One World - V for Vendetta

Really nice message.
And I loved the movie V for Vendetta.
You can check out more info about the movie on IMDB.
It was made by the Wachowski brothers, the same ones that did The Matrix.

This is the video from youtube with the most responses!
see the full ranking here
Enjoy the nice message:


Fell free to click on the movie and go on youtube and place a response ;)

100 Million iPods Sold

CUPERTINO, California—April 9, 2007—Apple® today announced that the 100 millionth iPod® has been sold, making the iPod the fastest selling music player in history. The first iPod was sold five and a half years ago, in November 2001, and since then Apple has introduced more than 10 new iPod models, including five generations of iPod, two generations of iPod mini, two generations of iPod nano and two generations of iPod shuffle. Along with iTunes® and the iTunes online music store, the iPod has transformed how tens of millions of music lovers acquire, manage and listen to their music.

More details here.

iPhone funny commercial

It's much more than just a phone! Check out some of its additional functions!

iPhone general features presentation

I know it is not the latest news, but I just launched my blog recently.
This is why I am posting this info about iPhone.

Steve Jobs it's really cool.

Imagine a world without Romania

Pretty interesting movie.
Romania is a nice country. I think it's OK to be proud that we are Romanians.
But we shouldn't fall on the other side and begin thinking that we are superior to all the rest.

Enjoy!

Offline shopping - web 2.0 style

Offline shopping could be so much more fun if the Supermarket is 2.0 :))
Presenting.... the first Supermarket 2.0 !!!!

419 scams from Nigeria

Probably some of the most known internet scams are the Nigerian e-mails - also known as the 419 scams from Nigeria after the law that forbids them in Nigeria.
Find below a nice movie from ABC news explaining the system.
Some time ago, ABC news did a report on Nigerian 419 advanced fee fraud scams in Nigeria. A good video to watch of you are curious on to how these scams work.

Free Hugs Campaign in Bucharest Romania

You must have heard already about the "Free Hugs Campaign" - their movie was one of the best on youtube.com in 2006.

And people from allover the world found their idea great and they put it into practice in their own cities and countries. Seems that even people in Bucharest, Romania implemented this.

The quality of the video is not that good, but the initiative is great. Have fun watching it.

My visual DNA

I got a nice idea from Ioana.
You can find out about me below and you can even find out your DNA.

Read my VisualDNA™ Get your own VisualDNA™

Free Hugs

Super inspirational.
Free Hugs Campaign:

Windows Vista lovers?

I found an interesting article on BoingBoing.

Seems that there are a looooot of Vista lovers in this world ;)

Czech painter Jeremiah Palecek has created these Vista error message stickers ("The Operation Completed Successfully") that are the right size to stick over the Vista screens in bus-shelter ads and the like.

Isn't this ironic?

Ten Things - Google

Ten things Google has found to be true

1. Focus on the user and all else will follow.

2. It's best to do one thing really, really well.

3. Fast is better than slow.

4. Democracy on the web works.

5. You don't need to be at your desk to need an answer.

6. You can make money without doing evil.

7. There's always more information out there.

8. The need for information crosses all borders.

9. You can be serious without a suit.

10. Great just isn't good enough.

Music bands ilustration - Virgin

Because we all love music... And Virgin ;)
Hope you will find some of your favorite bands in it.
Download the picture for better viewing.

Steve Jobs

This is a classic: Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005
I think it influences a lot if Romanian students. More and more Romanian students think that academic studies are not enough to be able to have successful live and that is why most of them start working before graduating.
I think this is a good thing given the fact that there is a major shortage on the Romanian qualified workforce right now.
It is also very encouraging for the people who want to start their own business.

STAY HUNGRY! STAY FOOLISH!

Have fun watching it:

English speakers in Romania

I just launched this blog and already there were many people that asked me why am I posting in English.

The answer is simple. I believe that "Generation .ro", the generation of young talented Romanians is a group of people with international mindset and fluent in English and other international languages.

I think that this is essential for Romania's future. This is one of our greatest assets in the competitive global market.
And NO, by this I don't mean that they should emigrate to other countries and have a better future. By this I mean that Romania can become the new Singapore of Central and Eastern Europe. Romania can become the regional hub where most of the multinational companies could base their HQ for CEE.

Romanians have really good foreign languages skills. The research done by the "Owners Association of the Software and Service Industry" denotes that English is spoken by 5 million Romanians, French is spoken by 4-5 million, and German, Italian and Spanish are each spoken by 1-2 million people.

Find the full conclusions of the research here.

Romania will become the economic centre of the of the Central and Eastern Europe. We are one the right way. It is up to us to make it happen.

Blogging CAN make a diffrence !!

I just saw one of the most impressive stories about how blogging can make a difference.
I was visiting CISCO's website - The Human Network.

And I read this impressive story:
"Earlier last year, I had an idea: build 35 houses for victims of violence in Colombia, which would take up to 200 people off the streets. My goal was to raise the money myself and hire locals to do the work. I created a blog to share information about the project, and soon had up to to 15,000 visitors per month. I raised $170,000, and none of this would have happened without the blog."
Read the full story on Human Network website
It also has a nice video about Dave's story.

And here is Dave's Blog:
http://www.helpdavechangelives.org/

This is really amazing!

Generation .ro manifesto

I live in Romania in 2007 - the land of opportunities.

I am part of the "Generation .ro". Or you could also name it "Generation www.ro"

I have a good life, I have a good job and I can afford most of the things I want. Unlike my parents.
I have free access to any information I want. I can buy almost anything I ever imagined. I only lack time to do all the things I would want to do.

I spend 30% of my time sleeping and 50% of my time on the Internet.

If I want to enrich my life I use Google.
I don't understand those who don't use Google. How can you live?

Here is my generation's advice for you:
just fucking google it!