Alessandro Pistilli Blog – New York City

Small Team, Big Impact: The People Behind Photos
At Facebook, it’s common for small teams of three or four people to work together in creating products that are used by millions of people around the world. Watch how the team behind Facebook’s Photos application helped it become the most popular of its kind on the Internet.

Five more ways of thinking that can doom IT leaders

Lost laptops cost companies $50,000 apiece
A single lost or stolen laptop costs a business almost $50,000 on average, according to findings from an Intel-sponsored study by the Ponemon Institute.

6 music services compared: Who can bust the iTunes monopoly?

I’ve been out for a while lately.
I’ve travelled for work and pleasure to Italy. But I’m back with my weekly links!

Technology related:
- Jailbreak an iPhone 3G – Wired How-To Wiki (http://ping.fm/FwYuK)
- 10 Principles of the PHP Masters – Nettuts+ (http://ping.fm/oscR9)
- Why I chose Zend Framework for Enterprise – Jim Plush’s Programming Paradise (http://ping.fm/XdzI0)
- Performance – When do I start worrying? « Empyrean (http://ping.fm/goRJ8)

And some link about Google:
- Why I Quit Google (GOOG) (http://ping.fm/xex53)
- Google Brings Free Music Downloads to China – ReadWriteWeb (http://ping.fm/mdJsB)
- What Could Go Wrong With Google: The Slideshow (http://ping.fm/2mXMq)
- Google Should Offer To Buy Twitter For $1 Billion (GOOG) (http://ping.fm/JCLh1)

UES Restaurant Offering Free Food to “Gossip Girls”

10 CSS Tips Every Web Developer Should Know

97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know

Online resources for Zend Framework

10 Papers Every Software Architect Should Read (At Least Twice)

Real estate market and Economy:

Manhattan Condo Buyers Walk Away From $1 Million Down Payments

Unsold Manhattan Condos Are Piling Up

Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street

Technology:

20 cynical project management tips 

On Cross-Browser Compatibility

How FriendFeed uses MySQL to store schema-less data