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I've been writing, blogging and marketing online for more than 15 years.

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I'm traveling in Asia through May 2012. You can rent my flat in downtown Budapest while I'm away.

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TheRealPashmina.com
Hand-woven pashmina (cashmere) shawls, made to order for you in Nepal


nowEurope.com
Tech entrepreneurship in Central Europe since 1995


Kaskosan.com
Earth's largest Gypsy social networking site


BudapestToastmasters.com
I'm a founder and past president of the club


Archive

Jan
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New data from Disqus, the commenting platform, suggests that pseudonyms both encourage more and better comments. According to the data, 61 percent of all Disqus comments are made via pseudonyms, versus 35 percent anonymous and 4 percent using real names (i.e. Facebook). People with pseudonyms also comment 6.5 times more than those who comment anonymously and 4.7 times more than commenters who use real names. (via 61 Percent Of Disqus Comments Are Made With Pseudonyms | TechCrunch)

New data from Disqus, the commenting platform, suggests that pseudonyms both encourage more and better comments. According to the data, 61 percent of all Disqus comments are made via pseudonyms, versus 35 percent anonymous and 4 percent using real names (i.e. Facebook). People with pseudonyms also comment 6.5 times more than those who comment anonymously and 4.7 times more than commenters who use real names. (via 61 Percent Of Disqus Comments Are Made With Pseudonyms | TechCrunch)

Jan
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The “Bring Your Own Device” philosophy spreading through enterprise these days is proving a real boon to Apple. The company is expected to sell $10 billion worth of iPads and $9 billion of Macs to business customers in 2012, according to Forrester’s latest Global Tech Market Outlook. Those are 68 percent and 45 percent increases, respectively, over 2011. (via Enterprise Will Spend $19 Billion on Apple Hardware in 2012 - John Paczkowski - Enterprise - AllThingsD)

The “Bring Your Own Device” philosophy spreading through enterprise these days is proving a real boon to Apple. The company is expected to sell $10 billion worth of iPads and $9 billion of Macs to business customers in 2012, according to Forrester’s latest Global Tech Market Outlook. Those are 68 percent and 45 percent increases, respectively, over 2011. (via Enterprise Will Spend $19 Billion on Apple Hardware in 2012 - John Paczkowski - Enterprise - AllThingsD)

Jan
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Nano-sized wires could lead to creation of quantum computers | The State Column
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“Based on Dr. Seuss’s final book before his death, this is a story about life’s ups and downs, told by the people of Burning Man 2011. Combining the stunning visuals of Burning Man and its population with the haunting, silly, thought provoking words of Dr. Seuss.” (via Burning Man meets Dr Seuss: “Oh the Places You’ll Go at Burning Man!” - Boing Boing)

Jan
6th
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Q: What do you think most about during the day?
A: “Women. They are a complete mystery.
— Stephen Hawking at 70: Exclusive interview - opinion - 04 January 2012 - New Scientist
Jan
5th
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A 15-year-old girl who ran away from home in 2010 was mistakenly deported to Colombia, despite being an American citizen who doesn’t speak Spanish. According to a report from WFAA in Dallas, she had been living and working in South America for nearly nine months before immigration officials were alerted to the mix-up.
— Missing Texas Teenager Was Accidentally Deported to Columbia - Yahoo! News
Jan
4th
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Millions now know his name. After cheating death three times, Ben Breedlove, 18, finally lost his life on Christmas day, but not before leaving a touching last message recorded for YouTube telling of his near-death experiences and how at peace he finally felt with his fatal heart condition. (via Teen’s Video About Death Inspires Millions One Week After he Succumbs to Heart Condition)

Jan
3rd
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On the first day, God created the heavens and the earth. “Let there be light,” He said, and there was light. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening—the first night. On the second day, God separated the oceans from the sky. “Let there be a horizon,” He said. And lo: a horizon appeared and God saw that it was good. And there was evening—the second night. On the third day, God’s girlfriend came over and said that He’d been acting distant lately. “I’m sorry,” God said. “Things have been crazy this week at work.” He smiled at her, but she did not smile back. And God saw that it was not good.
— Simon Rich: “Center of the Universe” : The New Yorker
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“Never since the regime change of 1989, when the communist dictatorship was crushed, has there been such an intense concentration of power in the region as in present-day Hungary,” said a statement signed by, among others, writer Gyorgy Konrad, former Budapest Mayor Gabor Demszky and Miklos Haraszti, a former media freedom representative at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. (via Hungarians rally over constitution - Telegraph)

“Never since the regime change of 1989, when the communist dictatorship was crushed, has there been such an intense concentration of power in the region as in present-day Hungary,” said a statement signed by, among others, writer Gyorgy Konrad, former Budapest Mayor Gabor Demszky and Miklos Haraszti, a former media freedom representative at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. (via Hungarians rally over constitution - Telegraph)

Jan
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Our modern high-tech markets, in which more money than ever before swirls around the globe in a blink of an eye, are better at transmitting panic and fear than anything heretofore created by humans.
— World on the verge of a nervous breakdown - Globalization - Salon.com