Tag Archive: personal

Dreaming in detailed lines

Posted Nov.22, 2011 under random

I used to be work as a DTP for a small advertising agency in Bucharest. There I learned to pay attention to details. For instance once i rebuild in Photoshop the hand of a man on a poster. That is why i can’t understand the motivation of people putting online bad pictures of their friends. We all look funny when we chew our food or when we puff our cigars, there is no reason for putting that picture on the web if the person that looks bad in it is a friend and you are a professional photographer.

 

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Did you know there’s a guy with the same name on the internet?

Posted Sep.30, 2011 under random

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.

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Companies banning bloggers

Posted Aug.05, 2011 under random

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?

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Easy jobs

Posted May.02, 2011 under random

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.

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three years gone…

Posted Apr.01, 2011 under random

 

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

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