Andrey Golub

Maybe he is not really “the most wanted”, but surely one of the MOST...

I am talking about Dima Kachan (here is his profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1633581), my ex-colleague and old good friend from Minsk/Belarus. We've been walking together through some Software Houses and also were good friends while my “previous life” (in Minsk).

Dima has a great talent to implement in Software System the most complex algorithms. He was always strong in Software Engineering, and recently he has found himself as analyst/developer for complex Search/Matching/Indexing and similar software systems. Since then I was sure and I always talked to him that it's stupid enough to use his “head” for coding template-based software systems,- he should switch to IT R&D instead!

Sincerely, I was always sure that one day Dima will be hired by Microsoft (for MSN Search Team) or by Google as a Technical Lead ;) And this day has recently come (his profile is not yet updated today). But what's the most important and much closer to the subject of this post, is that I am passing in Linkedin a one/two requests every week to Dima from HR people from all over the world! The much bigger amount of requests I am blocking, to not disturb Dima, and I have his permission for this, also because I know pretty well his current contractual situation :)

I still remember the times when Dima was talking to me that he is SURE that ex-USSR is the best place for a person like him, because of several friends, because of Russian- speaking people, because of easy to entertain environment in Minsk and etc... And how many discussions we have made those times, when I was already strongly sure that it's important to escape from the USSR “until it's too late”. And finally, a year ago or near this, Dima has confirmed me that his goals have been changed :) So now I think his head will be finally payed good enough, and his family will stay in the place that such gifted guy as Dima should stay at!

P.S. I am really sorry I could not help him to find a similar place in Europe, not in USA... I was trying several times! But the research center of the world is still the USA, I know that.

Keywords: Belarus, Dima Kachan, Google, MSN Search, Microsoft, Minsk, Andrey Golub

Andrey Golub

Even if FON is on the limit of the law in Italy...

Here is a list of the top 10 countries by numbers of FONeros:

1 - United States - 13090
2 - Spain - 10363
3 - Germany - 6004
4 - France - 5796
5 - Italy - 4060
6 - Korea, Republic Of - 3825
7 - United Kingdom - 3034
8 - Netherlands - 2131
9 - Sweden - 1980
10 - Switzerland - 838

Andrey Golub

I know it's quite an old stuff (announ. in May 2006), but it's the first time when I meet it. And it's also a problem I was thinking several times earlier...

In short, content consumers want to be able to do everything on a Palm Treo smartphone or handheld computer that they can do on a home PC.

The problem is that more than 2,500 devices litter the market, making it difficult to write applications that will work on all machines. As it does for so many sectors in high-tech, interoperability remains a stumbling block in mobile technologies.

DIAL, created by companies such as IBM, Nokia and Vodaphone, is the W3C's solution to the problem.

The W3C said the framework offers a way for authors to write content that is more adaptable to disparate devices by describing data, styling, layout and interaction independently.

DIAL was written using existing W3C XML vocabularies and CSS modules, which provide standard mechanisms for representing Web page structure, presentation and form interaction.

... W3C is making this world much better! ... 

Andrey Golub

WoW! Could somebody else "more advanced" try it first? ;) I also have the discussed router myself but I am using it intensely...

 

by Adam Pash

Of all the great DIY projects at this year's Maker Faire, the one project that really caught my eye involved converting a regular old $60 router into a powerful, highly configurable $600 router. The router has an interesting history, but all you really need to know is that the special sauce lies in embedding Linux in your router. I found this project especially attractive because: 1) It's easy, and 2) it's totally free.

So when I got the chance, I dove into converting my own router. After a relatively simple firmware upgrade, you can boost your wireless signal, prioritize what programs get your precious bandwidth, and do lots of other simple or potentially much more complicated things to improve your computing experience. Today I'm going to walk you through upgrading your router's firmware to the powerful open source DD-WRT firmware.

What you'll need:

1. One of the supported routers. I used a Linksys WRT54GL Wireless router that I picked up from Newegg, and the instructions that follow detail the upgrade process specifically for that router and its close siblings. If you're upgrading one of the other supported routers, you might want to look into instructions specific to your router. These instructions may generally work for other supported routers, but I'm not making any promises.
2. The generic DD-WRT v23 SP1 mini firmware version located here.*
3. The generic DD-WRT v23 SP1 standard firmware version located here.*

*You'll be upgrading the firmware twice, first using the mini firmware, then using the standard.

...

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/top/hack-attack-turn-your-60-router-into-a-600-router-178132.php 

 

Andrey Golub

This website provides a pan-European comparison tool and a one-stop-shop source for EU-wide information on roaming.

http://www.roaming.gsmeurope.org/
Here you can see what your estimated costs will be.

Andrey Golub

Here is an URL for the joined Club's Blog stream:
http://www.milanin.com/members/_weblog/everyone.php

Note: I am sorry there is not yet a correct RSS Feed for this joined Blog stream, so it's available via URL only!

The general discussion below is not related to this URL, it's about the Blogs containing correct RSS streams behind.

I would like to warn those of you who still make bookmarks of their favorite Blog pages to see them via browser later each time: Please stop wasting your time! Use specialized RSS/Atom Aggregator applications instead, or at least add-ons for your browser like Sage for Mozilla or Pluck for IE (I am not an expert about IE :lol:)

P.S. For the Internet guru-s: you may not believe me, but I know personally few people that still make bookmarks of their favorite feeds to come back there each time via Web...

Keywords: MilanIN, RSS, aggregator, blog, Members

Andrey Golub

Try reading it fast, I could do this taking into account English is not my native language. So it is working ;)

 I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt!

Andrey Golub

Recently Gucci has decided to abandon Flash technology and accept more innovative solution: Web 2.0 technologies like Ajax (well, and Javascript of course).
Just check it, it's really great: http://www.gucci.com
(note: the site has some problems with MY Forefox :(, but with Mozilla works pretty well). 

I hope that means the beginning of the End of cartoon-style(flash/stupid movie) web sites development, which I personally hate so much (and NEVER enter those sites).

Andrey Golub

In Novell they have found some good arguments for all SysAdmins that are now scared :) by the end-of-life for support for WinNT by M$. The answer is: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

And here is a very nice and funny movie from Novell (their reply to the anti-Linux of Microsoft?): http://www.novell.com/linux/windowstolinux/publicservice/

Andrey Golub

An important Member of MilanIN Club, after our long discussion about the Club, its Platform and IT Team's motivation/difficulties/approach, our Org-Teams and the other things, has given me such (to pay attention to!) a summary:

You show great passion for what you do and I strongly encourage you to continue. Given the lack of resources but the great results you and your team have attained so far, I would suggest to continue with a simpler Milanin 1.0 more than this Milanin 2.0 with a lot of gems that just few people can use.

Keywords: 2.0, Business 2.0, Business Networking, Business Networking Club, Community 2.0, Italy, Linkedin, Milan, Milan IN, MilanIN, Social Networking, Social Networking 2.0, Web Platform, milan-in, web 2.0, IT Team

Andrey Golub

From Liz Ryan via EzineArticles.com:

If you are job-seeking, you need to join LinkedIn, an essential job-search tool. If you’re not on a job search but you’re into online networking; or want to acquire new partners or clients; or otherwise want to rev up your networking activity level, you should likewise become a LinkedIn user, in my view. All that being said, there are some iron-clad rules for polite and professional use of the network. Here’s my Top Ten list for LinkedIn do’s and don’ts:

1) DO connect to your “real-world” friends.

I’m amazed by how many LinkedIn users join up, create a profile, and immediately set to work inviting all sorts of online strangers to join their networks. Sure, it’s fun to browse the LinkedIn database and look up people you might want to know better….but what about your friends back in three-dimensional space? The first thing to do as a new LinkedIn user - after creating a rockin’ profile for yourself - is to invite your true-blue friends and former workmates to join your network. There are three steps in this process:

a) Download your Outlook address book so that LinkedIn can find your friends who are already members.

b) Use the Find Colleagues and Find Classmates functions to synch up with people you know from school and past jobs; and

c) Invite bunches of “real” friends who aren’t already LinkedIn users, to join the network - you’ll be helping them get connected at the same time you grow your own network.

2) DON’T become an Invitation Spammer.

It’s tempting to start sending “connect to me” invitation to every Tom, Dick and Sally you find on LinkedIn, but it’s bad manners. If you want to reach out to someone you’ve spotted who has an enticing profile, send the person a Contact request rather than an invitation to join your network. A Contact request, to use an offline networking analogy, is like an invitation for a coffee date. An invitation to Connect is like asking someone to go steady. Unless you know a person already, don’t spam him or her with a “want to start recommending me to people, and vice versa?” invitation - it’s creepy.

3) DO unto others….

It’s astounding that a person would send out connect-to-me invitations while proclaiming on his or her profile that no new connection invitations will be accepted. Talk about all take and no give! There are other LinkedIn users who set up a profile and make connections, and then specify on their profiles that they won’t act on requests to forward (a key piece of LinkedIn’s value). These messages say, I want to be on this site and get its value, but I don’t want to deal with other people’s requests. A modern-day Dante would design a special, uncomfortable and crowded level of Hell for these folks: no pits of fire, but perhaps a zone where all connections are dial-up, cell phones can’t hold a signal and no one helps you with anything, retribution for the me-first approach to online networking that you showed in your most recent incarnation on Earth.

4) DON’T make assumptions about your own irresistibility.

Connection invitations should state clearly why you expect your invitee to link up with you - for instance, because you serve on the same fund-raising committee or because your daughters are best friends in the fifth grade. With so many activities crowding a typical businessperson’s schedule and so many people in the mix, it’s easy for people to forget how they know you. Likewise, even Contact requests should state your case as plainly as possible. A message that says “May I call you? We could collaborate” is not the world’s strongest pitch. People are incredibly busy - if you’re job-seeking, or trolling for new clients, you may lose sight of the fact that a person needs a compelling reason to even spend ten minutes on the phone with you.

It’s helpful to remember what I call the Happy Life theory of networking: when you reach out to a stranger, that person is presumably leading a happy and fulfilling life without the benefit of knowing you. It’s not enough to say “I’ll buy you lunch!” or the online equivalent of that offer; a $25 lunch (or a scintillating phone conversation with you) just might not be as hard to pass up as you believe. So lay it out there: here’s what I can do for you, or here’s what I need, or both.

5) DO keep your profile current.

A pox on the person who lets her LinkedIn profile languish! If you can’t be bothered to keep your profile current, why should another person bother to engage with you? If I receive a Contact request, jump over to the requester’s profile, and find that its details don’t match what’s in the requester’s email message, I’m already underwhelmed. Bonus: when you update your profile, you can send a one-click blast message to let your entire first-degree network know about your news. Note: please don’t abuse this feature! Reserve profile-update blasts for news on the order of a job promotion, book launch or appointment to a national commission….as opposed to news items like “I have started my PMP certification class.”

6) DON’T confuse quantity for quality.

If I were a recruiter, I’d build the biggest network I could, on LinkedIn or otherwise. After all, there’s zero downside to being able to view, and reach, a massive number of candidates when your job is locating talent. But for the rest of us, it’s easy to get the notions “a big network” and “a strong network” confused. The question to ask yourself is “could I recommend this person, and could he recommend me?” If not, the principal value in any individual LinkedIn connection will be your ability to view his network (and vice versa). That’s not a bad thing, but it would be a shame to mistake that kind of visibility for influence. Amassing connections can become a kind of addiction, but withdrawal will kick in when these near-strangers begin to ask you to vouch for them to your dearest friends.

7) DON’T pass along questionable requests.

I got religion on this item in an instant last summer, when a fellow asked me to send a friend of mine a spammy invitation to his business conference. “I can’t do it,” I wrote, “it’s purely a marketing message.” The gentleman’s return message essentially ripped my head off, affirming my initial gut reaction that his request was an improper one. Don’t hesitate to stand up for yourself and for your friends when sketchy requests come down the pike (and they will). If you pass along every bit of dreck that finds you, your trusted friends will start to doubt you, and that’s a far worse fate than having to write to another LinkedIn user, “I’m sorry, but I don’t feel comfortable passing this on.”

8) DON’T abuse the Find Colleagues feature.

LinkedIn’s Find Colleagues feature allows you to find old workmates and send unmediated connection requests to them, a boon if you’ve lost their email addresses over the years. Unfortunately, it’s easy to abuse the feature by listing false employers or dates of employment on your profile. What can we say about this? If you believe in the wheel of karma, avoid the temptation to claim employers and employment dates you’re not entitled to.

9) DO join the PowerForum.

Newbie LinkedIn users have lots of questions, and a great place to get answers is the user group called MyLinkedInPowerForum. Send a blank email message to mylinkedinpowerforum-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to join the group and get LinkedIn (and general) networking advice. MLPF founder Vincent Wright is a helpful guide and mentor to LinkedIn users all over the world - I can virtually guarantee that you’ll learn something useful from the Forum’s daily conversation.

10) DO disconnect from bad apples when you need to.

Finally, it’s worth noting that LinkedIn gives you the ability to disconnect from other users if you find that the connection no longer works for you. If you’re plagued by inappropriate requests or other annoyances from one of your connections, you can cut the cord and save yourself from recurring headaches. Some people just don’t get the notion of an online community with standards and norms; and it’s not your job to teach them how to behave. Just move on.

Andrey Golub

Ufff, finally I can go home...
I do not remember another such crazy and hard day recently.

Of course the problem is that we're now trying to implement too many projects with a small IT team, and those projects are all too much complex and with undefined objectives (as it usually happens here).

Another issue is: to be or not to be the friends with your partners/ suppliers?

I remember how easy it was working with Netcentrex Team while it was everything agreed between us :) Now, when we're in the final phase of this deployment project and the “Big Brother”(FT) is counting the last days of their support for us... each side have started looking for who could be responsible for the delays and troubles we currently have!

We do not work effectively anymore. We're only looking for who's to blame and this eats up the last and the most important days of this project. I know why did it happen. It usually happens in the company I am currently working in ;), but this time I did completely lost any hope!

Of course I must admit that working without "having your soul dedicated to your project" is something that never works effectively itself. And I know my soul is outside this company for several months already!

However, it was a crazy and a very hard day!

Andrey Golub

Register in this website www.cebit.de On the right screen side you'll find a link "FAIR PLANNER". Just enter and you'll see the magic!
Then pass to the Mobile Fair Planner page and the rest is clear now.
I think this is just a great service, isn't it?

Andrey Golub

from slashdot 

"India is becoming more attractive to information technology workers from Western countries. Some local IT companies, such as Infosys Technologies in Bangalore, are now able to offer salaries and other perks that are comparable to what Western IT talent would find in their home countries. Infosys, which is currently training 126 Americans at its cutting-edge complex in Mysore, expects to employ 300 Americans by the end of 2006 and add a large contingent from Great Britain next year"

wow, such a new challenge? ;)

Andrey Golub

By Ryan Singel
Wikipedia has edited its way into the big time

please read the article:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,71733-0.html

and here is its conclusion:
The wiki lesson: the power of collaboration
While Wikipedia is the best-known wiki, it is incorrect to say that all wikis are encyclopedias. Wikis represent distributed decentralized collaborations, allowing virtually anyone to virtually contribute. The project may be an encyclopedia; niche community center; an office task; a conference; a class; a Second Life -- or even an article, such as this one. Despite the issues that arise -- or because of them -- wikis are remaking the world. But the idea itself is not so novel. Indeed, wisdom older than America's Founding Fathers best describes the power of wiki-facilitated collaboration: e pluribus unum -- out of many, one.

P.S. This work was collaboratively edited by wiki

Andrey Golub

From myself: I am really happy to have been working for this famous european Software Development Outsourcing Provider.

EPAM makes the world’s "Top 50 Best Managed Outsourcing Vendors" achieving the highest rank among Central and Eastern European software engineering outsourcing providers

Lawrenceville, NJ — August 7, 2006 - EPAM Systems (www.epam.com) today announced that on the rating of "Top 50 Best Managed Global Outsourcing Vendors 2006" the company received the highest rank among software engineering outsourcing service providers with delivery centers in Central and Eastern Europe, including Russia, Hungary, Ukraine and Belarus. The award is based on a comprehensive survey and analysis of 872 outsourcing vendors in 63 countries conducted by Brown-Wilson Group, a not-for-profit outsourcing management consulting firm.

Douglas Brown, President of Brown-Wilson Group and co-author of "The Black Book of Outsourcing", has noted: "EPAM has demonstrated consistent strength in all the survey areas. The company is headed by a truly international and highly experienced executive team which successfully manages the company’s dynamic growth and is dedicated to partner-style relationships with the company’s clients."
EPAM CEO Arkadiy Dobkin, who was recently named one of "Top 25 Consultants of the Year" by Consulting Magazine, commented on EPAM’s distinction: "It is very rewarding for us to see this recognition as a confirmation of our commitment to Delivering Excellence in Software Engineering. The highest rank among software development outsourcing companies with delivery centers in Central and Eastern Europe solidifies our leadership position in this region and encourages us to continue investing in employee selection and training as well as in high-quality and efficient production processes."


About Brown-Wilson Group and The Black Book of Outsourcing
Released in April 2005 by Wiley Publishers, THE BLACK BOOK OF OUTSOURCING (Douglas Brown, Scott Wilson) continues to be the world’s best-selling book on outsourcing, on the major booksellers’ lists for over 60 consecutive weeks. The authors are the principals of the not-for-profit outsourcing advisory firm, Brown-Wilson Group of Clearwater, Florida and are adjunct professors of Syracuse University’s Outsourcing Management Institute.
TheBlackBookOfOutsourcing.com


About EPAM Systems
EPAM Systems is a global provider of software engineering outsourcing services. In January 2006, for the second consecutive year, EPAM was named No.1 of Top 5 IT Outsourcing providers in Central and Eastern Europe on the "Global Services 100" list by CMP-Cyber Media's Global Services Magazine and neoIT. Founded in 1993, EPAM maintains North American headquarters in Lawrenceville, NJ, and European headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, as well as support and delivery operations in UK and Germany. EPAM software development centers are located in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Hungary.

EPAM's customer base includes industry leaders such as Reuters, London Stock Exchange, Colgate-Palmolive, British Telecom, Empire and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Schlumberger and Halliburton and technology leaders such as SAP, Hyperion, BEA Systems and Microsoft.
www.epam.com

Keywords: software outsourcing, www.epam.com, epam

Andrey Golub

I just liked how it sounds the phrase. There will be no content related to this ;) The full version is:

An error does not become a mistake if you correct it. In order to correct, you must first acknowledge the fact that there is something wrong. But how are you to acknowledge the same when you do not know what's right from what's not? 

Andrey Golub

no comments! They're all here:
http://gadgets.fosfor.se/the-top-10-most-beautiful-cellphones

10. Hitachi W42H
9. Samsung SGH-E900
8. KDDI Talby by Marc Newson
7. O2 Ice
6. Samsung SGH-E870
5. KDDI Neon by Naoto Fukasawa
4. Black Diamond
3. Helio Kickflip
2. LG KG-800 Chocolate
1. KDDI Penck by Makoto Saito

P.S. This would be my favourite:

Andrey Golub

Ross Anderson, author of 'Security Engineering', notifies in a message to comp.risks that he just got permission from Wiley to let anyone download the full content of his book for free. This is one of the best books on computer security and it is used as textbook in many University courses (I teach two of them).

Andrey Golub

"REAL TIME ROME" http://senseable.mit.edu/realtimerome/
 

The project uses data culled anonymously from cell phones and GPS devices on buses and taxis, which is then run through algorithms developed by project sponsor Telecom Italia.

"The goal of Real Time Rome is to use this connectivity to map the city in real time, which may ultimately lead to a deeper understanding of how modern cities function," says project director Carlo Ratti. "Imagine being able to avoid traffic congestion, or knowing where people are congregating on a Saturday afternoon. In a worst-case scenario, such real time systems could also make it easier to evacuate a city in case of emergency."

"Ratti describes Real Time Rome as a new kind of mapmaking," Mokhoff writes. "Along with other powerful interactive maps, such as Google Earth, Real Time Rome is backed up by huge databases that will ultimately make it possible to conduct highly customized searches and view displays in real time."

Andrey Golub

It's a recent crazy-cool-stuff, called WikiMapia ;)
Isn't it really a nice idea?

http://www.wikimapia.org/

Andrey Golub

RSS: The Next Generation

and here is the mentioned article about CIO and RSS technology.

Andrey Golub

I hoped it's a joke... but it seems to be true :(
from a slashdot post:

"Here [to be] the latest egregious patent application. Microsoft [to be] [to apply] for a patent for [to conjugate] verbs. Future postings [to look] like this."

"Method and system for selecting and conjugating a verb"

Abstract

A verb conjugating system allows a user to input a form of a verb and display the verb forms. The verb conjugating system allows the user to input the infinitive form or non-infinitive forms of a verb. When a user inputs a non-infinitive form of a verb, the verb conjugating system identifies a corresponding base form of the verb. The verb conjugating system then uses the base form to retrieve and display the verb forms for the verb. The verb conjugating system may highlight the non-infinitive form of the verb within the displayed verb forms to assist the user in locating the verb form of interest.

the rest is here:

Andrey Golub

It's an old and very sad story... And today once again I had to explain to an important for me person, that IT'S NOT ME, that asshole Andrey Golub from Vinnitsa, UA!

Here is the story, and somewhere else on the Web:
http://www.brainsideout.com/weblog/archives/2004/05/19/power_rant_on.php

Now I support the author of that article and I am telling myself to that Andrey: GO TO HELL !!!

Maybe I had to describe that time two years ago my adventures related to this name coincidence, but I did not do it. So maybe some phrases here will be helpful? It's better late than never! :)

My friends know that I had two years ago some troubles from the person called Ian Gomeche (It think he is a UK citizen but I do not remember). He was constantly calling me during two weeks to my mobile (!!!) and he was also pursuing GTE office in UK... that was terrible. After some days GTE UK Team had to call to the police, but they were not really useful 'coz there was not yet enough evidences to put Mr. Gomeche to jail, he was a sick man...But some later he has finally got there! ;)

I though that story will never come back... but Internet still keeps remaining me about it :(

Keywords: Andrey Golub, GTE, Godel Technologies, Google, Ian Gomeche, Internet, Power Rant: ON, www.gomechewatch.com, GT

Andrey Golub

Sam Houston State University (SHSU) is moving 6,000 users off a Cisco VoIP platform to an open-source VoIP network based on Asterisk. One big driver, of course, is cost. From the article: 'We thought that it will be more cost effective in the long run to go with an open source solution, because of the massive amounts of licensing fees required to keep the Cisco CallManager network up and running,' says Aaron Daniel, senior voice analyst at SHSU.

The article is here

Andrey Golub

Have received the message just today. BRAVO FON!!!

The largest WiFi Community in the world www.fon.com

 

Hello Fonero! Today we are launching La Fonera, the FON Community's new Social Router. You will soon be receiving a new special offer to take it home. We wish to thank you for always believing in FON, so we will send you another e-mail to offer you La Fonera in a very special promotion (including a surprise). Just wait and you'll be able to enjoy all the privileges you deserve!

Best regards, THE FON TEAM

Andrey Golub

Yesterday night it took place an important speech of the President of MilanIN,  Pier Carlo Pozzati, at MIP - Politecnico di Milano.
The subject was, as usual recently :), “Social Networking as a thing that has happened", and also he spoke about the Networking Software Platforms supporting the Social Networking Projects.

The original presentation document could be found here:
https://www.milanin.eu/docs/SN_EFFECTIVENES_AL_MIP.pdf

Enjoy!

P.S. Please give us your feed-back (to piercarlo @ milanin...eu) if you're interested and/or have some questions. And... well...WELCOME to MilanIN !!!

Keywords: MIP, Politecnico di Milano, Social Networking, Pier Carlo Pozzati

Andrey Golub

Hm, it's again the crazy side of America..

Red Herring is reporting that Friendster has been granted a patent on social networks. The patent is for a "system, method, and apparatus for connecting users in an online computer system based on their relationships within social networks".
The original article is here.

 

Andrey Golub

Top LinkedIn Italian Networkers

Top LinkedIn Italia

I do not see this as something really important for myself, also because I was never aiming to get caught by some research like this...But it's at least funny, taking into account that I am not an Italian at all ;)

One day recently I've got an e-mail message from Prof. Daniele Pauletto with a notification that the study of Italian Linkedin Network performed by his scientific group, has put me to the 5-th position in the Italian Linkedin Community. It's just after Carlo Mazzucchelli, Giuseppe Uslenghi, Roberto Neisser and Marco Tarpi.

Nice? Maybe! Useful? Well, I do not know... :)

Personally I never thought that the bigger Network is a stronger one. And at the same time I know that my Linkedin Network is strong enough (although I have near to 1000 contacts only, unlike the most other “champions”). Taking into account the amount of messages I am forwarding (and blocking) dayly... It's really cool to see myself helping to a VIP in obtaining of a Sr. level management position with help of my trusted network! And it's also much cooler if I am helping to MilanIN Club Members in their life improvements!!!

Here is the Blog post of the Professor Pauletto: http://linkedinitalian.blogspot.com/

Keywords: Andrey Golub, Daniele Pauletto, Giuseppe Uslenghi, Italia, Italy, LinkedIn Italia, LinkedIn Italy, Linkedin, Marco Tarpi, Roberto Neisser, Top, Top LinkedIn Italia, Carlo Mazzucchelli

Andrey Golub

Sun's Chief Open Source Officer,- Wow! I could never think that such corporate position could exist :) Even for Sun, that's the greatest company ever, it's very very nice thing to have. Probably "OS strategist" could be the word near to the official position title? however, the article is here:http://www.sun.com/emrkt/innercircle/newsletter/0906feature.html

The Challenge of Open Source Software

Opening Up with Simon Phipps, Sun's Chief Open Source Officer
Here are the questions Sun Inner Circle is asking Simon:
1. You've now been in the chief open source officer position for almost a year. Tell us about your role and its responsibilities.
   2. What are some of the challenges that the Open Source Group must confront?
   3. Can you tell us which open source business model Sun supports?
   4. Broadening the discussion a bit, what are the biggest challenges that open source communities, in general, face today?
   5. Is there a particular governance model that seems to work best for open source projects?
   6. Can you give us examples of how governance shapes open source projects?
   7. There are some people who claim that Sun is delaying the open sourcing of Java technology. Why not just pick a license and be done with it?
   8. In the past, you've claimed open source is "connected capitalism." Can you explain what you mean by that statement?
   9. Can you give an example of how connected capitalism has an impact on end-users?
  10. Speaking of ODF, what are some of the real business needs it addresses?
  11. What's the next big open source challenge for Sun?
  12. So, how does Sun meet Jonathan Schwartz's open source challenge? 

Keywords: Open Source, Simon Phipps, Sun, OS strategy

Andrey Golub

Thanks to Michael for this great resource!
Here is the book (and also on Googled Web).

Keywords: Internet, Digital Economy

Andrey Golub

Finally mapping is integrated with the Firefox browser. The product called Shazou (pronounced Shazoo it is Japanese for mapping) enables the user with one-click to map and geo-locate any website they are currently viewing. Shazou was developed as a tool to improve the awareness for people surfing the internet about where and who they are interacting with every click of the mouse. Shazou will show you the details that you need to make better decisions about what sites you want to register or purchase products.

Here is the place to download this Mozilla Firefox Plugin:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2993/

To everybody reading this blog via Microsoft Internet Explorer: PLEASE do not forget to download the
to make this world better :)

P.S. the news first met at Paolo Gagliardi's Blog

Keywords: firefox, firefox plugin, mozilla firefox, Shazou

Andrey Golub

Marc Light asks on shashdot: "I repair computers as a side line cause I want to keep up on what's going on in the world of computer technicians. When someone comes to me with a problem, if I have to reinstall I first try to convince them to install Ubuntu. For now I only have 25% of success, mostly because they usually use an app. or some hardware that would complicate their experience too much. When I install Windows, I also install Firefox, OpenOffice, VLC, Winamp (not open source but if they eventually switch to Linux, XMMS won't scare them), and CDex to drive them off Windows Media Player and DRM. I then take 15 to 30 minutes free of charge to explain to them the basics of their new software. For my part, I mostly got positive response. I'd say 80% of it is positive feedback. My questions to Slashdot readers: Do you think that computer technicians can make a difference in the adoption of OSS? And if they're for OSS, should they try to put some pressure on their users/clients?"

My answer is: 1- YES, 2- YES.
We all should provide our support to the “right things” that are not (yet) supported by marketing $$$, so have no easy way to come to End Users!

Andrey Golub

A friend and colleague in the past, Daniele, has signalized the news I was really glad to read.

Opera Press Releases: Opera browser selected by Pirelli Broadband Solutions for its line of set-top boxes. Oslo, Norway — September 7, 2006

Opera Software today announced that Pirelli Broadband Solutions, the broadband access and photonics company within the Pirelli Group, has selected the Opera browser for its family of set-top boxes (STB). By adding the Opera browser to its multimedia solutions, Pirelli will be able to strengthen its home entertainment package with full Internet functionality.
http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/09/07b/index.dml

and also Telsey has done the same recently:
http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/09/06/index.dml

So good luck to Opera, good luck to Pirelli, good luck to [censored: it's under NDA] and good luck to Daniele! :)

P.S. I have censored just recently the personal comments of Daniele about this happening. He is under NDS and not allowed to discuss the project.

Keywords: Daniele Rondina, Pirelli, STB, Telsey, Opera

Andrey Golub

Probably some of you knew about this fact, I did not know until have discovered that September 26 it was the anniversary of this curious and important event.

Stanislav Petrov a the Soviet missile commander who has saved the world from the nuclear destruction in 1983.

P.S. Here is something else interesting about this Man:

FORGOTTEN HERO HONORED WITH WORLD CITIZEN AWARD

Keywords: Stanislav Petrov

Andrey Golub

Nokia N95?
Is an all-in-one multimedia computer with a pioneering 2-way slide concept, integrated GPS functionality, a 5 megapixel camera and support for high-speed mobile networks (HSDPA, EDGE, WLAN, WCDMA...)  I think it's everything clear here and there is nothing to add. Internet is already full of emotions...the one thing I only could say:

I ALSO WANT NOKIA N95 !!! :)

Keywords: Andrey Golub, Nokia N95

Andrey Golub

BzaarCamp – Milan, Saturday Sep 30th 2006. In via Battaglia 12

What is BzaarCamp? Think of it as a bazaar or, in other words, as a way to get individuals from the tech/geek, art, digital, media, gaming communities together in Milan. What will happen during the event? Only one thing is certain: It’s up to you to decide! The most important thing you should take away from the event? Ideas and relationships with other people!
P.S. I'd be glad to come... but probably I'll not be able. It's a family situation related. I've set myself as “tentative”.

Keywords: Ideas, Milano, relationships, BzaarCamp