Web&Press

There has been a plethora of response from the Italian web community, obviously mostly in Italian. Go figure…
The most recent updates can be found in the Italian language section of this site.

For people who manage some Italian, the best places to start might be the sites Punto Informatico and La Stampa.

Other English language comments:

nnyman /personal
Don’t entice me and not deliver

Gnu Band Org
What can we XSS inject into the new 40 millions Euros portal Italia.it? Better help in redoing it: rItaliaCamp

.Dust
Italia.it and frustration in innovation

Salatti.net
“italia.it”

The Joel on Software Discussion Group
45 million euros(!) www.italia.it portal is online

beginning with I
Translating: In Language, a Little Humility is a Good Thing

Italy is falling and we’re riding it upside down
quando venire in Italia? (or: falling italia.it)

marco’s tech world
Italian Portal

Life without Berlusconi
The Belpaese Gets “it” Wrong

San Baldo
Italia.it

Andrea Micheloni
Tourism in Italy: Italia.it

UnderConsideration
Italia: Like you’ve Never Seen it Before

Postmodernità digitale: Società, Tecnologia & Curiosità
How To Spend 45 Million Euros For A Mediocre Website: Italia.it

Life in Italy
ITALY BECOMES A BRAND WITH A NEW LOGO AND SLOGAN

zoomata.com: a close-up on italy
New Italy Logo: Not Bello

David Airey
Not IT my name
Gridskipper: the Urban Travel Guide
For such a Bel Paese, Italy’s Logo is Pretty Fugly

Ansa.it
Italy becomes a brand

Youtube.com – First video about the logo
(not English, but it doesn’t really need much explanation of the Italian)
Logo

And some history:

adnkronos
TOURISM: CONTRACT WON FOR NATIONAL PORTAL ‘WWW.ITALIA.IT’ (February 5th – February 11th, 2007)

Beppe Grillo’s Blog
Italian werewolves

Tiscover
Tiscover to power Italy’s national tourism super-portal (July 2005 press release)