Entries from August 2006

August 29, 2006

Why I blog

I don’t read blogs to find out things faster than anyone else; I don’t read blogs to find things to link to and comment on before anyone else; I don’t read blogs because I can’t find any books to read.
I read blogs because they’re participative, they are accessible, they help me learn. I write [...]

August 21, 2006

On top of the world

This is my best position of all time in the Qix Top 100 Italian Blog ranking with my first italian blog, Pandemia. Wow!
The ranking is a mix of ponderated Technorati, Alexa, Google, Google Blog Search and Yahoo!
Link: Qix Top 100 Italian Blog Ranking.

August 16, 2006

New template

Do You like it? It’s green as my personal blog in Italian.

August 16, 2006

The Pando effect You don’t expect

Nine months ago I have been writing a post here and in my Italian blog, Pandemia, about Pando, a new beta software to share big file throught email, without no limit, using the speed of Bit Torrent protocol.
Pando became suddenly a viral software, also thanks to my writing.
Today I watched Robert Levitan, one of the [...]

August 14, 2006

What If 9/11 Never Happened?

A very good question and a lot of answers.
Link: What If 9/11 Never Happened?

August 14, 2006

Blogger’s PEW survey

August 14, 2006

Windows Live Writer testing

I am writing from the new desktop application for blogging by Microsoft.
It is Windows Live Writer and it is in beta.
Lot of talking today on TechMeme.

August 13, 2006

Maybe tomorrow…

From Crash soundtrack, a beautiful song.

“Maybe Tomorrow”
I’ve been down and
I’m wondering why
These little black clouds
Keep walking around
With me
With me
It wastes time
And I’d rather be high
Think I’ll walk me outside
And buy a rainbow smile
But be free
They’re all free
So maybe tomorrow
I’ll find my way home
So maybe tomorrow
I’ll find my way home
I look around at a beautiful life
Been [...]

August 3, 2006

Italian Web 2.0 on TechCrunch

Today the french version of TechCruch published a post about the italian web 2.0 sites. It also linked to my first italian blog, Pandemia.
I also wrote a comment and I rewrite it here:
Hi everybody, I am sorry but I am not able to write in french, even if I can read it
We have [...]