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Radiohead: In Rainbows. Altra recensione bella da leggere (da Pitchfork)

nando — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:49:02 +0000

(…) it’s a very different kind of Radiohead record. Liberated from their self-imposed pressure to innovate, they sound– for the first time in ages– user-friendly; the glacial distance that characterized their previous records melted away by dollops of reverb, strings, and melody. From the inclusion and faithful rendering of longtime fan favorite “Nude” to the classic pop string accents on “Faust Arp” to the uncharacteristically relaxed “House of Cards”, Radiohead’s sudden willingness to embrace their capacity for uncomplicated beauty might be In Rainbows’ most distinguishing quality, and one of the primary reasons it’s an improvement on Hail to the Thief. (…) [Pitchfork Record Review]

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Radiohead’s In Rainbows – a five-star review

nando — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:47:05 +0000

“The new album may represent the strongest collection of songs the band has assembled for a decade.”[Guardian Unlimited]

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New Moon by Elliott Smith – New York Magazine Pop Music Review

nando — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:28:53 +0000

“Elliott Smith and Kurt Cobain were the great incorruptible rock artists of the nineties. They shared the mentality of outsiders, and refused to give it up even as their fame and talent earned them status as insiders. When Cobain killed himself in 1994, Smith was just emerging as a solo artist, a songwriter who used an acoustic guitar and sweet, aching melodies to convey resentment and self-loathing every bit as acute as Cobain’s. Smith died at the age of 34 in 2003 of a stabbing that may have been self-inflicted—the Los Angeles coroner’s office has never reached a conclusive determination—and thus began his posthumous career.” [New York Magazine Pop Music Review]

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iLiad in azione: iRex Iliad e-ink e-book at CeBIT 2007

nando — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:24:43 +0000

”E-ink technology is awesome and it is about to replace the whole printing industry. The quality of this e-book is the same as printed text on white paper. Just imagine one sheet of paper that can load any of the worlds books digitized by Google Books, from Blogs, from online newspapers, from Wikipedia articles and other articles generated from user generated text content, as well as forum posts and more. There just needs to be some automatic selection of daily content as well as more features which this actual first generation e-ink product is missing like resume from ram and flash, pre-processing pages for faster page loading, currently there is about a second delay for pages to load and a slight delay for the WACOM magnetic touch-screen technology.” [via Charbax]

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All’edicola di Rainer Berg solo riviste gratuite in PDF

nando — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 09:36:50 +0000

Se volete toccare con mouse lo stato dell’arte dell’editoria elettronica, andate su pdf-mags.com e vi renderete conto in poco tempo di come un parte del mondo delle arti, dalla fotografia all’illustrazione, dal design alla musica stia trovando nelle pubblicazioni elettroniche il mezzo di espressione e comunicazione ideale.

L’idea di raggruppare opere editoriali distribuite in formato pdf, a prescindere dal fatto che siano o meno iniziative indipendenti, autoprodotte piuttosto che appartenenti a grosse realtà editoriali, è venuta al tedesco Rainer Berg.

Seppur in versione beta, Rainer sta promuovendo la sua edicola virtuale a diffusione gratuita, in cui

”l’amante delle riviste in PDF può esser certo di trovare link, risorse e tantissime informazioni su riviste gratuite in PDF provenienti da tutto il mondo, con particolare attenzione all’arte, il design, l’illustrazione e la vita reale”.

Come lo stesso Rainer ha spiegato in un’intervista rilasciata ad UPLOAD Magazine, pdf-mags.com nasce da un desiderio e da un’esigenza pratica. Un bookmark strapieno di link, il dover assecondare il proprio background personale e il desiderio di portare online tante risorse accumulate nel tempo hanno spinto Rainer Berg a dar vita a pdf-mags.com. Il lancio del sito è avvenuto lo scorso Novembre e – come c’era d aspettarsi – ha trovato subito un grosso consenso in rete.

Un successo inaspettato che spinge ora il proprio autore ad organizzare tutto il nuovo materiale. Lo scopo è quello di suddividere le risorse – come lui stesso anticipa dalle pagine del sito – in categorie tematiche.

Editori, autori e semplici appassionati, possono inviare proposte e nuove segnalazioni all’indirizzo email info (@) pdf-mags.com

Sul sito sono inoltre presenti gli annunci e le segnalazioni provenienti direttamente dagli editori in cerca di nuovi autori per la pubblicazione di contributi e opere inedite.

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L’illustrazione a lato è opera di lindha – lindha.com ed è tratta da Oddica Magazine Issue 3

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The User is Always Right: A Practical Guide to Creating and Using Personas for the Web

nando — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:40:00 +0000

How do we ensure that our Web sites actually give users what they need? What are the best ways to understand our users’ goals, behaviors, and attitudes, and then turn that understanding into business results? Personas bring user research to life and make it actionable, ensuring we’re making the right decisions based on the right information. This practical guide explains how to create and use personas to make your site more successful.

The User Is Always Right: A Practical Guide to Creating and Using Personas takes you through each step of persona creation, including tips for conducting qualitative user research, new ways to apply quantitative research (such as surveys) to persona creation, various methods for generating persona segmentation, and proven techniques for making personas realistic. You’ll also learn how to use personas effectively, from directing overall business strategy and prioritizing features and content to making detailed decisions about information architecture, content, and design.

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About the Author

Steve Mulder is principal consultant at Molecular, an Internet consulting firm in Boston, and an internationally known speaker recognized for his work with personas. He’s a user experience expert who practices what he preaches, with over ten years of experience in user research, information architecture, interaction design, and usability. Ziv Yaar is the vice president of Internet strategy at Molecular, where he has spent over ten years helping companies develop technology and business strategies and has been at the forefront of merging the power of marketing analytics with personas.

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Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices (O’Reilly Radar)

nando — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 03:45:55 +0000

“What does Web 2.0 mean to your company and products? What are the risks and opportunities? What are the proven strategies for successfully capitalizing on these changes?

O’Reilly Radar’s Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices lays out the answers—the why, what, who, and how of Web 2.0. It’s an indispensable guide for technology decision-makers—executives, product strategists, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders—who are ready to compete and prosper in today’s Web 2.0 world.”

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So what *is* Web 2.0? You’ll find out here…

The term “Web 2.0″ has started to become the hot new label slapped on internet sites to make them “cool”. As such, the words have become somewhat muddled as far as what it actually means. Since O’Reilly came up with the term, perhaps it’s best to go back to that source to discover what Web 2.0 really means. John Musser (with Tim O’Reilly and the O’Reilly Radar team) does just that in the O’Reilly Radar report Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices. I found this really cuts through the hype and confusion…

Contents:
Executive Summary
Section 1 – Market Drivers of Web 2.0: Six Key Market Drivers
Section 2 – Ingredients of Web 2.0 Success: The Eight Core Patterns; Web 2.0 Patterns and Practices Quick Reference
Section 3 – Web 2.0 Exemplars: Web 2.0 Profile – Amazon.com; Web 2.0 Profile – Flickr.com
Section 4 – Web 2.0 Assessment
Appendix A – Web 2.0 Reading List
Appendix B – Technologies of Web 2.0
Endnotes

Because this is a 100 page report and not a book that’s fluffed out to 300 pages, you are getting core information distilled down to the essentials. Musser starts out with a summary that explains how the web has changed in terms of applications and usage, broken down into eight core patterns. Using real examples of companies like MySpace.com, eBay, and many others, he notes how the time of static web pages and PC-only access has gone by the wayside. [an Amazon customer review]

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Bulletproof Ajax

nando — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:30:23 +0000

Web site designers love the idea of Ajax–of creating Web pages in which information can be updated without refreshing the entire page. But for those who aren’t hard-core programmers, enhancing pages using Ajax can be a challenge. This book is a step-by-step guide to enhancing Web sites with Ajax.

Working with the Web consultancy firm, Clearleft, Jeremy Keith creates elegant, usable Web sites using the troika of Web standards: CSS, (X)HTML, and the Document Object Model. He is a member of the Web Standards Project and joint lead of the DOM Scripting Task Force. He teaches hands-on Ajax and DOM Scripting in full-day workshops and is the author of DOM Scripting: JavaScript Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Mode.

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Designing with Web Standards (2nd Edition)

nando — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:15:43 +0000

Standards, argues Jeffrey Zeldman in Designing With Web Standards, are our only hope for breaking out of the endless cycle of testing that plagues designers hoping to support all possible clients.

In this book, he explains how designers can best use standards–primarily XHTML and CSS, plus ECMAScript and the standard Document Object Model (DOM)–to increase their personal productivity and maximize the availability of their creations. Zeldman’s approach is detailed, authoritative, and rich with historical context, as he is quick to explain how features of standards evolved. It’s a fantastic education that any design professional will appreciate. (more)

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Lou Reed 2.0

nando — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:28:05 +0000

“Jonathan Miller, CEO of AOL, introduces Lou Reed last night, calling him a poet, a writer, a musician, and the person who introduced him to his kung-fu mentor. What the? (…)”. A review of Lou Reed’s performance at the AOL Web 2.0 party

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