Category: Stories

Prince, the day after

Published April 23, 2016 by Alessandro

It’s Saturday morning, the day after Prince’s death. The house is empty and I’m streaming a radio from Minnesota that has been playing every Prince’s song alphabetically (Alphabet St., pun intended) for the last 36 hours! Musicology, the song that made me fall…

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Prince is gone

Prince is gone

Published April 22, 2016 by Alessandro

Prince is gone! He was the fist artist I actively listened. I was 12. I discovered music listening to Purple Rain, 1999 and Sign ‘o the Time. For many years, he was my idol, for his music, the style and the…

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Back to blogging

Published February 27, 2016 by Alessandro

A few days ago, I read posts from Joi Ito and Dave Winer. At the end, this sentence/tweet kept buzzing in my mind. It reminded me about the importance of the Open Web. The difference between owning your content vs keeping it…

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Montauk

Published April 3, 2010 by Alessandro

No words to describe, just images

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My Adidas (November 2006)

Published June 17, 2009 by Alessandro

This is an old post from my italian blog that I will try to translate. Why? Because it talks about running, one of my passions I discovered in NYC. I wrote this post after my first run: “This city is…

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In Search of Stupidity

In Search of Stupidity

Published June 14, 2009 by Alessandro

You have to read this book! (From wikipedia) This book explores, in a humorous tone, the art and science of management used by high-technology companies. In Search of Stupidity is a parody of In Search of Excellence. Its central thesis…

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Arpino – Holiday in Italy

Published June 10, 2009 by Alessandro

This is Arpino, the land of Cicerone and Roman civilization. In the picture the most ancient (and still standing) “sesto acuto” (pointed) arc. Two more shots from the small village: The Cicerone’s tower: This place is worth a trip! Arpino…

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Barrack Obama is now following you on Twitter!

Published February 25, 2009 by Alessandro

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The Housing Chart That’s Worth 1000 Word

Published February 22, 2009 by Alessandro

Snippet from an article by Henry Blodget Instead of allowing the housing market to correct to its fair value, President Obama and Barney Frank will attempt to “mitigate” foreclosures. Mr. Frank has big plans for your tax dollars, “We may need…

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Responsibilities

Published February 18, 2009 by Alessandro

I just realized that I’m responsible for: 10 servers 4 SVN repositories 1 Bug tracker system ~100k Lines of code 6M requests / day 1 Intranet 1 Wiki Make pesto is much easier….

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