Fariz Blog — Nothin’ but simplicity..

Once you share something on the Internet, you share it to every single person in the world.. And that can’t be undone. So be wise..

Source: www.elnusa.co.id

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father asked his son:

"How was the trip?"
"It was great, Dad."

"Did you see how poor people live?"
"Oh yeah…"

"So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?"
"I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."

The boy’s father was speechless. Then his son added:

"Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."

Isn’t perspective a wonderful thing?

Makes you wonder what would happen if we all give thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about  what we don’t have.
Appreciate every single thing you have!

Source: Internet

Here is one extreme example the "beauty" of friendship. But I am not suggesting you to have "that kind" of friendship, literally. Poorly, it has been such a "custom" in our world, though..

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Source: Internet

posted by Thom Holwerda on Wed 24th Feb 2010 22:23 UTC

The world is slowly and surely going crazy. I’m sure of it now. The US copyright lobby has officially gone totally and utterly nuts. Get this: they are trying to lobby the US government to equate encouraging the use of Free and open source software to undermining intellectual property rights, and to weakening the software industry. I wish I was making this stuff up.

The International Intellectual Property Alliance is an umbrella group for organisations like the RIAA and the MPAA, but it also covers publishing, television, and software. It’s one of those organisations you don’t hear about often, who operate rather silently in the background, lobbying for their poisonous cause to the US government.

What the IIPA is currently lobbying for defies all logic. They want the US Trade Representative to place countries like Brazil, India, and Indonesia on the Special 301 list, which is a list of countries that do not, according to mostly the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and the IIPA, do enough to protect intellectual property rights.

Now, why should these countries be placed on this Special 301 list? Hold on to your Debian t-shirt, because it’s all about Free and open source software. The governments of the countries the IIPA wants to add have one thing in common: they’ve used or are encouraging the adoption of Free and open source software, which, according to the IIPA, "weakens the software industry" and "fails to build respect for intellectual property rights".

If you are looking for an open source job at a great company, make sure you check out the available jobs at Canonical (the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu project). There are 34 opportunities open. Here’s the list I took from http://webapps.ubuntu.com/employment/:

Ubuntu Platform
    * Embedded Linux QA Engineer (2x)
    * Embedded Linux Media Framework Engineer
    * Ubuntu ARM Kernel Developer (3x)
    * ARM Linux Graphics Specialist
    * ARM Linux Hardware Enablement Specialist
    * ARM Linux Platform Kernel Specialist
    * ARM Linux Power Management Engineer
    * Hardware Enablement Project Manager
    * Ubuntu Desktop Sound Engineer
    * Ubuntu Desktop Engineer - GTK
    * Ubuntu Desktop Display and Input Engineer - Xorg
    * Ubuntu Desktop Display and Input Engineer (Network)
    * Ubuntu QA Engineer
    * HW Certification Engineer
    * Ubuntu Mobile and Desktop Engineer

(more…)

Here’s the final marks of "Introduction to IT" subject at Informatics Management - Vocational Program of Universitas Brawijaya, for this semester (Odd-2009/2010). 

Here’s the final marks of Calculus subject at Informatics Engineering - Universitas Brawijaya (Class A) for this semester (Odd-2009/2010).

Increasingly more companies use Twitter for business – to do market research, do brand advocacy and reputation management and provide selected highlights from a conference or event. Twitter allows them to expand their brand and thus generate new opportunities.

In this article, Mahendra shows you how you can integrate Twitter into your Powerpoint presentation and receive instant feedback. Steven has written about using hashtags effectively. And also, you can learn more about Twitter Lists to follow people more closely.

But to be more innovative in the use of Twitter for a business setting, here are 10 useful tips.

1. Expand Your Network