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Communication is the enemy
Oh hai. Looks like I’ve been away for far too long and this place doesn’t seem to reflect me anymore. Well, there’s pretty much ONE other place you can find me lately - except for the lovely UnseenRomania - and that is… the mighty TWITT-ER!
Some say it’s no good and vicious, others spell addiction all over, but they do agree on one thing: Twitter is it! This cute pixel-birdie has become a massive aggregator of web 2.0 VIPs and events, being the latest most popular sh*te in micro-blogging (the spring to ~1 million users in just a few months speaks by itself).
A huge number of desktop, web and mobile apps have been developed from its API (e.g. Twitdir, Hashtags, Twitterposter, Twitstat, TweetScan etc etc etc) - all serving the ultimate purpose of making Twitter a friendlier and more useful place to be.
Forget about Second Life. Forget about blogs. Forget about IM and even e-mail! Twitter does it all - from instant to private interaction and multiple replies - you name it! Of course, it sometimes crashes under the heavy weight of live micro-coverage from popular events - but who wouldn’t, when Steve Jobs is speaking? (And LeWeb3, MacWorld keynote, TED, SXSW… are just a few of them.)
Yet, there’s one itsy-bitsy tiny-mini micro-problem:
Dot, slash, period, return
Imagine there’s a line between this post and the ones below… _____________________________________________________________________________________
A thick charcoal line that separates “then” from “now”. Or better: make it the color you want. The point is still this: I will detach myself from what’s been said and done so far, to start anew.
It’s not easy, I know. But why wait any longer, when I can do it here and now?
Altogether, the beginning of 2008 brought many changes that haven’t all been for the better. Though, what’s done is done (to put it in a coloquial manner of speech).
And I can’t seem more happy to begin a journey into something quite different from what I’ve done so far, involving a higher responsability and more of my part than any other project I’ve been digging into.
So… Have you seen the Unseen Romania yet?
Emotii ca in clasa I
Hello, world!
- titlul standard cu care incepe primul post pe orice blog Wordpress;
- salutul cu care incepe o noua etapa in viata mea din 10 martie.
Stay tuned! Unseen things to come…
And HAPPY NEW YEAR
Remind me never to walk out the door with my back turned, facing Exit.
As some of you may know, I handed in my resignation just the other week. So 2008 was a clean start: I jumped on board with MyKinda, leaving a few friends behind at Green Pixel. While going for the deal, I took some steps back to assess the damage. (Loss and gain seem fair when widespread on a table.) What I figured in light of these findings is a tad more rainbow-colored, 6 colors that is and with some fine perspective.
Trying to be as skeptical as possible, I didn’t brainstorm any huge resolutions for 2008. (Would probably not keep most anywayz.). But to not completely go against the trend, I drafted out a tiny backup list. Ditch junk food and take up Tae Bo, trek the Globe more, do stuff for the needy, get my own startup going and host Geek Dinner in Romania is the handful of tidbits I could gather.
(I’m shooting for the stars with an extendible ladder.)
Clip in mind
The Zen of Todoist:
Now is better than later.
Later is better than never.
Organized is better than messy.
Big things are composed by smaller things.
Smaller things are done by action.
Think like a person of action.
Act like a person of thought.
The beginning is half of every action.
The longest journey starts with the first step.
Everything should be made as simple as possible.
But not simpler.
Celebrate any progress.
Don’t wait to get perfect.
Deadlines and stress are a part of life.