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Visit me at Google+

Antonella — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:26:24 +0000

Yes, I’m not posting very much on my blog for now. I will come back, I promise. In the meanwhile, if you want to stay in touch visit my profile on Google+ (Not on Google+? Go to Google+ Welcome page to learn more).

The coolest kitchen in the world

Antonella — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:43:04 +0000

Alan Cooper , one of my user-centered design gurus, was the first to teach me that often, products that have been inspired by a specific need of a specific group of people end up being broadly successful (the rolling suitcase is a famous example). I’ve always loved this concept. I love it even more when...

New media, social ties, and revolution

Antonella — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:33:36 +0000

In a recent New Yorker’s article, “Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted,” Malcolm Gladwell discusses the role of new media in social movements. Gladwell writes that new social media are a bad fit for civil resistance movements, especially those that involve personal high risk and long-term commitment. New media are a good...

Take a tour of Google NYC Usability lab

Antonella — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:17:39 +0000

The crew of Information Week visited Google recently and got an exclusive sneak preview of the redesign of the Google Docs editors that was launched today. They concluded that Google Docs is now ready to Take Microsoft Office Head On. (You can find much more information and cool videos on Information Week’s special page on...

Last 2 days to sponsor my meditation marathon

Antonella — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:33:38 +0000

A reminder to all of my friends that on Saturday I’m participating at the Interdependence Project marathon and I need your help. As you can read in my previous post, I will be publicly sitting for 4 hours on Saturday, between 11AM and 3PM, in support of the Interdependence Project. This is the annual fund...

Meb Keflezighi wins the NYC Marathon

Antonella — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:43:42 +0000

This was my first time watching the NYC Marathon. It was an amazing experience. The entire neighborhood was in the street, cheering, making noise, dancing, and having fun, welcoming with the same enthusiastic support the first runners and the last runners, the fast and the slow, as people of all races and ages streamed through....

Sponsor me, as I sit still.

Antonella — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:24:08 +0000

You might know that I am part of the Interdependence Project (IDP), a non-profit organization based in Manhattan blending meditation, art, and activism. On November 7, I will meditate for 4 hours as part of a 24-hour meditation marathon organized to support IDP’s annual fundraising. Donations collected for the 24-hour marathon will be used to...

The City that always sleeps on the subway

Antonella — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:46:21 +0000

The cheerful person who defined New York City as the city that never sleeps must have never stepped on a subway car. There is no time of the day, no subway line, no neighborhood that is immune from the army of NYC subway car sleepers. We sleep in the morning and in the evening, but...

Happy right now!

Antonella — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:56:12 +0000

I’m looking out of the window at a bright blue sky and the naked tree branches of the end of winter, with new buds waiting for the spring a few weeks away, shivering in the loud wind. For a moment, just a moment, I feel at peace. Just looking out of my window and listening...

You might have noticed that I suspended my blog…

Antonella — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:09:35 +0000

At the beginning of October I decided to suspend my blog, and my life. I took a month off from work, packed my stuff, and jumped on a bus to Pennsylvania. I worked for a month in Norristown, the Headquarter of the Obama-Biden campaign in Montgomery County as a volunteer coordinator for Lower Providence, West...