Yesterday night at 2am, the project that has been keeping me quite busy in the past monthes has hit the (soft) launch. It’s been an incredible learning exercise, for the mind, the body and the heart. Now let me finish the working week, pass out for 24 hours straight, and then I’ll try to go [...]
Saturday and sunday I managed to get “out of the screen”, even though still geeking out at the Arduino workshop. I discovered a new and fun way of approaching electronics, same as juggling has been a gateway to physics in the past. For those of you who wonder, Arduino is a open electronic prototyping platform, [...]
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Another intense week is over. Apparently. Tomorrow morning I’ll jump on a plain, waste some carbon and go back to Italy for a week, where I plan to attend the BarcampVariationen von regeln für poker. in Turin and (if I can find a way to sneak in) the girlgeekdinner in Milan (oh there will be [...]
From Tateru Nino’s blog: Sorry, Portal. For nearly a half hour, you asked for wit and ingenuity. Then right near the end you started asking for reflexes. Sorry, I don’t actually have any of those. Guess I won’t be able to finish the story. A shame. Switching metaphor or required skillset half-way through a game [...]
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
So next sunday in Rome there’ll be the PiuBlogCamp that is supposed to be summa of the experience of Barcamps in Italy since the BzaarCamp of September 2007 to today.The idea is more than interesting. However, the wiki looks quite full of participants but quite poor in ideas and proposals for conversations. Also asking a little bit around to [...]
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
a bit disappointed for not being in Berlin, but a bit relieved for being here too. My Italian holidays are almost over, tomorrow I’ll fly back to London. My hometown this morning is already cloaked in mist, like it was forecasting in numb anticipation. I spent so little time clackering these days, I feel a [...]
Finally managed to take a break from the City, jumped on an easyjet and safely landed this side of the Alps. Spent the first day with the family, and the second essentially sleeping and “decompressing” (which means that I’ve been in constant touch with London but not taking any commitment): I just can’t take a [...]
Geoffrey Grosenbach published a dense post about his experience at FOWA. A very interesting read, focused on the wide concept of scalability of a technology: structural, client-side (perceived), social. About the latter: PHP had to intentionally think about the public image of the language. [...] Where will this come from for Rails? The author of [...]
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Last night I attended the second San Lorenzo dinner in London. This time the focus was on cheese, of which we tasted a very impressive selection, paired with different types of honey and the usual generous quaff of piedmont wine (oh, Barbera, my love! :) but also Nebbiolo, Gavi to end with a sweet Moscato). [...]