Archive for November, 2009

I have to admit it: I’ve been living a life of lies for the last 3 years with my two identities rarely even meeting each other. My first identity is the online one – or basically me when my computer is turned on and I write, blog, comment or discuss something. In this life I [...]

I have a feeling that no matter how successful a person is, he or she will always admire someone who has already achieved even more and has more books published, more millions in the bank account or maybe more children who do better at school – and this is probably what ensure continuous progress – [...]

Russian Microsoft division has published its report on the corporation’s losses in the country caused by use of pirated software by the Russian users. And the amount is definitely impressive: the company claims that they lose as much as $1 billion every year due to activities of pirates. And while experts claim that this estimation [...]

The topic of women in tech is getting popular occasionally for no apparent reason but one blogger choosing to discuss it on a low-news day because he or she happens to care about the role of women in tech and how it is insufficient or not visible enough or whatever. Last week we saw a [...]

I have to admit it: I have a secret passion for disaster movies and this is the category of movies that will invariably get me to a movie theatre – even if everything else I can watch on DVD from the comfort of my sofa at home. So I’ve been looking forward to watching 2012 [...]

Today the president of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev has appeared with his annual address to the Federal Assembly (the Parliament of the country). These addresses serve to voice out the intentions of the head of the country for Russia’s near future and are usually watched carefully by everyone who is interested in the direction [...]

For quite a while I have been witnessing people experimenting with the very same methods of promoting their accounts on Twitter without actually inventing anything new. In fact, these methods have probably existed for almost as long as Twitter itself has been available to the general public and they probably look boring to everyone already. [...]

If you have a blog that has at least a few dozens of subscribers, I am quite certain you have received various emails inviting you to install a widget or a button that is promised to improve just about everything on your blog and make people stay longer and read more posts at a time. [...]

Forbes is obviously a well-known international brand for all the business-related news, analytics, interviews, and just about everything a business person may need to stay up to date with the market. Unfortunately this very professionals-oriented brand has just demonstrated a huge lack of professionalism in one particular local market – in this case in Russia. [...]