These days I am overloaded. At University we are doing one really difficult and tedious group coursework and I cannot really take some time off to write something here, but an idea that was lurking in the darkest corners of my brain recently surfaced absolutely uninvited. Read more →
Driving Force for Every Success: Creativity
Note that I am not a psychologist, nor a scientist, so my interpretation is purely based on my experiences and observations. We saw that the first component of being successful is passion, but what about the case whereby you have the passion and desire to succeed, but you cannot offer anything new or exciting that can differentiate you from your… Read more →
I have great ideas, but…
How many times have you heard from a friend or a colleague the sentence “I have great ideas, but…”? All of us have ideas, and sometimes those ideas are really good and some of them are even great, but in reality what matters the most is not the ideas themselves. It is how are you going to achieve these ideas… Read more →
Happy Baba Marta
Today is the first of March, and we, the Bulgarians, observe one special holiday called baba Marta (Grandma March) holiday and I’d like to take the opportunity to wish you happy baba Marta! Read more →
Embracing IPV6
I am happy to announce that my hosting provider DreamHost has enabled all of their clients to join the new generation of Internet addresses – IPV6. I just added IPV6 to my domain and now it seems that: ‘Success! 2607:F298:0001:0107:0000:0000:0A72:35B3 has been assigned to zhivankin.com in our hosting system!’ which is good news because IANA has already exhausted the pull… Read more →
Driving Force for Every Success: Passion
The difference between successful multimillionaires and homeless junkies is, surprisingly, not the amount of money in their bank accounts, nor the amount of knowledge how to trade stocks on the stock market. The obvious difference between these almost unrelated social groups is their attitude and motivation to succeed. Having said that, I would like to give you one concrete example… Read more →
Information Overload: My Techniques for Avoiding it
These days, information is everywhere. Everything fights for your attention, from the huge billboards and signs on the roads and motorways, to the small inconspicuous to-do notes that you have inadvertently placed on your phone’s calendar to remind you about all sorts of things. Now an important issue is how to filter the important information out of the garbage without… Read more →
I am pirate, am I not?
Now I feel like one real, hardcore criminal. I’m wondering is this a sporadic behaviour or a trend? I hope it’s the former. Read more →
The Transformation of Electronic Dance Music – From Underground to Mainstream
Being a house, trance or Drum ’N’ Bass DJ during the 1990s was a prestigious, yet mysterious underground title. The electronic music scene was still miles away from being a mainstream culture. It was an alternative subculture, an alternative reality out of the real life where the deprived youths could forget about the troubles and enjoy the music. Enjoy every… Read more →
The Clash Between the New and Traditional Media
Television, radio and newspapers have played a significant role in distributing news, entertainment and other relevant content in a timely and coherent manner for the past 80 years. Read more →