XML Webcast with IBM’s team plus free book

This one may interest a few of you. IBM is organizing a 90 minute webcast: “Unlock Your XML Potential with pureXML in DB2 9”. It’s a great occasion to learn about one of the coolest features of DB2 9. Registration is free and it’s going to be a very interesting and enriching event, even if you’re not using DB2. The first 300 attendees (from the Continental US and Canada) will receive a...

Italian Ruby book and cool suggested reading

I’m glad to announce that Ruby per applicazioni web has been published by Apogeo. This is the first Ruby book written in Italian and I was a contributor as a technical reviewer and author of an appendix about Ruby and DB2. As you can see my name is only located inside the book and not on the cover, because while international publishers are usually glad to add contributors to the cover page, however in this case...

Molecule: a much better name ;-)

The thought occurs to me that XML formats for outlines really need a better title. By now, most of you will have heard about OPML, OML, XOXO, etc… But I’m afraid that nobody quite got it right. The perfect name would be Molecule! What better name for an aggregate of Atoms? Image credit:...