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Thoughts

The thoughts that flows out of my mind

Going Big!

After some time I have decided to change the layout of this blog once more. I have decided to go for a clean layout, taking bits and pieces here and there and adapting everything to suit my needs.
I have also decided to go for a stronger approach to photos. As you can see some of [...]

Photojournalism

Today I found myself crossing the teachers’ walkout in the streets of London. I was going to take the tube to get home from the Open Coffee when I start seeing it. When I realised what was going on, I become excited and grabbed my camera.
There were thousands of teachers walking towards the Houses of [...]

My new I/O device!

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In these days there is a tool I would like to build, seriously. I am trying to understand if what I think is doable and if it would be of any interest apart from me.
I was thinking of a sort of “clip” to be applied on the hands (theoretically between the thumbs and [...]

The first London Geek Meet

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It would have impossible to meet with other “geeks” without talking about the usual stuff… Yesterday there has been the first Geek Meet in London, few nice fellows in front of a cup of coffee (no stereotypes, please, only reality) and some nice chat.
One of the subject that came up during the meet, [...]

Stopped and Searched for taking Photos? Now it has happend!

It was yesterday when I read an interesting article on the BBC website (Innocent Photographer or Terrorist?) about the problems photographers are having in the UK. In few words: if you take photos in public places, you can be a terrorist! If you think that this description is extreme, please think back.
Today I was wandering [...]

Photography career books: be careful!

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Some weeks ago I bought a book about starting a career in photography. I think that exploring new possible careers that makes you proud and happy is always a good thing. The book is called “Starting your career as a freelance photographer” and I was quite undecided if buying it or [...]

Harry Potter Lexicon is decimating JK creative work

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One thing i cannot stand is greediness. I cannot accept singers or actors who cry because some evil people steal their music or film, setting their families at stake of starvation… or so it seems. I cannot accept it because it is unfair. In a public interview I have read some days ago, [...]

Net Neutrality? Ask Virgin Media!

Virgin Media new CEO decided to give us his Illuminated Vision on the net neutrality:
“This net neutrality thing is a load of bollocks” [digitalspy.co.uk]
Nice to know which digital media provider we should avoid. A company that approaches the problem of net neutrality in such a way deserves to lose all its customers. They already cut [...]

Zemanta: your Wordpress/Firefox companion

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Last year I followed with some interest the presentation of the SeedCamp finalists. One of the startups that attracted me most was Zemanta. They were creating a firefox plugin to make the blog posting easier. Zemanta suggests you images and other similar articles when you are typing your post. Nice, isn’t [...]

Welcome to the London Geek Community!

Tom Morris wrote a very nice introduction to the London Geek Community. I am still integrating, but the guys and girls around are very friendly!
Read Tom’s page on the Community and follow his advices!

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