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Migrating From Wordpress to Hugo
After many years of running my site on Wordpress, I just migrated this site to Hugo. The migration was quite simple, this post outlines the main steps and offers a few helpful resources.
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· CodingWhat’s wrong with Milan’s Open Data initiative
I spent some time playing with the Open Data published by the City of Milan, aiming to visualize public transport coverage. While I managed to create a heatmap, I was left unsatisfied by the data presentation and format. The initiative is promising but could be dramatically improved by adopting modern standards like GeoJSON instead of Shapefiles and including simple preview capabilities.
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Appsterdam Guru Session: Google App Engine for beginners
One of the things I was not expecting when I moved to Amsterdam was its active and vibrant tech community. Appsterdam, a non-profit organization focused around aggregating people with a passion for te...
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Presenting Professional Invaders
The story of Professional Invaders, the game we built during TNW Conference's Hack Battle.
· PeopleWhat Van Gogh can teach us about persistence
I visited the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam recently and, to my surprise, I left the exposition having learned something that matters beyond art.
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Prettier source code on WordPress.com
Posting source code on WordPress.com is quite simple: the platform already provides an extremely easy to use shortcode called sourcecode, based on a fairly flexible syntax highlighter plugin. By looki...