used to be in charge of senior services, and now is in charge of youth programs. She’s enthusiastic about the workhops, and they’re trying to organize an orientation session for next week. Better work on that powerpoint.
