"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." - Steve Jobs
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Alexandra Combes, LL.M
Born on 7th/01/1980 - French
Independent policy analyst & digital rights advocate
Founder and director of Ultimate Circle - Brussels
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Key policies for a healthy IT market - It has been quite a while now since I have been involved in IT policy issues. For the past ten years I was alternatively active with European Parliament, non-profit organisations and open source companies on various projects aimed at fostering digital innovation. […] - 23 Apr 2013 16:28
Safeguarding the Kernel - When confronting to a hostile environment that despite your multiplied attempts, you can't manage to change or at least, not quickly enough to save your skin, there are two options : either you keep shouting "we're all gonna die, we're all gonna die" and then when the witching hour arrives, look at your fellow agonising next to you and say "see, I told you" ; OR, you shut up for one minute, draw as deep as possible inside yourself and manage somehow - at this point, nobody can tell you how - to adapt to the situation and survive until it evolves. […] - 21 Nov 2012 12:40
Intellectual Property vs Innovation - While the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was finally rejected by the European Parliament on July 4th 2012 as first major victory of democracy since the rejection of software patents directive seven years ago, I still hear people eulogizing Intellectual Property (IP) as "fostering innovation". Time to clarify the situation and stop with this Mickey Mouse fantasy. […] - 27 Jul 2012 13:42
Brussels Bronx - What's happening in Brussels.. ? There is as a doom atmosphere in the European Capital. You might find some poetry in there.. As if the whole city was awaiting the end of the world. […] - 13 May 2012 14:23
