Kushtrim Xhakli | research

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

By Kushtrim Xhakli ⋅ April 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I had the unique opportunity this year to visit CERN’s Large Hadron Collider a day after LIFT Conference 2008, an experience which helped me to understand better CERN and its innovation. I was in a group together with Bruce Sterling, Ben Segal, Robert Scoble (who did the video below), Aral Balkan and others. Below is [...]

Economist: The world’s newest state

By Kushtrim Xhakli ⋅ March 1, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Its declaration of independence is the start of another chapter, not of a new book, says The Economist quoting my comment about technology opportunities in Kosovo.
Kushtrim Xhakli, an internet entrepreneur, says the problem lies deeper: stick-in-the-mud thinking and no tradition of letting private companies get larger than one family can control. “They are frightened [...]

LIFT08 pulse

By Kushtrim Xhakli ⋅ February 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Protected: Vala900 you are a history!

By Kushtrim Xhakli ⋅ January 25, 2008 ⋅ 11 comments

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Lufthansa Technology Forum

By Kushtrim Xhakli ⋅ January 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

At DLD Conference Lufthansa asked:
In view of modern rail travel concepts, what innovative ideas and visions must the aviation industry implement in order still to be attractive in 15 years’ time?
A very good question to discuss, with all frequency of planes growing daily, unconditional weather, delays, and plus now double security checks, traveling has become [...]

LIFT Conference 2008

By Kushtrim Xhakli ⋅ January 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

LIFT Conference is about to start soon, this time richer with program attached with preliminary network using social media softwares. As last year main discussion during the breaks was Twitter, this year it Facebook will dominate the field. The recent report provided by Glen O’Neil on Network Mapping shows the increase of network among participants, [...]

Yes, I lost my flight to Prishtina today

By Kushtrim Xhakli ⋅ January 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I do think that the more you travel the hardest it gets, I missed my flight to Prishtina, Kosovo today operated by British Airways. The reason was my fault, i did not make it in time, and I was 30 minutes late.
British Airways kindly offers flight deals but when you are in need they [...]

Is Web 2.0 Expo aware of TechCrunch?

By Kushtrim Xhakli ⋅ April 5, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Mike Arrington called me two days ago on my private cell phone in relation to my previous post regarding the Technology Usage in SEE. Following our phone conversation he invited to give me a free ticket for Web 2.0, I checked the dates and on that time I will be out of country going to [...]