Why are we doing this?

Taking photos, making videos, editing, writing, updating this blog, our Facebook page, and posting tweets is a lot of work. And on top of that, we’re also on the road.

So why are we doing this and trying to get attention?

Because we are doing our little bit to increase awareness on climate change and the need for everyone to take action now. We cannot understand why people worry about stock markets, house prices, and even unemployment rates, when we might not have a world!!! What if there is no drinking water tomorrow …. or you are washed away by the sea rising ….. or your children have no future ….?

This is a difficult topic to talk about because we care deeply and it’s an emotive area for us.

350.org say it better.

They were one of the organizations at Copenhagen making sure the voices of ordinary people got heard. Their website is full of information, scientific findings, people’s efforts and photos of events all around the world. Their name is related to the level of  CO2 …. “350 parts per million is what many scientists, climate experts, and progressive national governments are now saying is the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere” … http://www.350.org/about/science

And they ask and answer such questions as:

What is global warming and what’s the problem anyway?

What does this 350 number mean?

If we’re already past 350, are we all doomed?

How do we create the political change to steer towards 350?

How do we get the world on track to get to 350?

How do we actually reduce carbon emissions to get to 350??

We hope you’ll take a look at their website and then decide on what action you can take.

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"Men and women can't be friends."

I re-watched When Harry Met Sally yesterday and was reminded of the above quote.  And as with every time I watch it, I wondered if it was true.

Conclusion: it’s true.  Men and women can’t be friends.

I researched it a little more in depth this time.  My method?  I went through my facebook friend list and looked at all the guys I have on there.  Interestingly enough, I realized that about 75% of my facebook friends are girls.  Then I weeded out most of the other guys too, because they were either family, gay, married (there’s some history with a couple of the married ones, but that’s for another day), or mere acquaintances (you know, people I met once at a party or haven’t seen since high school).  I could try to factor all of these people in too, but to keep things simple, I went through the guys I would actually consider good friends.  It’s down to six guys, and here they are:

1. Mr. History: As his nickname implies, we’ve got a lot of rather complicated history.  And I’ve been hung up on him in an unrequited way for a good ten years.  Yes, I consider him a dear friend, but no, it’s definitely not a simple, baggage-free friendship.

2. Mr. Entertainment: As we live in completely different locales, we basically communicate strictly via facebook.  However, we have a great connection with it comes to stuff like TV and movies, and it’s tough to find people who have similar tastes to me.  I’ve got a small crush on him, strictly for that reason.  While we could probably be friends pretty easily if we lived in the same place, I’m pretty sure my crush would grow pretty easily too.

3.  Mr. Doctor: I completely dig this guy.  Indeed, he’s a doctor and very accomplished, smart, funny, amazing, etc.  The attraction’s totally from my side only.  I’m pretty sure he has a crush on another good friend of ours who doesn’t see him that way (just more evidence that men and women can’t be friends).

4.  The Engineer: I am still a little heartbroken over this guy.  He was single when I first met him and we connected really well when it came to humor, faith, and general interests.  While we did stay friends, I watched him start dating someone else, get engaged, and get married.  So he technically falls in the “married” category now, but it is a good illustration regardless.

5.  Mr. Platonic: Obviously.  While I would prefer things to be plantonic, his thoughts are completely different.

6.  Mr. Unnamed: Again.  Obvious issues from my perspective.

So there you have it.  In my experience, men and women can’t be friends.  You probably noticed that some of the guys I’ve written about here aren’t even on my list.  And that is even more evidence, because we’re not even friends enough at this point to even be facebook friends. 

And with that, you should know that this is probably the last time you’ll hear from me in 2009, so I’ll be back with more stories in 2010!  Are there any stories or people or situations I’ve referenced that you want to know more about?  Just ask; I’ll write!

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The right time

When we come to make a life changing decision, how many times have we used “it’s not the right time”, or “I want to wait until the right moment comes” as an excuse to postpone or even give up our action? Seemingly, time is convenience to use

But when is the right time? Even more interesting is, when the ‘right’ time comes, will you be able to spot it, and act on it immediately? Or you are not prepared enough to act fast so the ‘right’ time slips and you say,”I will wait for the right time” again..and again…

When is it gonna end?

Also, I can’t help but wonder, does the ‘right’ time ever exist?

Answer me, when is the right time to quit your job/to get married/to have baby/to fire redundant employees/to start healthy diet/to start exercising…etc etc? WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME!?

Just take the “to have baby” as example

Normally a recent married couple would WAIT for at least a year, for the purpose of enjoying life and time with another half. After 1 year, they would start to PLAN to have baby. They calculate and calculate and finally workout a financial statement forecast to see how much money they need to raise a baby. They then decide to use (let say) 3 years to earn $4m (which they think they need)…but what will happen during these 3 years? Husband might lose his job/wife gets promoted/they lose all their saving in financial crisis/someone in the family is sick/realise $4m is not enough but $5m instead….every incident would push their curve of saving upward and downward, besides, what about inflation, price increase in food, education, house (if you can predict those, you would be a billionnaire so I dont think you need to PLAN anyway) or even living necessity? How many elements do you put into the scenario study/testing when you are making the forecast?

Let’s not forget also the personal maturity is also a factor to be considered

So when is the right time for this couple to have baby?

Allow me to say this, it’s never the right time

We tend to do a risk evaluation, calculating what would we lose if we make this move or take this step? How about what to lose if we DO NOT make this move or take this step? What would we lose if we STAND STILL and being indecisive when we are facing a problem? I don’t know how to quantify the lost but at least, apart from anything else, you lose time

A successful person might not be the most intelligent, the most innovative, the most entrepreneurial and any quality that you can think of….but he certainly has to be the type: someone who will act on whatever he sees, listens and believes in

Take the action now, for all sakes in the world. Don’t not regret on something you haven’t done, experience and feel what you have done

A little to share after start reading the 4-hour workweek by Timothy Ferriss, very inspiring

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2009- THE YEAR OF SOCIAL NETWORKING

Social Networking has been at a very high demand this year. Major social networking websites like Facebook & Twitter has attracted millions of users at a very regular basis. Whether they could be used for only building social contacts, or for the commercial purposes, the social networking has become a very important part of the people’s lives.

Ranging highly from schooling kids to the teenagers in college to the adults working or at home, extending to the elderly people; social networking has been the most preferred mode of communication for the people.

Not just for the social purposes, but also for the commercial purposes- the social networks have been a very important part of the people’s lives now. Social networks have helped many companies in boosting their business to a very higher extent, which has taken back the negative effectives of the recession to a very greater extent.

People are finding different ways in which the social networks can help out more in contributing more to the business taking down further the effects of the recession. Starting from the small businesses to the larger ones, all are initiating to expand their business lines with the help of the social networks, among which, Facebook and Twitter are most preferred ones.

Social Networking is the best way in which people can communicate about their business to the people at large, which also proves to be the best strategy whether it could be any business. 2009 has indeed been the year of social networking, which has seen the highest usage of the social networks for all purposes.

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Melihat Teman yang Online di Facebook dalam keadaan Offline

biasanya banyak orang yg waktu lagi pesbukan kaga mau diganggu sama chatting…tapi walaupun kita bikin chattingan kita dalam keadaan offline,,ternyata kita tetap masih bisa melihat sapa ajah teman kita yang lagi online…

1.Rubah kolom chattingan anda menjadi offline

2.Lalu klik ikon Aplikasi yang ada di pojok kiri bawah

3. Cari aplikasi dengan mengetikkan Appear Offline

4. Setelah masuk, silahkan ikuti petunjuk selanjutnya. Disana terdapat kategori Online Now (untuk melihat siapa yang online, avtive friend dan idle friend), Bookmarks (untuk membuat daftar teman-teman favorit), Friend’s Bdays! (untuk melihat semua daftar ulang tahun teman anda) dan Help.

5. Untuk lebih mempermudah akses anda menggunakan aplikasi appear offline, tambahkan ke menu navigasi bar anda sebelah kiri bawah halaman anda

So, dengan aplikasi ini kita gak perlu OL dulu untuk ngeliat siapa ajah temen kita yang lagi OL……

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Web 2.0: Biggest Distraction of 2010.

Interested in Facebook, Twitter, Texting, etc.? This is for you.

Web 2.0: in short is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing.

If it’s going to be a distraction in 2010 it might as well be considered a distraction from here on… Wouldn’t you agree?’

For those of you know don’t know “Web 2.0″ is the internet from 2004- onwords (Web 1.0 1991-2003). It’s fact that during Web 2.0 the way we’ve communicate has changed. From Twitter to Facebook. New search engines created to find information thats just been posted within seconds. Real time results.

If you have a Twitter account and follow a few people by the your done reading this sentence you probably have a few Twitter updates to catch upto.

Cell phones became popular in the Web 1.0 ‘era.’ Texting was also introduced during this time. However as time went by it became more attractive amongst the greater population, not just in America but worldwide.

In China even with all the sites banned (like Twitter) there are sites that are Chinese versions that are amerging. And guess what? 90% of the Chinese population is involved with ’social networking’. Compared to 73% of Americans.

Cell phone providers are coming up with applications just for social media websites like Facebook and Twitter. Myspace was popular in the early Web 2.0 days however not so much anymore.

There was a minor earthquake a couple months ago that shook majority of Punjab in Pakistan, parts of India, and Afghanistan. I was chatting with a cousin as it happened. The moment it occured I logged onto Twitter within seconds and there were people in Pakistan posting tweets about what just happened.

Businesses are also trying to spread there existance into social media. The law firm I work for hired me to maintain there Facebook pages, Twitter account, Blog, aswell as maintaining PPC campaigns and taking care of search engine optimization for there online community launching in January 2010.

Blogging has become a great source of sharing information and serving to many around the country and around the world as a sort of online diary. You don’t need to spare $10 for a URL + a hosting plan to have an online existance anymore. With free blogging sites like Blogspot and WordPress within a few seconds you can have your own blog.

Companies are embracing the fact that people want to rely more on digital technology. Before Wifi was limited to before an airplane would take off and after it lands. Virgin America, American, Delta, United, aswell as other major airlines have ensured that skies are no longer digitally disconnected. McDonalds is set to introduce Free Wifi in it’s American restaurants in January (right now it charges about $2.99 per 2 hours.)

There have been many Blackberry outages these days delaying emails which have people freaked. Twitter was down for a couple hours and that really annoyed people. The “Iranian Cyber Army” hijacked managed to temporarily hijack the website to try to prove a pointless point.

It’s almost like.. If Facebook goes down for a little bit because of excessive use or an error at the office or computers are down, or theres a problem over with Gmail, or if Twitter is hijacked.. Several million peoples lives are on ‘hold’.

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Detroit-Based Hip-Hop Website Uses Facebook and Twitter Marketing Prior to Launch

An extensive background in marketing led Marcel Friday, founder of the Detroit-based hip-hop website WhutUpDoe.com, to reach hip-hop fans all over the country prior to the site’s December 25th launch date. Through Facebook and Twitter, Friday build an avid following, engaging fans by probing them on their favorite local unsigned artists and their goals for the new year. Once again, social networking sites provides an efficient promoting platform for the hip-hop entrepreneur. We’re starting to wonder how marketing existed without them.

http://www.onlineprnews.com/news/14176-1260480967-marcel-friday-founder-of-hiphop-website-announces-official-launch-of-whutupdoecom-set-for-christmas-day.html

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