We all agree that Italians youths definitely need some positive role model. Sadly, (very sadly) my impression is that the current Italian culture is promoting trophy- wifes, velinas, and fashion mo... Read More »

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Only seven Italian companies among the top 500 global firms

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Matteo, You are going straight the to the core of the Italian Problem. As our honorary chairman Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli suggested many times, recreating Silicon Valley in Italy is not just ... Read More »

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Novedge is looking for a part-time online community leader

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Working from home is OK. We are not planning to host the "community manager" on our office on regular base. Also community manager is a kind of work that requires an almost constant monitoring of t... Read More »

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La Silicon Valley parla italiano

Non solo celebrazione di un motivo di orgoglio poco conosciuto, ma potenzialità di scambi a due vie è quanto emerso da un incontro dei migliori cervelli italiani della Silicon Valley e l’Ambasciatore negli USA, Gianni Castel…

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Silicon Valley's Companies are increasingly opening offices in SF

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The article title is "I Left My Staff in San Francisco" like the famous 1954 Tony Bennet song "I le…

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There is a lot of talking those day in Silicon Valley about the new book from BusinessWeek reporter Sarah Lacys "Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Va…

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Web encounters: Italy or Germany?

While browsing the Internet I accidentally landed on a very interesting website called "Invest-In-Italy". Browsing through the pages of the website I saw a great country, full of opportunities, with great number of highly skilled professionals, and very attractive from the business point of view. The website it's not about Germany or Ireland, it's about Italy! You don't have to believe me, please check by yourself some of the data and diagrams I copied…

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BusinesWeek : Beyond Blogs

BusinessWeek comes back 3 years after the famous article about Blogs and Business with a new interesting articles about business and social media, called Beyond Blogs and written by Stephen Baker and Heather Green. This is perfect timing. Everybod…

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At 7:36pm on June 26th, 2008, Richard Williams said…: Hi Franco,
Wow, I love this site. I can get about every forth word or so but I love it. I've been knee deep in studies and some new collaborative work for the University here so I haven't had time to even think much. I cannot believe how much I forgot over the years in higher math. If I write a little something about that Fettuccini Bridge can I send it to you for your okay before posting it? I surely do not want to mess up again. I won't take too much time trying to write a technical sermon on it and I will only keep it to the interest point of view. The site is a good place for me to practice my Italian. Take care buddy.

At 4:03am on June 23rd, 2008, Claudio Gasparini said…: Ho partecipato all'evento di Milano su e-Commerce. L'aspetto veramente interessante, oltre ai contributi, e' stata l'ambiente cordiale e le molte possibilità di contatto che si sono sviluppate. Complimeni a Massimo Arrigoni che ha organizzato l'evento. Questi incontri penso siano delle ottime occasioni per uno scambio di esperienze e di conoscenze.

At 10:53am on June 21st, 2008, Richard Williams said…: Hi Franco. I had a lot of computer problems over the last couple of days. We are still working on things. Had to do a complete reformat and start all over again with everything. You know how that goes, I'm sure. Slow tedious process but everything is getting backed up in steps or increasingly more programs. Something corrupted my SolidWorks program and I simply could not do the things I normally can do. I wanted to write an apology to the community for my mistake on the blog article I put up. I did not realize that it was a social community and not a technical one. My mistake buddy. However, I will contact you about doing something on the Barilla Fettuccini Bridge as soon as I am really and all the way back up and running again. Talk to you soon. Bye or Chow.

At 2:50pm on June 5th, 2008, davide ciarloni said…: Bentrovato! :)

At 9:54am on May 29th, 2008, Cristina Guarda said…: Grazie ancora Franco. Metterò al più presto una mia foto.
Ciao

At 8:24pm on May 27th, 2008, Domenico Tanzarella said…: Grazie Franco !!

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At 9:29pm on May 12th, 2008, Volontè Stefano said…: Ciao Franco grazie dell'invito!

At 10:21pm on May 9th, 2008, Lucia Panini said…: ... salvo distruggermi il "forum" ;-) JK...

At 1:36pm on May 8th, 2008, Paola Di Giuseppe said…: Ciao Franco,
grazie dell'invito.
Hai perfettamente ragione per la photo, eccola pubblicata. Piano piano aggiornerò il mio profilo e parteciperò alle discussioni, promesso :-)

At 7:44am on May 7th, 2008, Alex Martelli said…: La targa e` il certificato del Frank Willison Award per contributi alla comunita` Python.

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