Monday, April 21, 2008
11,000 Feeds!
http://www.bloglines.com/public/divedi
Labels: Bloglines, feeds, internet, RSS
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Person of the Day: Vasil Levski
"Vasil Levski (Bulgarian: Васил Левски, also transliterated as Vassil Levski), born Vasil Ivanov Kunchev (Васил Иванов Кунчев) (July 18 [O.S. July 6] 1837, Karlovo, Ottoman Empire–February 18 [O.S. February 6] 1873, near Sofia, Ottoman Empire) was a Bulgarian revolutionary, ideologist, strategist and theoretician of the Bulgarian national revolution and leader of the struggle for liberation from Ottoman rule.Due to his major significance for the liberation of Bulgaria, Vasil Levski is hailed as a national hero and often referred to as 'The Apostle of Freedom' by the Bulgarian people."
Source: Wikipedia
Обесването на Васил Левски
Автор: Христо Ботев
О, Майко моя, родино света!
Защо тъй горко, тъй скръбно плачеш?
Гарване и ти, птицо проклета,
Над чий гроб там тъй грозно грачеш?
О, зная, зная, ти плачеш, майко
Затуй, че ти си черна робиня;
Затуй, че твоят свещен глас, майко,
Е глас без помощ, глас вов пустиня!
Плачи! Там близо до град София
Вида аз стърчи черно бесило.
И твоят един син, Българио,
Виси на него... Със страшна сила
Зимата пее свойта зла песен.
Вихрове гонят тръни в полето
И студ, и мраз - плач безнадежден
Навяват на теб, теб на сърдцето.
Гарванът грачи грозно, зловещо,
Псета и вълци вият в мъглата;
Старци се богу молят горещо,
Жените плачат, пищат децата!
Умря той вече! Юнашка сила
Твойте тиране скриха в земята!
О, майко моя, родино мила,
Плачи за него, кълни съдбата!
Директен линк:
Слова Български - Васил Левски - YouTube
Labels: Bulgaria, history, people, video, YouTube
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Video of the Day: Masters of Photography - Robert Capa
Why don't we learn anything from history?
Direct link:
Masters of Photography - Robert Capa - YouTube
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Video of the Day: Sir Arthur C. Clarke: 90th Birthday Reflections
Arthur C. Clarke is my favourite science fiction writer!
Direct link:
Sir Arthur C. Clarke: 90th Birthday Reflections - YouTube
Labels: books, people, science fiction, video, YouTube
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Video of the Day: John F. Kennedy Moon Speech
Why aren't there more enlightened human beings like John F. Kennedy?
Direct links:
John F. Kennedy Moon Speech - Rice Stadium - Part 1 of 2 - YouTube
John F. Kennedy Moon Speech - Rice Stadium - Part 2 of 2 - YouTube
Labels: people, space, video, YouTube
Friday, September 14, 2007
10,000 Feeds!
http://www.bloglines.com/public/divedi
Labels: Bloglines, feeds, internet, RSS
Saturday, August 18, 2007
SAP Survey
My answers to Shel Israel's questions:
1. Dimitar, you seem to be everywhere I look on the Internet, can you list the social media tools that you use?
Bloglines, Skype, Facebook, Blogger, del.icio.us, MyBlogLog and YouTube are my favourite ones.
2. You say you follow more than 9500 feeds, more than even Scoble. How do you accomplish that? How much time to you spend following your feeds.
I'd like to learn as much as I can. I'm almost always on. Broadband is a bliss! I don't read all of my feeds on a daily basis. Every day there are some knowledge management goals I try to accomplish. My feeds could be described as digital memory silos. Reading on demand.
3. How has social media changed your life?
I have only one word for you. Revolution. Life without internet would be a very tough one for me.
4. Tell me about technology in Bulgaria? What percent of people have computers and connection? How about broadband and wi-fi? How about cellphones?
23% of the households in Bulgaria have computers. Internet penetration in Sofia, Bulgaria's capital, is 50%, although the internet penetration in the rest of the country is 25%. Bulgaria has one of the highest penetrations of telephone service in Eastern Europe, with around 38 subscribers per 100 inhabitants. The leading internet service providers are Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC), Orbitel and Spectrumnet. The other big players in this market are the cable TV operators. Also, there are hundreds smaller ISPs, providing LAN. Wi-Fi is not very popular. The mobile phones penetration is 75%. Bulgarians simply love their mobile phones. Buying the most new and expensive mobile devices is a national mania.
5. What about business? What are the largest enterprises in Bulgaria? How do they use technology and social media?
Bulgaria used to be the Silicon Valley of Eastern Europe. Now, there are almost 4,000 ICT companies. Companies like SAP and the U.S. auto parts manufacturer Johnson Control have their R&D centers in Bulgaria. Also, in January 2006 HP opened a customer support centre in Sofia for their clients from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The largest enterprises are telecoms (BTC, Mobiltel, Globul), utilities providers, banks, power plants, heavy industry manufactures ( KCM). These corporations work mainly with well-known brands like Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, SAP and HP. Their primary concerns are stability, reliability and security. Social media is not on their radar.
6. What are the most popular social media tools in Bulgaria?
Instant messengers (ICQ, Skype), forums, chats and SMS. Bulgarians love chatting. Bulgarians are people you could easily talk to and communicate with. It's not a big surpise that dating sites still rule the internet landscape. The most popular video sharing site is Vbox7 with 460,000 users. The Bulgarian blogosphere is growing. There are over 25,000 blogs. The leading social networking sites in Bulgaria are the local ones ( friends.bg, sibir.bg, one.bg, zip.bg).
7. How is social media changing culture for Bulgarians? How will it change it in the next 5-10 years?
I hope that social media could make our communications faster, cheaper and better.
8. Can you give me a description of what's happening in social media in your overall region including the countries near you?
I see a big potential for growth in any niche. There are lots of underserved markets. Why? We are talking about over 130 million people, including Turkey. Some of the biggest web giants like Google already pay much more attention to the region.
9. What language do most Bulgarians speak? How big a barrier is language?
Bulgarian is the official language, Turkish and Romany are also spoken. Bulgarians like foreign languages. Let me give you an example with myself. I have studied seriously five different languages: English, Russian, French, Spanish and Greek. There is a huge Bulgarian diaspora all over the world, mainly in the USA, Canada, the UK, Spain and Greece. Bulgarians are the second biggest group of foreign students in Germany, after the Chinese. The older generations have studied Russian, the younger - English. There are a lot of polyglots in Bulgaria.
10. What opportunities, related to social media, are there for the international business community in Bulgaria?
Bulgaria is a member of the European Union and could be a gateway to the Balkans and Turkey. The Bulgarian capital market could be described as really fast-growing. Why don't they invest in the Google/Yahoo of Southeastern Europe?
11. Additional comments?
Thank you very much for your interesting questions!
Blogs:
SAP Global Survey: Bulgaria's Dimitar Vesselinov - Global Neighbourhoods
See also:
Bulgaria - The World 2 Come
Update:
Now, I subscribe to 9,876 RSS feeds. My next aim is 10,000 RSS feeds.
Labels: Bulgaria, business, internet, interview, SAP, survey
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Civil petition against the unequal treatment of the citizens of the Republic of Bulgaria by the authorities
Image: dnevnik.bgLadies and gentlemen,
Recently, in the Bulgarian society there has been a tendency for the discrimination of the non-Roma population of the Republic of Bulgaria, e.g. people are being treated in a different way, most often unfavorable and discriminatory, on the basis of their race, ethnicity, background and social status in favour of the Roma population.
Chapter 1 of The Bulgarian Constitution states that:
"§ 6 (1) All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
(2) All citizens are equal in front of the law. Limitations of their rights or privileges based on race, nationality, ethnicity, sex, origin, religion, education, beliefs, party affiliation, personal and social status or property status shall not be tolerated."
Today, in the Bulgarian society there are plenty of examples for the violation of the above quoted law. As such, we quote the following:
1. The case in the residential district Zaharna Fabrika, Sofia, where as a result of battery Prof. Stanimir Kaloyanov was killed and so far the perpetrators have not faced any responsibility for their actions due to their Roma origin, having in mind that the residents of the district know who these individuals are. The Bulgarian institutions refuse to guarantee a fair trial and security for the residents of the district in the future, and in the recurrent events, e.g. assaults and harassment. The authorities do not provide transparency of the results of the investigation. In a similar manner, the state and its institutions refuse to protect the train commuters in Bulgaria when individuals of Roma origin throw stones at the trains on a daily basis. The latter individuals do not face any sanctions and the police do not try to limit or terminate their actions, having in mind that they are recurrent. It is also common that individuals of Roma origin encroach upon agricultural property and, as a result, the owners of the property are left with nothing to live on. The perpetrators are rarely caught and even less frequently – punished. The examples above show that the law has been violated and this gives us reason to claim that the citizens of Bulgaria are not equal in front of the law.
2. The Bulgarian state provides free apartments to individuals of Roma origin and does not provide such to non-Roma citizens of Bulgaria. This is a violation of The Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, which forbids privileges based on ethnicity.
3. The Bulgarian state provides all sorts of aid to individuals of Roma origin and does not provide such to non-Roma citizens of Bulgaria, having in mind that in both cases the individuals are extremely poor. This is a violation of The Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, which forbids privileges based on ethnicity.
4. Unequal treatment of the rights of Bulgarian citizens on the basis of their origin by the following Bulgarian institutions: Elektrorazpredelenie EAD (the Electric Company), the public transport companies, the Police of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Court System, etc. A well-known fact from our everyday life is that when Bulgarians do not pay their bills to Elektrorazpredelenie EAD within deadline, the company immediately cuts their electricity, based on their non-Roma origin, and does not cut their electricity, based on their Roma origin, regardless of the fact that the Roma community have millions of leva debt to Elektrorazpredelenie EAD dating back 15 years and they do not even try to pay that debt on the ground of being unemployed and at the same time they often refuse jobs offered to them by the employment offices. This is a violation of The Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, which forbids any privileges and inequalities based on ethnicity.
5. The citizens of the Republic of Bulgaria are not equal when they apply for universities, even though The Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria explicitly forbids that. For example, article 22 paragraph 3 in the admission requirements book of the Technical University of Varna states that 5 places are reserved for the admission of students of Roma origin.
6. State institutions, organizations and media propagate ethnic hatred and aggression in Bulgaria by claiming that the Roma minority is being discriminated by the majority, having in mind that racial and ethnic discrimination and their propagation are indictable by the constitution. There is no adequate state policy towards the Roma minority and this instigates racism and hatred towards the Roma minority. The tacit toleration of the situation, which sometimes receives large publicity, creates a dangerous precedent in Bulgaria, where there has never been racism. On the contrary, our country has provided refuge for ethnically persecuted Armenians and has saved the Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust. And now, unconsidered acts are making us face a future ethnic conflict. The Bulgarian Government and the Bulgarian institutions have to take urgent measures to prevent that, instead of instigating ethnic hatred. The inequality of the citizens of the Republic of Bulgaria is a result of the discriminatory policy of the Bulgarian Government and the Bulgarian institutions against all Bulgarian citizens except the Roma. This is a violation of The Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria.
The undersigned plead for EQUALITY and NON-DISCRIMINATION. We insist that the Bulgarian authorities abide by the law quoted above and not violate the rights of the Bulgarians and of the non-Roma citizens of Bulgaria in favour of the Roma. We state that in case the authorities fail to abide by that law, we are ready to seek assistance from international organizations and courts, to organize protests and demonstrations and boycott Bulgaria and it institutions, goods and services and as an extreme measure we ourselves will make sure that The Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria is not violated.
We state explicitly that the current petition is not bound to any political party and we do not wish that any political party recognizes it and uses it for its own purposes. The petitions is a result of the discontent of citizens of the Republic of Bulgaria who think that their rights have been violated. The text of the petition was composed by the following non-political members:
Veselina Ivanova Katsarova, translator
Desislava Dimitrova Stoeva, journalist
Valentin Georgiev Gurkov, associate professor at The National Sports Academy
Veselin Iliev Vasilev, accountant
Georgi Ognyanov Naumov, computer programmer
Ivanka Lukova Chervenkova, civil engineer
Source: bgpetition
Blogs:
Roma Violence in Bulgaria - mirchev.blog.bg
Labels: Bulgaria, discrimination, police, roma, security
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Video of the Day: Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Plovdiv is my hometown.
Direct link:
Plovdiv, Bulgaria - YouTube
Labels: Bulgaria, Plovdiv, video, YouTube
Saturday, July 14, 2007
9,500 Feeds
http://www.bloglines.com/public/divedi
Labels: Bloglines, feeds, internet, RSS
Friday, June 15, 2007
Video of the Day: Bulgaria - Beyond The Crowd
Direct link:
Bulgaria - Beyond The Crowd - YouTube
[via bglog.net]
See also:
Video of the Day - The World 2 Come
Bulgaria - The World 2 Come
Labels: Bulgaria, video, YouTube
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Video of the Day: Aubrey de Grey
Do you want to live forever?
Direct link:
TEDTalks: Aubrey de Grey (2005) - YouTube
Labels: health, science, video, YouTube
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Video of the Day: Microsoft Surface
This is a "Minority Report"-like computing, the future of human-machine interface (HMI)!
Blogs:
First Look: Microsoft Surfacing Computing! (Larry Larsen/Channel 10) - Techmeme
Labels: Microsoft, user interface, video
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Video of the Day: AC Milan
AC Milan has won the Champions League title!
Direct links:
Gol Gol Champions League - YouTube
We are the champions - YouTube
Labels: AC Milan, Champions League, football, Liverpool FC, soccer, UEFA, video, YouTube
Video of the Day: Eliezer Yudkowsky - Singularity Institute
Technology and science geeks like Eliezer Yudkowsky could change the world!
Direct link:
Eliezer Yudkowsky - Singularity Institute - Google Video
Discuss:
Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence - Digg
See also:
Singularity - The World 2 Come
Labels: AI, future, futurist, Google Video, Singularity, technology, video
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Video of the Day: The Magic of Peru
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Video of the Day: Anshul Samar on YouTube
Direct links:
The 13 year old Entrepreneur - YouTube
13-year Old Silicon Valley CEO of Elementeo - YouTube
Blogs:
Elementeo’s 13-year-old CEO, highlight of TiECON - VentureBeat
Insight:
Child entrepreneurs and activists are changing the business and political landscape via the web - jrmooneyham
Labels: CEO, education, entepreneur, games, learning, startup, video, YouTube
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Book of the Week: Brave New War
"War in the twenty-first century will be very different from what we've come to expect. Terrorism and guerrilla warfare are rapidly evolving to allow nonstate networks to challenge the structure and order of nation-states. It is a change on par with the rise of the Internet and China, and will dramatically change how you and your kids will view security.In Brave New War, the counterterrorism expert John Robb reveals how the same technology that has enabled globalization also allows terrorists and criminals to join forces against larger adversaries with relative ease and to carry out small, inexpensive actions—like sabotaging an oil pipeline—that will generate a huge return. He shows how taking steps to combat the shutdown of the world's oil, high-tech, and financial markets could cost us the thing we've come to value the most—worldwide economic and cultural integration—and the crucial steps we must take now to safeguard our systems and ourselves against this new method of warfare."
Source: Amazon.com
Blogs:
John Robb's Weblog
Global Guerrillas
Audio:
Globalization’s Double-Edged Sword - Open Source
See also:
Book - The World 2 Come
Labels: books, military, strategy, war
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Video of the Day: RockStartup - Episode 21
Ted Murphy, CEO and Co-Founder of PayPerPost, should work as a comedian! This guy is funny:
RockStartup - Episode 21
"Some of PPP's best outtakes."
Source: YouTube
See also:
Playlist: Comedy - YouTube
Video of the Day - The World 2 Come
Labels: comedy, PayPerPost, video, YouTube
Friday, May 04, 2007
Video of the Day: Ségolène Royal vs. Nicolas Sarkozy
Direct link:
Rodrigo A. Sepúlveda Schulz: Last night's debate: Ségolène Royal - Nicolas Sarkozy
See also:
Video of the Day - The World 2 Come
Labels: Europe, France, politics, video
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Video of the Day: Milan-Manchester 3-0
Direct link:
Milan-Manchester 3-0 - YouTube
See also:
Video of the Day - The World 2 Come
Labels: AC Milan, Champions League, football, Manchester United, soccer, UEFA, video, YouTube
Monday, April 30, 2007
Report of the Day: 2007 Digital Fact Pack
Keywords: Advertising Age"It's becoming critical to stay atop the digital media and marketing space, but the pace of technological change is making it increasingly difficult. That's why we've again pulled together the important data and trends to serve as a guide to marketing in this space.
This, our second annual Digital Fact Pack, is full of fascinating numbers."
Source: AdAge.com
Bookmarks:
del.icio.us/Monten/marketing
del.icio.us/Monten/media
del.icio.us/Monten/advertising
del.icio.us/Monten/report
del.icio.us/Monten/research
del.icio.us/Monten/internet
del.icio.us/Monten/search
del.icio.us/Monten/web2.0
del.icio.us/Monten/video
del.icio.us/Monten/SNS
See also:
Report of the Day - The World 2 Come
Labels: 2007, advertising, marketing, report, research
Audio of the Day: WallStRadio

Lots of podcasts on business, finance, economics and investing:
WallStRadio
http://radio.wallst.net/
[via Internet Outsider]
See also:
Audio of the Day - The World 2 Come
Labels: audio, business, econimics, finance, investing, podcasting
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Company of the Week: Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
"Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) NYSE: SAI was the largest employee-owned research and engineering firm in the United States. It was founded by Dr. J. Robert 'Bob' Beyster in 1969 in La Jolla, California, as Science Applications Incorporated. As of 2006, SAIC employed over 43,000 employees and reported $7.8 billion in revenue, making it number 285 on the Fortune 500 list."Source: Wikipedia
Corporate site:
saic.com
News & Blogs:
SAIC - Topix
Blogs:
SAIC - SeekingAlpha
SAIC: Serving up technical solutions for Uncle Sam - BloggingStocks
SAIC - Defense Industry Daily
Finance:
SAI - Google Finance
SAI - Yahoo Finance
Insight:
Washington's $8 Billion Shadow - vanityfair.com
Video:
The Defense Industry - Wallstrip
Labels: business, company, corporate, defense, engineering, enterprise, research, stocks
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Video/Audio of the Day: Pop!Casts
Keywords: Pop!Tech"New. Portable. World changing. Now you can take the energy and inspiration that is Pop!Tech with you anywhere. Pop!Casts let you join the conversation and engage in the extraordinary work that had its start in Camden, Maine. Are you ready to accept the challenges issued by the thinkers and innovators who move Pop!Tech audiences, year after year?"
Source: Pop!Tech
[via Lunch over IP]
People:
- Thomas Friedman
- Neil Gershenfeld
- Thomas Barnett
- Chris Anderson
- Richard Dawkins
See also:
Video of the Day - The World 2 Come
Audio of the Day - The World 2 Come
Labels: audio, ideas, innovation, podcasting, science, video
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