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Writing… Why and How to Write?

It’s been a long time since last time I updated my blog. I really needed to write. Today I like to write about writing. Because I have found some ways that I would like to share with you. Some ways that I’ve not tested yet for myself!

I think writing is a great way to express your feelings in a way that you cannot say orally or immediately while speaking. Some feelings need to be worked on to be best formed into words. Because the way you explain what you think is important and affects the audience.

Sometimes some people might say that “why should I write something to someone and not just keeping it to myself.” I think you should try writing at least several times and see if it’s working and if it can help you. Then you can decide. Because everything is not supposed to work for everybody.

If you are at the start of this I suggest you write anonymously about your thoughts and feelings about life and provide it to someone without letting them to know that it’s from you. But make sure they read it. If you think that you need feedback, you can ask them to let you know what they think about it by giving them some ways to send their comments (anonymously again).

You don’t have to be anonymous if you’re OK with sharing your writings directly with your friends or family.

But what to write about? This is the whole story! I think feelings about what happens around us is a good start.  You also need to have a real desire to write. However, you make the decision.

I think this post is very incomplete and needs more to be discussed, so I guess I’ll update it later in here or in a new post and link to it from here.

Indispensable Online Services for Webmasters

Since my first experience in registering a domain name and launching a website, I’ve always encountered problems that I never though there would be a solution for them. But I eventually solved almost all of them.

Imagine a tyro who likes  to use his/her own email address, not Yahoo!, Gmail or Live.  Think about it when he/she wants to launch a neat website for the classmates to update the university news and share educational files on it.

I’m gonna introduce some online services which have been proved to be undoubtedly useful and reliable. In my opinion they are best in their job. You might see some famous services that you already know in the first items on this list, but I suggest you reading all the titles so that you might find something new among them.

WordPress

WordPress logo

I’m sure 90(!) percent of you have already tried WordPress as your content management system to create a website and you have realized that it’s the most perfect option to create a neat website :-). For those ten percent that have not already decided what to use as a content management system, you are so lucky to have WordPress as your final choice. It’s been made to “Make the Internet a Better Place”. – Get WordPress

Cloudflare

Cloudflare logo

I f you haven’t heard about Cloudflare yet, you might not believe that there is a  service that accepts  a considerable amount of the load on your server (or host) at no cost. In the other words It’s a free CDN.

Cloudflare is not just a CDN. It has many other capabilities that I’m gonna gonna introduce some of them briefly.

  • Professional DNS Management
  • Smart Firewall
  • Reduce css and js file size and cache them to serve to visitors (without affecting the main files on your server)
  • Detailed analytics of your visitors
  • Free SSL certificates for your webpages

You only need to change your existing nameservers to those you get from Cloudflare after you sign up for a Cloudflare account.

The list will be updated …

The Free-to-Read Articles and News on Financial Times

As you may already know, Financial Times (FT) is one of the most trusted news sites in the world. They have real time updates on worldwide events including business, politics, technology, etc. Financial Times logo (transparent)

All told, they have really accurate and fast covering on what happens around the world. But unlike almost all other newspapers and news websites, FT doesn’t offer a free access to its online articles and only subscribed members who have purchased one of the subscription plans have access to FT online contents including news, articles, videos and more.

However, there are some articles, news and videos that are still free-to-read and free-to-view and you don’t need to pay for reading them. From today I’ll try to provide a daily updated list of the links to free news and articles on Financial Times. You can see the last ten links here. (Note that the full list is available on miladnasri.com/FreeFT)

Free Articles and News on Financial Times

Bayer courts environmental bogeyman (May 27, 2016)

(video) The merits of making VW blush (May 26, 2016)

(video) Levi’s chief on luxury and lifestyle (May 25, 2016)

(video) Are foreign buyers betting against Abenomics? (May 24, 2016)

Piketty has last laugh as revolts threaten the pay status quo (May 24, 2016)

(video) Week Ahead — G7 summit, HP results (May 23, 2016)

French free ‘school of the future’ heads for Silicon Valley (May 21, 2016)

(video) Picking apart Buffett’s Apple stake (May 21, 2016)

Google seeks winning formula for the next big thing (May 20, 2016)

(video) Ex Brazil bank president Fraga speaks out (May 20, 2016)

Five things to watch for as oil nears $50 a barrel (May 19, 2016)

(video) Business schools should be self-reliant (May 19, 2016)

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How to Criticize? How to Approach Peacefully.

Giving criticism is often a challenging act, especially if the person you are giving it to is very sensitive! That’s why you should approach carefully to not to make it worse. But how?

Sometimes when you’re dealing with someone extra-sensitive, Caroline Web, describes in her book How to Have a Good Day that you should avoid the unnecessary things that might trigger his/her defense. Webb suggests the “What I Like” model for these situations:

  1. Give reasonable details of the way you think. Tell him/her : “What I like about this is . . . “. Then you may need to explain your reasons. Mention any positive points of your recommendation. Try not to rush!
  2. “The next step is saying “What would make me like it even more is . . .”

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Nerina Pallot – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” lyrics

Actually, the first time I heard a Nerina Pallot‘s song was a few months ago and it was a short piece of her song “Hard Equation” on an advertisement by Hyundai. Since then I became a big fan of her.

Now I’d like to share the lyrics of one of her songs, Love Will Tear Us Apart.

When routine bites hard
And ambitions are low
And resentment rides high
But emotions won’t grow
And we’re changing our ways,
Taking different roads
Love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again

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