10 years after the dotcom bubble burst

10 years after the dotcom bubble burst, the NASDAQ is still worth less than half of what it was (supposedly) worth back then. And yet, we’re still crazy after all these years :-)

- Paul Simon

In praise of Adblock

I find it hard not to agree with Brian. Simply put, if your business is based on annoying people with ads, that’s your problem — not our problem. We can do without ads.

The New Iomega

As your data, your contacts, pics and life reside more and more in the cloud, someone had to step up and provide a way to back them up. Backupify is the Iomega – or the Dropbox, if you prefer – for your web2.0 lifestyle. And its founder is brilliant.

Facebook mobile. Smart.

You log out. “So, you’re leaving?” Take us on on your mobile! Smart.

ubuntu collezione 2010: light

From 2004-2010, the theme in Ubuntu was “Human”. Our tagline was “Linux for Human Beings” and we used a palette reflective of the full range of humanity.

[...] The new style in Ubuntu is inspired by the idea of “Light”. We’re drawn to Light because it denotes both warmth and clarity, and intrigued by the idea that “light” is a good value in software.

Non scaricherò subito la 10.04 perchè la 9.10 non mi piace per nulla (ora uso la 9.04), però a livello grafico sembra abbiano fatto un bel lavoro.

se vuoi una distro davvero alternativa…

Puoi provare a cimentarti con Red Star OS, il sistema operativo creato dai paranoici coreani del nord. A me sembra un po’ manga, ma anche simpatico e interessante.

Toto, we’re not in Topeka anymore

The capital of Kansas is now called Google, Kansas. Remember Half.com, Oregon?

Movie reference: Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas any more.

Joel Spolsky on company blogs

What a great post! (even though I’m not sure I agree that quitting blogging is a good idea for Fog Creek Software). Most “web2.0″ company blogs do indeed look like the press releases dotcoms were sending out a decade ago. Now, isn’t that surprising? ;-)

distacco della retina

Per mio padre: qualcuno per caso ha un contatto con un dottore super esperto di distacco (e riattaccamento) della retina? Quelli che ha visto finora hanno detto, di fatto, che tanto è ormai troppo tardi per recuperare la funzione visiva. Grazie!!