I get asked almost weekly if I’m available to take this or that design gigs. I keep trying to explain that, although I’m a pretty decent designer, I enjoy product management work a lot more.
Author: Luca Candela
Born in Italy, after a MS in Computer Science in Torino, Italy, I moved to Madrid first, then to California to pursue my dream of working in the epicenter of the digital revolution, the Bay Area.
I'm currently the Head of Product Management at Treasure Data. I'm passionate about Agile development, User Experience and social media. In the rare occasion when I'm not working, I like to play electric guitar, ride my mountain bike and enjoy Asian food.
The Nexus One was a big mistake
Anybody cares about the customers? Everybody that knows me even a little bit knows how much respect I have for Google as a company, but with the Nexus One they messed up BAD. I’ve been reading a lot about revenues, relationship with carriers, with other cellphone manufacturers (let’s say Motorola) etc… but everybody ignored the… Continue reading The Nexus One was a big mistake
The iPad: so easy it takes 5 geeks to make it work!
Today at at WhereCamp 2010 in Mountain View, somebody TRIED to use the iPad to give a quick presentation, and “it just didn’t work”.
Disable “Press and Hold” in Windows XP SP3 and Wacom Tablets
The “press and hold” for right click is driving me up the walls while using the Adobe Creative Suite at work, so while it’s pretty easy to find a solution for Vista/Win7, the solution for Windows XP SP3 is bit harder to find, so I’ll make it available for everybody here.
Dear Facebook, please fix the duplicate names bug NOW. XOXO :-) LOL
It would be very cool, borderline awesome if Facebook decided to fix the annoying problem they have with duplicate names. Let me clarify: there’s a guy in Italy called Luca Candela, just like me, and he’s uploading videos of his snowboard stunts all the time. While I can enjoy some snowboard videos here and there… Continue reading Dear Facebook, please fix the duplicate names bug NOW. XOXO 🙂 LOL
Fix sound volume issue on MacBook Pro running Windows XP SP3
Apple doesn’t seem to care too much about the “experience” we’re having running Windows XP on their EXPENSIVE laptops. With OSX 10.5 and 10.6 they ship a sound driver that is simply NOT WORKING PROPERLY, and again, they don’t seem to care too much. Well, if you, like me, are annoyed as hell about this,… Continue reading Fix sound volume issue on MacBook Pro running Windows XP SP3
San Francisco and new site design coming soon!
This is a quick update just to say that San Francisco didn’t swallow me (although it’s been a very intense week since I moved here) and that so far I’m happy about how many contacts I’m establishing in the area. The great news though is that the site redesign is almost complete, and soon all… Continue reading San Francisco and new site design coming soon!
Get the favicons back on Firefox 3.5 for OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard
I don’t know why the Mozilla team decided not to show favicons in the bookmark toolbar, but it’s a BAD idea: the toolbar becomes instantly hard to scan and a lot less useful. Luckily there’s an extension for Firefox called Stylish and a script to install once the extension is active that can take care… Continue reading Get the favicons back on Firefox 3.5 for OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard
How to install Service Pack 3 for Windows XP on a MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard
This post is more of a “note to self” than anything else. I spent good part of today fighting against my MacBook Pro, trying to install Service Pack 3 for Windows XP (Bootcamp partition). After a few hours of frustration, I found this link buried in Apple’s support site that contains a workaround. The meat… Continue reading How to install Service Pack 3 for Windows XP on a MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard
“Generalizing Specialist” Is The Definition I Was Looking For…
I have been trying to define my professional profile a little better, and after a few hours of research, I stumbled on this incredibly clever definition of “generalizing specialist“.