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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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Author Archives: Niccolo Favari

Yahoo!, MySpace and Google to Form Non-Profit OpenSocial Foundation

The OpenSocial Foundation website will serve as the portal for the community to find all information about OpenSocial and the foundation as they evolve. Developers and website owners can now visit the site for the latest specifications, links to other resources, and the opportunity to get involved.

OpenSocial defines a common API for social applications across [...]

iTunes Alternative

Listening to your favorite music shouldn’t be a resource draining activity. For instance I listen to the music while I do Java development with a virtual machine running Eclipse. I just can’t waste memory nor cpu.
iTunes got bigger and bigger. Loading times and performances are not among his best features so I searched the web [...]

Beginning CakePHP book - From novice to professional

Finally we’ll see a fresh new book from Apress written by David Golding.

Beginning CakePHP: From Novice to Professional is the brand new book about this fabulous framework. Finally a great addition to the not-so user friendly documentation.
The author says:
After poring over the online documentation, I realized there wasn’t much by way of an introduction [...]

Are plants the answer to indoor air pollution?

I came across a NASA study that shows how common plants help reduce indoor air pollution. That was pretty cool so I rushed out and bought 3 small plants for about 25$. They look cool on my desk and near the windows. Now I feel less “unnatural” and a bit more relaxed while I sit [...]

Beware what you write online

With the advent of personal sites, forums, blogs, podcasts and videocasts, we’re all exposed. What we write (so, eventually, what we think) remains. What we film and record, stays there. We are constantly leaving traces and thoughts behind us.
Almost every big company nowadays “googles” the name of the possible employee before an hire. Have you [...]

Jerry Speaks. Still no Microsoft - Yahoo!

from the Silicon Alley Insider.
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang wisely emerged from his bunker today, updating Yahoo’s worldwide workforce about the Microsoft offer via an email message and patting them all on the head.
…as we’ve said, no decisions have been made about microsoft’s proposal. our board is thoughtfully evaluating a wide range of potential strategic alternatives [...]

What’s going on with my wordpress theme?

I changed wordpress theme. Now I’m going to build a new one.