I saved this update for some time waiting for the most appropriate moment to post it, and here is it, hoping it can bring a bit of distraction in such a delicate moment in which all Italy is keeping tight around the 19 young victims in Nasiriya.
This shot comes from the award winning film Life is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni I’ve re-watched on DVD some weeks ago. Being a truly work of genius with so many details making up for a great film about the love for life, I spotted this curious scene in which Guido (Roberto Benigni) is trying to help his friend Ferruccio (Sergio Bini Bustric) to get in touch with Mrs. Guicciardini (Lidia Alfonsi), so that she can publish Ferruccio’s poetry works. They had a little trouble in that right moment, but thanks to Guido, Ferruccio will quickly grasp this great opportunity.
Well, if you have the luck of having a friend like him you can bet you’ll be published everywhere!
But for anyone else the Internet is an invaluable resource to reach the same objective nowadays.
The real problem comes after publishing something, as I’m experiencing at first hand, because even if your work is good it’s so easy to pass unnoticed in the frenetic traffic flow of the super-information highway.
I briefly addressed the question in my tutorial about Pocket PC development since there’s no doubt it’s a serious question for any independent developer.
A wonderful film, by the way.

Oh, and if you have the DVD you shouldn’t miss the interview of Benigni, in particular when he answers to the question about how ideas are born and he says it would take much more space on the DVD to fully explain it!