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Paolo Massa

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Personal Designations

Definitely couch available Verified Vouched for6

Community Designations

City Ambassador (Trento)
Contribution
Italy
Trentino-Alto Adige
Trento
Lat: 46.06, Lon: 11.13
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General Information

Paolo Massa is a CS City Ambassador for Trento, Italy!
Paolo Massa has been vouched for
VERIFIED MEMBER (3) more info
Couch availableDefinitely!
CouchSurf requests replied to93%
member sinceSeptember 28th, 2004
profile views9380
age35
genderMale
membernamePHAULY
occupationnerdy computer stuff
educationphd in computer science: something about trust network I still have to understand ;-)
grew up inAlessandria
ethnicitythe same as yours, my friend
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Languages

  • ItalianExpert
  • EnglishExpert
  • SpanishIntermediate
  • ArabicBeginner
  • FrenchIntermediate
  • Chinese (Mandarin)Beginner

Groups I Belong To

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol 206:363
Why: I live in trento
Brainstorm - the original one....  1464:11145Amsterdam 3759:6583
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Couch Information


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Couch Available: Definitely!
Preferred Gender: Any
Max Surfers Per Night: 3

Shared Sleeping Surface: No
Shared Room: No

I have 2 additional beds, a sofa and an inflatable mattress, plenty of choices!
There is a private guest room for guests.

I live 20/25 walking minutes away from the centre of Trento (and from the train station). You can reach my house by bus and I can probably lend you a bike (5 mins from the centre).
Probably I can come to pick you with my old motorbike. I have no car. I have no TV. I have one cat.

Friends (71)

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PictureMaurizio Napolitano
36, Male
Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige
Italy
Friends since January 2003
"we work togheter in a lot of projects"
Friendship Type: 7 - Best Friend
Met in person  
PictureRiccardo Cambiassi
30, Male
London, England
United Kingdom
Friends since 1995
"We attended the same University. Share similar geeky interests. And he's got a cool blog."
PictureRIGGASCONI
25, Male
Rome, Lazio
Italy
Friends since March 2008
"trust networking"
Friendship Type: 5 - Good Friend
I vouched for Paolo Massa
Met in person   Surfed3  
PictureRachele _N
30, Female
Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige
Italy
Friends since July 2003
"It's a long story!"
Friendship Type: 4 - Friend
Met in person  
PictureMAY
27, Female
Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige
Italy
Friends since 2006
"He told me of CouchSurfing and we wrote together an article about it!!!!"
PictureKasper Souren
32, Male
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
Netherlands
Friends since June 2007
"through the CS wiki, then he hosted amylin and me in Trento and we met again in Amsterdam"
Friendship Type: 4 - Friend
I vouched for Paolo Massa
Met in person   Surfed4   Traveled2  
PictureAmylin Loglisci
22, Female
Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
France
Friends since May 2007
"Paulo & Francesca are awesome hosts!"
Friendship Type: 2 - Acquaintance
Met in person   Surfed5  
PictureCristiano Nattero
30, Male
Chiavari, Liguria
Italy
Friends since March 2003
"We volunteer in the same no-profit organization :-)"
Friendship Type: 5 - Good Friend
Met in person  
PictureAnna Petrova
28, Female
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
Netherlands
Friends since 2005
"Paolo hosted me in his home"
PictureCristina Moretto
30, Female
Pergine Valsugana, Trentino-Alto Adige
Italy
Friends since April 2007
"Working at FBK!"
Friendship Type: 5 - Good Friend
Met in person  
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Paolo Massa
Drinking coconut milk somewhere in Guatemala
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Personal Description

I have signed the petition for OpenCouchSurfing www.opencouchsurfing.org/petition/
and I think you should too.

Interests

My interests are: trust (trust networks, trust metrics), reputation (reputation systems), recommender systems, carpooling, couchsurfing, free software, gift economy, reputation economy, sharing as a modality of economic production ... ok, I copied these from some my web page but of course there is more ... uhm let me think, guitaring, smiling, thinking ...

Music, Movies, Books

Just one for category:
Movie: Das experiment (german, not very known and hence worth to be spread)
Music: Fabrizio De Andre'
Books: 1984 by Orwell

Locations Traveled

TRAVELED: Albania, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Guatemala, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City
WANTS TO GO: , Cuba, Iceland, Japan, Namibia, New Zealand, Vietnam

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From Bruno van den Elshout
 The Hague, Netherlands
 Jun 3
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

We should have talked a little more so I could leave a more extensive reference. Anyway, Paolo seemed like a nice guy who is willing to contribute his share to making this world a better place.

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From DRPRUTZ
 Phnom Penh, Cambodia
 May 13
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

Paolo was nice, considerate guest. He was away during the days and joined us for evening conversations which was really nice. Well, to sum up, way to less time we spent together and I look forward to meeting Paolo again - either in Innsbruck or in Italy.

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From Yvonne Heidegger
 Innsbruck, Austria
 May 13
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

Paolo is a very likeable, trustworthy and fun person - although we only spent little time together, I think it can be great fun spending time with him ;) and paolo: I won´t throw my tv away, but surely switch it off in the future :) see you!

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From Tonet and Aurora
 Madrid, Spain
 Apr 23
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

We hate Trento autobus ;D. Even the Trento autobus has a strange way of working, we had a great time in Trento thanks to Paolo and Francesca. They helped us lots and we had very good conversations with them

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From RIGGASCONI
 Rome, Italy
 Mar 28
Met in person Good Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

The trust network monk.

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From Leonardo Fantino
 Rome, Italy
 Mar 19
Met in person Best Friend,  
Positive

He's the best. He's a super kind amazing genius.
He's the PIMP of Trento and he knows how to have fun.

A+++

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From Martina Bertazzon
 Venice, Italy
 Mar 18
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 4 days  
Positive

Paolo is a funny, interesting, open minded person. He is that kind of person u hope to meet again, somewhere else, by chance!

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From Sara Pinta
 Trento, Italy
 Feb 21
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  

I met him on 15th feb 2008 for a cs meeting, he looks kind.

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From CRIIRSARA
 Bolzano, Italy
 Feb 17
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

He was the one who suggested me to subscribe to Couchsurfing, and I did and now I really like that project. We got in touch because of some problems with Hc.
He knows a lot about Hospitality exchange networks and which should be the real philosophy of such networks.
And he is an always smiling, positive, person

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From LORENTZ
 Rome, Italy
 Jan 7
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

I had an amazing time with Paolo and Francesca! Sense of humor, clever and polite...
They helped me a lot so that, on several occasions, I felt like they were taking care of me, when it should have been the opposite!
Paolo rolled arancine (for you, dear readers, it's a tipical liverkilling sicilian street food) as a real professional and now, in my opinion, he could apply for the sicilan citizenship.
Isn't it the real CS spirit?
After three days, what a surprise, the fish didn't stink!
It happens with guests like them.

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From Anna Petrova
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Dec 19, 2007
Met in person  
Positive

My bicycle-teacher :). Hey-hey!
After staing in Trento i start to be professional cyclist :)

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From Luca Conti
 Senigallia, Italy
 Nov 30, 2007
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Paolo is a very smart guy very active in the software development world. He is a very kind person.

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From Diego Bridge
 Trento, Italy
 Nov 14, 2007
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

I know Paolo since a couple of years as we were working in the same building. Personally I know it not so much but I think it is a good boy!! PS: and also a good windsurfer!!

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From Renee Leclerc
 Minneapolis, United States
 Nov 13, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 4 days  
Positive

Yes, I hosted Paolo while not even there. However I did meet him and saw right off that he's a genuinely nice guy. I was glad to help.

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From Enrico Anzi
 Dublin, Ireland (Republic of)
 Nov 5, 2007
Met in person Close Friend,  
Positive

he introduced me in couchsurfing! I lived for some months in his flat and it has been great.
We somehow shared our easy going life style and I still keep on learning a lot from him.

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From Fabio Berzaghi
 Minneapolis, United States
 Oct 31, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

I hosted Paolo for a few days. He's very easy-going and nice to chat with. I hope to meet/surf with him again!

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From Antra Alksne
 Riga, Latvia
 Sep 8, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Paolo is very friendly and positive person and his girlfriend Francheska as well. I and my friend enjoyed his hospitality for 3 days in them wonderful house among mountains. We hope to enjoy them company once more! You are welcome in Riga!

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From Monta Stegenburga
 Rome, Italy
 Aug 30, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

Paolo and his girlfriend Francheska are so positive and nice persons. They hosted me and my friend in them "castle" surrounded of beautiful mountains. Amazing place, incredible hospitality! Thank you! Hope to pay you back with my hospitality in Riga! You are very welcome!

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From Kasper Souren
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Jul 4, 2007
Met in person Friend, Surfed 4 days Traveled 2 days 
Positive

Paolo is calm and smart, and he more or less created the perfect job for me! Looking forward to work side-by-side on researching trust metrics and (social) networks.

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From Heloïse et laurent Lenoir
 Meaux, France
 Jun 13, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Paolo is very kind and it was great to meet him :)

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From Jaime Looy
 Singapore, Singapore
 Apr 23, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Paolo's hospitality is making me miss Trento already! Boo hoo! I want to go back to Trento to ride the bicycle, have chats with Paolo and play with the cat! Thanks Paolo for making my stay in Trento so enjoyable and enriching! I have certainly learnt tons about Italian Society from you! =)

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From Ele
 Providence, United States
 Apr 4, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

I came to Trento when Paolo was hosting his girlfriend's brother, who got his degree while I was there... and they invited me to the party!! :)Paolo and Fra are lovely people, smiling and welcoming... Thank you, I really enjoyed your company!!

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From Vladimir Nakhimov
 Saint Petersburg, Russia
 Dec 22, 2006
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Paolo is just great!
Pity that we had to discuss all the world problems in English, my Italian is too poor yet, but this meeting has been a good stimulus to improve it :-)

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From Sergio Tonon
 Florence, Italy
 Dec 22, 2006
Met in person Good Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

We shared our experiences as we'd know each other since a long time. Gently, friendship, smiling, such a perfect host! We realized to stay in the same fair: FA LA COSA GIUSTA, an ecological answer to our way of life.

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From BABIM
 Trento, Italy
 Dec 20, 2006
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Nice, smart and funny guy. Very open-minded, it's easy to feel good with him. Very active on free software community. He is *the* reference for all of us on the newest internet technologies. Questionable musical taste.

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From Luciano Formicola
 Naples, Italy
 Dec 18, 2006
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

He surfed Cristiano's house for a weekend with his girlfriend and I invited them at me for my friend's birthday party. Nice and fun, these 2 guys have my respect.

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From Cristiano Polcaro
 Naples, Italy
 Dec 12, 2006
Met in person Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

PAOLO A SALUTE FROM BEAUTIFUL CITTA PIU OF THE WORLD WHEN YOU WANT TO COME NOT PROBLEM.... SALUTES To FRANCESCA A LOT MUCH LIKEABLE One....

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From Michael Steuernagel
 Antibes, France
 Oct 22, 2006
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

My first host ever. Paolo and Francesca have been my first hosts ever, I found them via HospitalityClub.org. It's been a while now, but I still remember that week-end well! Thanks again for the time, the space - and the bike :-)

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From Sven Van Den Meerssche
 Brussels, Belgium
 Oct 15, 2006
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Paolo stayed at my place for 2 nights. I showed him a bit around in Brussels and I introduced him to the sometimes strange belgian beers. He's a very social guy with a lot of interests. I hope to surf his couch aswell one day.

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From Cristiano Nattero
 Chiavari, Italy
 Sep 25, 2006
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

Paolo has a natural talent to increase people enthusiasm or at least that happens when we talk :-)
I wish we could spend more time together, but in the meantime, nerd as we are, we exploit the Internet ;-)

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From Patrik Dahlin
 Oslo, Norway
 Sep 19, 2006
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Paolo hosted me over the night when Iwastraveling in Italy and was very nice to me and intresstingto speak with.

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From Andreas Hörfurter
 Ubersee, Germany
 Jul 24, 2006
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

We contacted Paolo via Couchsurfing and HC and he hosted us on a spontanious escape from Bavarian winter to the southern side of. Paolo and Francesca are a very sweet and nice couple and perfect hosts (and surely guests). We enjoyed our time in Trento very much - especially the time with Paolo and Francesca. Thank you for your hospitality, the nice dinner, your surprise party and all the nice meeting! Hope to see you again - this side or on your side of the alps.

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From Riccardo Cambiassi
 London, United Kingdom
 Jul 19, 2006
Met in person  

A semantic web backlash. I was introduced to couchsurfing by Paolo's blog, a while ago. Eventually we met a few days ago when he's been my couchowner in Trento.
He and Francesca made for the most enjoyable visit to Trento I could think of: a bike ride, great conversation (and many ideas), a missed concert, and spaghetti with sicilian sauce (just to give that exotic taste to the evening).
It's been hard to leave in the morning. Really.

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From Viktoria Hörfurter
 Ubersee, Germany
 Jul 19, 2006
Met in person  

Great weekend in Trento! Paolo and Francesa are a wonderful couple and great hosts. Thank you for the pleasant weekend, dinner, party and everything... Hope to see you again!

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From Melissa Mason
 Paris, France
 Jul 19, 2006
Met in person  

quick beer. Ok ok... so I don't speak Italian in Paris.... !!!!! i mean why??? where is the french? hahaha...

well you!! very nice to meet you in the city. I hope antonello ahem... the other italian in paris who surfed you showed you a good time.

come back with a little more breaths!! so we can actually see things.

ok if i am anywhere near trento i will buzz you.

you are very nice... and funny. but attention... tu me moque bien...!!!! alooorrrrrrahhhh

sono innocente...e gentile ;) alcune volte


ciiaaaaaaaaaoooooooo!!!

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From Damien Simon
 Sao Paulo, Brazil
 Jul 19, 2006
Met in person  

Cool and friendly guest. Paolo and Francesca stayed with me a few days ... Both are very friendly... I did like our conversations... Hope next time you'll come you have time to ride on the bicycle :)

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