Something was missing in the great article about i-muse™ published on last Saturday by the daily newspaper La Provincia: all the names of my team members thanks to whom we got up to this point!
So I wrote a letter for the Letters to the Director feature thanking all the team and pointing out that we’ll continue the invitation-only usability tests at the Educational Silk Museum in Como during the whole August, so even the people who now are busy at work in August will be able to find the time to come and try our videoguide and discover the wonders of a museum so little known by the people living in Como.
In the letter I also invited the famous american actor George Clooney, who’s spending the holidays in his Villa Oleandra in Laglio, to come and try i-muse™ and visit the museum.
Who knows, maybe you’ll find him in the gallery of photos we’re shooting during the tests!

A full page article, printed in colors, clearly conveys the enthusiasm of the journalist Chiara Sirna who tested in preview our videoguide at the Educational Silk Museum in Como.
After the nice article of the last January, the daily newspaper La Provincia didn’t waste any time and let its readers know we got to the point, i-muse™ lives, and we started the invitation-only usability testing phase which will last until the end of August.
We also set up a gallery of photos shot during the tests showing the invited people while they walk inside the museum rooms together with i-muse™.
This will also be a good opportunity for many people living in Como to discover a museum preserving a piece of the glorious history of our town related to silk processing they didn’t have the chance to visit it yet.
For the moment i-muse™ is available only for the invitation-only usability tests. I’m pointing that out since maybe the article isn’t too clear about it.
Come to try i-muse™ and we hope you’ll get impressed just like Chiara who at the end of the visit asked us surprised: “How did you manage to put the videos on the PDA?”

Valérie, our French stagier, went back to France for her deserved holidays after she managed to get appreciations from anyone who had the chance to meet her due to her contribution to our project i-muse™ and not only due to her charm and pleasant French accent!
An extraordinary girl, brilliant and results-producing, qualities they recommend to search for in the people to work with and that rarely you can find in the same person.
It was a privilege having her aside during these three months, not only because she has a so vital attitude that looks the opposite of his bizarre Italian surname , but also because you could talk about anything with her: from business planning to Rfid technology, to French cuisine, or even about John Gray’s books.
Also thanks to her the number of left-handers in the i-muse™ team became equal: 3 vs 3 as you can see in the photo shot to celebrate the start of the tests as well as her departure.
Her thesis about the use of technology for the valorization of cultural goods, that she’ll expose in September in Italy, almost looks like a celebration for i-muse™, in a natural way however, since the studies and the market trends are reporting that the odds for our product are good in this specific sector.
A big thank you for all you did: Au revoir Valérie!

This is the graphics made by our great Luca to invite people to try i-muse™ at the Educational Silk Museum in Como.
Now it’s your turn to judge our work, a very hard work, complex, which involved many people and now it’s condensed in 50 minutes of PDA guided visit inside one of the most fascinating museums in Como.
At the end of the visit we’ll ask you to fill a feedback questionnaire. This and the careful observation of your behavior while you’ll be using i-muse™ will help us understanding if and how making modifications to improve the guide.
We’re organizing the tests by appointment only and they’ll be free of charge of course, so if you’d like to book for the test you can write to info@i-muse.info.
Our virtual guide is waiting to tell you with an appealing voice “Welcome to the i-muse™ system“…

1050 kilometers in three days riding my Vespa: it’s the result of the journey made together with 11 Vespa riders of the Vespaclub Como to join the Vespa World Days 2007, the international gathering organized this year in San Marino.
More than 3000 Vespa riders, a wonderful weather, a nice company and specials such as Nicola L’impennatore and the Arrotino from the Vespaclub Biella made the three days a memorable experience.
The 162 pics I shot will preserve part of the memory.
Anything but less funny was the 2nd National Vespa Meeting Town of Como on June 24, a day in which taking pics was my official duty for the club. Gathering in Como, aperitif in Menaggio and then in Grandola e Uniti for the lunch: 300 Vespa riders enjoyed the sight of the lake and the organization of the event, including the Vespazza Award, la Vespa più Bonazza, given to the nicest girl on a Vespa.
All of the 276 pics I shot are online to the benefit of the Vespa riders who participated.
If you’re in a hurry these are the best 4 of the two events.