Moca 2024 - A true back to the roots

27 September 2024

Original article: https://blog.nahi.me/blog/moca-2024-un-vero-back-to-the-root

I've known Metro Olografix since I was a kid. I always wanted to join, but I saw participation in an association as a local activity and, living in a small town a bit far from Pescara, I always hesitated. How wrong I was!
Then I moved to Pescara, where I still live, and I met some of the historic members of the association. That is how, after decades, I finally landed in Metro Olografix.

For a long time now I have been advocating for a radical change in our field, one that takes us back a bit to the past; that makes us appreciate the playful aspect of our work again, rather than the merely economic one.

This drive led me to found hackamole, whose claim "Bring back the fun to fun and profit" encapsulates in a few words the aspect mentioned above. A reality on which I and the other founders are still working and which wants to address the widest possible audience of technology, design, writing enthusiasts and more.

However, I must say that I found this atmosphere of rediscovery as a pervasive element of moca during every minute of the event itself. I attended very interesting talks on the most varied topics (I also had the pleasure of presenting some). I finally put faces to the nicknames whose articles I passionately read in the e-zines of the time, which I even printed to be able to read them comfortably in bed before going to sleep.

In short, I touched firsthand a latent ferment ready to spring at the first favorable opportunity.

We are enthusiasts (and often workers) of a beautiful sector and, as we age, we are also responsible for spreading this passion and its history.

The moca was all this. A fantastic dive into the past but also a beautiful window to the future.