Mai jos, resursele cele mai importante, pentru mine, din perioada recentă. În general, predomină știrile de SEO.
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On what true happiness means
I liked a podcast by Bishop Robert Barron: What Makes Us Happy? – YouTube.
The Bishop says that even if Nordic countries like Finland rank very high on measures of happiness, the survey people might look at the wrong KPIs when evaluating happiness.
There are a lot of arguments in the video; if you’re interested in the topic, you might want to check it out.
But it did provoke me to think – is happiness really about healthcare and a good state of being? Or is it much more, a more profound thing?
Notes on my calendar
Why does it make sense to write a memo, even if you remember things now?
So, even if I can remember something right now, why is it worth adding a memo?
The process of typing/writing helps you remember the task better.
Let’s say you want to start a habit. Even if you know it perfectly, you should do it a few times until it becomes a habit.
Thoughts and prayers
Thoughts and prayers might be a wrong, naive, and perhaps even silly way to help someone.
It might be nice to think positively, but it might not bring any value.
In my opinion, thoughts and prayer help a lot the person(s) who says them.
Also, what is love?
Love is „To will the good of the other” – Bishop Robert Barron.
Thus, „Thoughts and prayers”, silly to some, is, actually, love.
Of course, if you can give a helping hand, this proves valuable.
But love takes many forms.
On ChatGPT’s creativity
I heard an opinion that ChatGPT doesn’t produce anything new and lacks creativity, as it only „recycles” old content.
I think ChatGPT can combine things from very separate domains and produce new things based on that.
But let’s say that ChatGPT only recycles old content.
Compare this to humans – do we create something from scratch, or do we think of what our predecessors did and only build on that?
Put a newborn in a forest, and that person will likely not do anything substantial with their life.
We need to copy a lot of things.
Sure, we can invent new things, after we know all that was in the past, and ChatGPT likely won’t do this.
For a while, at least.
SERP Conf. International 2024, Sofia: Speakers from Google, Semrush, and Ahrefs
Why attend SERP Conf.?
In 2021 we created the first ever European SEO conference, that took place in Bulgaria – SERP Light Conf. It was attended by famous names from the industry and representatives of huge businesses like Google, Semrush and many others.
The next step in the development of the Bulgarian business was the creation of the live event SERP Conf., which aims to unite the SEO community in Bulgaria and respect the foundations laid more than 10 years ago and the efforts for the development of the Bulgarian business in the SERPs.
And we succeeded!
The event will be held on April 18 and 19 in Hall 3 of the National Palace of Culture
Sofia – More than 700 guests from 4 continents are expected to gather for SERP Conf. 2024, an event organized by Serpact. The conference, which is now international, is one of the most recognizable events for the SEO community in Bulgaria.
„The event is two days now. The great interest motivates us to increase the capacity of the hall by nearly 50% and the tickets offered – we expect more than 700 people in Hall 3 of the NPC. The place we have chosen to be the home of SERP Conf. International 2024 – the National Palace of Culture – symbolizes growth, development, and great goals. We believe it is time for the next step”, commented Nikola Minkov, CEO and founder of Serpact, SERP Conf. and SERP Acad., CEO and co-founder of Trackian.
During the two days of the conference, visitors will have the opportunity to gain knowledge and benefit from the personal experience of top speakers from leading companies such as Google, Ahrefs, Digital Olympus, Growth Skills, and more.
SERP Conf. is intended for:
- Small and medium business owners;
- SEO Experts;
- Marketing Specialists;
- Entrepreneurs;
- Future Entrepreneurs;
- Freelancers with an interest in Digital.
When to follow up and when not to
You should, in my opinion, follow up after asking for help.
When shouldn’t you? When offering help.
So, if you ask for something and receive help, say what happened with the help.
When you offer help, you may follow up, but not necessarily so.
La ora 11 noaptea la geamul lui Ștrulă bate cineva.
– Cine e acolo?
– Sunt Bulă, fratele tău… Ai cerneală?
– Nu am!
La ora 1 dimineața din nou se aud bătăi în geam.
– Cine-i acolo?
– Tot Bulă, fratele tău. Tot nu ai cerneală?
– Nu! Lasă-mă să dorm!
La ora 3 dimineața din nou se aud bătăi în geam.
– Am adus cerneală…
It’s tragic how few people ever possess their souls before they die — Oscar Wilde
“It’s tragic how few people ever possess their souls before they die. Nothing is more rare in any man, than an act of his own. It is quite true. Most people are other people.” — Oscar Wilde
Stop complaining
“Stop complaining,” said the farmer,
“Who told you a calf to be?
Why don’t you have wings to fly away
Like the swallow so proud and free?”
Video:
I think complaining is a form of weakness, and I try to avoid it.
On La sociedad de la nieve (2023)
I liked La sociedad de la nieve (2023). Good movie, not excellent, but good.
One thing, though – it made me think about what people do when faced with extreme situations.
It seems that even in the most complex, most difficult situations, people tend not to use their creativity 100%.
To solve their situation, they had to do two big things. At some point, they did one, and following that, they did another big thing in the movie.
The question is – why did people have to die? What kept them from acting right from the start the way they did?
Even in life-and-death situations, we don’t use our potential enough.
„You’ll die if you don’t do this!”
„Ok.”
(to me, this is not an appropriate answer)