from gapingvoid
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Mar 10
Mar 10
“smoke’em out”
A few years ago, when i got my job at MPI, a few people outside the company found out very quickly what i did. I am against this type of things, i like to build now and brag about it later, not brag about it before doing it, how it’s customary in the Romanian internet.
So, it was decided to find out who was leaking out information, since i was not the only one they were talking about. We registered a domain name and told various people in the company that it had various purposes. In 3 days time the information got back to us and we got our man. He was high up on the chart and he didn’t have a moral dilemma for leaking information to the competition. He left the company disillusioned. I can’t imagine why.
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Mar 10
Mar 10
real-time web
The problem is not how fast is the search, but rather how relevant is. But Google started it and everybody follows. Uuu, let’s index twitter. Why? Who cares about twitter? That is right, nobody. Is twitter relevant? No, not really.
So, Google chooses one more time the easy road. Rather than fixing his search results (don’t bother using Google spamreport or emailing Matt Cutts with some relevant problems, he has no time, he is busy twittering) and cutting into those seo practices, they choose more noise. More noise=more Google use. I can’t find what i am looking for! More Google!
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Mar 10
Mar 10
Money or Love
Last week a had a lovely job offer. Twice the money i make now, plus benefits. I had to move back to Bucharest and work in a big company. I had to say no, but the man asked me to think about it.
On the drive back home i started thinking. The money are never enough. But will they ever compensate for the environment? Bucharest, one of the ugliest and crowded cities ever? Let’s say this is where the money comes in. But how about working in an office with a lot of people you don’t want to work with, for various reasons, most common being dumbness? Would that be extra?
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Feb 10
Feb 10
lack of practice
Last night i’ve met Marcin Grodzicki, a polish antrepreneur who has an automated banner selling solution, adtaily, that would be very helpful to bloggers. Talking to him made me realize that i lack practice of speaking english. That must be fixed.