A Day Off The Grid!

Recently I experienced a total connection shutdown! No telephone, no Internet, not communication besides my cellular phone!

For this reason, I’d like to apologize to my readers for my delay in posting this article.

The problem was large and caused by a road repairing crew, that damage the telephone’s infrastructure in the area. This situation cause me to skip the posting of one post (specifically the previous one!) and gave me some food of thought!

I’m so accustom to having an Internet access anywhere I go, that its absence creates a lot of problems. Today is one of those “off-the-grid” days! I was working normally, trying to do some infrastructure work, when, all off a sudden, everything went still! At first, I didn’t realize what happened and thought that I had a problem with my computer. After a while though, I realize that telephone and Internet were off. Not phone, no Internet, no web, no value added service! Complete silence!

A Day Off The Grid

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Some Basic Indicators From My 2013 Readers Survey

On October 30, 2013, I launch my 2013 Readers Survey, aiming at gathering more data and information about my site (takisathanassiou.com). I ended this survey about mid-January 2014, having only 3 (!) answers! Since the gathered data, does not support too much extrapolation, I try, here to provide only some indicators and trends, for the readers of my site!

2013 Readers Survey Indicators

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A 2013 Scorecard, a 2014 Design

Preparing for 2014

Here is my 2013 scorecard, or my 2014 design. It is custom this time of the year (early 2014) to review what you have accomplished in the previous year and what you planning to accomplish in the year that comes. I, usually, don’t subscribe to this kind of ventures (I do reviews much more often than once a year and modify my plans, goals, etc. accordingly! – on a more frequent base).

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A 2013 Yearly Review

The 2013 yearly review is a mosaic of the most interesting topics and posts, published on my blog and in other sites, around the web. 2013  was a year particularly fruitful for the blog, while at the same time, signifies a personal and professional shift towards more online business models of operation. Especially rewarding for 2013,  was the formation of a small community around the leadership and the other subjects discussed here on the blog!

Yearly Review – 2013

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How to Foster Good Internet Behavior

How to Foster Good Internet Behavior
This is a guest post by Kylie Prescott, a Journalism student, and a part-time writer. Kylie enjoys writing short stories focusing on the plight of teens. Having a young adult novel published and being a war correspondent are two of her greatest dreams. You can follow her on Twitter and at Google+.

All parts of the world are now connected via the internet. Depending on what angle you’re looking from, it can be a double-edged sword. These are the good things about the internet because bad sides certainly exist.

 

There are people who make the supposedly positive side of the internet into venomous tools to hurt and disrespect others. From Youtube to Facebook, you see users bashing and hating on others. Wars in the comment sections exist even when it doesn’t make sense most of the time.

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The Most Effective Ways of Popularizing Your Blog

Effective Ways of Popularizing Your Blog
This is a guest post by Paul Smith. Paul is a writer at custom essay writing service reviews. He is full of energy and positive attitude towards life. He is eager to help people and always make friends, wherever he is. Add Paul on http://askessay.com/. In this post is focusing on The Most Effective Ways of Popularizing Your Blog.

The world is changing. Streets are turning into sites, maps-into searching engines. In such system, what can be fully reckoned as the most diverse source of knowledge nowadays? If choosing between the Internet sites, certain blogs are. They include both theory and ways of practice-applying, stories, and advice, are used for fun and gathering the information you may need.

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Do You Have Some Reasons For Blogging?

Reasons for Blogging

There are many reasons for blogging. Some of them are more serious than others, but every reason makes you start a blog, is valid, and always of importance (at least for you!) But besides the many reasons or strategies in which the clause “I start blogging” involves, there is an objective that surpasses everyone else.

Reasons for Blogging

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