Dear All, just few words to introduce a new Italian start up of the University of Milano - Bicocca, working in the intersection between ICT and Design: ITSME (http://www.itsme.it), lead by Prof. Giorgio De Michelis. Our goal is to develop an innovative workstation with a radically new operating system. After almost 30 years, it is time to go beyond the desktop metaphor. In these years our community has characterised the situatedness of human practices and developed ways to support it. Itsme is the new workstation for context-aware users that we are going to design and develop. It is based on a new metaphor, i.e. that of "stories and venues". Human life can be seen as the intertwining of several different stories: for each story itsme creates a venue where users can find all the things that are relevant for it. You can find more details about our initiative on the website. In particular, you can read a presentation (http://www.itsme.it/wp- content/uploads/2008/05/itsme-presentationxall_01.pdf) and a first introductory paper (http://www.itsme.it/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/ storiesandvenues.pdf). If you are interested in our project, please feel free to contact me directly. We are open to discuss collaborations with other universities, departments, research centers and laboratories. Many thanks! Best regards, Nico Giandomenico Sica Director of Communication ITSME S.r.l. Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca Campus Bicocca, Edificio U9 Via dell'Innovazione 10 20125, Milano, Italia Tel: ++39.02.66173453 Skype: nicosica E-mail: giandomenico.sica@itsme.it Website: http://www.itsme.it Home: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicosica