George Pruteanu had a show on TV. At one time, he spoke about a letter he received, in which he was praised for being “wise”.
Why I use AdBlock plus
I use AdBlock plus for Chrome (the browser I currently use 95%+ of the time). Why? There are pros and cons of using it. As a plus, you don’t see the ads. As a con, some web sites display with some faults if you hide the ads. This is debatable – are the ads really useful in how a page should look like? This is unclear. What is clear and is the drop which has filled my glass of patience are re-marketing ads. The principle is simple – I visit SEOmoz.org, let’s say, and log into my account, which is a free one. They see this and have an option to display on other web sites, around the Internet, ads which invite me to become a premium member of SEOmoz. The first time you see the ad, it may be OK. After the ads start haunting you all over the Internet, specifically targeting me to do a specific set of actions, it gets annoying. I start to feel bad I don’t have a premium account of SEOmoz. I want to return to web sites I don’t particularly like. AdBlock Plus may be worth it only for that.
“Have a sample” / “Feel the merchandise” – why?
You go to a store, and the sellers invite you to: Have a free sample. Feel the goods (clothing, apparel). Try the product in some way or another. Why does this happen? We tend to get more attached to things we touch. Thus, we will price a good higher when we have contact with it. Simple trick – when the sellers invite you to touch a good, they actually invite you to buy the product at a higher price. And, surprisingly, you do. :) The morale? Just notice the thing, and at times avoid touching, if you see it makes it more difficult for you to avoid buying a good.
What to do in order to succeed?
It may seem obvious – in order to succeed, you need to feel good with yourself. Have a meaning, feel nice, enjoy life. After all, what good is success which only comes at the end of the life?
“Shop now! Expiring offer! Now! Buy now!” – downsides
There are a lot of reasons for which a store (online or not) should have promotions such as:
- Expiring offer – valid until …
- Expiring offer – only … products left on stock.
- Offer limited only to the clients who meet the following criteria: …
I will bring in this article some light on why you might consider not having this kind of offers.
Despre comunism și cum trăiește el, astăzi
E un cântec de Ada Milea care îmi place mult – Ada Milea – “Ceaușescu n-a murit”. Discut mai jos despre asta.
Despre a gândi soluții la problemele tehnice
Aud uneori expresia “nu m-am gândit că ar putea exista un program care să facă asta”. Iar eu spun că a te gândi întâi la software e o chintesență a rezolvării problemelor.
Follow-up: Lansarea volumului “Din lagărul România evadează morţii”, 2013.01.08, 18h, Librăria Sophia
Libraria Sophia, Editura Sânziana și Fundația “Ion Gavrilă Ogoranu” au organizat marți, 8 ianuarie 2013, ora 18.00, lansarea volumului “Din lagărul România evadează morții”, de prof.univ.dr.ing. Iulian Constantin (deținut politic timp de 14 ani, fost președinte al Federației Române a Foștilor Deținuți Politici și Luptători Anticomuniști).
Un macro obligatoriu – înlocuire spațiu dublu ” ” cu spațiu simplu ” “
Notă – nu îmi asum eventualele probleme care pot apărea în urma folosirii unui macro!
În general, mă feresc de asemenea cuvinte – “trebuie” / “e obligatoriu” / “neapărat-neapărat”. În cazul de față, însă, discut despre un macro care e, nici mai mult nici mai puțin, decât obligatoriu.
Anume, în Microsoft Word, înlocuirea ” ” (spațiu spațiu) cu ” ” (spațiu).
Scrolling is better than clicking
Let’s say you have a document with 20 pages of information and you want to put it on a web site. You structure it, simpler, or more complicated. But, in the end, you will have to pick between these two:
- Scroll – people will need to scroll to find information on a web page.
- Click – people will need to click on a menu to find the desired information.
Find out why I favor scrolling to clicking.