Cool Stuff on the Web

In 1800 less than 3% of the world lived in cities. Now, more than half of the world lives in cities, and by 2050, more than 2/3 of the world will live in cities.

The world is changing, we are changing…. cities are rising! What’s next? Find out more from this site: 192021.

Are you a creative person? If you don’t know, and you wanna find out, take this simple, cool test : Right Brain vs Left Brain Creativity Test. This test is a serious one, with methods pioneered by Dr. Roger Sperry’s research on brain lateralization, for which he won a Nobel Prize in 1981. It has 54 question and it should take you about 10 minutes. The results are quite complex, giving you cool information about your brain

In Romania, there are a lot of people who use exclusively Google as their search engine. While I respect their point of view, and think that Google is very good, I believe that there are tools that, in some cases, can bring you better results.

I hope you’ve all heard of Del.icio.us, the social bookmarking web application. If you haven’t, Del.icio.us is just an online collection of favorite links. The interesting part is that you can search through others bookmarks. In many cases you’ll find sites that are really cool, and are not that high in Google’s hierarchy.

Those who use Del.icio.us are above average internet users, with very good skills in finding interesting information. So, Del.icio.us, depending on what you search, can offer you more high quality results…

Do you wanna be a student at MIT? Learn from the best teachers in the world? Read cool material, structured in an intuitive and comprehensive way? Now you have the opportunity to stay at home, enjoy your coffee, and watch great video lectures from top universities like MIT, Harvard, Princeton and Stanford.
I have two resources for you guys, one of them is www.lecturefox.com/ and the other is http://freescienceonline.blogspot.com/ .

A few weeks ago, I met a successful business man… After talking to him for about two hours, I decided that I liked him, especially for his pragmatism. He was different somehow from the majority of people that I have met, who either don’t know what they want, or they don’t do what they should do in order to get what they want.

Pragmatism is a key that can drive you to success, especially if you have other important skills and qualities. So, I invite you to think about your life, decide what is important to you, what success means to you. And then, decide how you can accomplish those things, what you have to do daily to get there. And one more tip: don’t procrastinate, start today!