Tag Archive: personal

zoso in 2007Couple of weeks ago, some family friend of my girl came to visit us în Braşov. We had a nice time, cook up some barbeque, lay in the sun and chat about life and work. They kinda know I do stuff on the internet, so they look me up on google. After that, they called me, asking the title question. I guess they did not check the images results, they would have fired out teh Vali Petcu people write bad stuff about was the same guy they visited.

There’s a big difference between what people that haven’t met you write and what those you know or work with say.

Companies banning bloggers

In 2008, I wrote a review of a new phone. I am more of a journalist than a tech expert, so my opinion was from the consumer side, not from the techie who’s impressed by the accelerometer, whatever that is. The review was mixed, with good and bad, again, focusing on what the consumer needs.

nokia-e6Because of that review I neved got another phone from that company again. It didn’t matter I was right and the phone was a flop, it mattered i didn’t praise it. The company went and lost 50% of its valuation and i am now on the second phone from that fine company.

The question is: is it simpler to ban a blogger rather than send him a better product?

Easy jobs

In teh past few days i’ve been approached by people asking or offering me easy jobs. Consulting or seo or other stuff like that.

There is no challenge in optimisation. The real challenge is finding something new to write about. And doing it creatively and making people think and interact with your text.

three years gone…

 

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Three years ago I started a new boss-free life. It’s been great.

tatoo_girlThe easiest thing a person can do is quote other people. That one said that, this one that, they are experts in their filed and their opinion is the only one that matter.

True up to a point. The people who succeed in life beyond “i got a job and a wife and that is all” are the people who use those opinions to build their own. Their own opinions, their own future, their own rules.