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About this blog

The blog that exploded is the personal blog of Alessandro Piana Bianco; find here topics as diverse as Information Architecture for web sites and new media, Drupal theming and configuration tips, photography, new media communication papers and digital journalism, contemporary art, video games, virtual words business analysis and reviews, writings on Second Life.

This blog has been built on a Drupal architecture, it features a custom CSS theme and some customized Drupal featured modules. The theming, custom modules mods and all of the blog information architecture and design layout has been produced by this blog author.

Disclaimer

Posts and the opinions expressed on this blog do not necessarily represent the view of my current and/or past employers.

About me

My name is Alessandro Piana Bianco and I'm New Media Projects Manager for Dorna Sports S.L., the exclusive holder of all commercial and TV rights of the MotoGP World Championship.

Information Architect and User Centered Design Professional with 7+ years experience on the role. New Media Content advisor, Usability and Accessibility Expert. IT Project Manager and Team Leader with a strong background in Content Management System (CMS) projects, Controlled and Public Social Networks.

Professional Journalist and Communication Advisor for New Media, and Media Events; strong cultural background; fluent in: Italian, English, French, Spanish; Photographer.

I'm a Professional Journalist, member of the Italian Journalists Association (Ordine dei Giornalisti) and of the International Federation of Journalists.

Specialties

Information Architecture

Planning and development of Content Management Systems;
Wireframing, prototyping, User Scenarios via focus groups, and Card Sorting;
Usability and Accessibility testing and quality assurance;
Taxonomy and controlled/public folksonomy expert;
Drupal master;
SEO Advisor
XHTML, CSS, XML, standard quality advisor.

Journalism/Communication

New Media Content Strategist
Professional Journalist;
Content Manager;
Communication for events expert (art and luxury goods);

To find out more about this blog author, please have a look at awcr.org

Check the following link to have a look at my resumé on LinkedIn.

A short version of my resumé is available on my web site at: http://awcr.org/alessandro+piana+bianco/

Find me in Second Life under the name of Zonker Wombat. Zonker comes from Zonker Harris character in Doonesbury. Find more about His Lordship the Viscount St. Austell-in-the-Moor Biggleswade-Brixham Zonker Harris on Wikipedia.