Nicola is a 35 y.o. italian male. Considers himself curious and friendly. Married since october 2007, loves: his wife, going around with his Yamaha Fz1 Fazer, reading intelligent stuff, comic books and science-fiction, many TV shows and hangin' out with interesting people.
He works in a bio-tech research center as a GNU/Linux sysadmin and all around ICT guy. Enjoys using a Mac {} with opensource software.
On-line since 1999 (yep, that's 10 year anniversary this year) could be found everyday on many websites, social networks and such ... tentatively it's ALL reassumed on http://claimid.com/koolinus !
As he tweets out his latest story to his 1.1 million Twitter followers, does David Pogue need The New York Times, or does The New York Times need David Pogue? And what becomes of the newly unemployed journalist who doesn't set up a Twitter account like Pogue, who has posted more than 2,000 tweets on technology, fatherhood and other topics?
remarkable article from Mashable's Peter Cashmore
Just as it is for big corporations, successful branding is essential to the success of a freelancing business and to just one self-employed web worker.
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Front-end or client-side development is a relatively obscure Internet discipline. Historically, this role has been known under several aliases, htmler, web designer, coder, frontender and so on, but its core functions remain the same while expanding with the progress of the Internet. It is a hinge role that requires both aesthetic sensitivity and programmatic rigor.
To many people, client-side development might be perceived as 'making things pretty' and, while it is a valid comment since we do make things look good, as good-looking things sell better, there are many other technologies that fall within this field that might be usually overlooked.
Here's an overview of some of them.
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With this close connection, learning about the command line makes more sense in GNU/Linux than in many operating systems. You do not need to be full of command line macho, believing that the only real computing goes on at a command prompt, to appreciate the connection. While the command line is in many ways the opposite of the desktop, in that it is thorough and encourages the gaining of expertise, the two interfaces are complementary. For simple, routine tasks, the desktop is often preferable, especially if you are viewing graphics. If you want to administer your system or fine-tune performance, then the command line is the interface you need.
via The GNU/Linux Desktop and Borrowed Assumptions about Usability | datamation.com
Do you agree ???
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Everything they learned about social media they learned by reading blog posts (i.e. no application). You can learn a ton about sex from reading Kinsey’s manuals, but I’d still rather be with someone who has some practical experience.
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The best article on which are the main features, the PROs and CONs of both those micro-blogging platform.
To read. Absolutely.
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