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A Dreamer, a Photographer, a Musician, a Webdesigner... sometimes a Java coder too: I am Niccolò Favari and this blog is about New Media, Creativity, Business, Communication, Entrepreneurship and lots more. Boring stuff indeed, because I am a very boring dude.

Well, what's the point? I have no point. I just keep writing. And it feels good.

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Monthly Archives: June 2007

Google Docs and Spreadsheets gets a facelift

Google changed his Google Docs & Spreadsheets service.

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Here’s what’s new:

Looking pretty - The entire document list has been given a complete visual overhaul - new icons, more content, and better organizational controls. We know users spend a lot of time here and we aim to make it feel more like home.
Getting organized - [...]

Speeding. No one thinks big of you

The Roads and Traffic Authority, NSW, Australia, has just launched an anti-speeding campaign aimed at young men, using the tagline Speeding. No one thinks big of you.
The 45 second TV ad features a young man burning rubber on a city street, hoping to impress the girls. However they’re not impressed. Instead of thumbs up, they [...]

Apple: Mac OS X Leopard, Safari for Windows, Web 2.0 on the iPhone… and more

June has to be a really hot month for Apple…

These are the relevant (to me) headlines:

Apple Unveils Near Final Mac OS X Leopard
iPhone to Support Third-Party Web 2.0 Applications
Apple Introduces Safari for Windows

Right now I’m downloading and trying the Safari browser. Wanna see how it behaves with standards. Also I want to know if it’s [...]

The Call of The Entrepreneur

Surfing on youtube I found an interesting video about Entrepreneurship. It seems like a trailer for an upcoming DVD from “Action Institute“. Take a look at it because it’s really inspiring.

You can view the High Quality Trailer too.
This phrase, in particular, struck me:
…You can think of the first Farmers as the first Entrepreneurs. Farms made [...]

CSS Positioning: static, relative, absolute and float made clear

I’ve found this short tutorial on CSS positioning while searching for clarification on overlapping divs. It’s easy and fast and gives you a clear understanding of what CSS positioning can do.
Learn CSS Positioning in Ten Steps
There are more tutorials and screencasts at the BarelyFitz Designs site. Check it out.

Valid Meebo Widget - Make it XHTML Compliant

I had to fix my Meebo Widget to make it XHTML compliant and found a tool to automagically convert the non-valid code to pretty XHTML that validates.
It’s the MeeboMaker Tool. Just copy and paste your non-valid code into the box and click the button to get full XHTML compliant code. Thanks to Kelvin Wong for [...]