In fact we hacked a lot, doing lots of changes to QJson:

• the API has been cleaned, now it can be considered stable
• unicode support has been completely rewritten
• it’s now possible to convert QVariant objects into JSON ones

So it’s with a great pleasure that I announce the release of QJson 0.6.0.

Beware, since the API has been changed your application will probably break. I’m really sorry about that, but I guarantee it won’t happen in the future (as I said both API and ABI interfaces can now be considered stable).

QJson web site has been updated, reflecting all the changes made to the library.
openSUSE packages has been moved from my home repo to KDE:Qt one.

One last note, if you have problems with QJson please contact me using the qjson-devel mailing list. You can subscribe here.

After reading these lines:

” We are exploring new technologies, creating prototypes of future systems, and trying to find and shape some of the features that will be part of upcoming SUSE products and the ecosystem around that. It’s a fascinating job, challenging, fun, and always exciting. For somebody like me who loves to create new things and enjoys working with an awesome team of innovative people this is a dream job.”

I realized the description matched with all my wishes!

I immediately applied for the position and now, after more than a month, I’m looking at a signed proposal.

I’ve waited a long time before spreading my joy to the rest of the world… but now I just want to say that starting from 1st August I’ll be part of Suse’s Incubation team!

I’m really happy, excited and honoured for this awesome opportunity.

I wish you’ll be able to realize your dreams too!

Just a funny note… While Cornelius was writing about the job offer on his blog, I was having a dinner with another Novell employee: Massimiliano Mantione. I was listening to his personal story, wishing to find a dream job like his one. I have to admit I was a bit jealous

Currently I’m using Linux as primary Os, but I’ll give a try also to KDE4 on Mac

The other new entry is Baguette, a three-months old dachshund. She’s really lovely, running around the house eating random things like shoes (I think it’s a must for all pets) and usb cables (she’s already a geek-dog).

I think I’ll have to keep an eye on Baguette, otherwise I’ll find another bite on my Macbook pro apple

Linux Day is an Italian manifestation that promotes Linux and FOSS.
During this day different organizations (mostly Linux User Groups) arrange events with speeches, installation parties and more.

Since lot of people requested it, I gave a speech about KDE 4 during the Linux day organized by my LUG (BGLug).

The presentation covers the main changes and features introduced by KDE 4.
I took inspiration from Troy’s “Road to KDE 4″ articles (I like them really much).

People liked the speech and, most important of all, showed great interest for KDE 4.

You can download the presentation using the link at the bottom of the page. But beware: slides are in Italian.

You can also find some photos of the event here (thanks to Jimmy).

KDE4: what’s new

In the end yesterday I spent approximately four hours on the train. During this elapse of time I started the Xesam User Language parser

During the travels I:

• refreshed my memories about Flex, Bison and language parsers in general
• wrote XesamUserLanguage’s BNF grammar
• wrote Flex scanner
• started Bison parser

Now, after fixing some build errors, I’ll start writing Bison’s grammar rules. These rules will translate Xesam user language queries into Strigi::Query objects.

I hope it will work (both bathroom and Xesam parser )

You can find some photos here.

Many thanks to Roberto for the photos (made with his mobile phone!).

• office work
• KDE & Strigi coding
• Physical work

The most important of all is the last one. I’ve spent all my week-ends working in my new house. I’ve been fixing and improving it (wow… it seems I’m talking about a piece of software ) and now it’s quite finished.

I’ve to say a great “thank you” to my dad. He’s able to do everything (he’s something better than Mac Gyver) and helped me a lot (in fact he has done all the dirty jobs).

Prepare yourself, I’ll put some photos of the house really soon…

This speech illustrates:

• what’s desktop searching
• what’re the benefits of desktop searching technology
• what’re the programs availables under linux
• overview of Beagle
• overview of Strigi

Warning:
Slides are in Italian, you can download them here

Many thanks to Giovanni Venturi, webmaster and maintainer of kde-it.org!