This is how it looks the visible part of the web page on my 1280X800 screen resolution. It would be interesting to know how it compares, in terms of click-through rate, a 1st position in a local search query with a 1st position in a normal one.

Built with the latest in web technology (AJAX, HTML5 and CSS3), Dynamic Views is a unique browsing experience that will inspire your readers to explore your blog in new ways. The interactive layouts make it easier for readers to enjoy and discover your posts, loading 40 percent faster than traditional templates and bringing older entries to the surface so they seem fresh again.

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One of the biggest advantages of Mozilla Firefox is that is very customizable. Considering the fact that most of my computering time happens in front of a browser, I prefer  a custom look and feel experience.

My current theming setup uses the following extensions:
1. Default Firefox theme
2. Movable Firefox Button extension
3. Stylish extension with the following user styles:
- Firefox Choose Your Color
- Firefox New Button Styles [continue reading..]

Some people are wondering why don’t they just implement a simple and powerful solution like Google+’s Circles?

Personally, I prefer the simplicity of Circles, but it is almost impossible for Facebook to have a similar implementation. If we step back for a moment, we will notice that, in this case, the key aspect is not defined by implementation, usability or any other technical aspects. It is all about 2 different concepts: Friends (@Facebook) and People (@Google Plus).

These two words are the key differentiators on which Facebook and Google + are trying to capitalize. In the end, I think that Facebook’s Friends concept will win. Why? The vast majority of internet users do not have the capacity or a direct, powerful reason to systemize and control the massive flux of content which goes through an online network. In addition, everyone agrees that the FRIENDS concept has many more characteristics established in people’s brains, which will help them to narrow down their contacts and the not-so-interesting flux of status updates. { Leave a comment }

A short round up for this week with articles mostly related to Google Search and it’s newest product Google +. In this period  I’m “mostly enough” on self-dev books and articles but this short one – The power of Positive Thinking – easily summarize what YOU NEED to accomplish your stuff: You are what you think. You feel what you want.

1. Google Plus: Circles should worry Facebook, says survey [continue reading..]

So that’s why whenever I go to another country I have the feeling that the internet speed is slow. Now, it seems that there is an explanation.

Based on the latest Akamai’s State of the Internet Report, Constanta is the fastest city in Europe in terms of internet speed with an average of 8.2 Mbps. Furthermore, Romania ranks 4 globally, behind Japan, HK and South Korea. [continue reading..]

“You must learn to focus your will and create what you see in your mind.”

The trailer and the super green hero character have made me to believe that Green Lantern it’s a low quality movie, predictable and targeted at 10 years old kids. But I was wrong: in my right there was a 10 years old kid which has fallen asleep. [continue reading..]

When I read a technical or a business book I usually want to know more about the author. Over the past few days I have been reading The Undercover Economist and I can say that I didn’t knew anything about its author, Tim Harford. That’s why TED thought that it could help me by sharing Tom’s recent TED talk.

Tim Harford’s “Trial, error and the God complex” confirms me, once again, how important is to clearly define the environment on which analysis’s is made. I am saying this because Tim is trying to demonstrate points of view through a method well known in mathematics: reduction to the absurd. A very good method by the way. But whenever you want to apply it into an “outdoor environment” you must be very carefully with the contradiction elements and indirect proofs. Above all is absolutely essential to clearly define the medium and context, in order to avoid confusions and misunderstandings. In this case, if you drop the TRUE/FALSE route and you will further look at “Trail And Error VS The God Concept”  from an economical, entrepreneurial perspective then the idea will become crystal clear – FAIL FAST FORWARD.

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