11.27.09
Posted in facebook, random tagged facebook groups, facebook dislike button, boys are stupid, immature, add friends, don't care, invite 20 friends, social interview, chain letter, wrong spelling, step on leaf, bruce almighty, random facebook groups, laughing, swine flu, dinosaurs at 2:12 pm by stefan4m
I was writing about these groups a while ago – funny and random groups on facebook – and one of the disadvantages of having over 1000 friends on facebook is just watching them joining these random groups(join it and never ever think about it anymore) – and seeing them play the games/take the quizzes, etc. So here’s another list with some of these facebook groups – random, yet they express some ideas/thoughts we all have, but not necessarily outwardly adhere to:
- You’re online and i want to talk to you, BUT im not saying hi first.
- I don’t care if you call me immature, at least I’m having more fun than you.
- Boys are Stupid;
- My heart feels like it’s gonna pop when i see the person i like
- WANTING TO KILL YOUR FRIEND FOR FLIRTING WITH THE PERSON THEY KNOW YOU LIKE
- the people u dunt wana talk 2 alwaysz talking to u !
- Just because i didnt say “joking” after i said it doesnt mean i wasnt.
- i hate it when people say thanks for the add even though i accepted them!!!
- I see friends on MSN typing so I stop to see what they say, but so do they
- I dont Care how many mutual friends we have, I dont know you!
- I Join Too Many Groups Because Their Names Make me say.. “OMG, THATS TRUE!”
- People that just talk to you and you just dont care
- Just because I liked your status doesn’t necessarily mean I also like you.
- I hate it when I ask someone how they are and they dont ask how I am..
- When I Get 10000 Members i’ll Give Everyone In This Group £10
- If One Million People Join, Nothing will happen. Nothing…
- I Delete the whole Password when i type a Single letter Wrong.
- Stop forcing me to “Invite 20 Friends”!!
- I hate Social Interview but use it anyways
- I used to cover my hands in glue at school just so I could peel it off
- My first or last name will constantly be spelled or pronounced wrong
- I Will Go Slightly Out of My Way To Step On That Crunchy-looking Leaf
- No, I Don’t Care If I Die At 12AM, I Refuse To Pass On Your Chain Letter.
- Mouthy year 7 and 8’s need a slap
- iThought You Were Nicee.. Den You Turned Around !
- Nodding Your Head Pretending Your Listenin , When Your Actually Not
- I think of funny things in my head and burst out laughing all by myself
- No, you did not just activate the “dislike” button… jeez
- Bruce Almighty taught me how to spell BEAUTIFUL
- I wish people would shut the hell up about swine flu!
- I remember the Dinosaurs
There’s a group for almost any thought/feeling that we ever had…. and there’s no point in trying to see which is right or wrong, or to judge them. Just don’t join them!
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11.16.09
Posted in random, social behavior tagged address book, daily diary, email addresses, enjoyment, events, filofax, finances, flyers and pictures, interesting things, journal, letts diary page per day, main events, post it notes, projects, scrap book, shopping list, thoughts, to do at 1:29 pm by stefan4m
Call me old-fashioned, but I like keeping a diary! It’s been 2 years now that I kept this one unique diary style from Letts, one page per day, and since I was in school / more indoors / studying a lot, I had to write a lot in there. Now I’m so happy I purchased a Filofax nice leather diary, where I would hopefully write daily & hopefully this will help me be more organized… You can really create your personal universe in your diary, writing about / on:
- Post It Notes – coloured and in different shapes/sizes(rectangular, small, square, perfumed, pink / red / yellow / neon / orange / blue / green, etc) with either lists of things to do, notes from a meeting, interesting things, quotes, quick email addresses, other addresses of people, funny stuff, etc;
- flyers and pictures, add to the diary stuff that u pick up / find / receive during that day, and just put it there… with or without a note;
- the main events of the day – writing down what you consider to be more important for you, either
- in advance – to remind you about events, calls, birthdays, etc;
- in retrospective – notes about certain meetings, events, interesting things, important data;
- Thoughts / enjoyment / interesting things – there are so many interesting things that can happen, unpredicted, gestures, some feelings, some thoughts, some nice persons you met, etc – that’s what a diary is about;
- financial stuff – if you feel like these things can be “read” by others, I would recommend that one keeps a record of at least the major things he purchases, like: electronics, major grocery shoppings, books, big/large items, important items/gifts/cards, etc – list them there, either when you buy them(in that particular day), or on a specific list of in/out spending/receiving $$$;
- calls – we make lots of calls every day, and sometimes/many times they are just gossip/chats – but some calls are “milestones”, or more topic-related, overseas calls, or even keeping in touch with old friends, finding news about them… – I sometimes write down the name, duration of call, and the main thing we talked about;
- To Do & Projects – both on a daily basis, working on more important things, or weekly/monthly targets, projects you’re working on with deadlines and milestones, companies that help you/you need to call, etc. Also, what I do sometimes is that I write either electronically or on a post-it note – the things I need to do when I get to a certain place & I am in a certain environment(at home in front of my personal PC; at work when I meet so-and-so, shopping lists, things to do online, things to talk about to someone, etc);
- address book – addresses of the new people you met, either on the daily page u keep, or on the designated addresses list; as you meet people, get their number/email address/mail address, or… the facebook name
and so many other things, from the stickers u get when u go to a certain event(either with your name on it or with some cool design/logo), to pictures, scraps of things, badges from conferences, email addresses from people as you meet them, signatures from people, tell others to write u a note, plane tickets or the sticky band they give u as u check-in, etc – things u pick up as u live your daily life wherever u are. Things to remind u about that day. To make u happy when u look back…. – or sad. Broken relationships, not-so-happy thoughts, etc. You decide what u write/add to your personal diary
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11.11.09
Posted in google, new online, questions tagged google news, google sidewiki, google chrome, google profile, google knows, what google knows about us, google knows too much, google products, google services, google calendar, google docs, google mail, gmail, google chat, google dashboard, google preferences, google wave, google history at 10:45 pm by stefan4m
You never thought of that,… or maybe you’re scared of that. What does google know about you? You can say that there are at least 2 types of info google picks up about us: the information we tell him/give him, and the information we don’t, but it is our behaviour online.
What do we tell google about ourselves?
- A good way to tell google about yourself is your google profile, that is: contact info, about you, the blogs you write, websites you work for, any links related to you, where you have been on the earth, the sidewiki, your picassa albums picture flow, etc.
- Google dashboard – google picks up from online the services you use and centralizes them, allowing you to change your personal data in these accounts: the blogger account, calendar, the contacts, google docs, gmail, iGoogle, orkut, picasa, the profile, google reader, google talk, google voice, google voice, and your web history – your history/items in these services.
- whatever you put online about yourself and is searchable, starting from a website, a blog, twitter, a profile page, a network, a forum, etc. Or what the others say about you.
What we don’t tell google about ourselves, but he knows/picks up/learns about us
- our web searches and web history, our preferences – if or even if not we’re logged into our google account. He records this and then personalizes your results according to what you last time visited – he “learns” you….
- your emails tell google what kind of adds to display, depending on the words you have in the emails; the same with the google chat: google picks the words/people you talk to/about the most…. your preferences…
- your google docs tell google about you, your preferences, your collaboration, your friends, your trends, and it offers you an unlimited space where you can put your docs online;
- if in the States, your google voice – the transcribed conversations, google taps into them…. – not harmfully, “do no evil” being their motto;
- all the google services you use, whether on the desktop or online, tell google a little about yourself. You may not know that much about your preferences, but google learns from you, adapts, serves you what you want…. Maybe you use google docs, gmail, google calendar, google desktop(nice, useful, customizable, gadgets), igoogle, google chat, youtube, picasa, google notebook, google maps, google earth, the google search engine + various versions of it, google checkout, google analytics, google trends, google toolbar, etc(a list can be here).
Uhm… these articles are supposed to be short…. yet this one is interesting: google offers more and more free products, “free versions of the existing commercial products/softwares in the market“, and we gladly use them(they are free, they are online, you just need… a browser! By us using them, giving feedback, or even without it, google learns of our behavior, our personality, preferences, etc… Guess what: even if we don’t use the google products/services, by indexing the web, google finds you/about you wherever you are! Even on facebook, even with your secret profile, he finds you in your friends’ friends list! Same on twitter. So why not be open about it all and create your profile, “feed” google with the information you think is relevant about you…
Should we be scared about that? I honestly don’t know. What I know is that it is getting more intense – addictive – interesting. With google wave, with the other startups that have such cool features that we use & then google buys them,…
I don’t know….
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11.09.09
Posted in facebook, introducing, random, social behavior tagged social media, facebook groups, free facebook, irrational facebook group, sitting on the bus, facebook dislike button, social networks, illogical groups, strange and weird facebook groups, random and funny at 3:01 pm by stefan4m
You would never believe the names/ideas behind some of these groups on facebook. Even worse – how many people join these groups! You think you know a certain one of your friends, and then you check out his/her profile and you see all these groups listed there…. and you change your mind. Here are some of the funny / strange / interesting random facebook groups I recently discovered….
- We Will Not Pay To Use Facebook. Need As Many Members Possible To Stop This!
- What Du u Mean Hus Diis ? Yurh Dah One Dat Added Me Kmtt..
- When I realised the word “bed” looks like a bed, my mind was blown.
- I love listening to lies when i know the truth!
- WHY ARE YOU SITTING NEXT TO ME WHEN THERE ARE 100 OTHER SEATS ON THIS BUS??
- I love how we’re friends on Facebook, but we don’t actually talk in person.
- I thought it was cool to talk into the fan when I was a kid.
- Ok, Mom/Dad you got your point across, you can stop talking now.
- COLOUR CO-ORDINATION IS NOT SWAGGA!
- If I Fail My Exams, Its Facebook’s Fault;
- I read the group name, I laugh, I join, I never look at it again.
- “BRB… IM NOT REALLY GOING ANYWHERE, BUT NEITHER IS THIS CONVERSATION”
- Waking up, closing your eyes for a second and waking up 20 mins later !
- Facebook, give us a “dislike” button;
- No, you did not just activate the “dislike” button… jeez;
- PETITION FOR FACEBOOK TO INSTALL A DISLIKE BUTTON Need 3 mill. members! Send a suggestion for a dislike button to Facebook DIRECTLY!
- I Hate The New Facebook;
- DISLIKE BUTTON…NEED 7,000,000 MEMBERS INVITE EVERYONE YOU KNOW ASAP;
- If your name starts with A, C, D, F, H, I, J, K, L, M, S, T…join!!!
- If U Got An – ‘A’ or ‘E’ In Ur FIRST Name Join !!!
- Let´s try to gather all facebook members in one group! is it possible??
These groups are just some of the many irrational / logical / youth-made groups, some making no sense, many being duplicates…. Some are about social actions, others loving stuff/hating stuff, for a change/against a change, etc… I’m not trying to promote them, just to state them…
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11.07.09
Posted in facebook, google, new online, twitter tagged blog comments, directory submission, DMOZ, facebook your article, get feedback, good content, google eats content up, niche directories, promoting your website, search engines, SEO, social media, spam in directory submission, tweet your website at 10:58 am by stefan4m
I still can’t believe that there was a time when I had a long compiled list of search engines and directories where I would register / subscribe my website once I put the site online, so that, eventually, google would see it! Starting with the DMOZ and continuing with the altavista, yahoo, etc. There were at least 2 weeks before google saw your efforts and crawled your website. And then, if you wanted to have a new page to be indexed by google, you had to put a link on the front page/on a page with a high pagerank….
Nowadays, though one needs SEO(search engine optimization), and though you need to register with some local niche directories(depending on your business), google is after your content! So, in a way, you don’t have to “fight” too much – all you need to do is to put out the content that you think people need/love – or set up the services/functions people would love to have, and the people(social media…. social networks…) will “push you” up in google(just tweet your article/page/site, or put a link on your facebook/myspace). On the other hand, once you have a link from another website to your new site/page, it’s a matter of a short time until google “eats up” your content. I have seen a new wordpress blog site being indexed by google in 2h.
And one more tip: because there’s so much spam in the directory submission / SEO / even social media area, go along with the common sense in promoting your website(make sure your webpage has a title, some keywords, headings and paragraphs, logical links, some anchor links, solid structure, related links; get some of your friends opinion/feedback on your website, facebook/tweet it, see what their reaction is; also submit it to some related directories, comment on other blogs, etc). You know why? Because you don’t want “bulk traffic/random loads of people”, but you want your content/ideas/services to be known by real people who would also give you feedback to help you/communicate with you how to go on. At least that’s the new way things work nowadays online…
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11.04.09
Posted in random, social behavior tagged Coca Cola, coca cola disclaimer, coke disclaimer, dangerous Coke, drinking cola, the dangers of Coca Cola at 5:10 pm by stefan4m
Not only the cigarettes and the alcohol should have such a disclaimer, stating what the dangers are when you drink it/use it, but even Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola should have such disclaimers on the bottle! By now many millions of people have become addicted to either Coke or Pepsi, consuming it daily in large quantities. And we all know what the dangers are. Why not be true about it? It’s not about boycotting the Israel campaign, or the murders in Colombia(South America) related to Coca Cola, or any other gruelsome thing. It’s simply the fact that it errodates your stomach, it kills you within, damages your teeth, etc – see more in yahoo answers, what happens when you drink Coke, the 7 dangers of Pepsi/Coke, or here, etc.
I think that since all the side effects of other not-so-health-yet-addictive products are being written on their label, the same should be done with Coke and Pepsi. Fair enough?
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10.28.09
Posted in family, social behavior tagged be a friend, be attached, death comes, enjoy life, family life, have friends, know God, life happens, live your life, my sister's keeper, things happen at 11:59 pm by stefan4m
I promised myself I won’t talk about movies, especially since most of them are simply surreal, unreal and also not so recommended to be watched. But I recently watched My Sister’s Keeper, and I realized: this is life! Life happens. You may be the person that does a lot of things, tries to change everyone, the world, the situation, encourage others and make everyone happy – but if sickness comes in, if death comes in, you will have to accept it. This is life.
The point is – enjoy life. Not: enjoy doing as many bad / illegal things that you think you like, but just enjoy your family life, your relatives, visiting and knowing people and places – appreciate this. Don’t just go over these things. Be “moved” and “touched” by things, be attached to people, open to others, be a friend and get friends close by. I would even say: be a good & interesting person online, have friends on facebook / twitter and really mean it, interact, get to know others and let them know you. At least humanly, in the society and in the family, that’s the best you can do…. of course, you can also know God, find Him, seek for Him…. It’s not only about trying to change things, but it’s mainly about living.
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10.20.09
Posted in questions, social behavior tagged arab countries, diligently laboring, eastern europe, mentality, respect, sunshine, surviving, temper, western europe, young children at 8:23 am by stefan4m
Born in Eastern Europe and now living in Western Europe, having traveled a little and observing things, I came to the conclusion that it is indeed a crazy world we live in.
- In some countries there’s a fight for surviving and having the daily bread(mainly in E Europe), while other countries forgot what real bread is and delight in all kinds of fancy foods(W Europe).
- In some countries people simply can’t change anything in the way their country is ruled(Burma/Myanmar, many Arab countries), while in the Western Democracy&USA there are too many voices speaking yet doing almost nothing.
- In some parts of the world there is lots of sunshine, maybe too much(S California, Spain/Portugal), while in other countries there’s just clouds and cold(UK), windy, or – the regular 4 seasons.
- The young children are reading the grown-up newspapers, since they’re free, and watching what the grown-up watch, trying to behave / do the things the grown-up do – the bad part is that their parents/supervisors don’t consider this premature knowledge/seeing as something unhealthy.
- Respect – mainly in the Asian countries, there’s lots of respect being cultivated, yet in many Western countries there is no such thing, and this starts from the home, goes to schools, universities, jobs, on the street, on the bus, on the underground – no respect.
- Temper – once people actually wanted to control their temper; these days in Western Europe you have to be careful how u talk to people, because everyone just reacts in what his disposition is – and many times is not nice. You never know when you spoke one word that the other doesn’t like and they hate u or worse…
- Mentality – Some people are hard working, laboring diligently to achieve something; other people just want to receive & demand to receive, thinking this is their right; other people just take it easy – all they have to do is work a little & they get enough money to live(W Europe); some people work very hard and can barely meet their needs/their family’s needs(E Europe) – out of these, some gave up on hope for better, they just go along… others(mainly the young generation) want more, strive for more, even coveting what the other people in better countries have…
sorry – just some of the observations I made as time goes by, as I travel, as I see things… Contrasts, strange, developing in an interesting(not so positive) way, west versus east, asia versus USA/W Europe, etc…
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11.07.09
the people and google are after your content, whether SEO or not!
Posted in facebook, google, new online, twitter tagged blog comments, directory submission, DMOZ, facebook your article, get feedback, good content, google eats content up, niche directories, promoting your website, search engines, SEO, social media, spam in directory submission, tweet your website at 10:58 am by stefan4m
I still can’t believe that there was a time when I had a long compiled list of search engines and directories where I would register / subscribe my website once I put the site online, so that, eventually, google would see it! Starting with the DMOZ and continuing with the altavista, yahoo, etc. There were at least 2 weeks before google saw your efforts and crawled your website. And then, if you wanted to have a new page to be indexed by google, you had to put a link on the front page/on a page with a high pagerank….
Nowadays, though one needs SEO(search engine optimization), and though you need to register with some local niche directories(depending on your business), google is after your content! So, in a way, you don’t have to “fight” too much – all you need to do is to put out the content that you think people need/love – or set up the services/functions people would love to have, and the people(social media…. social networks…) will “push you” up in google(just tweet your article/page/site, or put a link on your facebook/myspace). On the other hand, once you have a link from another website to your new site/page, it’s a matter of a short time until google “eats up” your content. I have seen a new wordpress blog site being indexed by google in 2h.
And one more tip: because there’s so much spam in the directory submission / SEO / even social media area, go along with the common sense in promoting your website(make sure your webpage has a title, some keywords, headings and paragraphs, logical links, some anchor links, solid structure, related links; get some of your friends opinion/feedback on your website, facebook/tweet it, see what their reaction is; also submit it to some related directories, comment on other blogs, etc). You know why? Because you don’t want “bulk traffic/random loads of people”, but you want your content/ideas/services to be known by real people who would also give you feedback to help you/communicate with you how to go on. At least that’s the new way things work nowadays online…
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