Microsoft recently announced that Windows 7 beta is available for download. There were so many people trying to download it, that they had to disable the link for a while while upgrading the hardware. A lot has been said about its predecessor – Vista. After all the complaints and attempts from Microsoft to actually conceal [...]
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Giving up
The costs of giving up something you desire are underestimated. Probably 95 out of 100 times we do more harm to ourselves than good. This is because when you give up, you not only lose the battle, but also change your attitude and behavior in the future. For the next battle, you’re more likely to [...]
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Last.fm Widget, or How to Listen To Music While Reading This Blog
I just recently discovered how cool last.fm is. One of the Super-Duper features they have is a widget you can put on your blog. I Just did that, so you may listen to my last.fm personal radio station if you click play on the widget in the sidebar. That would play songs by artists that [...]
Dale Carnegie on Criticising
I was reading "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie the other day. That book has a chapter on why not to criticise people and show them respect. Here’s a passage I will allow myself to cite: Bob Hoover, a famous test pilot and frequent per-former at air shows, was returning to [...]
Just Do It!
I can’t believe how much insight Nike’s slogan contains – I always thought about it as a casual teen saying. Reading Seth Godin’s post today I once again realized how lazy, undecisive, foolish and blind I am. So, are you wondering about something? Do it!
Grouping feeds using Yahoo Pipes
If you’re like me, you never stop reading the latest content available online. I always want to be updated on the topics I’m interested in. The way I keep up with all this info has gone through several stages: Note the good sites and blogs in the notebook on my desk. When I take a [...]
Tough Business – How Social Networks Change Personality
The first title that I made up for this post was "Developers and Socialization". I know this is not what I want to write about. I want to write about a larger issue, not limited to software developers only – it’s just that thinking about the behavior of software developers brought it to my mind. [...]
SearchPerks and Live.com – Microsoft Marketing
Recently I came across this TechCrunch article about the efforts from Microsoft to push their Live search engine and I was surprised by how bad they can be about their marketing. Now I don’t know if their purpose with Live is to conquer the world or just get a piece off Google’s search cake, but [...]
Where will Chrome’s share come from?
It is widely known by now – Google launched a new browser – Google Chrome. I’ve been using it for some time now and have to say I’m impressed with its usability and ideas about how to change the browsing experience. I’m also impressed by the performance. As most of the things Google have created [...]
Switched domain and hosting
I’ve just moved my blog from wordpress.com to a hosted service. I’m still using WordPress, as it is a fantastic platform, but now I’ve hosted my blog and have my own domain – http://www.slavoingilizov.com/blog. This is something I’ve been planning to do for a while and it is a fact now. I’ve ported the content [...]
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