Category Archives: interesting people

Freesouls

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Joi Ito published a book, called Freesouls. It is a unique book, and you should definitely hurry and buy it (there are only 1024 copies printed with paperback, and a luxury box set of 50 copies). I blog about this … Continue reading →

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Autism: The Musical wins 2 Emmy Awards

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Autism: The Musical – a movie I wrote about in 2007 has just won 2 (two) Emmy Awards! Congratulations to my friend, producer and director, Tricia Reagan for her great success!! Autism: The Musical won in the following categories: – … Continue reading →

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Vint Cerf speaks highly of Bulgaria: Future of the Internet

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Widely known as “the Father of the Internet”, Dr. Vint Cerf has sent a video message to all the participants at the ccTLD conference in Sofia, Bulgaria last week. I believe the 4-minute talk about the future of the Internet … Continue reading →

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Congratulations: Dessi got married!

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

My colleague and a very good person, Dessi as of August 29 is Mrs. Greve. She married another colleague and a very good person, George Greve. Dessi is a project coordinator with ISOC-Bulgaria, and has performed to the highest marks … Continue reading →

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Round Bulgaria – jogging

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

From Peio I found out about Bojidar Antonov, who just finished a run around Bulgaria. Cool and congratulations! See his photo album, and read more about the idea (in English). A map of the roads which Bojidar has chosen is … Continue reading →

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My DNA

Posted on June 1, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

I did a research of my DNA from my Father’s side via the Genographic Project of National Geographic. (UPDAYE: here’s the maternal DNA report) The results may be surprising for some of the Bulgarian historians and scientists. I am copying … Continue reading →

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Great Interview with Sci-Fi Writer Arthur C. Clarke

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

My good friends George Sadowsky and Alan Greenberg have taken this interview with Arthur C. Clarke 6 years ago, for the Internet Society INET conference in 2002. You can watch the interview here: Part 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEqfn5evqbc Part 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu_ZTJFcCZE Part … Continue reading →

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Bulgarian chessmaster Vesselin Topalov plays brilliantly, again!

Posted on January 25, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Two days ago Bulgarian Vesselin Topalov, grand chess master and former world champion, made a brilliant game against his old rival, Vladimir Kramnik. You can see the whole game here, with comments. The man is a walking genius, and even … Continue reading →

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Larry Lessig On Creativity

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Larry Lessig talks about creativity. It is always good to spend 20 minutes of your life listening and looking at his presentations. As the site TED.com says, “Larry Lessig gets TEDsters to their feet, whooping and whistling, for this elegant … Continue reading →

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Do You Know Molly Kestenbaum?

Posted on November 6, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Have you thought what it would be to not be able to hear anything? Not being able to understand why everyone is laughing, while you are sitting in the back of your car? Molly Kestenbaum. This is one of the … Continue reading →

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