another day, somehow shorter than the first, but equally engaging. I eventually did my small presentation, with the effect that I realized a good title for it just while presenting it. Here you can find the slides, published on google docs: Geeky note #1: presenting in google docs is ok… for a barcamp at least. [...]
The first day of this first barcamplondon of the post-BBC era is over, and here I am to write down a few considerations on the experience. The overall impression is awesome, and I think the general mood is that this event is definitely up to the standard we were used, although in the morning I [...]
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, [...]
I decided to start trying to bring some of my culture to London, other than just absorbing its own. First stop: home made pasta :) Details soon.
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 [...]
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). [...]
…improving the experience of… city users! In particular, of pedestrian underpasses. Why do I blog this?: two reasons. The disclaimer here is that Ana, one of the Secret Path group members, is our new designer @ Headshift! So this is a sort of welcome :) The other reason is that I found this installation quite [...]
No they’re not aliens. ‘cos we all know that aliens don’t exist, and that was just a fake. Been there, done that. This time they are zombies! For real, lots of them! They’ve been seen last month in soho, and today a new epidemy was predicted. Don’t get fooled, they can look quite innocent, but [...]
My Oxfordian exile ended on saturday. It’s been quite sweet, especially thanks to Victoria’s hospitality, a very patient couch-guest, I must say. I owe you a big one. So I’m in London again, although still practically homeless, even if technically I’m not. A long story, indeed, worth a longer post as soon as the dust [...]
Forgot to put these into the previous post so here we go: . Friday 25th, let’s meet at the Minibar! Conversation, social tagging, beer and a few presentation: see here for details (and subscribe on upcoming) . Saturday 26th, Yael Davids performance at the ICA (# upcoming) . Thursday 31th, Friday Jun 1st, in Copenhaghen [...]