Do you remember Alvin Toffler with his Future Shock? He argued that society is undergoing an enormous structural change, a revolution from an industrial society to a "super-industrial society". This change overwhelms people, he believed, the accelerated rate of technological and social change leaving people disconnected and suffering from "shattering stress and disorientation"— future shocked. Toffler stated that the majority of social problems are symptoms of future shock. In his discussion of … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2013
Google Reader Will Shut Down
I've seen the announcement in a normal morning, opening my reader as usual. I consider messages coming like that at least disturbing. It's typical Google, as happens when I open gmail. It's like opening the Pandora's Box. All Google scripts starts to load your browser, your computer and what you don't know. Google Reader, the best RSS reader on the internet at the moment, the most complex, the less annoying, is going to be removed from service on July 1. You, me, him or her, were advised to … [Read more...]
Google Changes
As if the coders are switching jobs between the two Social Media monsters, Google+ changed the "look" of your header profile, "cover photo" or whatever they call it. It is huge and covers a great part of your screen, especially if you use some more toolbars than usual. I've made already the mistake to accept the switching to the "new profile", somehow in a hurry, not taking in consideration that it was irreversible. I thought that usually the changes are for your own good, Google being so much … [Read more...]
Erdoğan to Retract
Zionism is defined by some American Congress members as "a non-discriminatory affirmation of Jewish nationhood". The same persons wrote a letter to the Turkish Prime Minister in which they call him to retract his recent remarks that defined Zionism as a crime against humanity. Zionism is not a crime, it is a noble historical enterprise. Zionists generally preferred to speak Hebrew, a Semitic language that developed under conditions of freedom in ancient Judah, modernizing and adapting it for … [Read more...]
Backlinking and Google’s Black List
What may be the reasons for a site to being penalized by Google? • By being infected with malware • By having links to sites infected by malware • By having links to sites with deceptive business practices Don't forget! The rest is just fruitless discussion. You have to submit sitemaps to Google, regularly. A very good plugin was created for this, Google XML Sitemaps. You follow the instructions and your site is consequently submitted to Google, Yahoo, Bing, whatever. I don't … [Read more...]
Hugo Chavez and Friends
Instead of a Lightbox, I decided to classically charge my site with yet another pictorial, this time with former president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, and a part of his friends. I'm sure he was good. You can't please everybody even if this must be the purpose of politics. But you see, it's twisted, it's actually "divide and conquer" in politics. It will be only ideal for any elected president to become the respected president of the whole country he lead, or not quite, depending on that country's … [Read more...]