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Ethics and Social Media

February 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

It is inevitable: If you start writing about the ways and methods to use the social media to pull in traffic, you will come under attack. You will be labeled a douchebag, dipshit, unethical person and so on. People will accuse you of ruining the Web, especially the communities which are all about sharing quality […]

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Tags: Ethics · Humans · Media

Newbie Webmasters: How to Educate Yourself When Starting from Broke

January 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Are you…

An aspiring webmaster?
Do you wish to learn more about HTML, CSS, Photoshop, Flash, SEO, monetisation, link building and such?
Are you a highschooler or a student who wishes to start learning the craft of a webmaster early?
Are you a newbie webmaster who’s broke and can’t afford an education?
Do you wish to change your job and […]

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Tags: Ethics · Self-Improvement · Software Piracy · Success · Webmastering

Software Piracy is Good for You and for Bill Gates

January 9th, 2008 · No Comments

I come from an Eastern European country that is not as rich or well developed by western standards. It is nice, but far from the likes of, let’s say, France or Italy. Which means that the buying power of the average citizen was far lower than of those living in developed countries. It is better […]

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Tags: Ethics · Software Piracy

90% of People You Know are Assholes

January 8th, 2008 · 10 Comments

It took me all my life up until now to realize that basically no one ever understood or cared about my genuine need to help others without expecting anything in return.

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Tags: Ethics · Humans · Media · Success

What da phuc is Google doing with Wikipedia?

January 4th, 2008 · No Comments

As I am sure that you have already noticed, Google is heavily biased towards Wikipedia.
Whenever you do a search via Google,

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Tags: Borg · Ethics

Witness the Dawn of the Age of Infinite Data Harvesting

December 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Google will use its ‘cloud’ to harvest all the data out there and wants to move into every field of human endeavor. A recent article in BusinessWeek discussed this idea:
As this concept spreads, it promises to expand Google’s footprint in industry far beyond search, media, and advertising, leading the giant into scientific research and perhaps […]

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Tags: Borg · Ethics · Media

Resistance is Futile. You Will Be Assimilated. Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Borg

December 16th, 2007 · No Comments

Google has just announced their intent to create a Wikipedia killer. Google’s Udi Manber stated the following:
There are millions of people who possess useful knowledge that they would love to share, and there are billions of people who can benefit from it. We believe that many do not share that knowledge today simply because it […]

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Tags: Borg · Ethics · Linkbait

Consolidated Media is Biased and the Web is Becoming Biased Too

December 16th, 2007 · 6 Comments

Hey! This is going to be a long read, so if you are short on time,

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Tags: Ethics · Media

Comment Spamming? Really? Says Who?

December 7th, 2007 · No Comments

Recently, I have been reading about comment spamming. You know, where you go around various blogs and leave your comment just to get a link. And I don’t agree that it doesn’t work, because black hat SEO diary proved that comment spamming still works.
Just think about it for a minute: If you read your favourite […]

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Tags: Borg · Comment spamming · Ethics