Yearly Archives: 2008

Stand by me

Posted on December 16, 2008 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Playing for Change is a movement to promote peace through music. This “song around the world” is played by musicians around the world, a bit like the famous “Where the Hell is Matt” dance videos.The song is Stand by Me. … Continue reading →

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The value of ideas

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Antonio Vantaggiato

I love this quote from Contrast, a very focused company specializing in Web Apps (See Contrast | The Blog). Ideas are called “ideas” because they’re just ideas. You can’t log in to an idea. You can’t sign up for an … Continue reading →

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Mario’s Comeback

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Time Magazine publishes a great list of top 10 viral videos of 2008. Among them, Super Mario Rescues The Princess — a video spoof inspired by the Super Mario games created by Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, strikes for originality: enjoy the … Continue reading →

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ICDE 2008 Conference

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Back home, after three days of ICDE 2008, the International Conference on Distance Education sponsored by the ICDE in Santo Domingo. Just a one-hour flight and I was on the sister island of Hispaniola. I had reserved the Intercontinental, but … Continue reading →

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links for 2008-11-23

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Convert Text to Speech Free. Listen to any document, website or blog Converts any text (English) into speech. Impressive quality and pronounciation. Good! (tags: tools reading text2speech) springpad Springpads are free online notebooks that help you manage your life. Use … Continue reading →

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