Practice – tutoriale

Hello! (on Skype)

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First, let’s start with a song to get us into the mood: Now, for the serious business. :) If you say „Hello!” on Yahoo! Messenger and the person is not online, the message gets sent to the person only when that person comes online. You may or you may not be online at that specific time. On Google Chat, the message gets sent as an email. On Skype, things are different, though – you can say „Hello!” and the message will only be sent when both of the persons are online. So, if you want to talk to someone who rarely uses Skype, you can just open its profile, say „Hello!”, and, when both of you are online, the message will be sent. Cool, huh?

Cum preiei pozele de pe Internet în mod legal? Royalty-free sau Copyright-free photos

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Notă: de văzut: Copyright imagini, video texte pe Internet – ce poți prelua legal din alte părți și cum să faci asta?: Olivian Breda.

Dacă principiul tău e „Do no evil”, folosește doar pozele despre care știi cine e autorul. Pentru asta apelezi la site-uri specializate, sau la pozele tale. Orice poză pe care o „găsești” la Google Images riscă să fie a altcuiva.

Pur și simplu, pe Internet nu ai cum să îți dai seama dacă o imagine a fost copiată sau nu. Nu în prezent.

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How to buy things?

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OK, there are solutions to buy the right thing: Look for the best product (you go to niche stores, you research about a product on the Internet, you ask friends recommendation, you return to the stores that serve you best); so, there is the concept of quality (it can be anything from the quality of the product itself, to the service provided); Look for the best price (things get simpler, people generally have strategies like buying from a supermarket, buying online, buying in mass quantity, buying off-season); Emotional things (you get used to a brand, you want to try something new, it was recommended by someone you trust, you like it or hate it due to advertising, everyone else is buying it; you know, the usual stuff); But the best solution is not listed above. The best solution, to get the best value for your money is not buying a thing. Any commercial will start with the assumption you want to buy something. So, they’ll always tell you „hmm, buy from us, it’s cheaper”. Or „buy from us, we’re the best”. The solution, on the other hand, is different – don’t buy. Anything. Or, prior to buying something, really think about it. And if you can’t help yourself from buying something, buy small – small quantity of items, cheap products, small ones (but also aim for a good value for your money, sometimes it’s cheaper to buy a bigger product). So, challenge the assumption, and don’t buy it. People always tend to focus – how can …

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A cool trick for Google Chrome users

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In Mozilla FireFox one of the cool features is „search & go”; so, I go to the address bar and type something: „wikipedia”, instead of „en.wikipedia.org”; FireFox does a cool trick – it searches on Google for „Wikipedia” and does an „I’m feeling lucky” button hit (so, if I search for Wikipedia, it’s obvious I want to go the web site; if I type something that’s ambiguous, Google will do a search for me and present me the results);

In Chrome, I want to do the same thing – type something in the address bar, do a search for it, and go to the first result;

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